[merylsilverburg]

Originally posted by goodman

Myself, ive never watched the shows on tv much, but have seen a fair amount of videotape anime. Im a fan of the Vampire Hunter D anime's and loved Riding Bean, in particular.

goodman, shocking to see you here! But yeah, "Riding Bean" is a great movie! I saw that when I was pretty young and thought it was wonderful.

Anyway, this is a very interesting question, Hylas. I'm pretty sure that many would expect me to agree with CC and start screaming out "Blasphemy!!!" too...

...however, that is not going to be the case. Hylas, don't feel sad about not enjoying anime as much as you used to. You probably had a minor passion for it once, but interests do change in people after a few years and I'm sure that you just don't feel the same about anime as you once did. Or, like you said, you probably just seen too much of it and need a break. It's understandable.

For me, I admit: I do get tired of it once in a while too. My reasons are: many series are becoming too alike, my passion has died down a lot, and because certain people are bugging me.

What I meant by my last reason: I've encountered people who are considering me "ignorant" and "new" to this hobby. I know not everyone is like this, but when I meet these kind of people, it drops my interest a little farther down. Some people at my school would be explaining to me what Cowboy Bebop is or what Ranma is, when I explain that I've seen those series already. Yet, they act as if I don't really "understand" the meaning of these series. Like this one time, this girl talking to me when her friend comes along and shows her a Cardcaptor Sakura picture. They started getting all excited about it and I said "Oh, Cardcaptor Sakura! Sakura's so cute isn't she?" and they both look at me like "Do you even know what Cardcaptor Sakura is?" And I'm the one who's drawing anime pictures for them! -_-;;; This is one thing that makes my passion for anime go away a bit. I hope I'm making sense.

What I meant by anime becoming too much alike are basically stories, characters, etc. Sometimes, it's very predictable about what's going to happen and what the characters are going to be like...sometimes, it's easy to even predict the end of the series when watching the first episode. I really shouldn't even put this reason down, however, because it only plays a very minor part in my "uninterest in anime". I'm happy to watch it even if it is predictable.

My passion has died down a lot since I've started watching anime. It's partly due to the above reason, but nowadays, I just don't feel "so crazy" about anime as I once used to. That's why it's not so bad for Hylas to be going through this.

I'm sorry if I sound "too arrogant" or "too b*tchy" in my post, but I'm not trying to be. I just wanted to explain that it is possible to lose interest in anime. It is a hobby after all...and the love for that certain hobby doesn't always stick around forever.

Sorry for my long post. -_-;;;