I sometimes click in some random clip of current anime someone uploaded on YouTube, like I dunno attack on titan or chainsaw dude, but that’s it. They look cool but despite having the time to watch it I just don’t feel compelled to watch the whole show.
I guess it’s like the Netflix virus, that you keep scrolling and picking what you wanna watch and at the end you don’t watch anything and go back to sleep. Plus, maybe it’s the depression, but I don’t like when things end most of the time. I feel empty, it doesn’t happen with movies but with anime happens, especially when the main character is a dude. The usual end is that he beats the bad guy (or triumphs in life if the show isn’t about punching people) gets the hot anime girl, and ends… I guess since I can’t get any of that irl it hits me hard.
Nah, I watch plenty of anime. There’s just so much source material from Manga and generally more unique stories than standard television. You can also do a lot more with animation than with live action, and convey more abstract concepts better.
In my eyes, most US television falls into these categories:
Cop-aganda
medical drama
superheroes
insert US alphabet agency action drama
comedy soap opera
fantasy is an exception more often than the norm. I want good, immersive storytelling. Something that may very well traumatize me if told well enough. Something to make me cry. Something to make me furious.
There’s plenty of generic crap anime out there too of course, but it generally isn’t going to get an English dub if it’s really bad (I watch subbed too) so that can be a tell.