This would have been my top line comment. I wish anime wasn’t such a glaring blind spot for me, because it’s something so many people connect on. But I see it like reality TV. There’s 1000 shows with 1000 episodes each, and some shows are probably great, but I’ve never been interested.
Yeah I was probably too young to grasp that when I first watched in ~2003. It was one of the first anime I watched with relatively adult themes, but was drawn in by the art style and music. The sexual overtones were lost on me.
Sure, whatever. I’m just saying it’s a very broad cultural Japanese thing, and not just “hundreds of soap opera” episodes, or Naruto or whatever, I don’t even know myself. A lot of variety is what I’m saying.
It’s actually pretty interesting. I guess “the west” is kinda prejudiced about what anime really is.
No, I agree, and I’m not saying I dislike it for a good reason or even a vastly informed reason; I’ve watched a few, and they felt varied in content and style and tone (at least to me). I’m just saying sometimes it’s as simple as “just don’t like it”. I don’t like eggplant either; had it prepared a few different ways. I don’t think it’s that I just haven’t found that magical preparation or mix of seasonings or whatever; just not a fan.
I find the idea bwhind each show is more compelling and tends to be more mature to what the west peovides in the same (animated) genre.
You get the odd show like ‘Invincible’ that is more mature but they are way more rare than on the eastern entertainment domain.
Can’t really say I have noticed much shows that are on the level of ‘Avatar the last airbender’ in western tv (and that alone is a controversial topic of if it’s a western cartoon or more eastern in influence)
This would have been my top line comment. I wish anime wasn’t such a glaring blind spot for me, because it’s something so many people connect on. But I see it like reality TV. There’s 1000 shows with 1000 episodes each, and some shows are probably great, but I’ve never been interested.
FLCL has like 6 episodes and is a good entry point
That is like pushing someone into the deep end of weird.
I know you’re struggling to get into this genre, here try this story about a kid who grows a phallic unicorn horn from his forehead…
Yeah I was probably too young to grasp that when I first watched in ~2003. It was one of the first anime I watched with relatively adult themes, but was drawn in by the art style and music. The sexual overtones were lost on me.
There are plenty with just one or two seasons and that’s it.
Reality TV or Anime? Cause either way, the medium just isn’t my thing.
Sure, whatever. I’m just saying it’s a very broad cultural Japanese thing, and not just “hundreds of soap opera” episodes, or Naruto or whatever, I don’t even know myself. A lot of variety is what I’m saying.
It’s actually pretty interesting. I guess “the west” is kinda prejudiced about what anime really is.
No, I agree, and I’m not saying I dislike it for a good reason or even a vastly informed reason; I’ve watched a few, and they felt varied in content and style and tone (at least to me). I’m just saying sometimes it’s as simple as “just don’t like it”. I don’t like eggplant either; had it prepared a few different ways. I don’t think it’s that I just haven’t found that magical preparation or mix of seasonings or whatever; just not a fan.
Yeah it just seems like a random style of cartoon to me, i dont get why ppl are obsessed w this one type. Im probably just too ignorant
I find the idea bwhind each show is more compelling and tends to be more mature to what the west peovides in the same (animated) genre.
You get the odd show like ‘Invincible’ that is more mature but they are way more rare than on the eastern entertainment domain.
Can’t really say I have noticed much shows that are on the level of ‘Avatar the last airbender’ in western tv (and that alone is a controversial topic of if it’s a western cartoon or more eastern in influence)