Also @Misery , I'd be careful throwing out the "back then" and "nowadays" when it comes to fanservice. Though what was considered raunchy back then is more normalized and tame today, it was still definitely there. Looking at Akira to represent the era is like looking at Ping Pong to represent the 2010s.
Oh yes, it was there, you're right about that, but what I meant earlier was, like, a series where that fanservice is all there is to it. Where that's the entire point, the absolute focus of it, and the "story" is just an excuse to show it. I doubt I need to list examples.
Though I should also have prefaced my previous post with the fact that even back then (late 90s, specifically) my watching of stuff was pretty limited. I dont have the patience, you see (seriously I literally havent so much as watched a traditional movie in over 10 years, because they take too long and really most are boring to me). So, take what I say with a grain of salt. Or a bag of salt, whatever. Heck, have an unnamed planet of salt, if you'd like.
I always forget to mention that when talking about this subject. That all being said though, it's not actually a subject I am exactly enthusiastic about either. Like, I can TALK about it (briefly and like a very fast-burning flame) but the enthusiasm isnt there and I get bored of the subject real fast. Even right now just talking about it here I'm already getting really unfocused and am running on fumes as far as things left to say about it.
Perhaps I am bitter but still I advise against building feelings for an entire nation based on an outdated fragment of pop culture.
Yes, I'd agree with this.
Frankly I know next to nothing about any region that isnt A: mine (Illinois, which I hate), B: Wisconsin (north of here), and C: Florida. Seriously, nothing. A fact I'm absolutely aware of and fully admit to. Well, okay, I know Las Vegas exists and I went there once. There's lots of blinky things there and it tries to take your money, that's my understanding of that. Not a fan.
Anywhere else though? No real knowledge, and no real interest either. Even if I've been exposed to media from it. And I'm glad I'm able to just admit that lack of knowledge, rather than get all weird about it or deciding that I just adore some thing I have .000001% knowledge of.
I wonder, maybe, if some people do it sort of as a means of... distraction? Like, they focus heavily on that so that they dont have to focus on some negative aspect in their life. I could see that being a possible reason, maybe. Or at least that's a theory that occurs to me in this moment. Heck if I really know.
But I don’t want to spend my time going out of my way specifically to look for “intelligent, caring anime fan
Aye, neither do I. Same with gaming, really, dont want/need to meet others, heck with that.
I suppose what I was saying earlier was really just me trying to advise against blanket statements. In general, I mean. That's all.
I aint good at being concise. Or making sense.