The truth hurts

good will has been bought via riff raff thread i will peep this first

wrong post quoted but u feel me

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Better animation plus it truly has something for every audience. Not to mention more unique stories/storytelling usually, for the animated medium

Right? That's like asking "what's the hype behind live action tv shows"?

Some people need cartoons with exaggerated characters and emotions because they don't have enough experience w/ real life to appreciate live action

Also while animation isn't exclusively 'for kids', the fact that so much animated stuff is aimed at children means that as an artform it's associated with childhood, and most people who are big fans of animation are definitely seeking that out. Eternal childhood and immaturity are cool now

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All of the illustration styles. That’s it imo. The storytelling tends to be good too (tho immature, in a sense) but I look at the art as the medium’s equivalent of cinematography. It’s a very contemporary, perhaps leading form of expression, especially within popular culture

The music and atmosphere can generally be v nice too

Why are you comparing game of thrones/western shows to anime tho

It’s popular in the west but not a western invention. Attack on Titan is similar (and it is extremely popular) but that’s it

Anime and manga often feature exaggerated emotions and expressions, which can help individuals with autism better understand and interpret nonverbal communication.

DeathNote isn’t very good. I like it but it’s one of the best examples of the mediums immaturity. I recommend Mushishi for a (slow) change of pace. Or Haibane Renmei.

FLCL and Tatami Galaxy are also immature, in a sense, but are short and very intriguing. They are somewhat challenging as both tend to feature lots of text to read at once, but it’s not really necessary to catch everything in one go.

When I was first getting into anime I watched a lot of short series (give or take 13 episodes) to get a sense of things. That is ideal for figuring out genre preference.

It is true that many of the most ambitious shows will require more time. Shorter shows are ideal if you aren’t committed to the medium tho. There is so much tonal difference between the shows that everyone hype. If you go all in on one long thing it risks the wrong perception imo

Finally, English dub usually ruins the show. Please don’t write off a show if you try it w a dub.

samurai champloo and cowboy bebop is all anyone rlly needs

darlin in the franXX

exclusively watch with dubs btw. subs ruin it im afraid

i have seen one anime

Children like animation because it is usually creatively expressive, colorful, and energetic. Equating liking those things with being immature is nonsense.

Personally, I can't rock with dull, lifeless mfs

it's fun
it's colorful (or not)
and there are no limits

but 80% of anime is mid because they just 'interpolate' manga pages into animation and it looks cheap as hell, if you want some good anime invest your time in

evangelion
berserk
cowboy bebop
samurai champloo
dr stone
jojo's bizzare adventure
to your eternity
vinland saga

there are plenty more but these are just over the top of my head

anime is mostly bad, because most things arnt really worth your time

the question you should really be asking is what kind of experience do you want to have

to me animation (regardless of genre or nationality) is a monument to the luxury of craft. but unlike a mechanical watch or a cathedral due to the hand of the artists individually crafting each frame there is a handmade feel to the movement that transcends the structures of power usually associated with this sort of labor. its not a 10,000 hour couture dress that will end up in the closet of some billionare's wife, you can steal it and watch it in this egalitarian way. nothing is derived from nature, all of it is fit and finished to drive the engine of emotional storytelling, ideally with the only constraint being the imagination of the creators.

of course that's an illusion as capitalism is the bedrock of almost all major productions, but sometimes you hear stories. the people who make this s*** love it, frame by frame

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when i recommened anime people the three i always recommend are
fullmetal alchemist brotherhood,
hunter x hunter
attack on titan

Not worth ur time don’t try to force it lol