What are some anime of old that were huge hits and wildly popular, but wouldn't hold up today?
Di Gi Charat was pretty big in the late 90s.
I have the impression Higurashi was huge at some point, but trying to watch it now is just plain torture.
What do you mean by hold up today?
>>31570 I saw it in the mid to late 2000s and still enjoyed it. >>31573 Dated humor and concepts, cgi that didn't age well, pop culture references no one today would get, character types events and story lines that would be considered cliche by today's standards, so on and so forth.
>>31574 "CGI that didn't age well" is an odd point since most anime CGI still looks bad. It's rare for it to look good in any age.
Mighty Atom (astro boy) Seriously, even for the time it was pretty shit for a cartoon.
Can someone explain to me how the fuck Love Hina was a thing?
>>31579 It was alright. Haven't watched in a while though, but it probably stood the test of time so far.
Love Hina was fantastic, so was School Rumble.
Saber Marionette J
Well, if it comes anime that were huge but had pop culture references modern anime fans wouldn't get then I guess Lucky Star would be a good choice. That show really seems like it was written to be watched in 2007 but that's exactly what I like about it.
>>31606 Lucky Star was only popular because of Aya Hirano's drama and the Kyoani hype machine, it wasn't actually good and the people who watched didn't genuinely enjoy it. if they think they enjoyed it that just shows how powerful the Kyoani hype machine really is. saging here just for practice, please don't read anything more into it
>>31608 I know you're being facetious but her scandal was 4 years later.
Most stuff about the early to mid 2000s. I don't know what it is about that time period, but it feels completely alien looking back on it now. >>31571 I watched the Higurashi anime back when it aired and don't recall it being particularly big at the time. However, I read the visual (sound) novel just a year or so ago and deeply enjoyed it.
>>31613 I find things from that period comforting lately.
>> 31613 > don't know what it is about that time period, but it feels completely alien looking back on it now. Probably because a lot of changes were happening in the industry. Early 2000s was when most production companies went digital so there were growing and stylistic pains from that. There was also some weird shit going on with funding. if I recall correctly the mid 2000s was at the tail end of a boom going into a bust.
I prefer the early to mid 2000s over what anime is today, it seemed like there was more experimentality going on with both visuals and concepts. And while early digital looked a bit off, I don't think that the anime currently airing look very good either. And no, I'm not just being nostlagic because I still regularly (re)watch shows from that period and very much enjoy them.
>>31619 advancing communication technology has made it a lot easier for profit motivated producers to test market their wares and tune them for higher performance. i bet a lot more of the experimental stuff gets left on the cutting room floor these days than it did 15-20 years ago.
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