Have any really memorable anime come out in the last 5 years? I mean something iconic, something that left a big splash like Code Geass, Haruhi, Gurren Lagann or even something like Steins;Gate. I know there were stuff like the JoJo adaptations and Ping Pong but JJBA has been around for decades and Ping Pong wasn't even that popular anyway.
I'm out of the loop now but I've noticed a lot of regular viewers hold this opinion too. Do you think people who used to be teens in the 2000s are just growing up and their tastes have become more exclusive, or is the current anime industry actually stagnant and bland? Or am I just full of shit and have a lot of good series come out?
Robert Williams
Sword Art Online came out. I think 4 years ago or something.
Logan Torres
Industry's in a slump, One Punch Man was pretty popular though. I guess Attack on Titan too but that show is honestly trash.
Jace Cruz
>Or am I just full of shit and have a lot of good series come out?
Pretty much. I love 2010s anime. There might not be as many blockbusters as during the mid 2000s, but there's a good 6-8 anime I watch and enjoy every season.
Brandon Jackson
SnK?
Easton Robinson
Closest I can think of off the top of my head is Fate/Zero and Madoka
Hudson Williams
One Punch Man wasn't even in the top 10 most popular series of its year, yet alone of post 2010 anime.
Robert James
Honestly? Its too soon to tell. Its hard to see some of this stuff without hindsight.
Caleb Harris
Osumatsu-San
Andrew Collins
As far as popularity go, It's 23rd on MAL for popularity with 550k who watched it. I think it's pretty popular. inb4 >mal
Brandon Sullivan
Iconic in an actually good and coherent kind of way or iconic in a Nurutu kind of way? Because AoT and SAO were undoubtedly popular.
As for good series OPM is my guilty pleasure, but everything about that show's existence is unusual. The webcomic was an exercise in creativity written by a bored man that for some unknown reason got TWO adaptations by huge talents, it doesn't count.
Benjamin Rivera
Both 2011 user. It's been 5 years since then
Connor Garcia
Re:Zero
Jeremiah Cox
ehh, I was close I guess.
Charles Morris
I'm obviously talking about Japan.
Ian Martinez
It'll be 6 years for Madoka in January. Technically still counts.
Josiah Reyes
This and Love Live are the correct answers. You just don't see it because theyre not shows you watch.
Ryder Murphy
Hahaha, no.
It's decent, but not memorable enough to be considered a classic
Leo Richardson
I honestly think 2011 was the final stretch for most established anime studios. They've been around for decades you know, they've churned out tons of shit and they're probably out of creative juices. If you ask me we're in that stage where the old guard is grey and burned out and we need new fresh talent to revive the industry.
David Robinson
>OPM is my guilty pleasure why would this be a guilty pleasure? OPM is damn good.
Leo Davis
There was sao
Cooper Foster
Yuri on Ice Love Live Osomatsu
Ryder Wilson
Clearly mayoiga
Cameron Diaz
Are we talking about popular in japan? OPM was/is plenty popular in the west.
Kayden Gomez
Faggot
Lincoln Rogers
''oldfag'' need to fuck off and move on already.
Asher Allen
Just cause any anime that popular tends to have a really young and annoying fanbase. It's a stupid reason, I do like it a lot.
Hunter Parker
Why would we talk about popularity in the west? The west doesn't matter.
Ian Cooper
>Yuri on Ice Only if it ends with Victor fucking Yuri in the ass
Blake Turner
Opm, reddit zero, sao. You might hate them but you arent even 2% of the market. So yeah.
Hudson Hughes
Unfortunately you're wrong, just because you dont like it doesnt mean shit.
Lucas Hall
OPM and ReZero are not mega hits (though they are popular) in Japan, only in the west. And the west doesn't matter. Ill give you sao though osomatsu and love live are bigger.
Caleb Morris
West would matter if jap animation companies had employees that spoke english and dared to try monetize their shows in the west. Now all they do is ask CR to give them some tiny licensing fee and not think about it.
James Allen
I guarantee you more people globally have watched opm over love live, merchandise doesnt have anything to do with anime, even more so with idol stuff.
Joseph Wood
>Love Live >Osomatsu >SnK >Fate >GnP >sao >UtaPri YoI will likely fall somewere near sao and UtaPri.
Nathan Robinson
I like it. I just don't at all consider it a master piece or in any way really influence or really that notable.
It's just another Isekai, done right I admit, but still pretty generic.
Charles Brown
I dont think you comprhend how huge Love Live is. Its one of the biggest anime of all time. OPM isnt in its league.
Colton Morales
5 years just barely includes Madoka, so there's that at least. Other than that, you have OPM which is pretty big. GuP was a game changer in its genre, but it doesn't have quite the widespread appeal as the other stuff you mentioned. SnK probably counts too, shit though it may be.
If we're talking about movies too and not just TV series, then Kimi no Na Wa probably makes the cut as well. Shit is a fucking phenomenon.
But no, 2011-2016 doesn't compare to 2006-2011 in terms of big hit anime.
Nathan Stewart
Iconic and masterpiece are two entirely different titles, as anime continues to are more and more kids are going to see it, before love live even. 1 closeted island
Wyatt Thomas
Major titles to come out in 2011 or later:
Attack on Titan SAO Steins;Gate Mirai Nikki Tokyo Ghoul NGNL Blue Exorcist OPM Another Noragami Psycho-Pass KLK Akame ga Kill! AnoHana Madoka Magica Guilty Crown Fate/Zero Deadman Wonderland
Of course, 8 of those actually came out in 2011.
Ayden Young
>5 years just barely includes Madoka Disregard this, for some reason I had it stuck in my head that Madoka aired in December 2011, but obviously that's wrong. Rest of the post stands though.
Nolan Adams
Only like 4 of those barely qualify.
Easton Morales
>most of those >major
Are you joking?
Parker Perry
If we're going by the OP's criteria of something with an impact near S;G or higher, then I'd say only these qualify:
SnK SaO S;G OPM Madoka maaaaaaybe F/Z
Disregarding S;G itself and Madoka that aired before it, since OP obviously meant "since December 2011" and not "in the last 6 calendar years", you have SnK, SaO, OPM, and maybe F/Z (very arguable).
Xavier Gutierrez
How the fuck does OPM qualify? It's wasn't a huge hit in Japan and hasn't influenced the industry at all?
Jack Carter
Well, it's not very iconic. It's just another Isekai, with added edge.
I mean I like it, but it's not going to be remembered by that many in a year or two.
John Martin
SnK, SAO, Madoka and Fate/Zero are the only major titles on that list.
Dominic Watson
High School DxD, highly recommend it.
Easton Allen
OP didn't say it needed to influence the industry. I don't think many of the examples given in the OP itself do, either. And like has already been said in this thread, from a global standpoint OPM is a pretty big hit.
OP specifically said "or even something like Steins;Gate", so not including S;G from that list is kind of funny.
Daniel Adams
OP (and most people in this thread) doesn't know what a "big hit" is because they think that popularity in the west means something.
Levi Adams
S;G was bigger than OPM at least. (Both are dwarfed by Free!) None are in the league of Madoka or SnK.
Samuel Rodriguez
I'd say Free! was bigger and had a bigger impact on the industry than OPM.
Sebastian Carter
Japan
Camden Lee
As it ages given its obvious likability for new and or young anime viewers it will further cement itself into that place. This unfortunately is fact.
Adrian Barnes
Not in this industry. You're new, but you'll learn soon enough.
Jose Moore
uno warui
Benjamin Nelson
SAO for sure.
I mean many anons still rage about it like it aired yesterday.
Isaiah Russell
Im older than you bud
Leo Wright
If we're not talking about impact on the industry, then how does it not mean anything? Popularity is popularity no matter where it is.
That I agree with.
Agree, although I'll restate that I don't think the original question concerned impact on the industry as much as general popularity. CG wasn't a huge impact on the industry either, and asides from some references here and there I don't think Gurren Lagann was either. S;G certainly wasn't.
See above.
Anyway, I decided to pull up the only numbers we have: sales inside Japan. Although this does counter my earlier point a bit, it's useless to talk about global popularity if we can't quantify it. At least this gives us SOME measure with which we can discuss this without just throwing around assumptions.
List of anime airing from Fall 2011 and onwards, with average sales equal or greater to S;G (using this as benchmark since it's the lowest selling example in the OP), follows in the next post.
Jonathan Morris
Japan
Brayden Johnson
It'll be remembered as a decent Isekai, nothing more.
Samuel Gutierrez
Love Live! 2nd Season 67,341 Osomatsu-san 64,798 Nisemonogatari 60,719 Love Live! Sunshine!! 57,801 Fate/Zero 52,285 Shingeki no Kyojin 52,078 Fate/Zero Second Season 46,344 Monogatari Series Second Season 42,206 Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works 39,283 Girls und Panzer 36,286 Sword Art Online 36,159 Fate/stay night Unlimited Blade Works Part II 36,004 Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love Revolutions 35,973 Uta no Prince-sama Maji Love 2000% 33,776 Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai 31,818 THE IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls + G4U Bundle 31,498 Koyomimonogatari 31,355 Persona 4 31,280 Love Live! 29,716 Free! 29,108 Owarimonogatari 28,341 Haikyuu!! 25,514 Kuroko no Basuke 24,470 Free! -Eternal Summer- 22,290 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon 21,858 Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon II 20,950 Sword Art Online II 20,707 Jojo no Kimyou na Bouken 20,022 Kantai Collection -Kancolle- 19,123 Kuroko no Basuke 2nd Season 18,724 Kekkai Sensen 17,254 To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S 16,923 Infinite Stratos 2 16,904
Julian Cox
My opinion > your opinion
Gavin Anderson
>I know there were stuff like the JoJo adaptations and Ping Pong Which reminds me: when the fuck is Science Saru going to announce something?
Matthew Sanchez
Seems pretty legit desu
Nolan Russell
OPM is just at 10,000. Just to put it into perspective against the others.
Gabriel Murphy
Jesus, I guess the west and Japan are really two different beasts.
Isaiah Bailey
The fact that at some point everyone is or has seen it is all it needs to be iconic.
Adrian Williams
As far as the anime fandom in general, Kill la Kill has literally defined the 2010's so far. Nothing else has left an impact like it has. If we're strictly talking Sup Forums, then Kill la Kill still goes on the list along with Love Live, Osomatsu, and ugh ReZero.
Why would anyone here really care about what japs do or like? Cant we talk about what we though was good or what made a "big splash" in the west? "Japan has shit taste" is a meme at this point.
William Watson
ReZero is also reaching for that 10k now as it releases. Osomatsu came out last winter, and is 60k+ and everyone who mentioned it probably knows what that chart looks like anyway.
Gavin Hernandez
Because "best shows of post 2011 era" is a lot different than most popular/impactful.
Christopher Davis
Didn't hunter x hunter start again in 2011. That's a show that was huge worldwide and was actually good.
Dylan Robinson
We're really only just starting to feel Free!s impact too.
Landon Collins
Don't you have some disgusting fujoshit whore to go fuck?
Oliver Sanchez
Me on the left
Nathaniel Diaz
Yeah 2011 and it was an adaptation of a manga that's older than Naruto and Bleach
Josiah Taylor
You can talk about impact in the west, if you talk about japan you just get a bd sales figure list which does fuck all for discussion.
Julian Sullivan
There's a lot of people that don't like or hjust hate Love Live, me included, but you can't negate the fact it had a huge ass impact in the anime industry AND the idol industry, wich makes it a more interesting case.
Camden Howard
You're idea of what's popular or impactful in the west is based on you're experience with internet forums (that mostly watch the same kind of anime as you), which I think is a little worse.
Gabriel Watson
Are you sure?
Aaron Torres
Erased. The ending felt a bit rushed but the Kayo arc was really good
Carter Wright
>anime >impact in the west Are you serious?
Jackson Thomas
># # # # # # # # # # # Why so many hashtags? #confused
Jaxon Walker
>you can't negate the fact it had a huge ass impact in the anime industry Where did I do that? It's on the list. Granted I did ignore it in some earlier posts, but that was just because it slipped my mind. I never said that LL wasn't big.
Jaxson Murphy
not when it's already been forgotten
Luis Walker
Sorry, I wasn't talking about "you" in particular, maybe I misused it.
John White
Beause an anime has dolls and people buy them its iconic, this fucking thread.
Luis Diaz
Shinsekai Yori was memorable, not as widely seen by the masses though I don't think.
Ethan Edwards
in your dreams is where that trash left a sliver of impact
Tyler Walker
Try to read the comment again.
Carter Cruz
By us maybe, again not even 2% of the global market.
Christopher Hughes
Because Jebus was always cancer.
Aiden Evans
I didnt mean to reply, was mistake.
Carter Butler
Do people still sing the praises for Erased?
Cameron Diaz
they sold Re:Zero curry at a curry place I like, so I'm gonna say that's the most impact any anime in the past 6 years has done on anyone.
Oliver Collins
Tomino's final Gundam came out 2 years ago
Christopher Martin
We're the only ones that watched it.
Nolan Brown
SSY was fantastic, and I agree that it was memorable to me as an individual, but to claim that it had impact or left a big splash (either in the industry or on the consumer base) is unfortunately very wrong.
Henry Bell
The real question is have there been any """"GOOD"'''"' anime since 2012