![]() ![]() I was planning on talking about the latest Mazinger movie, but it bored me so hard with its “only for the fans” attitude that I literally have nothing to say about it. However, things become problematic when the only anime you’re keeping up with at the moment is Darling in the Booty Booty Butt Cheeks and the new Netflix anime won’t be arriving for another two weeks. Hell, I still see Durarara cosplay at conventions, but there are also a large amount of anime peeps who don’t know what that is.īasically, I’d rather try to extract enjoyment from today’s anime rather than slobber over my old favorites. Remember when Tiger & Bunny was popular? Or Arakawa Under the Bridge? I do, but a lot of fans don’t even know they exist. Third, very few anime actually stay in the public mind beyond vague memories after a year or so even when they achieve acclaim, so I doubted most of you would be interested. There’s a difference between reminiscing the past and just flat-out denying that things have changed, especially when the thing that’s changed most likely isn’t going to hold up by today’s standards. It’s one thing if your blog or such is dedicated to old anime, but not when you’re one of those people who say “anime was great in the 80s/00s and now it’s shit”. Second, and this ties into the first reason to a degree, I just flat-out hate when people use the past as a crutch in order to mark their place in the fandom. First is how I like staying in the present. Remember when I wrote about Rose of Versailles needed martial arts if it wanted to be interesting? What the fuck was I thinking?īut seriously, there’s a few reasons why I rarely write about old anime. And while I did write quite a bit about old anime during the early years of Standing On My Neck, said posts no longer exist on this blog because I deleted most of my old content in order to indicate that I was starting fresh. I do have an old review of the semi-sequel visual novel that’s getting an adaptation next season, but I don’t think said review holds up anymore since my priorities changed quite a bit during the last year. Despite bringing up old anime that people remember fondly like Steins Gate quite a bit on here, I’ve never actually written about it. Generally if an anime of yore comes up, it’s in the form of a reference. ![]() There’s been the occasional mini-essay that looked back on anime past, but with the exception of Mob Psycho 100 and My Hero Academia Season 1 (which were only a year old at that time), as well as Mai Mai Miracledue to In This Corner of the World getting a theatrical screening in the US and me wanting to give the film some attention before then, I don’t have anything amongst my reviews whose ending was more than a few weeks/months old when I looked at them. I’m sure a lot of you have noticed that for the most part, and especially as of late, I’ve only really covered current anime on here. Welcome to the start of what I hope will be a new recurring post series on the blog, “Does This Hold Up?”. ![]()
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