i honestly watch more videos about anime than actual anime

"Anime needs to stop copying itself." Agreed. It's like inbreeding. If a population inbreeds for long enough you lose all genetic diversity and all you're going to get are offspring with deformities. Kind of an ironic comparison when you look at how much of a fetish modern anime seems to have with incest.

I think anime writing might be suffering even more than the animation.

Your parents are embarrassed by CGI crowds in anime, but not by all the fanservice involving underage girls?

God, editing this must have been a nightmare

My god... Anime is INBREEDING.

That "showing your mom an anime" reminded me of something My mom watches a shit ton of those boring house rebuilding shows and a lot of boring/bad movies but when me and my siblings did a One Punch Man s1 marathon, she sat down, and in just the first episode she was completely glued to the screen. she was really amazed (which you dont see often even when the show/movie is good.) After the marathon, she was smiling and was energetic, "That was great!" she said while grinning. I just seem to not forget that moment since she always has this poker face when she usually watches something on tv. Maybe this is one of the reasons why I am SO disappointed with OPM season 2, I still have hope for it after seeing that really well animated punch when Saitama got upset at Suiryu

tbh this feels like the same with American Cartoons.... it started off with a passion then went downhill in quality

"will berserk be done before I die?" ... HAHAHAHAHA *starts crying*

Honestly, isn't majority of every medium mediocre?

When you mentioned Kyoto Animation, I was like "oh no." Then I scrolled down to look at the release date of the video "oh no..." I'm now sad and angry all over again.

I just wish isekai harem animes will finally die...

"you ever have that moment when you're tying to show your parents anime?" No. *No I haven't.*

I would like to point out that mediocrity wasn’t killed by the industry, it has been killed by the viewers. Redline, quite possibly the most beautiful anime movie of the last 20 years, was hand drawn and given the love and care it deserved. But it flopped. It is a masterpiece, but the anime community gave more of a shit about the magical girl show of the season. We are the problem with the industry...

There’s enough isekai magic girl anime for an AI to be shown it & make an anime of it’s own

Kawajiri *TRIED* to crowd fund a second Ninja Scroll, it failed because people complained it wasn't moe. I am not kidding.

"What happened to making a classic?" You don't "make a classic" to make a classic. A movie or show BECOMES a classic.

I spent some time in Japan working in a non-anime related industry, and through a passion for sports I also got to work with Japanese kids a couple days a week. From what I saw the big fear for the average person there is rocking the boat. They don't want to change things and they are very afraid of upsetting their seniors. In the hospitality industry this caused a lot of situations where employees were aware of issues but afraid of bringing them up with the manager because they don't want to "make trouble". If that sounds stupid and frustrating, you don't get the half of it. This thinking ended up being drilled into the kids too. There's two generations of adults over there that I would generalize as afraid and cowardly. I do feel that this has caused stagnation in several industries in Japan, and is a reason why entrepreneurship is at an all time low. What's your take, Digi?

>The 80s were the greatest period in anime history >entire favourites list is post 2000s ???

It's no wonder why anime has such a bad reputation amongst people who's never heard of it when passion less mass produced dogshit always manage to be the most popular show each season because fans with low standards like to praise it to high heavens.

When it comes to sex in anime, I'm waiting for that anime about wholesome loving sex between partners. I have no where else to say this.

i gotta say, the editing of the video is freaking amazing haha

I feel like this video applies in 2020 more than ever. But not just to anime and youtube, but to like- all of media. Video games, movies, streaming, even the most bare bone social media post- we accepted mediocrity. Humanity has accepted mediocrity.

Every anime has 12 episode limit can't wait in 5 years where they cut it in half and just go for 6 episode series

Dear lord this editing is just freaking unreal with how good it is. Good freaking job.

Who the hell is this and what has he done with Digibro?

The economy is shit We feel like shit We watch shit We dont give a shit and solve the economy because we feel powerless The economy is shit (Repeat in infinite loop)

This is definitely interesting, but I'm also interested as to what you think a stereotypical anime character looks like. When you mentioned Pokemon and their character designs and making them look "less anime", I understood what you meant completely but I'm also curious as to what you see that makes you say that. Is it the lack of big eyes in some characters? The hair styles? Even skin colours? If so I'm interested to know if you classify characters from shows such as Haikyuu and Kuroko no Basuke as "stereotypical anime" looking characters since their designs seemed quite different to me from most anime, but you may see it in a different way.

"showing your parents anime" no... just no... never

I think you give the 80's to much credit. We probably saw so much great stuff because thats what made it over here. I'm sure there were thousands of crappy 80's anime we were never exposed to.

honestly, it's definitely not just the anime industry. it's entertainment as a whole. people have crap shoved into their mouths 24/7 and then turn around and call it GOOD. for crying out loud, the top-rated MMORPG is only halfway decent at best! as an aspiring writer, this lack of quality and acceptance of that lack of quality sickens me to the core of my being. though if there is any silver lining to all of this, it's that it has inspired me to do *better.* now if I could only muster up enough motivation to actually write something down....

This is what I love about Trigger so much - they know how to use minimalism to their advantage!

Mediocrity runs rampant in any popular and contemporary media because the companies that lisence and produce the material consistently want to pull in viewer numbers instead of actually creating something astounding. Mass appeal comes about as a result of the producers realising that people will flock to and pay for material that takes lower effort, thus they will put less effort in as it will widen their profit margin. It's not so much that people have accepted mediocrity (although it is, to an extent) but its more so that the anime industry is at the cusp of reaching that point in many creative medium's life cycles where it becomes popular enough for the lowest common denominator to fill more and more of the target viewing audience, and their primary goal is to simply consume that which is easiest to consume; requiring the least amount of thought, consideration or understanding. If you look at industries such as contemporary film and pop music, this much is clear and has been clear for many years, and we should consider ourselves fortunate that we even get anime that retain their creativity, power and nuance in the modern day and get recognised for it. While it is sad to see this start to happen to the anime industry, I'm afraid it was inevitable, and all we can hope to do is postpone it by acting in the interest of what is genuinely created with passion and what is ingenuinely created for mass appeal.

well......thats the problem with media in general. Games are turning into cashgrabs, anime is as well, Hollywood is for a long time and the trend wont go anywhere soon imo.

IT'S ALL A CONSPIRACY!! CREATED BY THE N.H.K!! TO KEEP PEOPLE HIKKIKOMORI FOREVER!!

It seems to me that the state of the anime industry today is almost exactly like what caused the great video game crash of 1983: too many studios bringing out too much subpar products.

Damn once again you are able to speak out my frustration with the anime industry AND the state of AniTuber content better than I could ever possibly dream. Another great video man. I might check out that DTube you talk of as well. Thanks for keeping it real man :)

My word, this video looks like it was an editing nightmare. So many "blink and you'll miss it" details in almost every shot, every few seconds. Hats off for all the work that must've gone into it, the visuals really do help drive the points home for any feeb still not paying attention.

Oh man the Berserk being over part stung

You reminded me why I fell in love with anime and why I haven’t watched much new stuff in over a decade. Also the fact that you opened with music from Zetsubou Sensei made my heart smile.

Admit it. Davoo is the real star of the show.

Holy crap somebody finally said it. "Anime needs to stop copying itself". I dipped out of anime in general and stayed with modern Ghost in the Shell and going through old OVAs. But Jojo kinda brought me back. It doesn't set out to be a good manga/anime. It wants to be just plain old good.

“If the *tide* can be *turned*” (Shows a rotating tide pod) This humor is exorbitantly underrated

I do love myself an overpowered protagonist But holy shish these protagonists have the emotional range of the flavor of egg whites without seasoning.

This is the best video you and The Davoo have created and is the summation of everything that was boiling in my thoughts ever since getting into knowing about anime production. Every frame in this is cut to precision and I cannot overstate how much I love this. Thanks for not subscribing to mediocrity because there will always be an audience for good shit.

Imo anime has gone quantity over quality.

Kizumonogatari is based on a light novel series. Just sayin'.

I think it's more about how so many people are so used to mediocrity they don't even realize it is. It's just all they know.

I mean, you're basically asking the same thing as "Why are there no legendary bands like The Beatles or Led Zeppelin being made anymore?" The answer is simple. The culture surrounding the medium has changed. The big bosses of the industry don't think the same things that were successful in the past can continue being successful. Add that with a with a business landscape that often thrives on producing the same quickly made, cheaply produced, generic garbage that the populace at large enjoys, and viola. One company makes a profit of a garbage show, and then everyone else jumps on board to recreate lightning in a bottle.

I remember showing my mother Violet Evergarden. She saw me as someone who liked mature stories instead of someone who just likes Japanese cartoons. Well played, KyoAni. Made my month.

I can't stand 95% of anime, I cringe so hard every time that I have to go for a walk so I don't lose any brain cells

I notice that the quality of anime only really dropped off rapidly after 2014 or so.

We haven't "accepted" mediocrity anymore than we ever have. Most anime has always been mediocre. Most of anything is mediocre. Mediocre is literally a synonym of Average. The problem is rose colored glasses causing people to remember things as better than they were because the mediocre stuff becomes forgotten, and we only remember the best. It seems like Anime used to be better because we only watch the top tier shows from those eras, and tend to look at them in ten year blocks rather than year to year or season to season as we do with more current shows. There didn't used to be more good anime, the lesser anime just became weeded out with time. I've been watching anime since the 70s, and it's not worse now than it was at any point between then and now.

I think none of the people who disagreed actually understood the point of the video and only heard modern anime ..... bad...... and went to the comments to cry about it. He didn't talk about how ALL modern anime sucks he said that the modern anime industry is so saturated that with every season churning out series after series you'd have to dig through 50 or so anime to find really good anime. I don't get how you guys missed this?? Since you know he mentioned actually liking Tsuki ga kirei and devilman crybaby whixh are you know, MODERN ANIME. honestly try and actually watch and understand the video before rushing to the comments to complain about how "elitist" he is for complaing about your favorite moe blob isekai light novel adaptation

Violet Evergarden was pretty amazing. It had great art and the english dub was pretty good. Can't say that often. I look forward to a season 2 but, I could see why it won't.

dude.... if they would have dubbed the crybaby rap scenes, that would have broken the gorgeous flavor of that raps. these raps only work in japanese just as "a hard knock love" only works in english

Top tier editing by Davoo!

I like how you pronounced it Gibbly then Jeebly in the same sentence.

Your premise seems to be all over the place. At one time, you're saying anime has gotten lazy compared to the past. In some ways it has, but you're cherry picking a handful of top tier productions from three decades ago and comparing it to stuff made for the mass market today. There were also plenty of shows made just for mass consumption at the same time stuff like Ghost in the Shell and Akira were being made. And today, there's still high budget, high quality content being made. You should compare things that are on the same level. But also, making a show for the mass market doesn't make it bad. Consistently, you use examples of (mostly movies) that at their time were huge risks and weren't mainstream. They BECAME mainstream because people saw them as ground breaking. Then you compare these things to shows made for mass appeal. You also don't mention shows that were made for mass appeal, but stood out on their own. Where's the mention of stuff like CardCaptor Sakura, Working, Haruhi, etc? These shows weren't following the generic trends of all the other shows. They SET the trends which others copied. And that's really the point. In any decade, in any medium, there are a handful of shows/movies that set the trends and then most others just imitate them. KyoAni shows keep feeling generic because they keep using the formula Haruhi/Clannad/K-On pioneered. A1 shows keep feeling like generic slice of life because they keep making Working clones with characters not as good as Working. And Gainax...well, the less we talk about them the better. My point with all this is that anime didn't really become generic. It always had the same ratio of generic content to ground breaking content. There were plenty of generic, forgettable things airing at the same time as Ghost in the Shell or Akira. That's why you're not mentioning them. They're forgettable. Just like there's a ton of forgettable things today. The only thing that changed between 1987 and 2019 is there's 7x more shows being made per year than in 1988. And we have access to almost all the stuff now, unlike in the 1980s when we were lucky to find a handful of shows from a friend. So it seems like there's so much more bad out there now. But the ratio is still pretty much 90% bad, 9% good and 1% ground breaking. Now, there is a case to be made that modern anime is being rushed. I agree with your points there. But I'm about to say something that will probably cause huge backlash. Animation is not the most important component in making a TV show/movie. Is it good if a show/movie gets good animation? Hell yeah it is. But not every show/movie gets a Ghibli level budget. Take a look at something like GTO or Slayers or You're Under Arrest or Rurouni Kenshin. These shows didn't get very high budgets or 2+ years of production like a Ghibli film. So they had to put the money into key scenes. Is it a shame? Yeah, it is. Would they be even better if they had top tier, polished animation? Yeah, they would. But even with dips in animation quality, I would argue they're still some of the best shows out there. Because they still had great characters, great layout, great stories and etc. Knowing they didn't have the budget, the production team put more focus into other areas like storyboards, writing and characters. And it worked. These shows stood out. Animation is still a medium of telling a story, first and foremost. And just like you can go back and watch an old 1960s TV show with corny sets and non existent budgets (like Star Trek) and still appreciate it, you can do the same for anime that aren't KyoAni level godly in animation. In fact, as amazing as KyoAni is at animation, I'd still rather watch other shows. Because KyoAni shows tend to be very weak on pacing and character development. I guess what I'm trying to say is, good characters and writing can save a show with bad animation. But good animation can't save a show with bad characters and writing. And comparing the handful of shows/movies that got everything and using that as a standard to say everything below that is bad means you're always going to be disappointed. As well as you seemingly thinking that anything cute = cheap, even when you say you like the characters and premise. I also agree with you that anime needs to consolidate and diversify. It needs to expand to a worldwide market rather than just staying niche in Japan (hopefully without falling for the worldwide trends killing western media currently). But that aside, I don't agree that anime is failing because its copying itself. If anything, looking inward is something they should do more of. But looking beyond the tropes. What made good shows of the past stand out was original ideas, original storyboarding and original characters. Someone like Ayanami Rei from Eva wasn't anything revolutionary from a visual design standpoint. She was one of a million blue haired dry characters which anime had been doing decades before and has been doing decades since. What made her stand out was everything besides her visual design. How she developed in personality, the still uncopyable storyboarding direction of Anno, the voice of Hayashibara Megumi. All these things came together to make a solid character, despite her base design being so generic it was a trope even in 1995. And modern shows do the same thing. Characters become popular despite copying designs of the past. For F-ing sake, we literally have a character who is a clone of Lum and Dita. But she's popular, so clearly people don't mind. What matters more is putting those characters into a show which has original direction and story. And overall, that's what anime needs to improve. Storyboarding, writing and character development. What seems to be happening in the industry right now is that a lot of the old guard is retiring. And the old guard, your Miyazaki's, Mamoru's and Junichi's, knew that story came first. When Miyazaki made a film, he wrote the script and did all the storyboards first. He didn't start by drawing cute girls and then writing a story around his OC waifu. Now, there are still some people in the industry who seem to have this mindset. What we need to see in my opinion is more producers/directors going back to the old mindset of finding a solid story, then putting cute girls and cool fight scenes in it. Not adapting light novels/manga which have that one cool fight scene or that one cute girl everyone likes. Or in the case of Netflix, just picking whatever concepts have the most cussing, gore and sex in it to appeal to the adult swim kids (another niche market).

reunited at last

Davoo, you've done it. You've at once created something that feels like it's from the "good old days" of youtube, and yet also feels completely fresh and unique. You've found a way to incorporate Digi's somewhat psychedelic aesthetic without dipping too deep into self-indulgence. This is a masterpiece.

>Tfw the "snob is digibro from the future" theory turns out to be true. WEW

It's the same with Hollywood. No one takes risks anymore. They just keep producing mediocre shit, and we just keep consuming it. Same thing with "triple A" game companies. They pour out the same shit-stain over and over, because there's a lot of money and risk involved so they are better off playing it safe. The truly fun games these days are made by indie companies. Indie companies/devs have to make something new, creative and exciting. Otherwise they won't be noticed. And that's when gems are created. The bigger they get, the less risk they take.

Looking back on this, I see that no Animator actually listened...

Yo wtf digi when did you decide to become the next step in the evolution of video essayish content, this quality is too good it didn't make me feel like I wasted my time watching 0/5

I was questioning who this weeb I was subscribed to was for like 5 minutes before I played the video

Maybe just like how we praise the past so much now People in the future are gonna praise things that we thought are crap now🤷🏻‍♂️

This video is so high quality. So much work put into this.

dude, i feel u, but studios will always release the same garbage again and again because it's "safe" we're always gonna be waiting for something genuine because every platform as a whole neglects what's genuine in favor of what's trending (or was) THAT'S LIFE! wanna seppuku with me fam??

Not Digibro anymore, huh?

I got tired of this new "Anime Flavor Every Week" formula and decided to go watch some much older anime: Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, Samurai Champloo, Ghost in the Shell, Akira. Those were easily the Golden Days of Anime.

coming back after one whole year, what i can say is, this is still hella relevant and beautifull to watch, ur amazing digi

I don't think mediocrity is anything new in any medium. There will always be a lot of mediocre stuff and only a few of the good👌 stuff. You remember Akira and Ghost in the Shell, because they too were the good stuff among the mediocre stuff from that time.

"I'm trapped at the cross-section of two mediums which have openly accepted mediocrity as the way forward for creativity--anime and youtube" "Shut up!" *They hated Digibro because he told them the truth*

You make it sound like (at least from the title) that we didn't use to accept mediocrity and now do, but the truth is that we always accepted it and even mistook it for being good. Mediocre, or even garbage, shows are half of what's popular for seasonal trend. After a season, things change and people stop carrying about the show as much, and if people stopped talking about it a year later, it probably was bad. Another issue, shows that do try to be more out there and do something are either not successful and sometimes belittled for it. My best anime, TWGOK, isn't that popular, but I can say that their animation studio tried their hardest to make a quality product (especially seasons 1 and 2). My example of belittlement would be my favorite case study, incest anime. If the incest is just a joke, like they aren't actually siblings so "ha ha" then everyone laughs. When shows are serious about it, though I've only seen this from western fans, we're completely sickened by it and biasly look down on the story.

11:09 this part aged so god damn badly man. it hurts and is funny at the same time honestly

holy shit do I agree with the comments here, this editing is brilliant

I totally understand why my elementary school teacher gave me a hard time when I handed in a half-assed story that my parents said they loved. These _are_ the end times.

Perhaps besides the point of this video, It's a fucking shame modern audiences including anime fans look at Japanese media and the first thing that comes to their mind is some mediocre anime series when Japanese cinema has been striking, poignant, and insanely beautiful for many many decades with so many visionary directors (even within anime) in both the older and contemporary world. How many people have heard of Shunji Iwai? I bet so many of these damn weebs have dismissed Iwai's Hana and Alice animated film because of the rotoscoped animation.

It floors me on how many commenters miss the point the video is trying to make. Digi isn't banging on about how "Back in my day." The point is anime isn't trying to grow outside of Japan and beyond the typical otaku audience which is a group too small to support the myriad of shows being made now. While i wouldn't say "why aren't there any classics," i would say why aren't there any shows with global marketing potential.

I'm already aware that I have accepted Mediocrity, I am watching a Digibro video after all.

19:50 Oh god. The animations have deterioated in quality to the point that the animators slide sprites up and down to simulate walking. HIDEOUSLY lazy.

I always come back to this video every so often. It’s just so fucking *GOOD* man. It’s really cohesive and makes so much sense. Kinda hurts. But hey, I appreciate you being the guy who just says what he wants to say whenever he wants to. It’s inspiring.

keep coming back to this video, definitely my favorite. I think he said he made this in one take while drunk, but idgaf, its perfect.

“If we can turn the tide...” *shows tide pod* welcome to 2018 people

21:01 OBJECTION! CalebCity is the funniest guy on KZfaq currently.

I REALLY miss 80s and 90s animation/art style. It's just so... chill. Now all the colors are super bright, and everything's just so... shiny. It hurts my eyes.

If the tide can be turned... **shows gif of a tide pod rotating**

8:24 "There is no fucking reason to get into anime for the money. If you treat anime like a business you are missing the fucking point." So I'm not well versed in economics and I've only taken one class that talks about business, but from what I have learned this quote makes absolutely no sense. The basic idea of business is to provide a service or product to satisfy a want and need and in exchange they will receive value for it. The animations you praised in this video( Ghost in the Shell, Akira, and several of the Studio Ghibli movies) are products of a business and would not exist without a business. I know that your point is to say that storytelling and art should be the focus of making the product, not the money but I have to disagree. If you want to continue to make content at all you have to consider how you are going to be self-sustaining business. You WILL have to find a target market and if that market is anime fans and the Japanese then you have to make a product that they will want. Also while people seem to portray the business part of animation as assholes who only care about making money, sometimes that side of the business can be the reason the product turns out so well. Sometimes there needs to be an executive that looks an a creative idea and say, "Um, yeah, that's not going to work because that would alienate our audience." Like maybe Jar Jar Binks wouldn't have existed if George Lucas didn't take complete creative control over the Star Wars prequels? However, risk-taking is also an important part of business as well because it stimulates the economy, if it is done so successfully and ethically. I think it would be great if Japanese animation could create more products that reach out to more than that particular primary market because it would help to end the stigma against the art form in western countries. However, to say that creativity should be the only focus is a very narrow way to view this matter especially when the people creating, producing, distributing, and translating Japanese animated content sort of depend on money to take care of themselves and their families. I'd say it's good to push for change and voice your opinion. You are the consumer after all, but don't create unrealistic expectations for the medium you care about. The "good old days" are not going to come back and the animation industry in Japan is going to change no matter what. You don't have to agree with those changes, but if you put yourself in a box where you disregard the passion being put into today's work because it doesn't satisfy your very specific needs then you're really only hurting yourself. You'll be so closed minded about what is "good" that you'll fail to see the message, care, and same amount of passion in the movies you love. You could miss something that makes you self-evaluate, get inspired, and be able to think about something in a completely new light. So this was a long message that will definitely be buried at the end of the comments. But if for whatever reason you read this Digibro, I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything but I just wanted to put my two cents in about your views about business in relation to Japanese Animation. Have a great day and I hope life is going good for you! :)

My guess is simply that the bulk of anime fans don't actually give a SHIT about anime. They like idol culture, or mecha, or shonen, or romcom. They don't care for anime itself. At most unique looking stuff will get called out for looking unique. The rest don't matter. It doesn't matter how fancy you make your cuts, directing, style and (of course) animation. People are almost exclusively looking for characters and story. So why bother? Shits expensive.

Now that Davoo is leaving you as an editor, I have to say this is his greatest work and definitely your greatest youtube piece.

Good anime is rare. Looking back in the years one forgets that even though there were REALLY good anime, there were also a billion more shit and just meh anime which are ignored.

First Digibro video in a while that features meticulous visual editing, relevant sound direction, a throrough yet concise script, and worthwhile subject matter. These videos are why I'm subscribed, and why I patiently sit through everything else on this channel. These are the videos I look at as reference points when planning/writing my own video essays. The passion for the medium is palpable in its presentation and delivery, the visual direction jerks around enough to stay flashy and engaging but also conveys relevant visual cues as often as possible to complement the dialogue. How many anime analysis videos can you walk away from and genuinely say "I remember the main points/arguments presented; they are this, this, and this". Rare. Not often. This is all just a complicated and verbose way of expressing: It's good video, ya dun did a good--it makes--it's just good. Keep gooding at it, please.

I for one welcome GonzoBro

Here from the future. It all worked out and anime hit the mainstream (on the back of the slave labor in Mappa)

i'm an extremely casual anime fan who only tunes in to, like, two new shows a year, and it really is cos i feel like anime's been so lackluster for the last couple of years. it all looks the same and i hate it. i'm glad someone else also feels like that

I almost missed this video because I didn't recognise the name. Please don't confuse me, Digi. I don't want to lose you.

This is quality editing for a type of video that could have easily been lazily made and profited off of. ...I guess that's kind of the point.

Ok I'm going to point out a couple of things here that you might or might not have mentioned (you made a lot of points. I cant keep up) I do like the overview and agree with most of it btw, these are just some things I felt missed. First, I was kind of annoyed at how you compared many times major movie or big budget anime productions with some low budget anime series. Of course if your funding is low, you're not going to have enough time and resource for something decent to detail every background character or movement. Secondly, animators and mangakas were always quite poor unless they make it big time. This deterred a lot of mediocre artists in the past but the barrier decreased when anime and manga started hitting the international market and more and more animation academy started popping up. That means the market is now a bit flooded. In order to succeed or even just survive, they have to join up with some 3rd grade animation team and mass produce things that they know will make money, in order to survive. Just like the KZfaq's you've mentioned. But just note that everyone's a real person with real ambition. Third, one of the reason people started to play safe ball is that we're simply living in the media age, where sjw and helicopter parents are ready to pounce if something seems off for them. Big companies just don't want to risk it any more even though normal people like us want originality and creativity. Last thing I wanted to mention is that a lot of the animators or mangakas you've mentioned are now quite old. It's a sad reality but creativity does decreases as one gets to a retirement age. Not all the time, but most of the time. This does mean your classical favourites art style or content will be less than what you've experienced in the past. Actually I do have one more point, which is that you and I are also over exposed at this age. We're now reaching the point where subconsciously we have 'seen it all' I've recently started reading ajin. Creative, original and full of philosophical ideas about humanity. But you know what? It reminded me of akira and deathnote even though they were completely different. All because I saw one first and if there's even a tiny spec of similarity, bam, your mind starts the comparison. Because we were exposed to one first, we'll immediately start judging others on originality. I know most of your video was about animation style and story telling rather than the story itself, but I feel that like anime like inuyashiki, parasite or attack on titan with its generic animation will engrave into a lot of our younger generation because it simply is an awesome anime with an original story and the meaning is actually deep.