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Rose tinted glasses. I too have watched anime since I was a kid and the quality of what they’re making in the last few years beats what I grew up with. Animatio

Rose tinted glasses. I too have watched anime since I was a kid and the quality of what they’re making in the last few years beats what I grew up with. Animation quality, plot complexity and diversity, soundtracks, voice acting - everything is as good or better. Compare anime that have been remade, like Fruits Basket. The recent version is vastly superior. Look at the top 50 anime on MyAnimeList, probably the most used anime site. (https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php https://myanimelist.net/topanime.php). This would be the equivalent of IMDb top 250. - pre 2005 - 8 - 2006-10 - 5 - 2011-15 - 10 - 2016 to date - 27 You’d expect some recency bias but not to this extent unless recent anime was really good. I’ve seen most of these and they certainly deserve to be up there. Look, I don’t doubt that you enjoyed shows from when you were a kid. I was obsessed with dragon ball z as a kid. But try watching it now, it’s just not that good. Nostalgia makes them better in our memories than they actually were.

agumonkey 5y ago
I didn't mention dbz btw. If you have soundtracks of those I listed, feel free to spam me. I admit having next to no knowledge of today, beside a few returns from people watching animes (less positive than you). And in any case I don't think SS OST is bound to relativity, it's really instrumentally and harmonically extraordinary. I'd place it near or even above John Williams...
- nindalf 5y ago
  Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. The best anime by any measure. The soundtrack is extraordinary. #1 all time on MyAnimeList and #19 all time on IMDb. By the way I know you didn’t mention DBZ. It was an example of a show that I thought was incredible as a child and simply doesn’t hold up today. I speculate that some of your favourites could be the same.
  - Jcowell 5y ago
    In my opinion Hiroyuki Sawano blesses any anime he participates in. Truly a master of his craft.
    - nindalf 5y ago
      Yeah the Attack on Titan soundtrack is something else.
  - agumonkey 5y ago
    How do you feel about Mitsuo Iso ?
YuccaGloriosa 5y ago
I'm sure you get similar spread on ages when you compare top 100 albums, or top 100 films
- nindalf 5y ago
  No. Here's IMDb top 50 broken down by decade. There's no bias towards recent films. If anything, the 90s are overrepresented. - 1950s and earlier - 7 - 60s 4 - 70s 4 - 80s 3 - 90s 17 - 00s 10 - 10s 5

agumonkey 5y ago

I didn't mention dbz btw. If you have soundtracks of those I listed, feel free to spam me. I admit having next to no knowledge of today, beside a few returns from people watching animes (less positive than you). And in any case I don't think SS OST is bound to relativity, it's really instrumentally and harmonically extraordinary. I'd place it near or even above John Williams...

nindalf 5y ago
Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood. The best anime by any measure. The soundtrack is extraordinary. #1 all time on MyAnimeList and #19 all time on IMDb. By the way I know you didn’t mention DBZ. It was an example of a show that I thought was incredible as a child and simply doesn’t hold up today. I speculate that some of your favourites could be the same.
- Jcowell 5y ago
  In my opinion Hiroyuki Sawano blesses any anime he participates in. Truly a master of his craft.
  - nindalf 5y ago
    Yeah the Attack on Titan soundtrack is something else.
- agumonkey 5y ago
  How do you feel about Mitsuo Iso ?

YuccaGloriosa 5y ago

I'm sure you get similar spread on ages when you compare top 100 albums, or top 100 films

nindalf 5y ago
No. Here's IMDb top 50 broken down by decade. There's no bias towards recent films. If anything, the 90s are overrepresented. - 1950s and earlier - 7 - 60s 4 - 70s 4 - 80s 3 - 90s 17 - 00s 10 - 10s 5