Start watching highly regarded old anime

>Start watching highly regarded old anime
>Realize that everyone else has already seen it and discussed it ages ago
>Lose motivation and watch some shitty ongoing anime instead
How can I cure this faggotry?

Finish it, start a thread on it, and see what happens.
If you don't get as many replies as you'd like, make another thread the following day but with a template OP like "Why is she so perfect" or "what went right/wrong" and go on from there. It always works.

Watch with a group of friends or a gf who are as clueless on the material as you are.

why the fuck would you want to discuss anime with anyone
just watch what you want to watch and focus on your own enjoyment, fuck peer pressure in the ass

Stop being a sheep

Which one?

The exact same shit happens to me.
Despite having watched thousands of hours of anime, I have huge holes like Evangelion, Welcome to the N.H.K. or Rozen Maiden and I never have the courage to fill them

>group of friends
>gf
Where the fuck do you think you are?

you should watch anime for your enjoyment you fuckin faggot

because there will always be fans who will discuss it over and over again

>that fucking beatdown in episode 4 of Ashita no Joe

But that's the problem. If it's old, it's no longer enjoyable I don't want to watch it anymore. There's something depressing about watching old media and it only gets more depressing the older it gets.

Fun things are fun faggot. Drop/stall it if you want too.

You kidding me faggot?
Eva in particular is always being discussed here, though good look finding any worthwile discussion that doesn't devolve into arguments over which slut is the least apalling character.

Bebop dubbed is literally the only anime you could conceivably show to a group of friends or a girl and have them enjoy it.

There are millions of people with at least a small weeb sensibility. Not that hard to find them, either.

just kill yourself then you defeatist fuck

Most seasonal shows end up having shit threads or no threads at all. You aren't missing anything.

You never enjoyed a book then.

Books are for faggots though.

I'm proud to say I've never read a book for entertaiment purposes.

The problem is not even necessarily Sup Forums or even internet-related, it's just that it's depressing to watch something old that the average consumer already moved on from. Is this brand of autism exclusive to me?

So, if you miss out on something, you miss out on it forever? That sounds like hell.

With that said, I agree that there's an added novelty and comfort to be watching something that is ongoing. Not sure why, but I can't deny it.

I want to lick Umi's pussy.

Is there a body part which aren't worth licking?

>a group of friends or a gf

i hate you so much aAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

Nah im with you desu

This is some low quality bait. Not sure why I bothered replying.

Hair maybe? I'd want to lick everything else.

But socializing isn't that great. Socializing with Sup Forums is even more shit.

you will never know the feel of watching and old anime or playing an old unpopular videogame and stumbling upon a Sup Forums thread full of people that also liked it

it's kinda magical

make a thread anyway.

actually just finished all of love live yesterday and was thinking the same thing but in a less faggoty manner

b-but... you guys are my only friends.

I have something similar to this
>Feel like watching an old show I have never watched before
>Basically every show ever
>Don't know where to start
I've made the occasional classic request thread over here, but I end up never committing to anything.

Great answer. If you don't know how to counter someone's argument just swear and call them names.

People still can't stop discussing Evangelion twenty years after it aired. Hell LOGH is even older and I keep seeing threads here.

This is interesting. Would you say that you have too many options and not enough time to bother with older stuff? This would be more comprehensible since many people here have huge "to watch later!" lists.

Pfff i still get my keks from orusuban ebichu and thats ancient

It's because a show feels alive when people discuss it and the fandom is still active. An old, high-quality show will remain good no matter what, but watching it can feel hollow at times because hardly anyone will talk about it anymore.

Like this, like right now?

>He doesn't want to taste Umi's hair

I have no shortage of time. I could spend the next 12 hours watching anime if I wanted to, but just the idea of watching old stuff depresses me. Never watched an episode of Fullmetal Alchemist, for example, but I know it already ended nearly a decade ago. Same deal with Clannad, or Hajime no Ippo, or Bakemonogatari.
I have managed to finish old anime before, like Cowboy Bebop or Ghost in the Shell, for example, but it feels hollow and depressing. Like I'm watching something dead. Like I'm behind the times and trying to make up for it and failing miserably. I don't know. I'm a faggot and I hate it.

Don't you have internet friends who like anime? Talk to them about stuff you have backlogged and see if anyone's interested in watching something with you. You don't have to marathon it together but that's also fun to do.

I havent had friends since college

As someone who sometimes feels the same way, it's a little like walking into an amusement park with barely any people left and seeing the mascots or the machines still try their best to entertain you. Like the show is over but you still want to enjoy it.

This thread is fascinating

I especially hate newfags that never give chance to pre-2000 anime because it either looks too old or they have this mentality that everything new means it is better

Well /vg/ used to have /jrpgg/ for shooting the shit about old ps2 games until some visual novel fag got it burned to the ground

>make a Backlog Club
>we all have a list of old anime that we haven't seen but want to
>every week we pick one that none of us have watched and watch it together, then we discuss it

How does this sound? You'd need a fair number of people though and they'd have to be people you trust not to post spoilers.

This is why it's easier to read or talk about manga, most people nowadays are so fucking attention-deficit picking up an anime is a fucking chore and they can't even stay focused for the 23 minutes on it. Meanwhile in that same amount of time you can rip through like 10 chapters of something and talk about it with a bro.

The worst feeling is being a buyfag and liking something old

>How does this sound?
Sounds great
>they'd have to be people you trust not to post spoilers.
Oh, so that's why we don't have this already.
Unfortunately this is the kind of thing that would never work on Sup Forums.

This is actually one of the reasons I like anime better than manga, because I never pace myself with manga and with anime the pacing is done for me

I'd even enjoy watching old stuff I've already seen with a bunch of anons who haven't seen it. It's fun to see people's first time reactions to shows like Cowboy Bebop and TTGL.

Let's watch something together user. I'll download it and watch. we can discuss it in a few days

I like the idea even if you take spoilers into account, because it at least would give you a good justification to watch a specific old show and get you out of the "There are thousands of good shows, which one do I pick" dilemma.

Maybe one day you'll learn to value the fact you even got to truly enjoy something in the first place. Maybe some life experience and perspective will help you with that, especially if you're only a teenager or early twenty something.

>watch anime that aired last season
>it's really good
>realize you could have watched it together with Sup Forums
Worst feel

that's why you always bandwagon whatever show Sup Forums is hype about as soon as possible. I seriously hope you didn't miss out on Kemono Friends.

You can technically go watch any old show anytime you want. But to watch something that is ongoing and at its biggest level of relevancy? That's something you can lose out on.

You guys aren`t much different from the majority of people regarding movies. I am considered weird by most people because I occasionally watch old movies. It is very common to talk to people who refuse to watch black and white movies.

Forcing yourself to watch would be worse so I don`t condemn your actions. I only started to watch older anime once all new anime started to feel the same.

Same goes for me. I used to read so many manga when I was like 14 or something, but when you can read hundreds of chapters in a few hours they all start to blend together and in the end I hardly remember anything out of all the manga I read back then.
Now I only read manga in Japanese as practice, and being a slow reader for now also helps me enjoy them more.

But then you're 70 years old and you think "Shit, I had countless hours to watch anything I wanted, but I was too busy posting on Sup Forums"

There are anime that are better watched without looking at the threads.

For example all plot heavy Manga/LN/VN adaptions and all drama anime.

>Implying the anime isn't matters for only a few minutes per episode thanks to repeated scenes and still frames

>Watching old anime
>Get spoiled on a pretty huge detail
>Lose all interest in finishing it
Fucking LOGH and Wenli dying

And why would you care about discussing it? You watch shit to pass the time and enjoyment, when a thread pops up, you're prepared.

You don't actually like anime.

>Like I'm watching something dead

Like an archaeologist?

Or a necrophiliac.

He was the worst character, anyways.

He was my favorite.

this desu
You watch something because its popular not because you want to watch it.

>friends
user, please. If i had friends i wouldnt look to anime for entertainment

Have fun not being able to read subtitles without pausing

Dont you think its kinda funny how we cant request or ask about anime opinions on Sup Forums? Where most people who would have a good base for an opinion would be and not scrolling through /wsr/?

Don't let it both you so much. It will go away.
The fact that you "hate that attitude" means you're on the right path. Unfortunately, it has something to do with your brain chemistry affected by your hormonal balance and your age, which for whatever dumb reason subconsciously tries to guide you into being part of the crowd and feeling "you're part of something bigger than yourself". You will lose it when you stop being a teenager (mentally), and realize you used to be full of shit. It happens around the same time after reading at least a couple of memorable novels from the 19th century. From then on you will embrace more forms of media and welcome knowledge and learn to appreciate stories for their insight into the human condition, as opposed to "how many other strangers you never met and don't give a shit about you are currently watching it too". You're going to realize a lot of people around you are dumbfuck mass consumerist trash anyway, and other questions will begin to get more of your attention, like "where do I come from, and where am I going?", "how come we all behave the way we do?" "what systems of control govern the way I grew up", "why do certain groups of people hold all the wealth, and for how long have they been at it? Why does it seem indefinite?", and you will distance yourself from wanting to be part of the crowd. You'll read and watch stories to understand yourself and humanity more, and the older they are, the better they will feel because they will feel like a gold mine of invaluable insight into the human condition that stood the test of time as opposed to the "flavor of the season".

The fact that you're starting to dislike that attitude tells me you're going to be ok, so don't let it hound you too much at the moment.

oops, i kept up with the kermonon MAD's and people say its just a lot of sugoi and nya's anyway

Still wish Sup Forums was around when EoE was released.

bet the threads would even blow Code Geass out of the water

still wished I washed Geminar, TTGL, Baccano, and KKN with Sup Forums

I remember shitposting in Sup Forums about Code Geass and barely nothing of the actual show itself

You don't like anime.
Hell my 11 year old cousin has more passion than you and all he watches is crappy shounen shit.

It's because you don't actually enjoy anime, you just want something to talk about because you crave social interaction and relate more with the type of people on Sup Forums more then anywhere else, since you have autism.

In other words, you're what's ruining everything.

But watching old anime is the best thing about this hobby, user.

I agree with this, but at the same time I do believe "live" discussions can improve the experience: pointing out details and references you didn't notice before, batshit theories and speculah, dumb jokes, it all makes everything more endearing. Animu is a medium that relies a lot on fan input and culture, it's kind of a shame to miss a part of that but it shouldn't detract from your enjoyment of a show.

But deep down, you know it does.

>pointing out details and references you didn't notice before, batshit theories and speculah, dumb jokes
But all of that shit is secondary user.
I was watching and enjoying these puppet shows before I even had an internet connection.

I think it depends on the kind of show, you'll probably like your own personal favorite that speaks to you and your storytelling fetishes all the same even if fun discussions would have been a bonus, then there's stuff that's actually improved by the livewatching (I wouldn't have enjoyed Meduka as much without it, it was so much fun and then the fucking earthquake came just to add to the shitstorm)

These posts are absurd. If you like some shows, then you like anime. Not all anime, but some of it, at least.

This is like telling someone they don't like music because they prefer live concerts.

Now that I think about it, going into a show completely blind and with no prejudices and second-hand opinions is just as good if not better, but it's pretty hard to do nowadays. But when I manage to do it I feel like my enjoyment was "purer" and more personal.

Sudoku. Also .

I usually avoid joining hype threads and even looking up too much about the staff of new seasonal anime precisely because that. It's much more enjoyable to just go blindly into whatever show catches your fancy and deciding by yourself if you enjoyed it or not.

In all honesty you should just quit Sup Forums or any other anime communities for a while or at least reduce the amount of time you browse it
It seems like you care more about the anime watching culture than anime itself

what argument?

I don't get people who are so hung up on "the threads." Like someone recently said Kemono Friends isn't as good anymore because it's not the same if you can't talk about it with others. And someone else said you should watch Your Name this very instant because it'll no longer be relevant by the time it comes out on BD.

I rarely go to threads on specific anime because there's no point. Everyone's a shitposting retard and people just whine about everything. I don't know what people see in those threads.

>When you watch 95% of episodes
>And haven't finished the last 2 eps of an anime for the past 6 years because 0 motivation

About a third of my anime is like this lmao. I don't even care anymore.

Fuck. I can relate to this too.

Fuck you

what threads do you go to? are those not also filled with the same people?

sounds cute

a couple years ago an user did this kind of thing with Betterman. he posted a thread with this schedule and provided the download then posted a thread every day to discuss it. I stopped after a couple episodes so I don't know how it turned out in the end, but for the first few at least there was a decent enough turnout that we could talk about things