Comment on Top 20 Anime You Wept Over by HouseLife:
Umm… actually yes. To a large degree, yes you do. It’s like defining all movies by the last five years if you only see recent anime and refusing to go any earlier because it’s ‘older.’ So yes, in order to have any perspective that is worthwhile in any conversation on the subject of Otakudom or anime, you must have at least seen or be willing to see some of the truly great anime of the past that have generated the anime of today to respect it.
Even if you don’t like black and white movies or believe the acting isn’t that great in them, as I do, I still highly respect older movies and what was accomplished with them, and because of that still have perspective on movies today. Citizen Kane was and is still great, for example. But anime is different, as many shows 20 years old are still great if not better and more cohesive than many of today’s. The same idea exists for movies of course, but anime has less of a technological gap going for it than modern movies.
Granted there are many anime fans of today who have been brought in by recent shows, that’s just time passing, and inevitable, but it still doesn’t change that those who have seen fewer shows have less to offer in discussions. It doesn’t mean they are not allowed to be in them of course, but they have less to offer on the overall discussion of anime as an art form.
HouseLife made other comments on this post:
- Top 20 Anime You Wept Over:
@ Anonymous 21:40 Yes, got forbid someone have perspective and variety in order to give credit where credit is due. Otherwise I won’t be a sub-human whiner about everything wrong with anything like certain pathetic individuals who obviously know nothing about creation or the work going into it; or how to even enjoy something for what it is anymore for that matter. I can’t believe you’d actually try make the fact that I like anime, great western shows, and great western games as well be somehow …
- Top 20 Anime You Wept Over:
What happened in Fruits Basket that was tears worthy? I feel like I’ve seen something totally different then. Yes there were sad moments I guess, but I don’t remember them being any worse than most sad character moments. Then again, the vast majority of tear-jerking moments have been generated a lot by the accompanying music score based on what I’ve seen in this list.
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