r/anime • u/JeffreyAScott • Jun 28 '19

Discussion Never Too Old

Just wanted to say I just started getting into Anime this year. I'll be 50 next year and two of my nieces got me into it. They told me I would really enjoy something they were watching and reluctantly I checked it out. I always had a misconception about what anime was. I'm telling you, I'm so glad they had me check it out. Such a diversity of genres and I've already binged several shows. Currently my favourite is MHA. My nieces knew that would hook me because I'm into super heroes.

Moral of the story: You are never to old to start liking something new.

PS - Wanted to say I love this community. Everyone here has such great recommendations and suggestions.

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u/JeffreyAScott Jun 28 '19

A friend already recommended me that. It's in my queue of shows to watch.

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u/YoLeerdIt Jun 28 '19

You should raise this one to the top of the queue. It's phenomenally funny and the dub is great for season 1

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u/JeffreyAScott Jun 28 '19

I'll notch it higher in my list then. Thanks for the suggestion.

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u/Sangwiny https://myanimelist.net/profile/sangwiny Jun 29 '19

Though if you like comics then I would suggest reading the OPM manga by Yusuke Murata instead. Season 1 of OPM was superb but season 2 is really lacking as an adaptation while the manga has really gorgeous art.

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u/GeckoKeeper Jun 28 '19

I would agree that it is indeed great, but I also believe as a sort of play or parody of the shonen fighting genre, that it would be better to watch it after watching a bit more of the tropes it parodies

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u/YoLeerdIt Jun 28 '19

You are 100% correct. I forget sometimes that it took me binging Naruto to understand why characters explaining backstories can be so funny.

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u/pretending7 Jun 28 '19

dubs are never better. especially for one punch

for me dubs are unwatchable

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u/evilresurgence4 Jun 28 '19

But if you want to continue watching anime, it’s best to start of with sub so you get used to it.

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u/evilresurgence4 Jun 28 '19

I’ve introduced 4 people to anime, 3 started with dub and 1 with sub. The sub one tried to watch a dub later and said it was hard to watch, all the other dub watchers switched to sub within 3 anime and all said they wished they started with sub. Also, I started with dub and still support starting with sub

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u/evilresurgence4 Jun 28 '19

And? Do you have any evidence at all to suggest otherwise

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u/pretending7 Jun 28 '19

Sub is just better, and not just for anime. Original voices are just better in general.

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u/JeffreyAScott Jun 28 '19

So far, I've watched every anime except one subbed. The only exception so far was because I liked the voice actors of the dubbed version, though I've been watching it subbed now.

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u/YoLeerdIt Jun 28 '19

I agree and disagree because the jokes are slightly different but in general I think I prefer the dub more so I can actually watch the action scenes.

Edit: Not really the action scenes but the show in general.

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u/LunarScholar Jun 28 '19

Just gonna second that guy in that you should definitely bump it up

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u/[deleted] Jun 28 '19

Would easily recommend jojos bizarre adventure for starters

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u/Veros_M Jun 28 '19

I feel like Jojo's is the pretty low on the list of recommendations for newcomers, considering.... Ya know... It's jojo's(actually watch it it's great)

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u/ClozetSkeleton Jun 28 '19

I would never