I'm honestly curious;
Has anyone on here whose kept up with anime and manga ever notice their tastes change as the years go by?
You were into one thing and the next you outgrew the stuff you liked as everything ages and look back as to what was good and wasn't?
An example for me is I only liked naruto, bleach, death note, one piece, dragon ball, cowboy bebop and other typical shounen stuff. I never liked gintama till lately and understand gto from onizukas perspective than the students. It's weird being older than the character now when he was older than me say back then.
Now that I'm older and things have changed and stuff came out; I like gintama, zetsubou sensei and his other stuff; bakuman (somewhat; I only liked the satire), urusei yatsura, kenshin, space dandy, mushishi, one piece still, panty and stocking, lupin iii, harlock, cutey honey, black jack, uratarou, jojo (I especially hated this till later and got obsessed) etc.
Now I can tell the difference between a good and bad manga and critique then on different dimensions such as art, writing, direction, time period, etc. like an academic research paper.
Has this happened to anyone else and noticed their tastes changed over the years and became artsy and refined and have become cultured as time goes on? Or is it just me? Now all manga seems kiddy, even berserk. I dunno if I outgrew it or crave something unique, different, progressive and creative, etc. you know?
What are Sup Forumss experiences with things like this? Can you all share? I like to keep looking for good series and stuff all the time and appreciate them for their history and time period and stuff.