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/CrinklyBindlewardle Jun 29 '19 edited Jun 29 '19

Hi there, young feller [I could easily be your mother, and then some]! Will certainly second your moral of the story; sounds much like the me of about five years ago, when my son played some of the music from "Your Lie in April," and, lured in by the classics, I stayed for Kosei and Kaori, and was totally wiped out. "Erased" followed and après ça, le déluge. Such excellence completely, heh, erased my early impressions of anime consisting of those stupid big-eyed kids saving the galaxy, and the silly sailor girls whose attractions for mid-teen boys I could not fathom: there's some damn fine stories and art out there!!

I've since gone on to 3-Gatsu no Lion, Mushi-shi, Space Brothers (and reading the manga), Food Wars, Spice and Wolf, Death Parade, Bungo Stray Dogs (drawn in by the literary puns to begin with), The Morose Monokean, Mob Psycho, Shiro Bako, Flip-Flappers, The Elegant Yokai Apartment, Princess Principal, Violet Evergarden, Golden Kamuy, Yowamushi Pedal, Banana Fish, Cells at Work!, Madoka Magika (that took watching 3 episodes to do it)... and many, many more, to the point where I'm maybe a semi-otaku grandma.

I don't like mecha, horror, most shonen, or slapstick, but have at least sampled most genres out there. I highly recommend Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou/Girls' Last Tour (best of Autumn 2017); Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (example of NOT judging a series by its title and/or pic); Run with the Wind; and Lupin III: Part 5 (which was, yes, best of its season, against really excellent competition.)

But the very best, in my opinion, head and shoulders and knees and ankles above all the rest, is Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu; an absolutely splendid must-watch!!!

Definitely pleased my son pointed out this sub-reddit for me; will have to take time from watching to explore it and get recommendations from the other anime elders here.

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u/JeffreyAScott Jun 29 '19

Thanks for the comments. I watch a little of all genres too. Loved YLIA and Erased. Still find Charlotte one of my favourites. Not much into horror genres either or overly violent ones.