Anime Has Changed

[@jojobro7266]

Since there are so many commenters asking for the anime in the video, here you go: 0:00 Steins;Gate 0:03 Naruto 0:04 Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 2 0:05 Devilman Crybaby 0:07 Darling in the Franxx 0:16 Made in Abyss 0:18 Princess Mononoke 0:20 A Place Farther than the Universe 0:22 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 0:24 Koe no Katachi / A Silent Voice 0:26 Attack on Titan 0:28 Zankyou no Terror 0:31 The Junji Ito Collection 0:34 B: The Beginning 0:36 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 2:32 Cowboy Bebop: The Movie 2:36 Neon Genesis Evangelion 2:37 Berserk 2:39 Fullmetal Panic 2:41 Cowboy Bebop 2:42 Akira 2:43 Fullmetal Alchemist 2:44 Black Lagoon 2:45 Black Butler 2:46 Black Cat 2:47 Sword Art Online 2:49 My Hero Academia 2:51 Darling in the Franxx 2:52 Free 2:54 Neon Genesis Evangelion 2:58 Lucky Star 3:00 The Tatami Galaxy 3:01 Fullmetal Alchemist 3:05 Cowboy Bebop 3:06 Ghost in the Shell 3:07 Elfen Lied 3:10 Trigun 3:13 Oreimo 3:18 FLCL 3:21 Black Lagoon 3:22 Fullmetal Alchemist 3:24 Gundam Wing 3:26 Cowboy Bebop 3:30 Bleach 3:32 Baccano 3:35 Code Geass 3:37 Death Note 3:38 Naruto Shippuden 3:41 Code Geass 3:43 Death Note 3:52 Baccano 4:00 Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo 4:02 Eureka Seven 4:05 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 4:10 Planetes 4:12 Beck 4:14 Diebuster 4:16 Outlaw Star 4:21 Fate/stay night 4:23 Naruto 4:25 K-on 4:36 Hinamatsuri, Uma Musume Pretty Derby, and My Hero Academia 4:37 Persona 5 the Animation and Darling in the Franxx 4:38 My Hero Academia and Pop Team Epic 4:39 Gundam Build Divers and Darling in the Franxx 4:40 Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These and Golden Kamuy 4:41 Black Clover 4:43 Boruto and Tokyo Ghoul:Re 4:44 Devilman Crybaby 4:46 The Saga of Tanya the Evil 4:47 Gakuen Babysitters 4:48 Shokugeki no Soma (Food Wars) 4:49 Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online 4:53 Citrus 4:54 Darling in the Franxx 4:56 Pop Team Epic 4:59 Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online 5:01 Megalo Box 5:04 Uma Musume Pretty Derby 5:05 Violet Evergarden 5:06 Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (After the Rain) 5:09 My Hero Academia 5:11 Hinamatsuri 5:12 Steins;Gate 5:14 Tokyo Ghoul:Re 5:16 Death Note 5:17 Cowboy Bebop 5:18 Fullmetal Alchemist 5:19 Neon Genesis Evangelion and Gundam Wing 5:20 Outlaw Star 5:21 Eureka Seven 5:22 Code Geass 5:24 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 5:25 Fate/stay night 5:27 Elfen Lied 5:30 Steins;Gate 5:33 Megalo Box 5:34 My Hero Academia and Golden Kamuy 5:35 Caligula 5:40 Rokka no Yuusha 5:45 Charlotte 5:48 Black Lagoon 5:49 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 5:51 Dorei-ku The Animation 5:53 Persona 5 the Animation and Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online 5:54 Made in Abyss 5:55 Legend of the Galactic Heroes: Die Neue These 5:56 Megalo Box 5:57 Darling in the Franxx 5:58 Re:Zero 5:59 Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody 6:00 My Hero Academia 6:02 Megalo Box 6:03 Wotakoi 6:04 Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online 6:06 Hinamatsuri 6:07 Tada Never Falls in Love 6:10 Persona 5 the Animation 6:11 Fune wo Amu (The Great Passage) 6:15 The Ancient Magus` Bride 6:21 Steins;Gate 6:22 Sword Art Online 6:24 Naruto Shippuden 6:29 Psycho Pass 6:30 Log Horizon and Attack on Titan 6:31 Shinsekai yori 6:32 Angel Beats 6:36 Magical Girl Site 6:51 Hunter x Hunter (2011) 6:53 Devilman Crybaby 6:54 Mazinger Z 6:55 Hajime no Ippo 6:57 Re:Creators 7:00 No Game No Life 7:02 Re:Zero 7:13 My Hero Academia 7:16 Tokyo Ghoul 7:18 Darling in the Franxx 7:19 Break Blade 7:31 Mahou Shoujo Ore 7:32 Hajimete no Gal 7:33 Uma Musume Pretty Derby 7:34 Little Witch Academia (2017) 7:35 Hisone to Maso-tan 7:38 Ryuuou no Oshigoto and Bob Epic Team (Pop Team Epic) 7:44 Hakumei and Mikochi 7:46 Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san 7:49 Beatless 7:51 Tada Never Falls in Love 7:52 Cutie Honey Universe 7:54 Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online 7:55 Ramen Daisuki Koizumi-san 8:01 Caligula 8:04 Hinamatsuri 8:08 Eromanga-sensei 8:14 Souten no Ken: Regenesis 8:16 Tada Never Falls in Love 8:18 Uma Musume Pretty Derby 8:20 Megalo Box 8:22 Uma Musume Pretty Derby 8:23 Lupin the Third Part 5 8:24 Golden Kamuy 8:26 Persona 5 the Animation 8:28 Gundam Build Divers 8:29 Fullmetal Panic Invisible Victory 8:31 Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online 8:33 Caligula 8:34 My Hero Academia 8:36 Black Clover 8:38 Kingdom Hearts 3 8:42 Dorei-ku The Animation 8:44 Steins;Gate 0 8:46 Dances with the Dragons 8:50 Persona 5 the Animation 8:51 Kokkoku 8:52 Beatless 8:58 Beatless 9:11 Dorei-ku The Animation 9:25 Made in Abyss 9:27 A Place Farther than the Universe 9:29 Devilman Crybaby 9:31 Psycho Pass 9:32 Death Parade 9:33 Re:Creators 9:48 Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 9:50 Ghost in the Shell 9:52 Sword Art Online 9:54 The World God Only Knows 9:56 Genshiken 9:58 No Game No Life 10:00 Gundam Build Divers 10:01 Fullmetal Panic Invisible Victory 10:02 Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 2 10:04 Genshiken 10:06 Gamers! 10:00 Yuri on Ice 10:11 Genshiken 10:14 Code Geass 10:16 Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 10:18 My Hero Academia 10:19 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Re:0096 10:20 Love Live and Attack on Titan 10:22 Genshiken 10:23 Shirobako 10:24 Lucky Star 10:26 Konosuba 10:29 Wotakoi 10:30 My Hero Academia 10:35 Violet Evergarden 10:45 Sword Art Online 10:46 Darling in the Franxx 10:57 Hisone to Maso-tan 10:59 Tada Never Falls in Love 11:02 Kokkoku 11:05 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 11:07 Ryuuou no Oshigoto 11:09 Genshiken 11:11 Code Geass 11:14 Gurren Lagann 11:18 The Ancient Magus' Bride 11:20 Devilman Crybaby 11:23 Outbreak Company 11:26 Madoka Magica 11:27 Higashi no Eden 11:28 Fate/Zero 11:31 Code Geass 11:33 The Junji Ito Collection 11:34 Shirobako 11:42 One Piece 11:52 Shirobako 11:54 Fune wo Amu (The Great Passage) 11:55 Shokugeki no Soma (Food Wars) 12:00 Genshiken 12:03 Oreimo 12:07 My Hero Academia 12:10 Hakata Tonkotsu Ramens 12:17 Genshiken 12:31 Death Note 12:34 Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody 12:37 End of Evangelion 12:38 Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Part 1 12:40 Devils’ Line 12:42 Cowboy Bebop 12:44 Hunter x Hunter (2011) 12:45 Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (After the Rain) 12:49 Psycho Pass 12:51 5 Centimeters per Second 12:53 Psycho Pass 12:58 Naruto 13:01 Psycho Pass 13:02 Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works 13:04 The Secret World of Arrietty 13:07 Summer Wars 13:09 Ghost in the Shell 13:12 Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Re:0096 13:16 Kimi no na Wa / Your Name 13:18 My Hero Academia 13:19 Genshiken 13:20 Psycho Pass 13:23 Violet Evergarden 13:25 Koi wa Ameagari no You ni (After the Rain) I wasted five hours doing this...

[@chaijiahao221]

holy fuck ur mad

[@slav5038]

Dude, that is sick... great job btw.

[@eldafint]

Just the fact that you were able to recognize something like a fucking quarter of a clock and a wall, like fuck dude get a life. Also thanks!

[@get-in-2-get-out774]

GZ bruh. God bless your free time...

[@stripsfortips]

Subbed

[@RedRiotRoss]

Gigguk has been growing anime in his shed for years now, I'd say he has almost 9800 animays over 9 feet tall. Incredible boi.

[@justagamer1160]

ehhh yeah i dont think you should be proud of dat

[@ReallyTwistedHumor]

What does the scouter say about his anime? *It's over 9000*

[@alaaranaranoya1499]

RedRiot in awe at the pedigree of this weeb, absolute otaku.

[@gurkiiii]

Are you doing anime lol skins... ohh wait rito is a fckn shity company and changed the game files

[@RedRiotRoss]

lol yea i mean i just make non league vids now. ITS heCKIN REAL NICE

[@veridian4433]

No matter how much anime changes, Gigguk will always remain as best girl

[@thexenosaiyan]

Veridian of course

[@muckfucknsucky1509]

No borris Johnson is best girl

[@justagamer1160]

thank you kanye very cool

[@Michal-zs9sq]

Kaiki Deishuu is best girl

[@estebanbedoya7682]

True

[@clover6377]

I still do extensive research before watching anime. I don’t like not being fully engrossed in the shows I like.

[@thomasallen9974]

Sometimes I do that, others I dive in with no clue what to expect utterly lost. LWA or Dragon Maid I didn't know what I was about to watch, if Id like it, or ect. Next thing I know Im just in the show in the sense that I dived in too deep too fast because I had no clue what I was getting into. I was lost in them, and its wonderful at times.

[@andrewzheng4038]

I do research to ensure that it's worth watching. I only have a certain amount of time available between work, sleep, eating, and the rest of life and I want to make sure that I'm using it on the best anime possible

[@androendiel]

Damn right. I like being invested in the anime I watch

[@RedVelvetUnderground333]

I’ll watch compilations on utube to get a vibe

[@frocco7125]

Anime is an entertainment medium. If you FORCE yourself to watch it, you're missing the point.

[@mooneater7072]

Rocco Anders yup

[@dmitrijzubanic994]

If you FORCE yourself to watch it, you should go watch boku no pico.

[@billy1998vn]

Same as how i first started watching anime (my first series was neon genesis evangelion i believe). You'll never know if you'd like something or not unless you try.

[@chessyman1001]

Brandon Roberts That's how I watched Fairy Tail. I would watch an episode a day. It gave me something to look forward to. Sometimes I would watch 3 or 4 episodes a day. But to binge watch it all in the same day? Not gonna work for me.

[@Andmau2552]

Maybe the feeling of being special and being part of a uncommon group can be relatable to ones but not to others, but what really brings me down is that, when a product (anime shows) is popular, the companies will exploit it. Every time i feel the shows are coming with less quality and less love from the production team (with one or two expections). Its not about "I want to make this idea into anime" anymore, but instead "I need to do an anime before the deadline"

[@WoundedGamerAlchemy]

So anime is becoming video games slowly

[@mikethewise2000]

Well considering most anime isn't actually made in Japan but is marketed by the Japanese has a Lot to do with that.

[@williejones6446]

As someone who only dabbles in animation, ive had that thought for a long time. "Whats happening to anime?" Im not trying to make fun or trash talk it, because I watched it. But no matter what I had the feeling of Shippuden shouldve been better, but those deadlines keep something about art in check. This is just my opinion, but I dont know when it would have started or what companies maybe made it popular?

[@gubx42]

I found that quality has improved over the years in pretty much every aspect, including "love" from the production team. We are the ones with less love, maybe because of the reasons pointed in the video, or maybe just because we grew older. Anime has always been about commercial exploitation. It may be a work of love for the artists involved, but there have always been deadlines, market research and executive meddling.

[@Andmau2552]

gubx42 perhaps. It's true my passion has lowered a lot, but it's hard to tell whose fault is it. it's like an endless cycle

[@ubayyd]

The more mainstream anime gets, the more people will try harder being part of that community and conversation. Although it shouldn't necessarily be like that, it can't really be helped because thats just how most of the things today are.

[@untappedhappiness]

Yeah, it’s so crazy now. I remember I was in a group conversation and all but one of us happened to watch anime and we were going on and on about shows. The person who doesn’t really watch anime was joining in and interjecting where she could about really mainstream shows she’d heard of like Naruto, DBZ and Pokémon. It honestly reminded me a lot of what has happened to comic books and superheroes. Niches are dominating the conversation in ways that were pretty unheard of just a decade prior.

[@Chaotic4Neutral]

And the more people will try to set themselves from it because "mainstream isn't cool"

[@SlaughtingIdiots]

ansaree97 communitys are for casuals to begin with, the moment you become knowledgeable you should pass on, either realizing your interest declined or not needing stupid ppl for your interest and pleasure, never was part of a community so i might miss a point anyways.

[@MrL0LiTube]

I recenty finsihed Evangelion . . . *What i expected* Awesome Mecha Fights *What i got* Existential Crisis and Crippling Depression

[@thomasallen9974]

Congrats, you received the proper experience of that anime.

[@robertcunningham1695]

if you're not also intensely confused then you need to go rewatch it

[@thomasallen9974]

@@robertcunningham1695 no that would be palette cleanser they made called FLCL. Is it a coming of age anime or utter outer realm madness. Answer is yes.

[@robertcunningham1695]

@@thomasallen9974 FLCL is an acid trip crammed into 6 episodes of pure beauty

[@HaloFTW55]

Or go the original Gundam. A coming of age story with the tragedies of war and being forced to fight a war... while you’re 15.

[@antibot9804]

I recently gave up watching seasonal anime altogether. The constant "I'm behind on all my shows" made anime feel more like a chore than a hobby and it started stressing me out. I always enjoyed watching what was fresh and new but I got to the point where I had to go and turn back. Here's the thing though. The community forgets anime quickly after they finish airing. But people don't. If you see an anime that hits you in the right places, you don't forget it, nobody does. I know people still obsessed with Re:Zero, or those who can't let Flip Flappers go, the Kill la Kill vs TTGL discussion still pops up regularly, I can still rant endlessly about how Madoka is a masterpiece, and even after what, 20 years? Cowboy Bebop is a title that still gets the same friendly reactions. We don't forget. It's not being talked about as much, but we don't forget. Don't talk to the community. Talk to people. Our beloved shows haven't been forgotten yet.

[@kurlykayla9013]

Samurai Champloo will always be my favorite :)

[@oluave2211]

You're preaching the truth. It gets hard. I used to even try to watch the bad shit (magical shoujo site whatever) along with the good stuff, but I've come to accept that I need to just stick with the stuff that is truly worth watching only

[@natalyrod6156]

Yup yup. Growing up with adult swim Trigun has some of my fondest memories. And I am rewatching Inuyasha. Its become much more of just watch what you like when you want because its not feasible to keep up with the latest shows.

[@user-qu2gj9de1b]

I don’t even bother looking at seasonal anime, if i find an anime that seems interesting i watch it

[@meghenmatta2080]

SAME - I've given seasonal anime a break. I'm making my way through some Rewatches of, "I remember liking that show, let's give it another shot years later" - I always find something new, but it's hard because if you come across a new idea, all the threads on the show have been dead quiet for years. Then I come to youtube to see if anyone EVER uploaded a gush about it.

[@KnightsDisillusion]

I really don't like the new "if it's not currently airing, who cares" mentality. I'm glad anime is getting popular but it would be nice if we could slow down and truly appreciate the artform at a more comfortable speed. Movies and games are much more easier to follow(more breathing space), yet they still have alot of fun things to play/watch. Y'know, walk and smell the roses, these days we just run though the rose bush with anime.

[@learnrx9749]

Knight Warrior I feel like that's gonna happen eventually.

[@KnightsDisillusion]

wade Noble it's happening now.

[@1999sonicboom]

wade Noble yeah I agree

[@Rpodnee]

Not just anime. Nerd culture in general feels this way to me. If it isn't current and popular then no one cares about it. If you aren't well versed in the trends then you can't even converse with anyone else. There's no discussion on whether or not something is good, just whether or not it's popular. Then they move on to the next fad and forget about the last one.

[@thelastwish558]

Knight Warrior I agree. That bothers me too

[@dageta7742]

I still have no anime friends... Or Friends that watch anime.

[@I_hunt_lolis]

Well then you can always introduce some of the anime that is regarded as good to your friends and they might just start watching it. Hooked quite a few of friends that way, even slightly regret it now as I've seen them becoming weaboo-ish like me... Even had a classmate who was against it (like me in the past) untill I showed him some respected shows like Steins;Gate...

[@niqqaplz9648]

same here

[@lasergames1798]

Actually you probably do and just don't know it. I've watched anime since about 2003 and haven't told a single person I know IRL. I've briefly discussed it in cellphone games and private facebook groups. If I can keep it secret for 15 years so could other people you know. But I'm a little different and don't feel the need to discuss it much. It is a little frustrating that I have to work to hide it at times. I just enjoy getting immersed in it. I usually know if I like a show in the first episode and there's enough selection where I don't often run out of shows to watch. It's perfect for me.

[@bobsaget7315]

I have also never told one of my irl friends that i watch anime. I think a lot of people are like this. Anime is still considered strange by society so i just never talk about it irl.

[@lasergames1798]

haha to be fair some if it is quite strange. But I still love it. I prefer the OP characters or mixing of worlds/cultures. Bleach, Gate, Gun Girl, How to Summon a demon lord, Mushishi, One Punch Man, my hero academia, overlord, mob pyscho, kitchen of another world, death march, in another world with my cellphone. There's lots of good ones out there and so much variety that anyone could find something they like. I think people unfairly associate it with being childish just because it's drawn like kids cartoons.

[@microhomebrew]

I remember when I was in high-school, and anime was my obsession (watching 1-3 12 episode series every gods damned day), I consumed and consumed like I was getting payed for it. After realizing that forcing myself to watch mediocre and crap shows just to sate my completionist attitude was a waste of time. I realized around 10 years ago, that I could just watch what I knew I would like, and that I could drop anything I don't like. Eventually I just found other things to do, but I'm finally getting back into it again now! Anyway, I just wanted to say that being a part of the community and discussion... was NEVER, and is not now, a priority for me. It's not even something that ever crossed my mind. I don't really care what people think about the anime I do and don't like, and I don't care if other people know what I have to say. It's a medium for storytelling and art, and I'll just keep enjoying it the way I always have... mostly in silence.

[@rosiisartistic]

Beautifully said! I feel the same exact way! (:

[@chrono4425]

Im in a similar situation but instead of 3 shows in one day its one 12 episode show a day and its a show ive done research on to know its good

[@damnnab6254]

Same, if my friends watched the same anime fine but I won't watch an anime just because other people do

[@georgeyour4464]

Ok boomer

[@AHeckman118]

Maybe the real anime was the friends we made along the way.

[@Bamkuhen]

AHeckman118 what?

[@luapdd1]

I dont have any friends.

[@Hawkstar59]

this was the most anime comment here, have a like

[@manuelkfc7916]

AHeckman118 You mean the One piece?, The door to heaven? Over heaven? The 4th impact? The criminal? The waifu? The weeb? Because that's always the excuse for something that's never going to happen :'v

[@allenqueen]

I haven't made any friends. The best I get is some rando giving me a like/upvote😒

[@FF7Destiny]

I've never felt the need to be current with anime, I just love finding an anime that I would really enjoy and it's golden when you come across one that becomes a favourite. The problem is a lot of anime is focusing too much on fan service and not on the actual story they want to tell. I still like to go back and try and find 80's and 90's anime I've never seen.

[@bombardier0543]

That wasn't an easy video at all. More than making a good video, you questioned us, which is something extremely rare and qualitative on this platform. I'll give my response after thinking. GG gigguk

[@PlantagenetRose]

12:58 that transition hurt

[@dxv1l_x]

First

[@Zarafin]

@@dxv1l_x Goof

[@Stemshady]

watching the classics>attempting to keep up with everything coming out

[@pinstripe01]

Tis why I started SDF Macross over something new. Hand drawn space operas from the 80s still need to be appreciated.

[@Netherman14TheHellblazer]

But you can still watch things that have come out recently, even if you're not keeping up with *everything*.

[@Ammothief41]

​@@Netherman14TheHellblazer It's tough though. I can pick a random show from the mid 80's till the early 2000's and there's a good chance I'll like it but pick a random show from the current season? Good luck. There's tons of shows and not much of what I like to watch anymore. The designers just don't have the freedom that they used to.

[@misukiylambertson2764]

@@Ammothief41 dororo and promised Neverland. Thank me later.

[@ultimatechojian1159]

Watching the classic < attempting to literally watch very anime that exists, because no matter how much anime watched, it can’t fill the emptiness in the heart

[@lachimolala1148]

As someone who doesn't participate in conversations (or even reads through them), or care about what's new or trending, I can say I don't need to change the way I think about anime. It'll always be special to me because I simply watch what I enjoy, and take what I can from it. Trying to keep up with communities just ruins the fun, and makes me feel rushed.

[@agnesdue17]

I agree. I used to have a few friends that watched the same shows as me, but now I only have one friend and my brother that watch anime shows at all. I don't try to keep up with the community at all, I just try to find anime I enjoy, whether they be old or new. It's sad to lose the connection I had with those few that watched together with me, but anime is and will always be special to me, no matter where the community goes :)

[@bobe5608]

GEEKalea Absolute same

[@fluffyphoenix8082]

Same. For me, this also applies to any fandom. I used to try really hard to get involved in fandoms and keep up with everything, but I've long since given up. I feel like fandoms are getting worse and more irritating. Lately, I only care about what I enjoy, not about what other people are telling me to enjoy or not enjoy.

[@PatChatASMR]

I agree! I used to try to keep up and was always on discussios but in the pst half a year ive gone back to watch older shows and Ive honestly been enjoying it a lot more without being in discussions and without having this “keeping up” pressure

[@revsnowfox3613]

I'm so glad somebody wrote this comment. I'm 30 now and I was never very social. Anime meant something special when I got into it and it is still something special to me, no matter how mainstream or popular it gets. I didn't make friends thanks to it, and I never really tried or felt the need to be part of the "anime community", although I had a blog which was tangentially related to discussing the fandom and other edgy stuff, and I was active on a TV station's forum while it lasted. That TV station got me into this in 2005. While I haven't found myself in the mood to watch anime in the past several years (although recently I have watched a couple things), and I stopped going to cons long years ago, I still feel like anime as a phenomenon is still something dear to me. I feel alienated looking at today's fandom, looking at how it is all about community this and community that, all this superficial chitchat. Discord servers chock full of anime memes used by everyone, 16 year old girls wearing ahegao T-shirts at cons and doing ahegaos for donations online. Speaking of cons, there aren't any anime cons anymore, nobody really cares about the country behind anime, which we cared about back then. Now anime is just another consumer product to reap profits with and write reviews about. I get that it is inevitable that the anime industry will spread out and the audience will be less homogeneous, and that the term "anime fan" will loose its meaning. But I feel like it won't change me and my relationship with this part of popular culture.

[@TsyChun]

I want to take a moment to appreciate how background clips are related to the words he says, wich is nice, but MOST IMPORTANTLY how "my wildest dreams" was on a clip of ultimate Kars. (0:04)

[@saad1653]

TsyCho and when he said space in the end, there were spaceships

[@uses0ap]

I wait for an anime to complete so I can binge watch it all at once. I've never watch it as its on-going

[@leviyoung4066]

uses0ap well aot is getting a final season next year

[@ejstephens7918]

I'm with you. I can never do weekly episodes and I don't really even like waiting for the next season of a show. I just enjoy going back and watching shows that are already finished so I can take it all in at once

[@piotr7448]

I do the same thing, hope I will be able to start watching One piece some day xD

[@VasulDuck]

Man I remember when being a Gigguk fan was a rare sight It still is rare, but you get what I'm talking about

[@typhoonzebra]

0:13 gigguk will now talk about his experience of puberty for a few seconds

[@AtomicTheSniper]

Prussian Eagle lucky. Mines below average :(

[@ludowic8187]

Ppfffft betas, im 5 meters tall and i have a wingspan of 8 meters

[@andriibilych]

You are terrible, love it

[@peterbrooke7146]

It's sad that there are people who only watch anime now to be apart of a trend/movement and "keep up" with the latest shows, everyone should enjoy it for the stories, messages and fun the creators are trying to convey, so that the audience feel something on an emotional level, so it feels real. lowering anime to just another thing to consume is sad and insulting. i know this is probably a small percentage compared to people who care about the shows but still it's kinda sad.

[@viki7268]

yeah. i can't even watch bnha season 2. just the fact that ive watched some of season 3 has just put stopped me from being interested in season 2 and 1.

[@Poukeli]

Yeah I watch a lot of the og anime.

[@STOTTINMAD]

Peter Brooke I got into on a whim and after being recommended to watch bleach by an old manager. I also watched a few amvs and then suddenly I had watched a whole lot of fate. I only really choose a few new shoes. Ive got some from a few years ago. Just wish I had started sooner

[@Crimzonbreaker]

Yeah I hate all those people who aren't even anime fans but they duck ride the hell out of Attack on Titan and One Punch Man because it was on Netflix.

[@seroq442]

what would u define as a anime fan?

[@ljchavez666]

This is one of the most salient and meaningful way I've ever heard someone talk about something as universal as "growing up." It was a great watch and a really excellent distillation of something I've been unsure how to articulate myself for years. Well fucking played dude, new sub.

[@TheSeppomania]

Thanks Gigguk, very cool.

[@Charlie-ls5gm]

Hahahaha

[@michelebenedetti7507]

Even Samuel L Jackson watches anime so the community is pretty big by now

[@WOKENJJT]

Michele benedetti Hentai too

[@shasiins581]

I mean he did voice afro samurai and most likely he thought it was wavey

[@costinv9444]

Now is no longer a comunity it's an industry and that can be good but can also be bad

[@Julia-wj5uk]

If he has seen 4 anime and 2 hentai doesn't mean he "watches anime"

[@AbstraktZ]

Julia Mm pretty sure it does. Doesn't have to be an obscure 10 syllable Japamese title.

[@azrealelric5101]

I actually subscribed to your channel because of this video. I turn 40 this year and have been an anime fan for about 27 years now, so I had to chuckle at talking about how niche a community this was even 10 years ago lol. I remember finding anime in a store period was insane and finding series outside of Macross was almost unheard of. Things like SciFi channels anime week were amazing chances to see “new” anime. Vampire Hunter D, Lens Men, Akira, and Demon City Sinzuku were amazing treats as well as the original bubble crisis. Watching this community grow has warmed my heart but also made me cringe at the almost mindless way people look at and consume anime. Anyway keep up your observations, I find them interesting and often insightful.

[@rigel9585]

Azreal Elric wowww can you be my father plz

[@bondoon]

Jesus Christ dude

[@azrealelric5101]

Lol Emily P you made me smile.

[@rigel9585]

Azreal Elric glad to hear that lol

[@seannnn_idk]

Gigguk: Anime is not only accepted... Me being spammed by friends that i'm gay for watching anime: Good one

[@ejstephens7918]

That's a shame people are like that, but it's getting better. I hope it gets better for you. It could take a while before it's more normalized everywhere and by all groups of people.

[@damnnab6254]

I felt that

[@angeloj3139]

Don't worry, after some time Everybody will start seeing anime..., kinda like gigguk said.

[@noexcusedrummer]

I'm 36 years old. I've been watching anime for.... far too long. I understand where you're coming from with this and I have to tell you, I went through this change you speak of in the mid to late 2000's when I realized that the majority of anime I was seeing that was considered "popular" all started to look the same and be generally about the same subject matter. The content outputting in this regard was massive then and it's only gotten more massive since leading up all the way to today. I quickly discovered that I should stop trying to consume all that I could (around about 2005), and I was certainly trying to do just that, and instead just find shows that I enjoy. The landscape at the time in the mid 2000's required torrenting of course, and finding shows was relatively easy as I found that sticking with a few groups that had the same general tastes as I would regularly put out great content and decent shows I enjoyed. Now though, I'm a subscriber to Crunchy Roll and have been for about a decade now. I'm a subscriber to Funimation. I even subscribed to amazons Anime Strike when it was a thing. There are more that I've subscribed to in the past but those are what I would consider the "major ones." The one thing I'll say that is fantastic about the massive amount of content that is available these days, is that it's now easier than ever to find something you'll enjoy. Not all anime fans enjoy all anime. I personally can't stand certain slice of life anime and I'm really tired of the million or so "school" flavored shows that I see come out every year. Maybe if I haven't been seeing these various school themed shows for the nearly past two decades being spewed out by the industry in every form or fashion that they can come up with, I might not be so jaded by it. And that's not to say I don't enjoy the occasional school anime. I do. And what IS good about there being so many is that I might find one or two I enjoy. Just as you said in this video, Anime is not a one trick pony. Where I will vehemently disagree with you on, however, is that no anime fan has ever fully agreed with one another on all the anime they have watched, and all have their own tastes. You may not have said this outright but you hinted at there being a time where anime fans just enjoyed each others company when they found someone with the same interests and the times were simpler. Anime fans may have consumed everything they could in the past, and finding someone else who enjoyed anime enjoyed meeting another who did as well. But trust me when I tell you that the opinions of those anime fans are strong, and they may agree on nothing. One may love Hand Maid Mai, but detest Evangelion. Another may love Record of Lodoss War, but detest Basilisk and yet love Beck. This is divisive, and goes back since anime first made it's way into the west. It's not, however, necessarily a bad thing. Either way, I highly recommend enjoying the anime you like. Enjoy it for the art that it is, and the stories that you find engrossing. Don't do it to "chat about it." Don't do it to "be a part of the community." You ARE part of the community. You watch anime. That hasn't and more than likely will never change, regardless of how popular anime becomes. Watch what you want, and pay no attention to those who say what you SHOULD be watching in a negative way. Sorry for the length of my response, but your video, which is fantastic BTW, certainly made me want to respond. Keep up the good work Gigguk.

[@smashjumperz3138]

like no sarcasm, nice essay dude

[@Kevin-Hdz]

Nice, so to put it simply enjoy it for the art it is and watch whatever story or plot has you hooked, either way I would like to say i do that, but end up watching dumb shows in the process, but still find some good ones

[@thearbitar123]

noexcusedrummer good shit bro

[@LoomDoom]

Well said!

[@cyaegha293]

you see, a person is smart, but people are stupid,emotional, and fragile and people are hindering a person. people will put up anything to protect their feelings, even unknowingly destroying the things they love, person say “this is shit”, people say “opinion”, person say “its a fact”, people say “nolstagia”, person say “youre ruining it”, people say “biase”, person say “improve”, ect do you understand what im saying? the entertainment as a whole is breaking down, and people will put up anything to protect their feelings, by creating something stupid like opinion, nolstagia, biase... and all of the stupid fucks who dont know what the fuck they talking about, all in the name of emotions while playing their part in destroying society. feminism, casuals, reviews, lets put an end to all that shit.

[@theresastarmanwaitinginthe5149]

You want to know what has changed? MyAnimeList's home page.

[@shadowridrs]

There's a starman waiting in the sky Fuckin got em

[@spinyslasher6586]

MAL: Mr.Gigguk, I don't feel so good.

[@RaGiAn87]

Arent the web page servers down right now?

[@10kazimkocan]

yep, that was the joke

[@CocoHutzpah]

Gotta say, I like that new "down for maintenance" page. It's made me realize that I don't know what episode of Dirty Pair I'm on.

[@KrpticUnknown]

Wow. Ig ive kinda been under a rock.. i only watch what sounds interesting. also for me when an episode ends Im like "damn already?"

[@themostintenseofwater5068]

same

[@Shiba9870]

Same

[@pokokuyo51]

I just have too many plan to watch anime that i even already forget the new season are started

[@sora5982]

thats the earlier stages. once your a year in or something it starte to change. i wish i could watch anime like i did back in the day

[@helper_bot]

did you mean "damn has it been 2 days since i do my daily life?" watching anime broke my daily schedule lol

[@erufailon4723]

"there's too much anime available" *laughs in various European languages*

[@KondratovSerhii]

The funny things is there's too much anime available... at least in Eastern Europe. Thanks to pirates.

[@damnnab6254]

not only eastern europe

[@pasturple5662]

@@KondratovSerhii we're probally talking about legal ways to watch shows, a lotta anime on Crunchyroll or Netflix are not available around here which sucks

[@KondratovSerhii]

@@frankyhollywood3766 I don't know why, but anime with English dub is one of the funniest things I've ever seen. It's so bad that it sometimes becames comedy gold. But at most cases, I woudn't wish to watch it even to my enemy. Russian dubbing is much better.

[@ihavetopowerofgodandanimeo2551]

Seriously if you wanna watch it legally it's fucking pain in the ass

[@an1mesh]

We live in a society...... ....where people watch lollies using a pink P90

[@CookieAsArrow]

ANIMEsh official I saw a picture, can't remember the name, looked weird... Edit: SAO Alternative GGO...

[@an1mesh]

potato psoas you little....

[@CookieAsArrow]

potato psoas I am sorry that you use Bing...

[@itsyuboi3218]

ANIMEsh official hahaha lol

[@hayazi96able]

ANIMEsh official no...its a university student who plays games and her avatar just so happens to be a loli wearing pink...which she paid to win... i mean only got after buying a ton of other games with her parents cash just to get the avatar she wanted.

[@JustinY.]

So if anime is becoming too mainstream, just make more shows like eromanga sensei. Got it.

[@camerondavis6659]

Holy shit.

[@ilhamalbasith2618]

oh no

[@Khamis1203]

I don't think the video was saying that becoming mainstream was a bad thing. It was just a commentary on how it is now. There are still very niche anime out there and still being made.

[@Higashikata]

Justin Y. You reminded me of the anime I wanted to forget the name of

[@monkeydo992]

Stop. Just stop. It’s enough.

[@unmeaninglessly143]

gigguk going deep pondering questions never giving answers there goes my 14min could've instead watch 3 boku no pico ep at 2.5x speed

[@noetic8354]

After 20+ years of watching anime, and being one of the first Weebs during the late 80's and early 90's, sadly for me I feel that I'm outgrowing the medium. Don't get me wrong I love anime but the stuff being pumped out today just doesnt resinate with me, though I have passed the torch to my kids who we share seasonal shows to this day.. It does make me feel a bit sad when i think about how excited i was to stubmle across a new gem. My oldest loves it and even started cosplaying, I get to take her to conventions and see amazing things in the culture but i guess thats what it means getting old.

[@KaguyaAMVs]

Awwww, looks like we're kinda sharing the same situation. My dad is an original anime fan from the 80's and 90's. My dad hasn't been watching a lot recently so I feel that he out grew it a long time ago but yeah it's nice to watch a show with him time to time

[@tunod-]

I honestly dont believe you outgrow it. I'm 24 now and the last time I watched anime was today but before that its been 7 years. I used to watch it all the time during school but I was around 16 years old back then. I started rewatching some animes I finished back then and Im having a blast. The only thing that's changed for me though is that everyone in the anime is young and back then I could relate to it a whole lot more. Being an adult now there are many scenarios that just dont apply to me anymore but they still hit me the same because there's this young kiddo lingering inside me that just wont let go.

[@andreaswillemsen9889]

@@tunod- I would also consider myself quiet og. I think it has more to do with what Gigguk said, the fandom is now much more divided into bubbles. It happened to me multiple times that people for example on a dating site or something had in their profile. I like anime at the very top and when you talk about it. They say, oh yes I watch one piace and SOA and that's it.

[@nathannever7209]

A Gigguk upload? Everything else can wait.

[@zaicol850]

Everything else is irrelevant ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Twidin-l7w]

Zaicol IT lol

[@chevalierdulys]

Haha true that

[@digi1071]

Even Hentai?

[@lucifersama43]

that moment everyone knows what that is,...

[@mon1ka502]

But our taste in waifus is still shit though

[@expaand6720]

JUST MONIKA *trash

[@Bob-lx8xu]

JUST MONIKA weird is normal in anime fandom

[@AtomicTheSniper]

English Is Not My First Language no, there is still wierd shit within the community

[@secretsenpai9169]

As judged by your interest in Monika, the *second* best girl. *cough* *cough* *Yuri*

[@expaand6720]

Secret Senpai yuri best girl

[@Xeikkeiu]

I absolutely agree. There's an obsession with novelty in the community: "the next big thing". I understand it, and at one point I also felt pressured to try a bunch of new shows just to feel up to date. Here's an alternate way to watch anime: Check out the highest rated/most popular shows from each year in anime history. It's easy to find on myanimelist! That's what I'm doing right now. I also throw in some less popular shows, if it's something I heard about back in the day but never checked out :)

[@robledosarhento1567]

>It's easy to find on MyAnimeList You DON'T say...

[@Droid15243Z]

Charlotta Bävholm I just try random anime every once in a while. xD

[@ДмитрийКончаков-п5ы]

Charlotta Bävholm, I want to watch all anime that came in the year of my birthday.

[@ashwinmurali1057]

That's exactly what I do! I'm just watching the shows I've heard everyone recommend. To be honest, I don't care about keeping up with the seasons. I just see which anime are good in the current season or are continuations of serieses that I've seen, and just watch those.

[@ikimihimiri633]

or you can forget about anime, browse something else, fortunately find someone who tell a great anime, then watch it. That is how i found Made in Abyss, Karakai Jouzu no Takagi-san, and Net-juu no Susume

[@ClaudiniGod]

As a newbie all I want are friends to talk with about the anime. I'm a slow watcher (1 episode a day long shows, 1 a week for short shows) and I love getting excited.

[@ideasonek3374]

I just love the editing skills in Gigguks videos “Endless Cycle” *shows Haruhi Suzumiya Endless Eight Arc*

[@ideasonek3374]

“Time is limited” *steins;gate ED*

[@TheBlueCrunchmaican]

IdeasOnEK endless eight

[@Alien1375]

IdeasOnEK I immediately got a PTSD attack when that scene came up.

[@ideasonek3374]

TheBlueCrunchmaican sorry i fixed it

[@TheBlueCrunchmaican]

IdeasOnEK 👍

[@MetronaJ]

... this hit me harder than I thought it would... You summed up not only my thoughts on anime as it is today but a good part of my life in that opening section It feels surreal that I have been in this community for so long being only 19 as is, looking at how it's changed and everything, what you mentioned is probably the exact reason why my anime consuming habits has changed, where I used to watch anything and everything til the end to watching a select number before dropping most of them and watching a select few All of this started out of a love from pokemon...

[@Gollum1905]

I feel like this for a few years now... It really makes me sad this perception of anime keeps growing and spreading upon our community. Thanks for bringing up this topic, bc I feel like a lot of new fans don't even realise what it means to be an actual anime fan. It's all about having fun. I don't care if you watched 700 anime in the last 2 years compared to my 300 anime in 10 years. All I did was having fun with my hobby and fanboying about stuff I really thought- and still think- were great. I think this also goes hand in hand with the topic you touched on a few months back in "We accepted mediocracy". Mainstream is a mass, that just likes to consume. They'll talk about anything recent, instead of putting in the time to find a good anime that's worth their time. It's nice to have so many people talk about anime, but it saddens me to see people caring less and less about the genre itself, which is also a reason for the loss in quality in my opinion.

[@Gollum1905]

UgandaKnuckles you don't get my point. It's not that anime now is worse than before. I'm talking about the anime community itself. I'm really nitpicky when it comes to shows I wanna watch and that's the reason I only watched "so few" compared to others. That's what really bothers me. See you're exactly showcasing what I was talking about. Why do I have to argue with you on why I have apparently not the skill to pick up good anime? Why are you segmenting the anime genre into seasons or specific epoches like it is with literature? I'm not an advocate for old anime or want to sound like an oldfag preaching of the "good days". My whole point is our community is becoming dull as it's forced to absorb as much mainstream as possible bc it generates more money. I know this sounds edgy but anime was appealing to me bc it was so different from anything else i've seen before, but a lot of that magic faded away as time passed. This is not only bc i've gotten older but also bc of the anime community evolving and spreading in the West. I still watch BNHA, Steins Gate 0, Tokyo Ghoul:Re and read Goblin Slayer, Berserk and some random ass manga, but its an undeniable fact anime has another target audience and doesn't have the same focus it had several years ago.

[@hi-devil3005]

Lately I’ve just stopped watching new anime and every once in a while I just rewatch animes I’ve already seen despite my “to watch” list grows as time moves, and despite that I still am obsessed with anime and I almost always only talk about that, I just never don’t feel like watching anime anymore for some unknown reason

[@echocube3984]

The history of anime can be put into two stages Pre eromanga sensei and post eromanga sensei

[@jambott5520]

Sir Alonne *shudders*

[@jeffreysian-salas1689]

You mean POST eromanga sensei I didn't spend my time getting a masters in loli ecosystems for nothing

[@echocube3984]

Jeff Sian you’re right forgive my inaccurately I only received a major in isekai studies

[@shahmirkhan5373]

Sir Alonne eromanga sensei is the peak of humanity

[@echocube3984]

Neander Stall it truly is the climax of human evolution

[@maegamisama]

It used to be that I could use "anime" as a filter for finding people who were somewhat similar to me. Now it's grown to such a point where I feel overwhelmed and feel nostalgic for simpler times. It's sort of similar to what happened with the internet. Before social media took off, the people you found on it were of a certain type and it was easier to work your way through to find a group of people (back when there used to be communities and web forums and chatrooms) After social media hit though, most of those places died off and the internet became less of a place where you could easily find that person similar to you. While both becoming less niche definitely have their positives (and I wouldn't go back even if we could) I still wish there was an easier way to wade through it all to carve some niches again where people could easily find one another. Rather than simply part of millions/billions of others like it is right now.

[@xThariusx]

Yeah, like he said in the video, it used to be that if you ran into someone who was an anime fan you were pretty much guaranteed to have some sort of common ground. Now though, with such a broader range of options, it can be hard to find people to talk to about it. I have several friends that are anime fans but I'm hesitant to talk to them about some shows due to judgement. I ended up going to reddit just for this reason. I felt weird about trying bring up the discussion with my friends, so I went to a subreddit just for that show.

[@poloprestige911]

This this and more of this. Amen.

[@xneffenx]

I get kind of sad and nostalgic sometimes since I know I’ve forgotten about anime I loved due to how many I’ve seen

[@Khamis1203]

REWATCH TIIIIIME seriously watch an episode or 2 as you're going to bed it's great. I rewatched yu yu hakusho not long ago and it still entertained me.

[@jalene150]

Khamis1203 YYH will forever be THAT anime I can never watch too much

[@twicethess-ratedghoul7859]

Jose Guzman I completely feel the same way !

[@abdulazizinularifeen]

Yep. I'm currently binging a rematch.

[@kushiro6302]

Khamis1203 I will probably end up watching it til the next morning lmao

[@iaroslavtitov2270]

Damn, I guess I'm old school, I cherry-pick shows that would interest me, and watch no more than 2 episodes a night to enjoy the content.

[@Sanjixoxo]

*THANKS FOR GIVING ME FEELS GIGUK YOU BEAUTIFUL WEEB OF A MAN*

[@venom16839]

This reminds me of the episode of King of the Hill when Bobby joins the academic games and has to study pop culture trivia. He soon becomes so engulfed in staying up to date with everything that’s relevant in the world of entertainment, that he passes out from information overload. To help him recover his Dad Hank tells him to sit down and watch Beverly hillbillies with him. And in that one momment. Watching a show from 50 years ago Bobby finally realizes why he fell in love with TV in the first place.

[@mikuhatsunegoshujin]

Matthew Dickinson but Beverly Hillbillies is a show not a TV?

[@forgiveness7959]

INSTALL GENTOO if you listen carefully you can hear thousands of people facepalming.

[@133hardrock]

True. Just sitting down and enjoying some old Anime made me realize that I feel this pressure of trying to keep up with everything new so that I can take part in discussions in the community. So that I can feel as being a part of it. Which funny enough, has changed. I can't do the same stuff I did in my teens because I don't have the time for it anymore. Especially considering how many new shows come up every season. I think it's time to chill a bit.

[@bookfilmfan3288]

+Matthew Dickinson That's a great point. I, myself, only watch Anime that interests me. If I don't enjoy it, I won't watch it. Also, there is definitely joy to be had by watching the classics -- be it Anime, or otherwise. I love Anime, but I'm also a big classic movie fan, and enjoy watching older films. I'm just sort of an all around type of fan, that way. I like a lot of things. :)

[@venom16839]

I bet you also like books

[@gordonfreeman2346]

Yup, seasonal anime’s.......that’s why I took a break and started to actually find some quality, It’s rare for me to watch anime anymore because it started to become quantity over quality😭.

[@nofunpolice6132]

Ikr, I've never been a big anime fan, I often thought that a lot of the community gave more praise than most shows deserve and I feel nowadays this may really be true. While it's nice to see it gain more mass appeal moste new shows are painfully mediocre or downright bad, mixed with a couple of shows that exceed in certain categories but fail in other vital parts. While it's easier to find something that's suits your tast there's only a couple of anmies that I can objectively call good and even allot of what people may considers to be modern masterpieces is really forgettable in the long therm. To cut it short anime finally caught up to the rest of mainstream media.

[@6ixlxrd]

Today's anime (with only a few exceptions) makes me feel like I'm reading dystopian fanfiction from Wattpad. I've had enough of the constant Shonen cliches, ecchi harems, recycled tsunderes, generic tropes, etc.

[@poloprestige911]

な6IXLXRD amen

[@Slammatoro]

You’re right but the thing is the authors are smart because people will still watch it

[@Mohamed_Bendjiar]

You are right but without those , anime wouldn't be mainstream like it is now

[@datkitgirl7338]

Amen

[@6ixlxrd]

@@Mohamed_Bendjiar The entire reason anime was good in the first place is because it wasn't mainstream. Writers/mangakas actually cared about the stories they told back then. Look at Cowboy Bebop: to this day it still hasn't been beaten. Now that anime is mainstream studios are pumping out ANY and everything no matter the quality, thus resulting in a polluted oversaturation of recycled mediocrity that births further seasonal recycled mediocrity. Originality is a thing of the past. Everyone simply hops on whatever's mainstream, copies the exact same tropes, and beat that horse until its dead. Creators have become comfortable with this formula because it makes them money...because they fear using their brains to come up with their own ideas. Why come up with something new when you can have a high-school boy teleported into a video-game-like world and make bank? Why create realistic female characters when you can just make them tsunderes or kuuderes and call it a day? Why come up with unique designs when you can give your MC the "Kirito" look? It's gotten so bad I can instantly identify a character's ENTIRE personality based on their design alone. Spike or Faye's designs don't tell you a thing about their characters. How many more generic isekai's, "misfits" in high school, demon lords, forced sequels, harems, etc do we need before anime like Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo can start getting made again? The most recent gem I can think of (that was a step in the right direction) is Great Pretender.

[@JayAwesomeGames]

What kind of monster watches videos at 1.5 speed? You gotta commit and watch at X2 😎👌

[@soichironagi142]

What about x2.5 speed?

[@digi1071]

Soichiro Nagi You monster...

[@JayAwesomeGames]

Soichiro Nagi I wouldn't recommend it, you get so emersed that you won't be able to stop. I was lucky enough to get a blackout on day 5 to break the cycle

[@_BJW29]

That’s not committing, committing is skipping to the end

[@mooneater7072]

JayAwesomeGames how do people even read subtitles that fast? Or is people saying that they do that is jus a joke?

[@tywilson3689]

*looks at watch list with 250 anime on it* *cries*

[@brandonvilla2420]

Tymon Wilson delete that watchlist it will make you feel better

[@Hhhh22222-w]

Tymon Wilson You dumbass, watch what you want when you have the time for it... Don't turn this into a bad thing, just because you don't have organisational or time managing skills.

[@EphemeralDust]

I agree, I used to be a huge anime fan, as mentioned I watched all the classics, was an active member of the community as well. But over the course of the last few years, I find that with so much anime coming out and the few and far between ones that match my preferences has alienated me from the community I grew up in. So often I will go to an anime site or subreddit and have no clue what everyone is talking about because they are shows I never had interest in. Due to this I now wait until the end of the year, check the reviews on shows and binge watch them all, never talking to those communities because I am out of the loop now.

[@princessthyemis]

xToxicInferno that's me almost exactly!!!! ...kinda sad for us.

[@pcgamerz3081]

xToxicInferno lol same for me. Im glad theres more people that dont watch every show that comes out this month.

[@Kevinschart]

i like popping in on a show that has good ratings 3 or 4 episodes in so that I can join the conversation. I NEVER start watching any anime out of curiosity. it doesn't pay to be a first adopter in anime.

[@Aaron565]

thats right, outsource your reviews and your attention to people's whos job it is to point you in the direction you need to go.

[@danielsjohnson]

Aaron565pwns but even that is becoming difficult. Mother's Basement tries to watch all the OPs of all the shows (that's around 1 minute and 30 seconds each) each season and even he has a tough time doing it as a job.

[@junethanoschurchill6750]

1:22 Does anyone else appreciate the fact that when he cut from the first bit of the Pokémon theme song his “I” was in key

[@BlaqMagiq99]

my problem is the oversaturation of mediocrety and sameness.

[@niu-3-]

This happens to any industry when they are big enough to a certain point. Just look at hundreds of movies or video games coming out each year, most of them mediocre and similar to each other, only a handful of them would be worth remembering. We were so used to the fact that every anime that we watched are interesting or at least weird. It wasn't because anime become objectively worse, but because we have better access to all of anime, including all the generic stuff that wouldn't see the light of day if it was in the past. We have to accept the fact that anime, while becoming a bigger industry, would become more like any other medium and less like a big community where everyone is on the same page.

[@TheMainAntagonist]

Same, my friend likes to pick at me because I don't watch current generic anime, But I don't enjoy the same anime show with sligtly different terminology. I only like to watch the great shows or even popular ones. Call me mainstream but I want an anime experience that canmake me feel something on a personal level.

[@michaelmiky11]

BlaqMagiq99 There are only a few directors worth keeping track of, the rest seems to be very mediocre. But I'm open for any suggestions of recent masterpieces, I'm hungry for them

[@davidmanu952]

niu absolutely hit it on the head with that.the larger a community grows, the increase in variation follows suit

[@beastvicious8672]

Alyosha How recent are we talking? The most recent i can think of are: Attack on Titan, Made in Abyss, Jojo part 4 and Mob Psycho 100.

[@MidosujiSen]

I can appreciate the community growing, but man do I miss the old community when it was just the bros chilling out.

[@takashiryuusuke2770]

Near Sky most things I see(in fb) are saitama vs goku or goku vs thanos, honestly it's annoying

[@capybara7792]

> just bros chilling around. Let's ignore the daily waifu wars between potato 1 and Potato 2

[@pcgamerz3081]

Vox Morroca lmao

[@celestia6141]

The new community is basically Fanservice Goku vs. Saitama Who is best waifu weebs edgelords man it is fucking hard to find a decent person who can talk anime with you.

[@shawklan27]

Catharina Reinhardt agreed

[@ateela15]

I agree. I was forced into becoming a casual viewer who can only watch a few episodes during the week, and then binge a show on the weekend. My real life demanded more and more time and the shows coming out were starting to stack up. I then started making criteria of shows i would watch and then filtering through, so i could make sure i got a hold of the shows that i have been expecting or sound good. Unfortunately, that means that i miss a ton of other shows that are hot topics. All the new waifus coming out monthly and i can't keep up. I simply don't try anymore. I take my time and scan through season releases for shows that have descriptions that seem intriguing to me, and then i watch them only. When i get more time, i may see what others recommend, but for the most part, i will only watch what i feel like, since it is a hobby that i enjoy and refuse to turn it into a chore.

[@someonesomewhere5667]

Beautifully written, you take my own personal thoughts and snippets of conversations I’ve had throughout my life and almost in a Shakespearean way lay it out in such a melodious format that really ties how I personally feel all together. :) brava

[@cripplingdepression8889]

Holy shit, Just realized Crunchyroll is owned by a joint venture of AT&T, who also owns Time Warner And Funimation by Sony Pictures TV Shit, and here I thought they were independant

[@cruzgonzalez7061]

C R I P P L I N G D E P R E S S I O N The rabbit hole goes much MUCH deeper than that my friend.

[@RoxasTheNobody]

C R I P P L I N G D E P R E S S I O N Crunchyroll used to be independent and free. Think KZbin with its own social media platform and forums They got hit pretty bad with takedowns. They got a few rights to stream, but then they just sold it for what it is now.

[@mikethewise2000]

Ye, but hey at least the quality of the service is going up.

[@Hakajin]

Yeah, it used to be a fan-sub platform. I remember the first time they got a legitimate deal with a company to stream "Time of Eve." Even at the time, I thought that was huge, because it seemed like exactly what needed to be happening for fans to get the content they wanted, and for companies to make their money. It's sad that they had to sell out, but... Yeah, I think streaming services like Crunchyroll are a big part of why we're seeing such an deluge of new shows.

[@Never_Raines]

have you used crunchyroll lately? they still run flashplayer....

[@JustinY.]

I never knew you had to watch Black Bible to become a true anime fan

[@Mic_Glow]

I think you need to watch Evangelion (sober).

[@kyon2221]

Justin Y. You again..

[@weyloran2007]

FUCK

[@Lucas-po6mn]

how the fuck are you everywhere

[@angelavalos230]

It's him again

[@thelastcube.]

This made me realise that I watch basically four type of anime - the 'GOAT' ones (DN, CG, S;G, FMA:B etc) , the Hyped ones (MHA, OPM, AOT etc), anime which are similar to the genre I like by seeing the above two categories (Baccano, Mob Psycho, One Outs etc) and the current ones that are either next seasons of any anime I see or are hyped/looks good (Black Clover, S;G 0, MHA S3 etc) Also this made me realize that I don't watch that much anime and (maybe I'm the minority) I instead of watching a ton of shows, watch only some selected ones (like my whole watch list of last year is in the examples above + HXH and Made in Abyss) and often rewatch many cool/interesting scenes with pauses in between to dicuss within myself only (don't judge) what's my take on the current thing happening atm in that anime and predictions/reactions etc.

[@poisondamage2182]

Chaitanya Singh same here. maybe it comes from having *other hobbies besides anime* 'gasp' me for my part, i'm a huge cineast and i have to watch a bazillion movies and shows anyway, so i don't really differentiate between anime and 'other shows' it's the same to me

[@MrMedy101]

I feel the same way, maybe because I am not interested in the community as much as I am interested in watching a good anime that has an interesting story.

[@Trogloglation]

Wait... Black Clover? It isn't exactly hyped, since it fell flat in the most spectacular of ways xD

[@Cassadin1883]

Damn you sumed up the way I watch pretty well :D something you didnt mention specifically but I guess you do as well is only watch one anime at a time. I just dont like watching different stuff on different days, how many do with the seasonal anime. And I usually wait until I can watch the series at the speed I want and I dont have to wait for a week for the next episode. A Example for that would be a place further than the universe: I waited for the end of the season to see what the community (in this case Gigguk) liked and started watching it. BTW: CS= Code Geass SG=Steins gate FMAB= full metal alchemist brotherhood, but whats DN? Death note ?

[@bodbyss]

Dude I'm exactly like you. I might watch 3-4 shows a season that are basically the same categories. Although I tend to watch these with close friends. I don't think its healthy trying to watch even half of a current season, that's like 20 shows every four months.

[@Axxidous]

Also I didn't know seasonal anime mentality was a thing. I mean, yeah I can see people being into current anime and it being the primary focus of discussion. Cuz it's airing NOW. It's NEW. People are going to WATCH it and talk about it. But I didn't really that meant people felt like they couldn't watch something older. I watch older stuff all the time. So do most people I know. Sure, I tried out Darling in the FranXX and I've been keeping up with My Hero Academia. But I actually really like My Hero Academia. Don't really care much about Boruto but I'm sure people still talk about Naruto. I haven't finished the show yet cuz I waited for the fillers to end and then got lazy since I'd already read the manga ending. But it's JUST the ending I haven't watched yet (aside from a few clips) I've NEVER heard of people watching something at heightened speeds to finish it faster. That sounds uncomfortable. o: I've actually watched stuff TWICE or 3 times just to watch it again with someone else. Sometimes to catch them up to me so we can continue together. Never had a problem with time. XD

[@Redfireryu]

Over-saturation is a huge problem. I'm not even watching the shows I want to watch just because there is so much.

[@Spartansareawesome11]

But then you have a choice. You can either watch all the new shows and be caught up, or try and watch all the legendary older shows and then you are way out of the loop and can't have a conversation about any of the popular anime that season. Faced with those two choices, or a mix of the two where you don't see enough of each, I can see where the pressure of what to watch would get a person to just not watch anything, you know? Just my thoughts

[@Spartansareawesome11]

LOVE. I LOVE your username lol

[@Hhhh22222-w]

Redfireryu This is not oversaturation... This is how is it once the western fans are exposed and can access almost all the Anime that are coming out.

[@Hhhh22222-w]

Spartansareawesome11 But you don't need to do either? Just watch what you enjoy and if you really wanna stay part of the loop and enjoy some classic, then just do it?

[@NicholasMahabeer]

I lowkey felt sad watching this...still a good watch tho.

[@xueprojects]

This made me so sad. It's kinda true. Our culture is disappearing to commercialization. I'm gonna go rewatch FMA. For the fourth time. I feel like I need to slow down.

[@basedmek]

XueKaihua Studios wow I wasn't able to articulate or describe the feeling of what this man did in this video, but I've been indifferent with anime lately. I recently re-watched Yu Yu Hakusho bc I just felt like I couldn't connect or feel for a show like I once did. I have a crunchyroll, funimation, and Netflix account, but I see the abundance of these new shows, my roommate who just got into anime begging me to watch Darling in the Franx...and I too just had to slow down 😔

[@ToxicDooM96]

Go watch Eureka 7.

[@painpeko1259]

This is so accurate. I realized too that unlike 10 years ago...I've been feeling too pressured to keep up with the new anime that gets released each season and now I don't even go to anime conventions anymore, not because of time but because I know i won't recognize most of the characters that they are cosplaying

[@tozdaddy]

Yikes, but dog what about all the way better anime than FMA? it's not even really my top 25 D:

[@painpeko1259]

@@tozdaddy maybe FMA was the one that made him love anime, maybe by rewatching FMA made him realize how much he loves anime like how your top one is to you?? its not about watching good shows, he's talking about going back to where his love for anime started :P

[@riririri1986]

I always find myself coming back to this video, especially for one reason: As a child/teen I had no one to talk about anime with and the first "anime friends" I met was in a super small convention in my city. We were all amazing friends and whenever someone said they liked anime I was overjoyed about being able to meet someone to talk to and I still am at my late twenties. However, my surroundings are not the same. If you say you like anime, someone who likes anime won't necessarily want to be your friend. It's hard to come to terms with that, but I'm also happy that anime has become more mainstream and a medium for everyone to enjoy! Thanks for this vid!!!

[@zeea5609]

I dont consider anime as something quirky or different. I just see it as Japanese cartoons so I dont try to keep up. I just watch an anime if I like it

[@Intenxsify]

Zee A Exactly

[@Lupicrone]

Maaaaaa booooooooi

[@IanSumallo]

What anime at 8:24?

[@2013daxdaniel]

Zee A same I feel u

[@fauux3872]

Good to know

[@dwarfyman4899]

This is why it’s good to go back and watch some older/ not currently airing anime when you’re getting overwhelmed by the seasonal overload and want to slow things down.

[@l4ur158]

Dwarfyman tbh i personally would recommend something that i tried and know its good to a newbie because that is when u experience the most of anime , i even recently got a friend into hajime no ippo and now he is at the current manga chapter when i didnt even start reading ut >v

[@nerdpiggy]

That’s a good way to look at it.

[@maxxcreese9911]

DO NOT GET ME STARTED AT IPPO WHY DID HE RETIRE? WHY

[@l4ur158]

.... Thanks m8, now what i learned something new about one of my favorite series I will proceed to hang myself

[@snipe305]

Its for this reason I hardly ever watch newly airing anime. Its overwhelming how much stuff comes out. Im also a casual viewer, and Im fairly particular about what I watch. I usually wait for things to finish airing before I even consider watching it as I love a good binge. Bonus points if the source material (Manga or LN are both fine) has been finished and translated so that when I finish the anime I can go back and read the source material to see things I missed or things that werent animated, or if the anime left at a cliff hanger, never to be resolved on screen.

[@Manoffire466]

After all this time I’ve come to see the truth. Gigguk is best girl.

[@justinweeb8145]

*Top Tier Waifu*

[@bcarlizzle]

has he done any Waifu cosplay? If not we should demand it

[@bacondoodles531]

This is why I only watch the anime I like , or think I will like.

[@KarolusTemplareV]

WHAT? People watch anime fast forwading? WHAAAAAT?

[@Blindfire253]

KarolusTemplareV ikr I heard that and was like “whats the fucking point of watching it then”

[@dennishallada890]

I feel like if you have to watch anime fast-forwarded, you're not watching an anime you enjoy enough in the first place.

[@staccatofootsteps]

I only do that to certain ops/ eds when I'm high lol it makes a boring song suddenly much more intense

[@raialasio1574]

Saul Herald what if the op is already intense?

[@TheFlisk]

My exact reaction!

[@gideoncheung8731]

To be honest having watched anime for a couple of years, I never really talked about any of them with anyone (until like from last month, literally). There was a really open anime/game group of people from high school then, but I didn't even feel comfortable with those peebs. Besides, I never quite got the idea of 'wanting to talk about anime' since I'm quiet and I'm an introvert and basically I'd rather have things unsaid. Was comfortable watching and enjoying by meself

[@kakaodcat6759]

I end up not watching anime that is too mainstream for me, I find it annoying when people are rubbing their "favorite" or "must watch!" anime to me. :/

[@samonellauniversity1182]

Vangidism C You made the right choice not to join those weirdos.

[@jimmychong2608]

you mean *weebs*

[@mongooseasd]

yes, im too, wasnt watch anime to talk about it, but becouse i want to just watch and enjoy.

[@rocketbear9870]

Tsubaki Murasaki - Agreed. It's just annoying hearing a trillion people (strangers) saying how much they LOOOOOVVVEEEE!!!!111+! attack on titan ...or whatever. It's like good for you.

[@kimchiplz]

Spoilers are a huge reason behind the “I have to watch everything NOW” mentality. If you put off watching something popular for even a day, you have to stay off social media to avoid the spoilers. There are plenty of people who are mindful and put spoiler warnings, but there are also plenty who don’t. I know some people don’t care about spoilers, but for the ones who do, it’s really hard not to feel pressured to watch everything as soon as it airs

[@allenqueen]

kimchiplz that can be avoided if you are not a part of the community which does daily discussions(reddit mostly). Do that, and you should be fine

[@TheJeffMan01]

I just started watching anime like 2 months a go, and holy shit do I feel behind. I feel like I need to crank out an entire show in a week or less to keep up with somewhat is going on, and I sometimes I have no clue whats even going on. Instead of savoring the great plot and si-fi references that Steins;Gate has to offer, I blazed through it, catching some of it, and moving on to the next thing. The only thing I can really do is rewatch it later on when Ive got a large enough number under my belt, and I still havnt even watched some of the other really good ones, ie DeathNote, Cowboy Bebop, Clannad, the Monogatari series, etc. Its sad, but in the end, I still have a liking for anime that I hope doesnt go away

[@nnnnnn496]

Watch OreGairu too. The best realistic romcom. You won't regret it

[@PeachTIgerDraws]

This was kinda....nostalgic, eye-opening, and even depressing...

[@steorra15]

It really makes you think, doesn't it?

[@strangerfromcommentsection5328]

Anime CONTENT keeps getting worse right? Or its just me?

[@anthonymorgan7140]

Stranger From Comment Section nope. It's because we have too much. Notice a lot of good animes have bad ratings. I don't get it

[@5at5una]

its happen cause its now appeal to casual watcher witch didnt try to watch much and give more attention to other anime then the like mainstream/iyashikei/fanservice type anime

[@toroyoko]

Especially seeing some of the animes I’ve watched years ago as a young teenager in this video, makes me sad how much time has passed

[@dianas8120]

Damn that hit me in the feels when you said anime has grown up too and you showed Naruto as the hokage. I miss the good ol days 😢

[@justincacho396]

Emily Jones naruto as a dumb hokage

[@prakashverma1183]

I love Naruto. It's impossible for me to love it more than I already do.

[@Cneqq]

back in my day all we had was invader zim and good old fairy odd parents. Invader zim was truly one of the best animes

[@dianas8120]

Cneq I mean in the good ol Naruto days before Naruto Shippuden came out and everyone became op af.

[@_Zekken]

This is funny, I dont really pay attention to seasonal anime. Hell, I prefer watching it after its finished airing because bingeing it all is much nicer for me than having to wait a week for each new ep. I myself just find stuff that looks interesting, and watch it. Heck I havent even watched nor know the name of the anime with that pink haired demon horn darling girl everyone is talking about currently lol.

[@mounne13]

Darling in the Franxx. Shes teh new contender in the waifu war that (out of nowhere) became one of the highest tiered ones. I havent watched Franxx yet. currently trying to finish Michiko & Hatchin

[@Jaguarsclaw]

mounne13 I just started it it's not bad

[@mazerumaze]

I'm having a similar approach, in a way- or rather, my approach is a mix of both. I love binging some series I've wanted to watch or just found out exist in one sitting but I also usually find a lot of shows I'm curious about in each season, so it's... kinda both, in a way? It's a comfy self-established pace to me at least. Also that. Would be Darling in the FranXX. I guess give it a shot if just to see what people are talking about but. Honestly not much lost if you don't, either, as it's hardly anything new on any level.... nor good on any level for that matter, maybe aside for animation.

[@nrapiera]

Was this from the book "Best jokes you tell yourself"

[@_Zekken]

Nicolas Rapiera idk what you're on about. Only currently airing show Im watching right now is GGO. And the last show I watched as it aired was Re Zero, and that was only the last ~5 episodes

[@nicjoy4407]

5:49 the genius here is so subtle that I think almost everyone would of missed it, but just know it didn't go unnoticed.

[@liamgriffin218]

I swear I get a panic attack every time I see Haruhi’s face. I didn’t even get a shirt for it either.

[@pablogarciabeltran6438]

LMAO that Bible Black reference. I see you're a man of culture as well.

[@ShaheerS2]

wow so deep you could see adele rolling in it.

[@PeaceRaiser]

When you talked about how we grew up alongside the anime industry and showed naruto as kid and as hokage... that hit me hard. Man I love anime, love this feeling

[@iki2288]

Everything is accessible now. Back when I was young, we only watched Animes that was only shown on TV. Philippine TV networks in the early 2000's air Anime shows 4:00pm to 5:30pm. A timeslot for kids who just got home after school. There were shows aired daily or weekly. Bootleg DVD's had also become our way of watching shows that aren't on Local TV before torrent and streaming. And growing up, there wasn't any type of humiliation (from where I was studying or living) if you love Anime because it has been a part of our past time as entertainment. Shows like DBZ, Gundam Wing, Samurai X, Naruto, One Piece, Slam Dunk, Sailor-Moon, Yaiba, Yu Yu Hakusho (Ghost Fighter), Evangelion, Voltes V, Daimos, Doreamon, Hunter X Hunter, FMA, Hajime No Ippo and Tri-Gun have become classics here.

[@animeducky9]

As a long-time anime fan, hearing people view anime at 1.2x speed just to get through it astounds me. It's a completely foreign concept that I can't understand. Like, why? Just take your time and enjoy the show. It's 2018, not 2008. We don't have to worry that the show we were watching on an illegal site or KZbin is going to be taken down within a few days so we need to watch it the moment it's uploaded. Take your time to properly enjoy the things you love, don't treat them like commodities. I know we lead hectic lives, but really... is watching anime at 1.2x speed going to really make that much of a difference to your time management or schedule? I only find that watching it at a faster speed makes it sound stupid and breaks the flow of the episode, but I guess each to their own

[@stefanonono9240]

Honestly in my case, I watch all anime at 2x speed if the video player allows me to, for me it doesn't break up the flow or pacing of the show too much and I can keep up just fine. I watch at 2x speed not mainly to get through it quicker, but because all that time watching an anime at normal speed adds up, if you watch a 12 episodes of a 24 minute show that's almost 5 hours, if you watch the same show at 2x speed it takes around 2 and a half hours, that leaves you 2 and a half hours of time you can do use on anything else productive. Just a case of - I don't like to waste time when I am able to create more time for myself with no major drawback by watching anime at a higher speed

[@Moocow2003]

stef man Wow, we have super different approaches to watching anime. I haven't actually finished Osomatsu-san S2 yet because I keep rewatching episodes I've already seen.

[@octoberlyons3115]

I sometimes watch anime at 1.5x speed so I can finish a show at like 12:00 and not 1:30 and up because if I watch the show at normal speed I'll be up all night but at 1.5x speed I'll get a decent night sleep before school, plus some anime is just really slow.

[@nineonine9082]

i watch most youtube at 1.25 as i do have little time on my hands but youtube seems to get around sound distortion pretty well so even at 1.5 it sounds rather normal it depends on the youtuber as some people talk rather slow so ill go 1.5 on them but 1.25 on most but youtube is normally videos i watch to learn something or find out something anime is entertainment so 1x speed for sure but i could see myself maybe going faster on slower series that dont truely speak to me

[@Djinn-lee]

I reached the point were i would watch 15 shows but never in zich hurry that id need to play it on higher speeds its a very weird concept to me, i sometimes do play it a little but that's bc i didn't watch the full episode and i didn't know were i left off

[@cyann6445]

Would it really hurt them if they dropped the quantity and focused more on the quality tho? I mean, the magic of the medium is still there, it's just harder to find it among the generic cheap copy-paste crap that's being shoved down on peoples throats every season.

[@pinstripe01]

Series follow 12 ep trends. Seems like the quantity is low compared to those with 30 or 50 eps

[@jonetgames]

@@pinstripe01 I think he meant quantity as in too many anime every year. Less anime = better quality for the shows that do come out.

[@skylangford6083]

I grew up an old school fan from the 80s. Its sad that a medium who in the 80s and early 90s was so fantastic became what it is now . Ive always said it, and I stand by it. Blame it on EVA and Tenchi Muyo. They destroyed a medium that was so obscure and so interesting and turned it into the pile of garbage that it is today........

[@iUnitSage]

@@pinstripe01You can have very high-quality anime in 12 episodes: baccano, no game no life, mahou shoujo madoka magica, angel beats, spice and wolf.... the list goes on

[@flysai5126]

My man, you took the words out of my mouth, I 100% agree with you, I miss the days when I could watch an anime without feeling like I’m watching the same show with different production quality’s, like when I first watched Pokémon, Death note and ANY FUCKING SHONEN.

[@PsychoPavilionReal]

I don't like doing that, I have a watch list, and I don't care about the seasonal anime. I watch the anime I choose chonologically on my list, given I MAY have 20+ on my list

[@sara_daria2]

PsychoPavilion same

[@aminrosli9744]

PsychoPavilion me tooo

[@crispylith9558]

I give a try to every anime that airs in a season when I have the chance and see what manages to pique my interest in three eps... and then there's my "to watch" list, mostly filled with anime that came before I got my own computer and things I liked but didn't have the time to watch while it was airing. Those are for when I'm sick and resort to binge-watching to survive the day.

[@nazann]

My list is 80+ now, whenever I don't know what I want to watch, I just use random.org to pick a random one

[@theepicgamer84]

Same here, ever since I've started watching anime I've never really tried to keep up with the current airing shows. I honestly just prefer to watch what I want at my own pace so I can actually enjoy and appreciate the artwork that is anime

[@angeloucol8463]

I miss the old days where every thing was new to me. Just sitting on the front of the screen for hours and hours full of wonder on what will happen next in the story. Now, it feels like the current anime that went out is just a less or greater version of some other shows that went out last season or two, and now Im sitting on front of my screen waiting to find the next clićhe...

[@int3r4ct]

Anime may have changed, but what about war?

[@themysteriousstranger7692]

int3r4ct war never changed brudda

[@aryananand4926]

int3r4ct never changes

[@themysteriousstranger7692]

Aryan Anand o hey dogmeat

[@legendarymarston9174]

int3r4ct War....has changed

[@kazunyaaa]

war changed ya know ;) back in the medieval era they used to fight using swords and bows then in the world war era they fight using guns and now they fight using assassin squads :D (most of the time they make it look like an accident)

[@DammitSinged]

_Hentai also changed , but for the worst._

[@thetissuebandit5815]

Ugly bastard

[@blood7078]

Rape and NTR

[@rasmuskock8077]

Hentai, hentai never changes

[@mavonix]

can i get an F for the loli and shota tags

[@mingkee4597]

emergences

[@foogoose1439]

Initial D with its impressive CG (for the time) and unorthodox choice of OST. It put some people into TWO groups, Anime community AND Car community.

[@AbstraktZ]

Alfa WF Japan is like 20 years behind when it comes to CGI even now lol.

[@EFCasual]

Alfa WF And the music really expanded its interest. My older brother used to mail me the episodes on cdrs when is was coming out.

[@TheRagingStorm98]

Alfa WF need some kind of Formula 1 anime that would be sick

[@foogoose1439]

The Raging Storm Might happen, but I think Group B anime set in the 80's would be awesome.

[@foogoose1439]

EFCasual It really captures the 90's era with everything it had. Except with the Ikeda's Z33 and the GT86 at the end. Which is appears before it even designed. But overall, it is an excellent anime. I don't know how many anime out there that could put some to two or more groups, but Initial D is one of them.

[@AndréVilaFranca]

I miss the anime aesthetics of the 80s/90s. The color tonality, saturation, shading and the way faces were drawn was better. There are still some great anime nowadays but it's hard to find.

[@yato329]

I feel you my dude.

[@someonexd1961]

Though I agree, I wouldnt call it "better". I really love the style though of a lot of the time trying to imitate how shit looks irl instead of weird shit

[@MesserMorfeo]

"Anime was a mistake" Emperor Hiroito upon declaring his Humanity, 1946

[@Bombshocked]

Shit, he knew I was watching at 1.5x.

[@Arn0n]

hahaha so did I

[@otakuu9609]

hahaha

[@toominternet]

I can understand youtube videos at 1.5 speed, but people watching anime at 1.5 speed? like wtf... just watch something more interesting.

[@wolvgirl1918]

Lol I was watching at 2x speed and I kinda sunk a little further into my chair when he said that.

[@matthewrowell5973]

Normally don't. But I'm liking it now that i tried it.

[@jiaying141]

1:26 did anybody else think that he was going to sing the Pokemon op when he said "I"

[@aaaaaaaaa648]

Mystic Milotic everyone xd

[@monkeymouse]

For me, awareness of anime as such goes back to the early 80s and "The Last Unicorn", VCRs exploded everything, as did video rentals. But, like any other library, my anime library has its classics, its guilty pleasures, its otherwise unknown treasures. Things I like and things I love, and titles I cannot whip myself up for at all (*koff*AttackonTitan*koff*). Which is just how it is in the pop culture.

[@franciscodeaguirre1754]

what's your problem with Attack on Titan? you piece of fuck

[@thewildwolf333]

Video is super slow, I recommend watching at 1.5x speed

[@Mejker]

2x speed everything my dude

[@ItzPmacDoh44]

Jeremy Wolf what are you guys on meth...

[@joaohbecker]

Thanks, I tried it and it was indeed better!

[@TheSteve912]

Me: Has lots of anime to watch. >watches Gigguk video instead.

[@MCcraft02]

JoreruM true man

[@lukemmurphy795]

JoreruM Just watch what you want.

[@fergal9808]

JoreruM easily explained: Gigguk best girl

[@bronzetoothbrush6825]

You described everyone watching this video as well as gigguk himself

[@BlueSpark4]

While you're obviously right about the direction the overall anime fandom has taken, don't forget that there are still oddballs like me who don't follow the seasonal hype. I've been watching anime for roughly 15 years, and I've _never_ watched a currently airing show from week to week (mostly because I don't like that viewing format, I strictly watch one series to completion before moving on to the next). I don't have a burning desire to chat about everything I see with other people. I guess that makes me... special? Anyway, every time I hear an anime fan complain "It's impossible to keep up with all these shows anymore!", I smile inside. Because I can enjoy watching what I want without driving myself crazy.

[@maki7800]

This is completely off topic, but I love your LF2 profile picture.

[@BlueSpark4]

Hah, thanks m8 :). I used to play that game quite enthusiastically a while back, and LouisEX was always my favorite character. Plus I have blond hair too (much darker, though), so a certain visual resemblence was enough for me to decide he'd make for a good avatar.

[@jpg6296]

I can relate to your comment a lot. I guess we are the new oldschool anime community.

[@Daniel-mb5md]

same

[@possumhead2812]

Every time I get into a fandom it seems like most people are involved in the hobby more for discussion than just enjoying the hobby. I like talking about anime too but I watch a pretty even mix of shows from the 90s,00s and the last decade and there's always people online who are discussing anything im interested in no matter how obscure. I just don't get why people create these problems for themselves honestly.

[@s_c_u_m3172]

Honestly i dont even try keeping up with the mainstream i just find smth i think id like and watch it its way more fun that way