Anime wears thin

[friezaess]

I've pretty much fallen out of the anime fandom.

Over the past two years I've only finished three series (Trinity Blood, Loveless and Sukisyo), and I've not been in a fandom since around February of last year.

I think the main reason for this eventual decent is simply that I don't get to watch much anime nowadays. Back when I was at my "peak", I attended a club and thus got exposed to all sorts of new stuff. But clubs aren't really my thing anymore, so I just don't get to indulge myself.

Also, my lack of internets make it impossible to hit ye olde BitTorrent. Plus I'm a bit slack when it comes to leeching off people; "I'll have to get that series off you sometime."

Then there's my general fussiness. I'm insanley picky about everything, from food to choosing a mate to other peoples' shitty drawings. Poor ol' Megan and Byorn were trying to help me pick a manga in Minotaur but I kept turning my nose up at everything presented to me: "Oh God, school based crap." "I hate fantasy!" "Mecha? What do you take me for, a peasent?!" "I'm not even going to consider that until the girls in it learn to close their legs."

I mentioned a while ago what I like in anime, and people came up with some good answers but again, I suck at leaching.

So I guess I'm turning my back on anime in general. This makes conventions even more futile. Well, that and the fact that I've recently had to come to terms about being an introvert.

Ugh.

Comments

[illusionbreaker.livejournal.com]

For most part, the only suggestion I have at this point is... well, maybe it's just natural. I can't comment much more - I guess I'm in a similar situation. The difference is I guess the fact that there may be something out there that'll grab you, or there might not be.

But all in all, if there's no enjoyment in it, and there's no actual need to, why pretend to participate? It's not like anime is something that has to be practiced...

[friezaess.livejournal.com]

'Cos it's all I know ^^;

I read somewhere that people tend to fall out of anime after they've been into it for 5-7 years. Guess they're right.

[illusionbreaker.livejournal.com]

You could take up knitting I suppose. Or maybe become a producer, you have enough experience in certain fields. :P

Well, all fandoms wear down eventually. I mean, we can't constantly idolise the past without paying attention to the future - Probably cause eventually, everyone wants to try something a little different.