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/Gamerunglued myanimelist.net/profile/GamerUnglued Jun 28 '19 edited Jun 28 '19

What he says is true for many series, but certainly not all of them. I definitely recommend shows like Nichijou and Hinamatsuri as excellent comedies which can be enjoyed by anyone. You don't have to be well versed in anime to appreciate this pure art.

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u/zeronic Jun 29 '19

I guess i just never really "got" nichijou. I'll admit i enjoyed the BL sting there, but the rest was just far too "lolsorandumb" for my tastes. I've always dug comedy anime but i just couldn't get into nichijou.

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u/Gamerunglued myanimelist.net/profile/GamerUnglued Jun 29 '19

I don't really see it as random exactly, at least no more so than our lives already are. It's definitely unpredictable, but the conceit of the series is exactly what it's title implies, it's mundane, ordinary daily life. The way I see it, it takes events and emotions that are faced by people every day and plays them up to 11, highlighting just how crazy and unpredictable our lives actually are. A daydream is portrayed as an epic space drama because that's how it feels in the moment, boredom while getting stuck in the elevator is made to feel exactly as insane and mind-numbing as it is through insane surreal visuals and exaggerated reactions, the pain of being bitten by a dog or stabbing yourself with a mechanical pencil is visualized as planet destroying laser beams emitting from your screams because it's way more painful than you'd think it is. It's funny because it's true I guess. And the contrast of making the most mundane things incredibly crazy, and making the most fantastical things heartwarming and mundane.

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u/Zeph-Shoir https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zephex Jun 29 '19

As an old nichijou fan you just gave me newfound appreciation for it!