The anime is Genshiken (2004), I picked it up on a whim. It’s alright so far. Very “by weebs, for weebs”. The manga is from 2002.

The 80s and 90s being a pass of the baton from veterans of the early days to more modern staff, which already grew up with anime, and the success of Evangelion and merchandising had some awful long-term consequences even if it was probably unavoidable under capitalism.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I also wish fads died out like they used to. It used to be that something like isekai harem self-insert slop or certain art styles (moeblob comes to mind) would have their moment and then everyone would move on. It’s been like 15 years, please fucking stop.

    The wheels of weeb pandering industry require increasingly efficient pandering, where even the title of the weeb pandering directly tells the weeb what specific sexual pathologies that are going to catered to. marx-joker

      • UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        16·
        1 month ago

        I want more shit like Perfect Blue and Mushi-shi, not Help! I Woke Up in a World Where Everyone Is an Anthropomorphic Sexy Penguin Demon and I Always Thought Penguins Were Kind of Stupid Animals but Now I Want to Fuck the Penguin Girls!

        Almost a dril post, and I wholeheartedly agree.

        The western slop novel equivalent is shit like “My Boyfriend Is A Billionaire Navy Seal Werewolf.”

        Yes, that’s an actual novel for sale (may have got the name slightly wrong) and as far as I can tell it’s selling well.