Is Japan running out of good ideas?

[Anonymous No.]

More and more remakes of old anime, or animation of VN titles(lowest of the lowest) every year. It's far between new titles of quality manga, and even shit like shounen is getting worse by the week.

J-drama has been shit for at least 3 years now, and their music tastes are too much influenced by generic R&B. Has Japan run out of good ideas?

[Anonymous No.]

Yeah, what did you expect?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494158
Japan has produced decent stuff only since the mid-80s. Running out of steam now is too early.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494169
>Japan has produced decent stuff only since the mid-80s.

[Anonymous No.]

Fuck you, I liked Strike Witches, and no amount of trolling will make me regret it.

[Anonymous No.]

I liked Mononoke.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494150
There was shit anime 10 years ago too. 1-3 good shows per season is the norm (except for 2007, fuck that was a good year)

[Anonymous No.]

nostalgiafags tend to forget the shit, and shit were made in 1998 too you know

[Anonymous No.]

Can we please move past the idea that Geass wasnt good?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494169
Japan's creativity expires as fast as the world changes nowadays.

[Anonymous No.]

I have seen over 260 anime and I can say that Strike Witches is the best show in OP's pic.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494197
Season 2 was shit.

[Anonymous No.]

Nobody else is doing anything better (see american tv shows) so theres no point in complaining really. I think this season has been pretty awesome so far

[Anonymous No.]

Animu is still going strong, we get at least one good series a year and a few watchable ones.

Mango the good series go untranslated and we get a few good series a year and the great series continue.

J-soaps have always been shit.

Their music is the same as music anywhere, most good bands are not well known and their pop has always been shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494197
It wasn't. Neither season one nor two were any good.

[Anonymous No.]

You can easily pick and choose a handful of terrible and great anime from any year to prove a hollow point. There were loads of ass-terrible anime during the 90's just as there are today. I'd say that recently everything has been meeting in the middle. Bad shows aren't as god awful as they used to be ten years ago, but the better shows aren't as unique either. I think it's important to recognize the artists and writers in the industry, as new ones emerge and grow while older ones retire or die, rather than an entire country for one niche marke-Hey, I liked Strike Witches. I thought we were friends. Screw you.

[Anonymous No.]

Spice and Wolf is a damn good series. I think the rosy-tinted glasses of nostalgia are coloring your opinions OP.

That being said, at any given time, 90-99% of anime shows will be shit. It's just the nature of the beast I suppose. It's easier in retrospect to say that there were "so many good shows back in the day," but I think that's mostly due to people forgetting the terrible shows that existed back then.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494190
Yes, I know. But the thing is the best titles the past three years aren't as good as the ones in 2003, 2002, etc.etc

[Anonymous No.]

It seems to me that you're not looking in the right direction OP.

That, and 2008, well, sucked. Compared to 2007, anyway. But 2009 is looking up, at least because of the second Evangelion movie.

[Anonymous No.]

Code Geass > Everything else in that list.

Prove me wrong.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494189
2007 didn't have any truly outstanding shows...

TTGL was great until the time-skip. Moyashimon was fantastic until the dude turned into a homo/trap.

And not counting remakes, the rest was shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494249
Source of the last 2008 show?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494259

The one with the french faggot dude and the goldfish.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494259
Ghibli movie: gake no ue no ponyo

[Anonymous No.]

>TTGL was great until the time-skip.

It was better after the time skip.

Desert environments got boring.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494256
Manabi Straight, Hidamari Sketch, Nodame Cantabile , Rozen Maiden OVA, 5cm per Second, Hayate no Gotoku, Seto no Hanayome, Darker than Black, Emma, Bokurano, Denno Coil, SZS, Mononoke, Baccano, Bamboo Blade, Sketchbook, Kaiji, Clannad, Shugo Chara, ef - a tale of memories, Minami-ke, Aria OVA, Rebuild of Eva.

Nothing truly amazing, but a huge number of great shows.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494256
What the hell are you talking about

There was dennou coil
There was the new Evangelion movie
There was manabi straight
higurashi kai, minami-ke, seirei no moribito, monono ke, nodame cantabile, school days, ichigo mashimaro OVA, lucky star, rocket girls, sky girls, potemayo

You had to have enjoyed at least ONE of these shows to be human.

[Anonymous No.]

i need that "posting in a troll thread" pic


OP at least compare similar genres

[Anonymous No.]

Casshern
One Outs
Mitchiko/Hatchin
Detroit Metal City
Gotham Night

Just from what I remember

[Anonymous No.]

Maybe I'm just being cynical, but a lot of anime these days just seem to be mechanising vehicles for the female characters. They don't really enhance the story of the original, they just provide a way to increase awareness of the current moe-blob of the week for people to buy merchandising of their 'waifu' later on.

Back in the day, if you got an action figures and a couple of pencil boards you considered yourself lucky. Fans are too spoiled nowadays with the industry willing to pander to them at every possible opportunity.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494319

k-on is a perfect example of this. It's pure pandering.

[Anonymous No.]

Kaiba, Casshern Sins, Mouryou no Hako, the Kara no Kyoukai stuff, Nijuu Mensou, I can go on.

[Misaki-chan is mai waifu !KRQGZtqKic No.]

>>2494316
Aria, Clannad, DtB OVA, Kure-nai, Kyouran Kazoku Nikki, Minami-ke (yeah, yeah, season 2 wasn't as good as season one, but it was still enjoyable), Nodame Cantabile, Real Drive, Spice and Wolf, Hidamari Sketch, Xam'd.

[Anonymous No.]

You know it's a troll thread when someone says
>TTGL was great

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494150
It's not just Japan. America's out of ideas too.

>>2494169
No it's not. They've gone from 52 episode seasons, with series anywhere from 26 to 100+ episodes, not even being shounen fighting shit, to 4 seasons A YEAR, with 11-14 episodes each.

A year. Since 1999 there have been almost 40 years worth of series because of that format. Even if it became completely dominant in ~2004, that's 20 years. 2000s has made as many series 60s - 90s and probably more due to sheer volume.

Yes they are running out of steam.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494319
You're not being cynical, you're looking at a handful of titles and thinking they represent the entire medium. How many moeblob shows are airing this season? Not more than a few. The only one I'm watching is K-ON, but a few others look like they COULD be moeblob. Either way the vast majority of shows are not moe shit.

[Anonymous No.]

This thread reeks of /a/.

[Lambda !DELTATiWVA No.]

So we post what animes we enjoyed and didn't somehow suck this century here?

Nanoha (S1+2), Akagi, Kino no Tabi, Monster, Baccano, Simoun, Moetan, etc etc

[Anonymous No.]

I enjoyed StrikerS.

Not a troll.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494319

You might be on to something, though I have to say that all anime, in some sense, panders to their fanbase. You generally don't watch anime when you're looking for something with profound artistic and philosophical depth-- it caters to the largest possible audience and is consciously aware of this fact. Some shows shamelessly advertise this fact (see Lucky Star, K-On, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, etc) while others use it to subtly draw in viewers long enough for them to get interested in the storyline (Wolf and Spice, Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex, etc)

It's also hard for anime companies to translate some successful mangas into marketable shows. "Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei" is a perfect example of this-- in its animated form, they focus too much on the cuteness of the students and do a poor job at conveying the wit and intelligence of the original.

[Anonymous No.]

Formats don't run out of steam creatively, only popularly. If they did, we'dve run out of books before WWII

[Anonymous No.]

/jp/ has surprisingly diverse tastes in anime. A lot of series have been mentioned that I simply ignored because they sounded like shit, and quite a few that I dropped because I decided they were shit.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494319
>mechanising

I gather from context you meant "merchandising" and did not think about mechanisation at all. But proofread, please.

>mechanising vehicles for the female characters

You're not being cynical enough. You forget the male characters, animal characters, dolls, video games, manga, visual novels, light novels... you could accuse 95% of anime to be an advertisement for something, if you wanted to.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494423

>Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei
>wit and intelligence

[Anonymous No.]

SOME PEOPLE LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS THAN YOU. SOME PEOPLE DISLIKE DIFFERENT THINGS THAN YOU. EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN OPINION.

[Anonymous No.]

ITT we discuss the Anime Boom like it was going to last forever

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494442
THIS MAN IS A TROLL, I CAN FEEL IT IN MY BONES.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494423
>[anime] caters to the largest possible audience

Niche late night shows for enthusiasts "cater to the largest possible audience"? You might want to rethink that.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494423
>You generally don't watch anime when you're looking for something with profound artistic and philosophical depth

This is exactly why I've never understood the point of anime discussion forums: what's there to discuss, apart from spouting shitty memes at each other?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494456

Congrats, you've discovered the essence of /a/.

[Anonymous No.]

>J-drama has been shit for at least 3 years now
Bloody Monday and Nodame Cantabile were pretty good.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494452
I guess he meant that anime makers try their damndest not to alienate their core audience by deviating from the norm (within that niche).

[Anonymous No.]

>This thread reeks of /a/.

Actually no. Similar threads in /a/ quickly end in trolls trolling trolls trollfest. Surprisingly this thread has some maturity (so far).

[Anonymous No.]

Anime is ok, but real bros read manga.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494150
It is not just Japan, look at the mountain of remakes and squeals Hollywood is spewing out.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494452

Largest possible audience =! largest audience possible.

If they wanted to achieve the largest audience possible, they would work with a more conventional medium, like American sitcoms do. The fact that the show is animated means that only a minority of the population will watch it. Thus, to stay on the air, they have to cater to as many people as possible in that segment of the population. If they didn't and instead decided to make a show that had no fanservice whatsoever, chances are the show would not stay on long enough to finish a single season.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494485
>squeals

Is that some kind of kids movie?

[Anonymous No.]

It's like I'm really in /a/!

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494485
This is the "criticize the Japan pop media flaws while ignoring that they do the same shit in the rest of the world" thread. Go away.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494423
>You generally don't watch anime when you're looking for something with profound artistic and philosophical depth

Actually, I do. What other alternatives do I have, especially if I happen to be interested in animation specifically? Sure, masterpieces like "Waltz with Bashir" can show up from time to time anywhere in the world, thank god for that, but they're a stroke of luck rather than a norm. For the last few decades only Japan has been able to produce high-quality animation on a consistent basis.

[ZUN !barYV1VtIA No.]

>>2494256
>>2007 didn't have any truly outstanding shows...

There was Emily of Full Moon and Nodame. There were others too, but those come to mind first.

And OP from /a/, there are always 1 or 2 great shows running per season. It's been like this since the 90's. Westerners never talk about these good shows though, because they're mostly newer fans or very young people who love crap. Combine that with how the current western anime fandom is huge compared to 10 years ago, and that's why things may seem "worse" now.

Just ignore the bad and watch the good. Stay far away from /a/ (the Crunchyroll Imageboard) as well.

[Anonymous No.]

What's the utmost top-left picture from?

[White Ren !YLuFFdRcFQ No.]

>>2494521
Lain.

>>2494515
Nodame Cantible: Paris Chapter was good, if lacking in the same punch as the original. The difference I find in this series is that the principle couple actually advances as the series goes along. Amazing!

As for this season, I like, somewhat, Beetrain's massacre of Phantom. Kemono no Souja Erin, despite being a children's anime, is good, too.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494521
Ah never mind, took me a while to recognize it's SEL

[White Ren !YLuFFdRcFQ No.]

>>2494374
TTGL was great for what it was. The difference between intelligent people and you is that intelligent people can categorize different kinds of good, and like different things for different reasons.

[Anonymous No.]

It's like I'm really in /a/!

[Anonymous No.]

There is more shit nowadays, because there is more anime nowadays and thus more chances to be shit, yet there is exactly the same number of good shows as always.

[Anonymous No.]

sure there are some things that are obviously crap, but why do some people say that about things they simply didn't like? There's plenty of anime that aren't for me, but I'm not going to waste my time trying to form reasons on why it's a travesty to the medium.

[(″･ิ_･ิ)っ-̾ No.]

This is an /a/ thread. Get fucked OP.

[White Ren !YLuFFdRcFQ No.]

>>2494538
That's impossible. We're talking about anime. Nobody talks about anime on /a/.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494554
It has been said already, but I fancy saying it again.

There's "/a/" as in "/a/-related content" and "/a/" as in "/a/-style discourse". This thread is the former, and it's perfectly fine here. Your post is the latter, and it isn't.

[Anonymous No.]

I think we've just gotten more mature. Our tastes have evolved. We might watch Slayers (excluding the shitfest that is R) now having grown up with it and we think of it as a damn good series. But I bet most of you if Slayers came out now, you would think it's pretty fucking retarded for having Gourry acting like a retard for 3 seasons and how the beginning half of each season was mainly self contained episodes.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494598

You haven't gotten mature. You've gotten jaded.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494614
Same thing, really.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494619

Hardly

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494598
I actually did watch slayers a few years ago and it is stupid. This is because I hate fantasy more than anything though.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494598
I miss when everyone could enjoy self-contained episodes filled with fun and magic tennis. I know I could use another series like that ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494713
>fun

Some people just don't believe in good fun anymore.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494713

Probably as the fanbase for anime grows older, there is a growing demand for "plot" not for story telling's sake but for the sheer fact that people want it. So we get contrived plots like Madlax psuedo-philosophical/religious shit or Darker than Black drivel.

[Anonymous No.]

Why are you guys bitching about moeblob shows? I watch shows like Lucky Star and K-ON! because they DO pander to my taste and they do a good fucking job of it. What the fuck is wrong with that?

Christ, if I wanted plot I'd watch a good movie. It's not like you really watched anime for plot... no one fucking does.

[Anonymous No.]

In 1998, I didn't mind cliched characters, dialogue and plot devices because they were new to me. Now girls with no emotion, pointless German phrases, memory loss, etc. cause me to instantly dislike a series.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494832
Oh, and good job Phantom for featuring all three. This season sucks.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494832

...Richtig mein herr.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494803
I watch both moeblob and more serious shows. They're both enjoyable in their own ways so I don't see the point of limiting myself to one or the other.

[Anonymous No.]

2008 and 2009 were really good regarding to anime. You don't agree? Then you don't know shit. Period.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494803
The fact that something panders to your tastes should never stop you from expecting actual quality from it. It's like being fine with eating instant ramen all the time because you like soups.

...and I doubt anyone's actually and seriously bitching about moeblobs on /jp/. And if they do, they must have got lost in the vast jungle of internet and wander here by pure chance.

[Anonymous No.]

Code Geass, guys, Code Geass.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494932
>I watch both moeblob and more serious shows.

Moeblob shows tend to be among relatively more serious anime, you know.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494423
Melancholy talks quite a bit about psychological, philosophical, and meta-physics. So I don't know what the suck your talking about. Perhaps, you've never read the novels where they have 2-4
physics-philosophy discussion's per chapter and 5 in the important ones. Too say this you must never have read the 20 minute discussion on the Melancholy's own form of an ontological paradox in just the PROLOGUE of book 7.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494945
What about Code Geass?

[Anonymous No.]

Don't mind me, just kicking ass.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494150
Baccano! proves you wrong.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494959
20 minute discussion... in a book?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494972
It's shit, right?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494986
It's 172 kb of pure text. The prologue.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494959

From what I have seen of the anime, being roughly 4-5 episodes, I'd have to say against this. The philosophy was juvenile and the physics could easily be replaced with "Fucking Magic". The books may be better, but the characters were so dislikeable I would never pick one up.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494959
One could say that the heavy sci-fi elements of the novels are not present on the anime.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495004
>juvenile

Oh, look, someone uses meaningless weasel words on the internet again.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494959

The anime was ment to make money and to appeal not just to hardcore-scifi fags and moefags but to kids who want to seem deep. It's like the NGE all over again.

[Anonymous No.]

Sure is /a/ around here. Not saying /a/ topics are not /jp/ material too, but you could just post it there (if that place hasn't gone to shit already?).

[Anonymous No.]

Left: Generic action shit.
Right: A varied selection of anime with high animation quality from many different genres.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494471
Wasn't Nodame Cantabile made in 2006?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494294
>Hayate no Gotoku
The same unfunny reference based "comedy" as Family Guy, only Japanese. The only possible way to enjoy this is by feeling superior to the other weeaboos because you understood more of the references. Worst anime I've seen.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494427
But there has been very few classics in literature after the 50s. So you're almost right about the book-format running out of steam creatively.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495026
Anyone's free to repost it on /a/. If it wasn't posted there already/first, that is.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495050
Paris

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495004
>From what I have seen of the anime, being roughly 4-5 episodes
Well you certainly seem like an expert on the topic.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495026
/a/'s gone to shit look at my image I went there for five seconds and look at what I see.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495061
That's because it takes decades for something to be called "classic".
You might be reading Pahlaniuk in English Lit in 50 years.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495061
cool story aniki

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495074
Do you know what the tab function is for?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495074
Oh God, why did I laugh?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495102
Yea, I have about 10 tabs on all my pages. It's annoying to have so many when a song comes on, on one of the pages and I have to figure out which out of my 30 pages is playing it. Seriously, it just happened today.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495061
...classic, by definition, is something that has its worth proven by time. It's pretty obvious there aren't many 10-year-old classics in a thousands-years-old medium.

We'll see the real picture 100 years from now. Until then, your point is moot.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495026
>(if that place hasn't gone to shit already?).
Dohohohoho

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495077
Palahniuk? Not going to happen. Try guys like Auster or Fowles. Hell, they're taught in classes right now.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495054
You should seriously consider of killing yourself. Bitter butthurt weasels invasing my /jp/ again?

[Anonymous No.]

Evangelion is a classic!

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495077

My kid came home a year back with a copy of fight club. She told me she was reading it for class, she wasn't kidding either.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495104
Goonies is awesome.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494150
OP should have compare it to 2004.

Cromartie, marimite, planetes, koi kaze, rozen maiden, nanoha, genshiken, gankutsuou and probably a few gems that I can't remember.
But yeah, it is kinda obvious that the new titles are going the moe moe formula.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495160
Reading it for class =/= it being a classic

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495542
He still would've just picked the worst shows of 2004 as "proof" that modern anime sucks. That's how trolls work.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495542
>rozen maiden
>gem

[Anonymous No.]

>>2495149

Pretty much this. As much as I like Palahniuk, I seriously doubt he'll ever be considered a "classic" writer. If you want an objective standard of who will probably be taught in English classes 100 years from now, look at the list of Nobel laureates in the literature category.

That being said, I have to agree with a previous poster's statement about The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi being juvenile. The entire story felt forced, each element in the plot attempting to justify the rather flimsy premise of the show that being the fact that Haruhi is a god and all the people around her are trying to keep her ignorant of such . It's the kind of fantasy one has when they're twelve years old and quickly grow out of as soon as they eschew their self-important attitude and realize they're not the center of the universe.

Overall, it's the kind of plot you'd expect from a really bad jrpg and not something I would willingly subject myself to without some kind of entertaining game play to distract myself from the gaping plot holes and the schizophrenic loose association present in the narrative.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2496501
SOOOO EDGY

[Anonymous No.]

>>2496501
edgy motherf*cker

[Anonymous No.]

>>2496501
>It's the kind of fantasy one has when they're twelve years old

I don't recall being able to comprehend (not to mention deconstruct) the idea of god at the edge of twelve. This may have something to do with the "don't think, believe" mentality of christians that I grew up among, but still.

I don't know, maybe you're mistaking the titular character for the entire book. Mature people only read about other mature people such as themselves, right?

[Anonymous No.]

Couldn't bother reading 100+ posts, but fuck you, OP, I really liked Macross F. Also, J-drama is still good. The gems are hard to find while sifting through the rest of the shit though, much like any other entertainment. For example, Ryuusei no Kizuna (from about two seasons ago) is superb.

[Anonymous No.]

another thread where teens pretend to be oldfags.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498008
>oldfag

This word doesn't mean what you think it means.

[Anonymous No.]

Whats the one next to the trigun picture called?
The picture with the girl kissing the boy. whats the name of that anime?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498573

You seriously don't know?

Zero no Tsukaima.

[fuck off !Du1A6pui8g No.]

>>2498573
Shakugan no Louise.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498573
Zero no Shana

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498596
>>2498586
>>2498584
god damnit you guys.
Which one is right ;_;

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498604
All of them, Anon, all of them.

[Anonymous No.]

I like strike witches. Just wish there was more violence since the WWII setting...
Then again I'm American.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494150

The answer is this:-

"All play and no work makes producer a dull boy"

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498613
Who doesn't
SW is like Nanoha with less crying.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2494150
You enjoyed LAIN, your concept of good is invalid. The studio itself admitted it was just fucking around with filters when they made the anime. You just watched Photoshop in motion. Way to fucking fail.

You're not even comparing genre now you're just picking whatever you see as popular at that time. You aren't even picking good choices. Way to be a weak troll.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498633
LRN2TR0LL

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498633
>The studio itself admitted it was just fucking around with filters when they made the anime.

That's not FURRY CURRY.

[Anonymous No.]

ITT: People who haven't watched Eden of the East

[Anonymous No.]

Wait... never heard of strike witches before... is there a german plane character and is she good or evil?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498680
You must've been here a while.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498669

Just 3 episodes in and you already think it is a master piece.
Just cause it has little johnny doesn't mean it is the best you know. The ending might blow.

[Anonymous No.]

serial experiments Lain fuck yeah!

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498669
Pacing too slow, main characters losing interest already, stupid mascot character introduced, black haired loli-sister/friend is fucking hot.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498680
Most of the cast are Germans.
In this universe, they're still good.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498695
Oh fuck yes I have a new series to watch.

[Anonymous No.]

ITT: Nobody can list a shit tier anime from last year, let alone 1998.

Comparing 1998 God tier to 2008 shit tier is like comparing sweet delicious apples to the proverbial sour rotten oranges.

[Anonymous No.]

This is like when people whine in /v/ about how games stopped being good after Chrono Trigger.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498712
So what, it's true (with the single exception being FSN).

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498713
Bullshit, really.
It's not even true for the JRPG genre, let alone the entire fucking industry.

You must be quite the fucktard to not find something enjoyable for the last 15 years.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498712
Bullshit.
I haven't met anyone that hate this game yet.
Pic related.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498669
oh you mean that boring ass romance anime? yeah you can shove that shit up your ass.

[Anonymous No.]

Original productions, amazing adaptations of manga series every year. It's far removed from yesteryears listless, uninspired titles and even shit like shounen reaches new highs every week.

J-drama has remained at a steady pace that rivals long-established drama shows here in the west and their music tastes are developing and expanding at an alarming rate. Is Japan ever going to stop improving?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498753

Heichachi Mishima?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498753
What's the second anime on the 1998 column?

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498753
I fucking love Kurenai and Spice and Wolf. Godly character interaction.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498753
>>2498753
Good job.
Let me post this in /a/ to cause a shitstorm.

[FUCKING 4CHAN FUCKING SUCKS No.]

>>2498759
Ninja Resurrection.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498758
Yes. He fucking posted a screen shot of Heihachi Mishima from the Tekken movie. Oh god what a terrible movie that was. Worse than the Samurai Spirits/Samurai Showdown movie.

[Epic !LULZ1KPlfI No.]

lol anime sucks anyways, fagots

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498786
lol u mad XD

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498695
Germany is Japan's ally.

I would be more worried about how American/English characters are portrayed, really.

[Epic !LULZ1KPlfI No.]

>>2498789
GTFO my 4chan newfag

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498791
>>2498791
The british one is called a cumdumpster.
French chick is a lesbian.
American chick is a big tits slut.
The two german pilots are ace.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498798
And Italy is fucking awesome.

[Anonymous No.]

>>2498796
NO U

U THINK UR NOT A NEWFAG HUH

LULZ

[Anonymous No.]

> J-drama has been shit for at least 3 years now, and their music tastes are too much influenced by generic R&B.

I'll grant you that the music in most Jdrama is awful, but the shows themselves have an extremely favorable ratio of gold-to-garbage.

[Anonymous No.]

I don't see sequels and remakes as a problem since in many cases I'd like to see more of the characters. In fact I pretty much pick anime based on characters, watch it based on characters, and then judge it based on characters.

Same goes for saving images. A good looking character and I save it to my disc.

Same goes for Visual Novels. An interesting character/scene and I'm hooked.

Sometimes the characters alone can't keep me interested, but in most cases they can.

[Anonymous No.]

2007 was alright though, so was 2006.