Old Anime Better ?

Where Older Anime Better

  • Yes the where better and Modern Anime don't appeal to me

    Votes: 11 29.7%
  • Yes but there still many Good Anime coming out.

    Votes: 18 48.6%
  • No its just Nostalgia Talking

    Votes: 7 18.9%
  • I actually Prefer Modern Anime

    Votes: 1 2.7%
  • Other Choice

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Total voters
    37
No, I don't think it's wrong to think older anime is better and I tend to agree tbh. I will acknowledge that yes, there is still good anime being released, but it's getting a lot harder to find really good stuff (For me it is anyway).

Obvious technical differences aside (Hand drawn cels vs. digital), I think when it comes to the argument of older anime being more "soulful", a lot of people tend to struggle to articulate what they mean by that, but I think I may have an idea.

The anime industry, much like Hollywood, the gaming industry and many other things, has become such a homogenized field in the sense that most anime being released now is solely being inspired by other anime. No longer are we getting series that present an author or directors unique ideas and worldview, or stories based on/ inspired by life experience, interests etc. we get stories from otaku who have no real life experience or interests outside of otaku culture and what surrounds it. All their stories have the same structure, same type of character archetypes etc. because they think that's how you have to do it because that's all they have to go off of. It just creates an all around insular industry with no real sense of growth like it once had.

I want to make it clear that despite what I just said, I don't think it's inherently wrong to be an otaku or take part in said sub-cultures. Some very open and unapologetic otaku have made some of the greatest works the medium has ever seen (Hideaki Anno and Hiroyuki Imaishi for example), but they still had their own unique worldview and ideas outside of anime that informed and enhanced their works.

I suppose at the end of the day it's kind of a reflection of the real world; most people are living mundane lives, no matter where you live or what you do, it's ronically one of the few things most people can relate to eachother with now. I think perhaps this bland era of media we have right now is a sideffect of this modern world we live in.
 
I was thinking of Inuyasha, Fushigi Yugi, Escaflowne, The Twelve Kingdoms oh but the best reverse was I swear this guy who gets isekaied and ends up getting a husband after a duel and they adopt a daughter.
Oh ok.

I loved Yoko Leda too.
 
Concerning the visual side, 80s, 90s and early 2000s anime where superior. They were a spectacle to behold and those that integrated computer graphics did it in a constrained manner that aged quite well (cowboy bebop, anyone?). Contemporary anime feel quite cheap on this regard especially when the story is good and that's a shame.

Concerning storytelling, I think today's anime have the same quality, it really depends on what and where you look.
 
Well I'm more of old school anime fan because I like more adult protagonist like City Hunter LupinIII Cat's Eye Armored Hunter Mellowlink Gunsmith Cats they like a Noir gun action genre today is rare only I can think of is Buddy Daddies and Lycoris Recoil
Hey, nice to see someone mentioning Mellowlink. I really should try watching Votoms.
 
Doesn't matter. If it's good it's good. If it's bad it's bad.
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Is it me or is it that every episode in modern feel like 20 minutes or so? I always got the feeling that older anime felt longer per episode.
80s and 90s there was more money poured in the industry and thus there was funding for more episodes aswell.
 
The best anime imo generally came out in the 70s and 80s but theres still good more recent stuff, a large majority is just not for me at all though. A big thing is though, I just don't like the typical modern anime look, I find it very unappealing. Usually for me to wanna check something newer out it needs to have a more unique look that I find appealing like Odd Taxi which is probably the newest anime I watched.
 
Honestly, every decade has its good, bad, awful, and great anime. Even to this day, that varies depending on your taste. For example, some people see Ranma 1/2 as a classic, while others think it's garbage. It really comes down to your own taste in anime.

Personally, I hate the 3D anime that tries to look 2D. It just doesn't work. Anyway, I'm sure they'll figure out how to make it so you can't tell the difference, but for now, it's Shit.

On the other side of the coin, I'm sure there are people who watch old anime and think it's too blurry, isn't smooth enough, or has some other problem. Again, it really depends on personal preference honestly. Well, unless the story is just pure trash. No amount of great hand-drawn animation is going to save that.
 
I just think good hand drawn artwork will always trump good computer animation.
There are good stories, action, characters, etc, now as well as from back then. But the artwork used to be better. The only reason they don't do it that way now is because its much cheaper to do it with a computer.
 
I actually prefer modern anime, but mostly because I've already watched all the great old anime as it was coming out. Production value and visual effects are so much better nowadays, I swear the new gen is spoiled.

A similar number of great anime is still coming out every year roughly the same as it did in the past, it's just that there's a lot of crap to wade through now. I typically filter out isekai and school anime, although there are some exceptions that I enjoy (KonoSuba, ReZero, Red Ranger in Another World).

The only main difference nowadays is that anime can't run for hundreds of episodes like they did in the past and its a shame. Short seasons make a lot of new anime feel "unfinished" and I'm not a fan of having to wait 2 years for the slim chance that a new season actually gets made.
 
I typically filter out isekai and school anime, although there are some exceptions that I enjoy (KonoSuba, ReZero, Red Ranger in Another World).
I tend to filter those out as well as you said, aside from Konosuba and the like.
One series I really hold hope for a second season is Love After World Domination.
Though the manga is canceled now, from what I read, so it probably will never happen. I found the series genuinely funny and well done.
 

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