There's really no need to remind us about how none of that ever happened.

lol

>most successful anime and manga will focus on deep, thought-provoking plots and characters
Oh god, my lungs.

No, most succesful anime/manga nowadays focus on cute girls eating cake.

Tell us your story, OP.

>Evangelion will open the doors to a renewed interest in science fiction and robots etc etc
No, not really. But we have new Evangelion movies now.

>I mean, anime fans are getting older and will become interested in more mature, intellectual content.
Nope, they are interesed in cute girls now, more than ever.

>And for light-hearted series there will always be stuff like Slayers, mixing fantasy, comedy and action
There are shows like Slayers, but not that slice-of-life oriented. All the slice-of-life we get now is cute moe girls doing cute moe things.

do some of you evafags actually think it was a deep thought provoking show?

>areyouapsychictype.png

You were dead-on, OP. Please excuse me whilst I go and watch pretty much everything this season, as there isn't a single show that has yet to make me question the universe and my place in it.

>>46486644
>No, not really. But we have new Evangelion movies now.
You forgot the part where Evangelion is a series of action movies now.

>"cute girls being cute".
Damn for someone who missed a decade you're right on spot.

>>46486661
I only said Evangelion would open the doors, not necessarily that I thought it was there yet.

>>46486624
>focus on cute girls eating cake
What do you mean by "eating cake"? Sorry, but this new internet slang is new to me.

>>46486766
By "eating cake" we mean...that, eating cake. It's called K-on!, it's a story about 4 (later 5) girls eating cake and drinking tea everyday.

Oh, they also play instruments, but we don't really see much about that.

>>46486766
Ha ha Oh wow!
This thread might get epic really fast.
Please tell us more about your story.
Also I think you're not yet ready to discover the true meaning of "eating cake"

>>46486766

He's not even using slang.

There are many shows about cute girls being cute and doing nothing but eat sweets and whatnot.

Go look at K-ON, it's a show about a band but there is little music, though there is plenty of eating sweets.

>>46486766
"Eating cake" as in "putting sweets in their mouths" and going "oishii" in a squeaky voice. You should be able to wrap your head around this.

I think that Ojamajo Doremi is still in the process of being translated. There is far more moe/cute girls doing cute things, ranging from good (the ones focusing on cute things) to poor (the ones focusing on cute girls).

Evangelion hasn't opened anything. Gainax has gone on to make some really good shows (FLCL and TTGL being noteworthy) but sci-fi is still pretty absent. Ghost in the Shell got two full series to its name - Stand Alone Complex and SAC 2nd Gig - if you are interested.

Comedy seems to have headed towards the harem or psudo-harem. A lot of the stereotypical harem personalities have been found in most mainstream shows, and there has been a lot of blending of genres. A lot of shows end up with, say, a little cute girl or a female companion who acts like she doesn't like people when she secretly appreciates them, even when it wouldn't make much sense to do so - Gosick, for this season.

There are still some good anime being produced. The production level has risen, although I'm not sure the value of the stories being told is really that much better.

/a/ has gone to shit, has gone gay and is interested in trolling anything that isn't harem or shota. Just warning you now.

.>>46486766

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2eCgmaMauA

You should also take a look at the comments below the video to see how the internet's community has improved incredibly.

>>46486913
>Gosick, for this season.
Implying victorica is tsundere.
You just went full retard.jpg

If you want cliché archetype go watch dragon or zombie.

>>46486854
Oh, I can wrap my mind around that, but I can't understand why something like that would be popular.
Have you all gone insane?
My guess is, you're all playing with me. Except this guy >>46486670

Hey, OP. You know Satoshi Kon? The director of Perfect Blue and Millennium Actress and Tokyo Godfathers?

He died.

>>46487006
That was more in the direction of a cute little girl acting cute in a story where it really isn't appropriate. She has been locked in a library on a high school campus her whole life and will only talk to the main character - really? She is actually handled rather well for a character in those circumstances, it's the circumstances themselves which are completely rediculous (and they are only there to put her into the story, at that).

Kore Wa Zombie is an intentional parody of basically everything out there, so it's understandable. Dragon Crisis is a basic harem.

>>46487144
>Have you all gone insane?
Good things like "anime and manga focusing on deep, thought-provoking plots and characters" being popular would be unlikely.
The main target of anime is and as always been japanese NEET and otakus, and they want waves of cute girls upon cute girls to fap over.

>>46487182
The director of Perfect Blue died?
I'm looking for information about the actress you mentioned. Excuse me while I check altavista.

>>46487207
Indeed but it's easier to produce and sell a LN (and it's anime adaptation) based on a cute loli dressed in victorian clothes rather than craft intresting and inventive mysteries for the said LN.

>I mean, anime fans are getting older and will become interested in more mature, intellectual content.

You poor ignorant soul

>1 SoL show gets a lot of sales
>suddenly everyone notices SoL shows depsite that they have always been SoL shows about teenage female students since before
>suddenly blame SoL shows for killing the industry

>>46487473
>they have always been SoL shows about teenage female students since before
Before azumanga?

>>46487473
What the fuck is SoL!?

Welp, seeing howw this thread is going along

inb4 Yotsuba C.

>>46487319
Slow down, please. I need to know what "fap" is, and what is NEET an acronym of.

These things move kinda cyclical, actually. Following Eva, there was kind of a trend towards more serious or mindfuckery stuff in the 90s, but eventually it burned out and as the 2000's progressed anime went into more of a lighthearted and cute phase. At some point I imagine that people will get tired of transforming any random thing into cute girls and we'll see a new trend develop, although I don't think that's on the horizon quite yet.

>>46487594
fap:the sound one makes when masturbating himself to extascy.
NEET:Not in Education, Employment, or Training, i.e. :watching anime all day long.

>>46487510
Isn't Azumanga more of a comedy than an SoL though? Kinda like how K-ON S1 was trying to be a comedy but failing then in S2 they started to focus more on the SoL instead of hilllarious 4koma gags and it was awesome.

>>46487547
SoL = Slice of Life, basically following the character as they go through their sometimes-wacky, not-very-dramatic lives. I honestly don't see the appeal, but I'm not 90% of the demographic.

>>46487594
Er, fap = masturbate with your penis.

NEET = Not in Education, Employment, or Training, meaning somebody who is unemployed and stays at home all day. It typically refers to post-teenagers still living at home and getting money from their parents to spend on junk.

>>46487547
It's a show where little girls eat cake. Pedophiles love it, so they sell really well.

>>46487695
Okaaaaaaay, I've heard enough...
So long, things I knew and loved. I'll just ignore new anime and manga and I'll focus on the good stuff. Strangely, altavista has been unable to provide information on where to buy VHS tapes around my area, but I will watch only the good stuff. The things that came before you ruined it.

>>46487824
>VHS tapes
Did you just seriously come out of a freezer?

>>46487824
>buy VHS tapes
You can buy DVDs now, you know. Most titles have been re-released in DVD packs for the full series, which is frequently far cheaper than trying to find the individual DVDs (and especially VHS tapes).

bakemonogatari

Yotsuba is going to shit a brick when he sees this. I don't think even he stands a chance in this thread.

Hey, I'm not OP but I have a few questions also.

For long-winded reasons like the OP I have been out of anime a long while as well and want to catch up on what I missed. Does /a/ have a recommended anime/manga wiki like /v/ does for vidya?

Last thing I really enjoyed was TTGL and I have never visited /a/ up until about a few weeks ago.

I have been on 4chan since late 07 and never visited here.

madoka magica

>>46487824
>The things that came before you ruined it.
Blame the japanese, they are the ones who really influence the market.
Also they are still a few recent anime that you might like.

>>46487473
Mention 10 SoL anime/manga series about teenage girls older than Azumanga.

dennou coil

>>46487936
Only joking he is just going to spam the thread with 20 season charts

>>46487926
That is the once advantage of watching anime today. Anime series are not $300 each anymore.

>>46487947
We have a bunch of recommendation charts.

>>46487947
http://animu-mango.wikia.com/wiki//a/_Wiki

>>46487936
Who is Yotsuba?
Altavista says she's a fictional character, but you talk about her as if she was a real person.

>>46487891
My story is embarrassing, but yeah, I was working as a refrigerator repairman and was trapped inside one. I can't believe how old my family looks!

>>46487947
>Does /a/ have a recommended anime/manga wiki like /v/ does for vidya?
Yes, but much like /v/'s recommended list, there is a lot on /a/'s list which is likely not what you wanted. Hidamari Sketch, Lucky Star, and Pretty Cure may be enjoyable to watch, but I take it that isn't what you are looking for.

I've come back to anime after a long dry spell myself, and the recent titles I have enjoyed are Katanagatari, Fractale, and Level E.

>>46487970
That was the whole point of my post. They have always been a SoL about teenage schoolgirls. People only started to complain about this shit after one of them got popular and had huge sales.

>>46488147
How can an /a/spie not like Hidamari? Delicious wide faces and nutbladder fun should be loved by all.

>>46488158
>They have always been a SoL about teenage schoolgirls
OK, then mention them!

>>46488123
>trapped inside a refrigirator
For how long exactly?

>>46488123
>Who is Yotsuba?
Yotsuba is a character from the manga Yotsuba&. It's fairly decent, about a rather oblivious girl and her daily life.

The person they are talking about is a tripuser named Yotsuba °C, who spams any thread he sees that says anything critical about moe in general.

>>46486536

How exactly do you know about 4chan if you've been frozen for 10 years?

captcha: explain pedish

>this thread man

>>46488245
I haven't been ale to figure that out yet, but the experience gave me awesome Sub-Zero-like super powers.

>>46488227
Hyakko, Lucky Star, Hidamari and...well shit, I guess they haven't been a lot of SoL about teenage girls have there?

>>46488218
>How can an /a/spie not like Hidamari?
I like it too, but if you're looking for something similar to TTGL, that isn't the place to look.

>>46488079
>>46488086
>>46488147
Thanks a bunch bros. I'll be using this info.

I felt nostalgic the other day and started watching my Hokuto no Ken box set and ever since I've been wanting to catch up on modern day shows and movies. I've been a /v/irgin for so long I forgot that I had other hobbies I enjoyed.

>>46488326
Marry me.

>>46488333
>Hyakko, Lucky Star, Hidamari
>Older than Azumanga
>Hey_Face_Meet_Palm.jpg

STOP
Stop living in early 2001 and listen

You have to watch an anime called K-ON!. It is the finest anime of the century and elegantly explores the lives of five girls living through a very stressful time in their lives.

Then watch Boku no Pico

P.S. There are no twin towers anymore

Don't forget to grab your implant so you can download anime directly to your retina.

You put it in your eyesocket by yourself, by the way.

The best SoL are the ones not focused on highschool settings. Bartender, Aria, Yotsuba, YKK, Genshiken, Beck and Ichigo Marshimaro. Also, Lucky Star is the lowest point for SoL

>>46488446
Lucky Star works pretty well as a manga.

>Altavista
You mean you weren't using Lycos or even Dogpile? Also, need your Geocities page link and ICQ number yo, we need to hook up and talk about all of the World Premiere Toons Cartoon Network put out in 98.

>>46488421
They weren't any. But they have always been SoL even before K-ON at yet, only when K-ON got popular did SoL suddenly get bashed. Anons even troll Gartender and Aria threads. I have yet to see anyone troll YKK though.

>>46488508
Manga trolling is rare, so YKK is probably safe.

>>46488428
K-ON and Boku no Pico. Got it!
>There are no twin towers anymore
Oh, yeah. My mom told me that. Or maybe she was my grandma. I'm updating my understating of the world, you see? Part of that is this thread. BTW, my refrigerator was open exactly one year ago and they had to unfreeze me slowly. It opened by accident during an earthquake.

>>46488444
How much is one of those? Altavista isn't giving me ANY info about it.

>>46488292
>How exactly do you know about 4chan if you've been frozen for 10 years?
My good friend from high school (or maybe his younger brother, I can't tell and I didn't dare to ask) told me about it. Also, he told me the basics on how to navigate it.

>>46488562
I guess no one saw the ovas.

10/10 op stay classy

>this thread

>>46488706
Not the local trolls for sure, and that's no surprise.

There is only one series to watch OP.
CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4R7j5iR7JM&feature=related

>>46488631
Rough ride my friend, sadly "social networking" has replaced much of what you knew about the internet back then, Google has taken over search engine dominance from Yahoo, Geocities is no more, Clinton's cat Socks who used to host the White House for Children homepage died a few years back, 3DRealms, makers of Duke Nukem 3D spent 13 years on development for Duke Nukem Forever and ultimately folded, selling the rights to Gearbox to make, AOL is slowly fading away thanks to real broadband internet access, but their Instant Messenger is now independent of the program and is used more widely than ICQ or Yahoo Messenger.

Seems like so long ago for most of us here. Well, except the 13 year olds.

>>46488562
I realized there were OVAs when I found their OST. Funny huh?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KozJ0Wlqkd8

>altavista
Man am I feeling nostalgic now.

>>46488817
OP here.
AOL was your problem, Americans. I'm Chilean.
That being said, everything else you mentioned blew my mind.
I was sad enough when they cancelled the game based on Socks, but now this google you mentioned told me the poor thing died!

Well, at least I have something to be happy about: This internet connection is fast as fuck!

>>46489109
>Chilean
Don't tell me you were underground for the past 10 years.

Wow. Sometimes I wonder how stupid people can get. And then /a/ supplies the answer.

>>46489149
Best post

>>46489149
No, I already told you, I was trapped on a refrigerator and last year an earthquake opened it. Two weeks ago they finished the unfreezing process.

>>46489230
>Chilean
>No Los 33
I'm out

>>46489151
I don't know what you're talking about. I'm pretty sure everyone is being completely serious in this thread.

>>46489267
Los 33 were mucho pussies. No one got eaten.

>I've missed more than a decade for reasons that, if explained, would blow your mind.

If you couldn't tell this was a troll post from this, then get the fuck out of /a/.

>>46489596
No, this is cool. Like all good Sci-Fi, it makes us reflect on our current condition.
It's a classic story: An outsider trying to understand the world. As you explain your reality to this entity, you start to see your world from a new perspective, and maybe realize terrifying things that were always in front of you but never noticed before.

Get off my lawn, you darn kids!

>>46489866
Suddenly, deep.

Fuck anime, is nobody going to ask OP what Alpha Centuri was like?

>The game

>>46486936
>You should also take a look at the comments below the video to see how the internet's community has improved incredibly.

Wtf is everyone retarded.
OP is clearly trolling and describing the exact opposite of the current state of anime industry.

>>46491382