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 No.4079

I feel like I'm loosing interest in otaku related media and culture. I'm just exhausted by everything and rarely find anime I like. At the same time, I've slowly become more and more interested in traditional Japanese and East Asian culture, folklore, and religion. I think I'm burned out and need some recommendations. The problems I'm having are:

1. Repetitive themes, plot structures, and character types. It feels like every genre has been done to death at this point.

2. Lack of artistic skill. A lot of anime looks and feels the same. There's less stylistic diversity, lack of attention to setting the scene, framing shots well, just telling the story visually etc. I don't blame the animators for this. Its the conditions they work under.

3. Immorality and lack of meaning. Now this is a tough one. A lot of anime is like porn that's just meant to titillate you visually or satiate your need for genre slop. Its like a big greasy hamburger and who doesn't want one of those once in a while? But man cannot live on burgs alone, unless he's American. A lot of otaku slop feels spiritually worthless. There's no real reflection on important life themes or cause for reflection or really anything. A lot of anime and games half ass it resulting in neither a sleazy hamburger or a well made nutritious meal but a god awful hybrid.

I need recommendations /kind/.

 No.4080

If you like Japanese folklore, then give Mushishi and Jigoku Shoujo a try.

Do you prefer any genres? Since what year have you been watching anime?

 No.4082

>>4079
Oh yeah i've felt this way before, it was right around the time i stopped watching anime for good and deleted my anime to make space for more western shows/movies. Simply put, you have outgrown anime and are ready to move on to other things, like watching old HBO shows and going out to birdwatching or better yet find a new hobby instead.
Tl;dr: you are growing old.

 No.4083

>>4080
Thanks I'll take a look. I love stuff with folklore or supernatural folklore.

>Do you prefer any genres?

I've been watching since I was a kid. I like pretty much anything as long as its good or visually appealing but I do like iyashikei, slice of life, mystery thrillers, cyberpunk, romantic tragedies, and horror. I like anime with family dynamics and rural settings too although that's not a genre.

>>4082
>watching old HBO shows
No.

 No.4084


 No.4085

>>4079
>>4084
Meant to post something but I’ll write it here. Seems like it’s time you are ready to explore the next step, Japanese cinema especially its golden age. Since you are interested in folklore I suggest the feudal period movies

 No.4094

>>4083
> I do like iyashikei, slice of life, mystery thrillers, cyberpunk, romantic tragedies, and horror.

Darker than black, eureka 7, trigun, gungrave and toradora. Not sure if you have watched them or not.

>watching old HBO shows

>No
Well you could always watch japanese sumo if you feel like it. Its rather entertaining,infact its pretty much the only japanese thing that I still watch on the regular. There are a lot of youtube channels that cover the sport so you can watch a few matches and see if you like it.

 No.4108

>>4085
Yeah, I already watch a lot of classic jidaigeki.

>>4094
I wouldn't know where to start with sumo. I don't know anything about the sport.

 No.4110

>>4079
My recommendation is to find another hobby. Don't force yourself into burnout on something you're no longer really interested in.

 No.4111

>>4108
Oh neat

 No.4112

>>4108
There is nothing to know about sumo anyway, its just big fat butterballs pushing and sometimes performing throws each other.it's like playing poker, you can learn by watching. The rules can be summarised in a few lines :
>big fat butter men must bow
>big fat buttermen must push eachother out of the ring
>first one out of the ring or to hit the ground loses.
>winner bows, loser walks away in shame
that's it.



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