Do you watch anime?

[CyberCubed]

I notice a lot of western based franchises fandoms like TMNT, or people who grew up in the 80's and early 90's before the anime boom really hit the west, don't really watch or like much anime. They may have watched a few of the mainstream shows here and there, or as teens/kids, but don't really keep up with it as a medium similar to movies or TV shows.

I'm just curious since there's very rarely any anime discussion threads here outside a few shows. Do you watch anime on a (fairly) regular basis or not at all besides a handful of shows?

[newfan]

When I first came here the answrer to this would have been no, but that changed in the last couple of years, might be down to there being more access to it on streaming.

I've not seen tons of different things but some. The first Anime I watched was The Death Note as this was receommended to me to start with. I've just finished re-watching Inuyasha, that I had to buy on DVD after watching season 1 beacause I couldn't find it streaming anywhere. Other than that a couple of shows on Netflix, watched a number of the Studio Ghibli movies a few times over and also Yu-gi-oh (the first series)

I recently subscribed to Crunchyroll on Prime to check that out but they have a lot of missing episodes on a show I looked at, I saw comments on-line where others have had the same thing, a few that subcribed to Shudder through Prime also cancelled for the same reason.

[Original TMNT Cartoon Fan]

I recall watching videotapes with Starzinger on VHS at a friend's house during the first half of the 1990's. At the time, I had no idea it was a Japnese cartoon.

[Bahamut810]

As long as there has been Anime on tv I have watched it. The animation styles and plots/stories are usually more enticing to me.

I should watch more but I watch more youtube then shows now, but the bulk of my show watching is anime.

[ZariusTwo]

Stopped really following anime regularly after 2005. I'm aware of the current ones trending, but don't dip into them.

[IMJ]

I think it was the mid-90's - maybe like 1995 or '96 that I first discovered anime in any real detail. IIRC the first one I sat through and watched was Fist of the North Star and I was in awe.

As a kid I caught the occasional "Voltron" or maybe it was "Macross" on T.V., but it wasn't appealing to me and I didn't even really know it was a sub-genre. I just thought it was "weird". But as a teenager, I loved anime.

In some ways I still do, but the only anime I've really watched at all in the last ten years has been Attack On Titan. I have to say though, I am REALLY looking forward to the new Ninja Scroll figures coming out soon. It's about time with those....

[FredWolfLeonardo]

I'm about as basic/newbie as it gets.

Only anime I watched as a kid was Pokemon/Digimon/Dragonball Z, and the only anime movie which I come back to regularly is Princess Mononoke (the English Dub at that).

[TheCanadiandrome]

anything Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon

[Mad Dog McMutt]

I only like Dragonball stuff (except for Super) and generation one of Pokemon. I tried to get into other anime, but it just never meshed well for me. A lot of it has to do with the fact that it is hard for me to get into any new TV show let alone one that you have to watch every episode in order. The last show that I did that with was The Sopranos.

[Autbot_Benz]

ya love Anime. Cowboy Bebop Demon Slayer My Hero Academia DBZ/Super SpyXFamily & Black Clover (wishing Hulu would get the 3rd and 4th season so I could finish it) are my top favorites.

Also enjoyed One Punch Man Attack on Titan Chainsaw Man Hunter Hunter

[Allio]

I read a lot of manga, but since there is an obvious correlation, oill say yes

[CyberCubed]

The results are as expected, most older people have not gotten into anime much besides the mainstream shows of the 90's or drifted from it. Meanwhile in fandoms where I'm part of where everyone is in their early 20's, they all grew up with anime and love it and talk about all the current shows.

It's kind of interesting that a lot of people just don't watch much anime at all with how mainstream its literally become over the last two decades. At this point all the most popular animated shows come from Japan.

[sdp]

well I'm not really watching much new anime, but I'm not really watching new western cartoons, or even live action shows or movies anymore either. I grew up watching tons of anime as a kid so it's not like newer generations grew up with more choices than me and because of that became fans for life. I think it's just me growing up.

I also tend to favor 80s/90s/00s style anime, the non-digital shows have a certain feel that isn't in newer shows. I don't think that's only nostalgia, something about cartoons being too clean just feels off. Also anime nowadays is definitely different, I miss the humor of earlier anime. It's not like I avoid it but even mainstream stuff like demon slayer/hero academia just doesn't seem to appeal to me. Last mainstream anime I watched was likely One Punch Man in the mid 2010s and I enjoyed it but didn't get the hype it was getting.

This year I watched an anime called Eden on Netflix, it was a cute little story, I also watched Apollo which is an Astro Boy spin-off and it was good too. I guess I also finally watched all the Rebuild Evangelion movies and they were fine remixes of 90s eva. So I guess I watch modern anime as much as I watch modern western cartoons or live action shows which is not many.

The thing is I my limited time viewing stuff is also split between new content that interests me and old content I want to rewatch. I rewatched Magic Knight Rayearth and Death note for example, last time I had seen either of those anime was in the mid/late 2000s.

[IMJ]

Originally Posted by Mad Dog McMutt

I only like Dragonball stuff (except for Super) and generation one of Pokemon. I tried to get into other anime, but it just never meshed well for me. A lot of it has to do with the fact that it is hard for me to get into any new TV show let alone one that you have to watch every episode in order. The last show that I did that with was The Sopranos.

I actually never got into Dragon Ball, but lately I've been finding these highly articulated 5" Bandai figures for about 9.99 or 11.99 a figure at Target and Wal-Mart. They are awesome and at a great price point so I've been building the set. I think they are called "Dragon Ball Evolve". They are bare bones, but the sculpt, build quality and articulation is really good, especially for Bandai which has a tendency to be a little... rubbery.

[CyberCubed]

Ironically enough, the Dragonball manga started in Japan in 1984, the same year Mirage TMNT started and Peter Laird/Kevin Eastman created the Turtles. It's weird to think in Japan at the time Dragonball was huge at the same time TMNT was in the west, and they both ended their "original runs" around 1995 (both the cartoons and the comics for awhile).

[Mad Dog McMutt]

Originally Posted by IMJ

I actually never got into Dragon Ball, but lately I've been finding these highly articulated 5" Bandai figures for about 9.99 or 11.99 a figure at Target and Wal-Mart. They are awesome and at a great price point so I've been building the set. I think they are called "Dragon Ball Evolve". They are bare bones, but the sculpt, build quality and articulation is really good, especially for Bandai which has a tendency to be a little... rubbery.

I have a have basically a 5 inch figure of almost every dbz character from episode one to the end of the Frieza saga just for display then I called it a day. With the Ninja Turtles I just bought the 4 turtles I think in their 2021 main re-issue and just keep them in the box for decoration. I know the color is off, but I just want to look at them from time to time for nostalgia. I don't have the money to go fully into Ninja Turtle figure hunting. I wish that I had all of my old ones. I also miss my Beast Wars figures too.

[Prowler]

Yes.

I was born in 1990. My first anime was Speed Racer back when I was 6. Since it aired the English dub in my country with English names, I didn't even know it was anime at the time.

I watched some anime here and there until 2005 or so. With 2006 and places like youtube and dailymotion becoming big, I got heavily into anime since you could find complete series in those places for free. This was before legal paid subscription services were a thing still. So it was quite a gold mine for my teenage self at the time to be able to watch an entire series in a week online instead of 1 episode per week on TV.

Joined Myanimelist in 2008 and have logged close to 300 entries of anime series, OVAs, specials and movies in total.

I got heavily into anime and manga as a teenager because the Japanese push the envelope more in terms of language, themes and violence. American studios think all adult cartoons have to be comedies like Family Guy, The Simpsons, South Park, Archer, etc. No variety beyond that.

I kind of stopped watching anime around 2015 but got back into it during the COVID pandemic. And ever since it ended... I kind of put it back on hold again. One only has as much time and my favourite form of entertainment is playing video games which can be quite time consuming. But no, I don't think I'll ever stop liking anime/manga.

[CyberCubed]

I really only watch some action or sci-fi related anime. I steer clear of all the slice of life, harem, fanservice crap. Or sports anime, I don't care about that either.

I just finished watching all of Jo-Jo's Bizarre adventure in just 2 weeks. This is like 6 different series combined and over 100 something eps.