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Anime back decades ago and anime now just hits different. I noticed the deterioration of good story quality but good animation makes up for the shortcoming. The overuse of plot like isekai with a little alterations is enough to make a story or how 12 episodes per season became the norm than the old 24 to 26 episodes per season back then. What else did you noticed changed that's become popular practice but bad?
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I haven't been able to follow the animation since I've been traveling abroad for the past few days, but I think it's better now than in previous anime, so the story is much shorter. For example, after the introduction of short/reel, people's tendency to watch long content has decreased. Similarly, the tendency to make short contacts has increased in all industries, which has also had this effect. The episodes are shorter and fewer now, so the story cannot be revealed properly.
I think the anime Sai X is a good example running for 12 mins per episode, the shorter ones have half that run time. Can't say I like it or dislike it as some specials are just ok as a short skit.
Yes, I think I like it but I need more explanation, more context but there isn't much.
There are three things I find extremely annoying:
Terrible adaptation
Excessive fan service
And worst of all underutilization of the isekai genre. This very issue has been a thorn on my side for years now. Recently it operates on a very annoying generic pattern where the main character either dies from over working or is killed by truck-kun, is reincarnated as an over powered character, has to fight some demon lord with help from his own person harem.
Please they need to do better
Switch it up ,I am tired
The trend of harem, I think, is boring. A story can be really good when it has some good plots, but forcefully making all the characters pursue one person is hilarious. Another thing is that making female body parts excessively big for all types of girls and the short time period of episodes are annoying because everything looks rushed. I miss the old days. There are many more items on the list that I can't describe in one comment.
Bad adaptations? Lol joke hehehe... Btw, aside from what you've mentioned, I think it's the excessive fan service. It has been a trend lately where the most cliche fan service gets used up many times. Some are quite entertaining, but they often get out of hand. I don't have beef with them—ok, maybe I have just a little—but would the plot collapse if those weird angles(and boobs, butt and even feet?!)and ecchi borderline hentai scenes won't be shown? I don't know if it's their way to compensate for their plot's lack of substance or a way to gain moredegenerateviewers, but anyway, it's getting excessive now to the point it isn't entertaining anymore.There's a market for these types of service and you aren't the target market or the one that's likely to pay for the follow up merchandise.
Ahahhahhaha definitely can't and won't... Aside from I'm uncomfortable with them, I'm still a broke student now (ꈍ_ꈍ) so yep—I'm certainly not part of its target market lol
My biggest hate is the 12-episode series for sure.
They are really killing great series by cramming so much into these 12 episodes, but at the same time it's mostly just filler crap.
They aren't actually telling us much of a story or really showing anything. It mostly just seems they put some boobs on screen and want to show off their artwork, that's it sadly
It feels more like producing a product fast and hope it works to generate enough money and interest for a next season but it is how it is. A 3000+ animation done by hand frame by frame costs around more or less 100k USD with sound fx.
I understand for sure why they do it.
It's just losing so much more interest on some amazing series I feel.
Hmm, well, I think lately it’s become trendy to claim that anime needs to have top-tier animation to be popular, overlooking some works with decent animation that might excel in other areas. Plus, it feels like we’re stuck in a cycle where the most popular shows are Isekai clones of Sword Art Online, featuring an invincible protagonist whose sole trait is being overpowered. Eventually, you just grow tired of watching someone win all the time — there’s a lack of that kind of character development. I’d also say I miss mystery anime with gripping stories that keep you hooked on every episode. But I suppose, since you can’t easily slot pretty girls into those kinds of narratives, they probably don’t sell well or appeal much to the Japanese audience.
It feeds on an audience that wants to have some form of escapism. If they wanted something that's close to real, they'll just touch grass. I know it's bad but I'm not one to talk since I don't really go out of my way to buy merch most of the time.
I genuinely HATE the 12-13 episodes per season after waiting sometimes for more than two years. It is the most infuriating thing ever,I get really pissed off just thinking about it.
They're so predictable. Okay okay,I know some of us just like to enjoy something simple and easy to understand, you know that kind of stuff but wacko no, whatever they're releasing presently lacks plot and it's so obvious but it's been covered up by excessive fan service because now,animes so popular and most people watching them just watch them for the thrill. Yes,I get it and stuff,not everyone over thinks the plot and wants to be surprised but I'm pretty sure them ogs would recognize the difference. It's just so straightforward and simple now, and maybe they'd also cover up with animation too, maybe a few erotic angle here and there to bring in the screams and cheers.
I like the boob and bodies angle when it comes to Bleach though. I can only tolerate it in Bleach;)
You don't like to read the manga to follow up with the source material?
No, not really. I just read mangas just because or if the anime wasn't completed and there's no news about another season. I usually don't like spoiling it for myself with mangas🥲
that the villains have geis nuances, that is to say, I like a certain evolution but when it is not well developed, wow it affects a lot because in my case I prefer and I have no problem with the villains being pure bad guys and that's it haha
I'm bored to tears when the protas are an emo-flogger duo. If I see an anxious, clumsy guy and a depressed goth, I skip right over it. It seems like a formula that's been repeated ad nauseam, not conducive to a good development but rather makes the story predictable between the relationship of them. There are classic series that use this technique, but it's been 84 years... this is an absolutely personal point of view
Something that used to bore me is the new custom in almost all romcom anime where they add the Harem element and where the character simply never ends up with any of the protagonist, it's getting boring those Harem stories where you know that all of them are just to fill the story and have Ecchi moments without relevance, before in the stories that had some romance the protagonist did end up choosing someone but now they are just completely absurd.
Another aspect that I have started to notice repetitive is in the fantasy and magic anime where the protagonist is always rejected by the “hero” group and now he lives much better being alone, it is getting boring all anime of this style where the protagonist is always marginalized by the “heroes” but is much stronger than all together.
I think the assignments were shared but the students actually paraphrased the answers with the isekai trope. Except for Frieren, this show was a breath of fresh air in the fantasy genre that's not even isekai.
One thing I have noticed that I still hate is that there aren’t any more anime that has to do with the village settings
Most of the anime are modern modern derivation.
We hardly get anime like murim settings like samurai champloo, Naruto , and the likes.
Even the isekai that are made now, most of the Mc just bring the knowledge of the modern world into their new world.
Also, anime now make stories that’s just focus on one character, other characters don’t even get development
I think it's far easier to write a focused group that writing with the intention of developing the entire cast for a limited amount of time. Some shows have one shot origins which the author never really intended to expound on the story but due to demand, they just rolled with it and what we get is partly some narrative that needs more cooking.
Oh
I understand better now
But anime like that are always great
I feel the body shapes are overly done like why no one is fat everyone is looking slim. I feel they should normalize having all types of body. Also, a protagonist can be fat.