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Not sure if I'm just getting old, but I've been finding it increasingly harder to enjoy anime in recent years. Probably doesn't help that I'm used to so many of the done-to-death tropes, character archetypes and similar plot/setting concepts (like why the hell are there 50 different Isekai anime a season now?)
I haven't really watched a series in full for about 2 or so years now, and the only anime I've watched in that time has been anime movies. If I'm going to be doing something "weeby" in my free time, I seem to much rather spend it playing a Japanese game, or reading manga. It's not like those forms of entertainment are free of the typical animu BS either, but it does seem easier to find ones that are, and even if they do contain some animu nonsense, it can usually be overlooked in favour of the rest of the story and/or gameplay.
Mind you, I've never really been massively into all things anime, and especially the "anime community" (which has often been more insufferable than many gaming communities in my experience, so I generally steer clear). Most of my favourite shows were things like Monster, Space Brothers, Mononoke (not the Ghibli movie), Ghost in the Shell and Beast Player Erin. There were definitely more "anime" series I enjoyed as well though, like Gintama, JoJo and Evangelion.
But I haven't been able to find much that interests me in the same way those series did, and even if they do look interesting on a surface level, I never get around to actually watching them anyway. There's been many sequels and new seasons to anime I previously enjoyed that I want to watch, like JoJo part 6, but I just can't find the motivation to. And I tell myself I've already read the manga anyway so it's not like I'm missing much by not watching the adaptations (even though I want to).
I definitely feel a bit jelly whenever I encounter "young weebs" that have recently gotten into anime and seem so ecstatic talking about it. Reminds me of the days I used to binge 6+ episodes a day. Nowadays, I watch 1-2 movies a year and 0 episodes.
Anyway, that's my personal rambling done for today.
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@MercilessWaffle they are all on Amazon Prime. Also once you see them (again) plus finale, it may be diff than OG series for all its own reasons. But yeah it'll make sense.
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