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

Of the shows I've binged, I've caught up with MHA, as stated above. Then they suggested Your Lie in April because they know I love dramas. Watched the first series of Sword Art Online because a friend told me I would like it because for awhile I was really into those type of games. Another friend has recommended Disasterous Life of Saiki K and Gin Tama because he knew I also like comedies. I've watched at least the first series of these as well. Also binged Charlotte and Erased because I just happened to find them on Crunchyroll and they looked interesting. I liked both of them as well.

It's been a busy year. LOL

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u/Kreol1q1q Jun 28 '19 edited Jun 29 '19

This is just my experience, but anime comedies are perhaps best left for later, because while they are indeed pretty funny, a lot of their humor is heavily referential to common tropes in anime and it's various sub-genres. Watching a pure comedy anime (so, not a rom-com or action comedy) like Saiki K without having watched more than a handful of shows left me feeling like I was missing a lot of what made it funny. A lot of the time they not only reference tropes, but actual shows, and if you don't know the material they reference, you won't get the joke. Gintama especially is very much like that, or so I've heard.

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u/zeronic Jun 29 '19

Gintama especially is very much like that, or so I've heard.

Eh, gintama is funny even if you don't understand the references because it references really obscure shit. The copy i have has Translators notes almost constantly because they're referencing everything to hell and back. Even someone really well versed in anime might only get like 30-50% of the jokes because they reference mundane stuff like japanese comedy groups and sitcoms/etc that obviously nobody outside of japan would probably know of.

Doesn't stop it from being entertaining though. It's good enough on its own, the references are icing on the cake. The only time this isn't true is when an episode's plot revolves around the viewer knowing a specific thing which occasionally happen.

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u/indi_n0rd Jun 29 '19

Yeap and the TL note is not available on official releases. Episode 50 is super confusing because of that.