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- 2 de Mar, 2023
Not sure if I want to play devil's advocate, but can you blame a younger generation of anime fans for their particular way of engaging with the medium ? There are countless things that will inevitably influence how you perceive things, think and engage with them. Not sure how many things have changed in the broader anime community when it comes to trying to watch shows that go beyond what people are comfortable with or how much one should try to at least view a certain portion of shows from different time periods. One (not me) could also make the argument that you are stuck in your peculiar ways and what ever kind of shows you like are to different / or flawed when it comes to modern anime and the average anime viewer nowadays.
Or something like that. I am more or less in your corner and certainly prefer something like Ninja Scroll over what ever might be the newest hot show or some awful Netflix adaptation. I don't know how many shows that modern anime viewers watch have substance, but I also know that something like LotGH only could have been made in the past. But for better or for worse you also can't force people new to anime or tourists to watch it backwards and force them to go through a good chunk of important shows from the 80-90s and thus try to influence them to become more knowledgeable and capable of maintaining a stimulating conversation about the medium.
Anime and its entire fandom will develop in some way even if it will be to its detriment. Or maybe we are just old, grumpy and wrong about it and whatever is going on is its natural evolution.
I understand where you are coming from and agree but also disagree. When I was in the military there were a lot of people playing FIFA, and it was the same song and dance every year. Old game bad but the new one will fix it. But then new game bad, but the next one will fix it. I asked on various occasions why they even bother with it and the answer was always " Because there is no alternative". And I was shaking my head and thinking to myself what a bunch of idiots but would then turn around complain about Total War and still buy every entry and DLC. I think complaining is important and even if it is pointless I would argue its more productive than toxic positivity. Should you cut it out completely even if you derive some happiness from it ? Or is some kind of abusive relationship that can't be fixed but will be maintained ?
Only complaining about something without acknowledging its positive sides or trying to make a change for yourself is also pretty dumb, but I still think that a natural dose of skepticism and criticism are probably the best way to engage with something and most likely to enable even a small positive change.
