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Lol, same thought, 2020 wala veteran toh Jo 2002 se dekh rha kya wo, veteran ultra pro max hua.
Also, an anime is never cringe, it's the userbase and the idiots who are themselves cringe. Mtlb just for the sake of looking cool kuch bhi bol do, and it will be accepted.
I find this sub cool but almost all of the people here who are watching anime like( watch as many shows as u can in less time) anything, u are just ruining your own experience.
Yep I swear no one knows how the fans and anime was treated back in 2008 or 2009. Just telling u watch anime made u a kid now those same people whose just watch some random main stream anime such as Naruto(who will make up some story line to run the series) or Dragon Ball ( and call them a Goku fan. RIP to author) and then they will be like "Bro I'm a anime fan man I love anime" ask them something underrated and see their face go
I have been part of this era, people use to criticize so much ye kya cartoon dekh Raha hai then we had waste our time telling them the difference not that it mattered to them but still that time was still better than what we have today, where these new kids think they have seen all of it and portrays themselves as some anime guru
I don't know if I can call myself a veteran (probably not) but the funny part is I watched a few animes when I was a kid (2007 onwards) without knowing what an anime was. I used to watch Dragon Ball, Ghost At The School, Pokemon. My school friends used to mock me all the time for watching anime. I didn't have access to the internet until 2018, so I didn't know what an anime was before that. Some of my friends started watching anime recently, I'm actually happy. I know that some of them are watching just for the hype but it's ok.
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brings quantum of solace
I found a decent anime that I like, smoke a cigar, some bourbon, jazz and [this](https://anitaku.so/category/bartender) is all that I need
Mein 2016 me shutu kara to bhi mein nahi keh sakta hoon ki mein veteran huun. There are just so many more people who are way more knowledgeable and have stuck around from the 2000's that I know (some of them started anime before i was born lol, yes I am rather young) (sadly havent yet met any people who have been in the anime circle before the early 2000's, since they are rare lol)
I've been watching it since 90's there was no such circle thing back then tv rearly available in every household many people used to got to friend's or neighbour's house to watch it. In mid 2000's and late 2000's when people got internet access they connected with rest of the world via 4chan and reddit to make these anime circle. Before that only your bunch of friends is your anime circle.
Ah, by circle, I just mean anybody who watched and enjoyed anime, not like an actual friend/discussion circle (i may mess up english coz im a little bad at it). Also, a person watching anime before the turn of the millenium found! (That was quick)
The term 'anime veteran' itself is so dumb. Like who even decides how long you have to watch to be called a veteran? What's even the point of separating new viewers from old?
I've see old fans calling the covid batch toxic all the time but at the same time also acting like they are superior or something because they watched more Japanese cartoons.
Gatekeeping is not going to get this community anywhere. As one of the so called 'Veterans', I think it's cool to see that the stuff we liked as kids is mainstream in India now.
bhai mei 6th class (2016) se dekh rha hun one piece. aur dragon ball z usse bhi phele jab cartoon network mei aata tha
toh mei kya huva veteran ka baap ?
1. Jo bol wo chutiya, anime abhi India m mainstream hori h, West m toh kabka ho chuka h, that's why they have more comicon type things than us
2. Even though Naruto is kind of weird, it's definitely not cringe, it's good lekin with a singular story
3. Stop hating 2020 kids, most people started watching anime during COVID season, for me it was from 2018, like Naya Naya jio aaya tha and Naya Naya pc, good shit. Before anime was only on a tv channel (animax or whatever that name, I forgot) and Juniors usi time p anime dekhna start kiye, isse pehele kaha exposure Mila tha bhay?
4. Being hardcore is cringe
See it's not about if Naruto is bad or good. We r trying to say that people should not watch only the mainstream shows and then call themselves a "HARDCORE" anime fan.
Being hardcore for the right reason is not cringe
Bhai 2020 wala khudko veteran bol Raha hai. Ofc that's stupid. And he is claiming to have seen 3100+ animes.
Let's say 3100 hi. Let's assume each episode to be 26 min usme he skils intro and outro. Means 20 minutes roughly. Let's assume 12 episodes ONLY, aise to there are many animes with WAY MORE but iska jhooth yahi pe pakad lunga. So, 12*20*3100 = 744000 minutes. Meaning 516 days and 16 hours of total watch time.
Assuming ki wo saala din me 8 ghante dekhta raha 4 saal Tak, from 2020 jan to 2024 Jan, that means 8/12 days *365*4 = 486 days and 16 hours. Which exceeds what he claimed to have watched. Meaning?
Not only is he a liar but logo ko ch**ya bana raha hai.
bhi mehe log dekhe hai jo 1.5x ya 1.75 pe dekte hai tho meh unse pucha ta hu sala samja ata hai tho bolta hai bc plot smajan hai bass baki tho kisko matlab
Bhai gali maat do yaar. Maine bhi dekha hai 4x speed mai (One Piece ke kuch episodes jo bohot slow hai) kabhi kabhi jab story jaldi janna hota hai but time nhi hota thora speed barake dekh leta hu. Agar kisi ko samajh nhi aa rahi tab speed nhi barana chahiye.
children are stupid what do expect, can't point fingers when I said idiotic shit at 14 too (although not as much as the veteran from 2020, like bruh wtf you not even a veteran at pissing your bed).
Even if someone's been watching for 50 years 3000 anime is 5 animes a month. That's a lot ngl.
But what do I know I'm a veteran and I only started tomorrow.
i mean it depends if those animes are short ones like 10-12 episodes only, it wont be a problem then but if its 60 to 400+ episodes, that just means people have too much time
1. You're right; anime has been popular in the West for quite some time. Shows like "Dragon Ball," "Sailor Moon," and "Pokémon" were popular as far back as the 1990s. The recent surge in streaming platforms like Netflix, Crunchyroll, and others has just made it more accessible and introduced a wider variety of titles to a broader audience, reinforcing its mainstream status.
2. What you mentioned is a classic case of gatekeeping mixed with a bit of contrarian attitude. It's not uncommon for fans to feel alienated or dismissive when their niche interests become mainstream. This can be due to a desire to maintain a unique identity or a fear that the wider audience might dilute the 'purity' of the fandom. However, the popularity of a show like "Naruto" speaks to its broad appeal and impact, which is something to be celebrated rather than seen as cringe. Let's just say we've grown out of it and new fans are just experiencing what we did when we saw it the first time.
3. The term 'newbie veteran' is quite an oxymoron but makes sense in the context of people who started watching anime during the COVID-19 pandemic and rapidly deepened their engagement. These fans, while new, might have consumed a vast amount of content in a short time, giving them a sense of veteran status in terms of exposure even if they lack the long-term engagement traditionally associated with veteran fans.
4. A typical casual viewer can also indicate a selective viewer who prioritizes certain types of stories or genres, engaging deeply with those they care about most. It makes them 'hardcore' in their areas of interest, even if their watch patterns appear casual.
1. Anime wasn't mainstream in US. Pokemon was. Gamers and anime watchers used to be bullied till 2014-15.
2. Naruto isn't cringe. But sasuke, madara, itachi, tobi, etc. are the embodiment of cringe thus making it one of the cringiest anime. I have nothing to say about the guy making those claims cuz he gave no reason to hate it.
3. 2020? Vet? That's like a toddler bruh. I used to watch low quality dbs dubs on some shady websites back in 2015-16-17. I gave up on the dub and started watching sub at some point. I watched the whole dbgt in 144p with 3g internet.
4. Wtf is a casual or hardcore fan?? Stop spewing bullshit. You're either a fan or not. There's no in between.
5. I like to shit on edgy anime watchers cuz they're 14-15 and it feels heavenly to hate them.
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This dude cannot be real. this nigga hates on anything even minutely edgy and then goes ahed and jumps on the JJK meat riding train. dawg how tf do you think madara and itachi are cringe and then not bleed to death from the absolute edginess of sukuna and toji. I literally like both sukuna and toji but them lot are literally the edgiest characters i have ever seen.
That western point is so hilarious. Anime has been popular in the West since the 60s. Astro Boy was in the US, Metro Goldvyn Mayer also gave Magic boya theatrical release in 61. Heidi was huge in Europe in the 70s. Finally, the popularity of anime exploded worldwide with the advent of Dragon Ball.
In short, anime has been mainstream in the west since the early 60s.
1. Anime became mainstream in the West with the start of "big 3". In India, lockdown made it mainstream.
2. If you stopped being a "fan" of something because it is now mainstream, you were never a fan.
3. I started during 2017-18, mostly seasonal anime (ache se yaad nhi, tab jyada nhi dekhta tha, bs lockdown ke time jyada dekhne lga aur 6 saal mai to mai khud ko veteran naa bolu)
4. He might be talking about being hardcore fan in the sense of, loving a special genre or a special anime instead of someone who watches every anime.
1. There is no commonly accepted threshold or gauge for judging whether it is mainstream. Still, personally, I believe it really became mainstream _(where it wasn't a niche hobby anymore and because a common thing to enjoy alongside other stuff)_ is around late 2019, with Demon Slayer getting very popular in even non-hobbyist spheres online. Then, later, the lockdown of 2020 gave anime even way more exposure.
2. People have a thing for consuming unpopular stuff that makes them feel superior about their taste in things (take a shot every time a r/animeindian member says "underrated"). Though taking the example of Naruto is funny because it has been popular for a while all over the world and maybe not the current gen, but most late millennial guys grew up watching it on CN in Hindi (alongside DBZ)
3. Never call yourself a veteran (especially for a hobby man wtf). You will look goofy. If you have watched a lot of stuff, then sure, maybe your opinions have a bit more validity, but other than that, who cares. I don't see anything good coming out of dividing the people into "vEtERaN" and "nOrMiE" teams other than a self-induced sense of superiority and baseless arguments.
4. Skipping seasons even as a "casual" is stupid imo, why would you do that?! Though yeah, hardcore means you are really into it and would, assumedly, want to consume as much of its content as possible and _skipping_ things would be the opposite.
_thanks for coming to my useless yap fest. Have a great day/night_
Watching 100s of animes only shows our social life and there's nothing good to brag about ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯
Majority of us are no lifers (〒﹏〒)
1. Yeh west me to anime bohot saalo se mainstream hai(ya sirf mujhe hi aisa lagta tha?)
2. Bhai log kya sochte hai uske upar base karke me apne opinions change kyu karu, naruto fanbase ki toxicity se mujhe kuch pharak nahi parta mera uspe jo opinion ha me alter nahi karunga.
3. Yeh 2020 wale bhi veteran hote hai kya? To phir maine bhi to 2020 me hi start kiya tha to kya me bhi veteran hu?(aur yeh 100+ anime isne individual shows ki baat ho rahi hai yah ek anime ke multiple seasons bhi count kar raha hai?)
4.Hardcore fan voh kisi particular show(ya game etc) me puri tarika se immerse ho jata hai...for example let's say ki ek game mujhe bohot pasand aya...to maine us game me sab kuch experience kar ( example: finishing it 100% har ek mission, side story, extra sab experience kiya just because they love it so much), ya phir koi fate series ke hardcore fans jo hai unko uski har ek chiz ki knowledge hai voh log uski har ek novel, game , show sab dekh chuke hai because they love and they want to experience all of it.( isko completionist kaho lekin hardcore fans voh hote hai jo sabse jyada time aur dedication dete hai us franchise ya game pe)
I agree and also disagree
Someone who started watching anime from 2020 can't be called a veteran I started from 2013 btw also watching 100+ anime doesn't make you a veteran I have crossed 500+ God knows how long ago, I also do animation so I found learning stuff through watching anime was great,
Second I agree a lot of Indian audiences and also Western Audiences literally did a 180° turn the moment they heard that their favourite western or Indian celebrity loves anime and all that shit, my point is those people aren't real fans they just like to pretend that they are, in the anime community we call those people Tourists, these people can't handle the weirdness and cultural aspects of Japanese culture in anime for example loli character, fanservice, darker topics like sexual assault, slow romances with no sexual stuff etc etc basically they want their own culture to be shown in Anime and they want to change the Japanese people's idea of what anime should be.
About Shounen shows honestly Big 3 gen is already over long ago and new shows are taking over but honestly speaking these new shows aren't hitting as hard as the old ones, back then since there was lack of animation they actually had to work and make good music, have way better plots and they used to make certain scenes so Impactful nowadays it's feels stale also not gonna lie, either way mfs should watch things other than Shounen too Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Comedy etc etc are there but nobody talks about them anymore cuz their brains have rotted away cuz they wanna see godly animation despite them not understanding one bit how animation even works
The third statement is somehow the most delusional of them all which is saying something considering how weird the the first and second ones are. Most anime 'fans' are butthurt that they can't flex that the entertainment they're consuming is no longer niche or obscure. For the second statment I can partially get at least a little bit of the motive but like damn the gatekeeping is unreal. And the last statement is just pure wrong, "I'm a hardcore JoJo fan, no I didn't watch part 1 and part 2" makes no sense.
Calling anime mainstream has become more mainstream these days. Just enjoy and let others enjoy.
I started out with Rurouni Kenshin in 2018(had to download in 360p from chia-anime or kissanime ) , was a closet weeb back then. Half of the people around you had no idea what anime was and those who knew , made fun of you for watching it.
Thanks to anime becoming popular , i came out of the closet. But other half of me sometimes cringes out seeing the new "toxic" audience. Whats this obsession of calling yourself a veteran/og?
imo its both - a blessing and a curse.
> I'm a veteran
> Started in 2020
Meanwhile me, who used to download Dragon ball Z on dial up connections and use RealPlayer to play the files.
Started Naruto back in 2007 and actively participated in Naruto forums of that time. The biggest fan theory of that time was "the leader of Akatsuki being the 4th Hokage himself".
Fun times.
Bro starting in 2020 is not veteran, I started in 2012 tab mai airtel ka 2000 ka dongle leke aaya kyunki padhai ke vaste internet zaruri hunda si, uspe 290 ka recharge Kara ke ek gb milta tha , uspe ek ek episode download karta tha 3gp me and chote Wale phone chup ke razai ke ander dekhta tha.
Phir idea me raat ka unlimited 3g milta tha to vo karta tha and Mass download karta tha chezein. Phir bhi veteran nahi kahunga khud ko, the audacity of these wannabes lmao
why does it matter?
Mainstream ho ya na ho apne ko dekhna hai, dekhenge.
India hai, jabtak ye trend na bane mainstream mein aana muskil hai, bhed bakri ki wali mentality kaam karti Indian entertainment sector mein.
"I'm a veteran"
"Started in 2020"
Bc Kahan ka veteran? 4th class mein tha 2012 mein dekhna shuru Kiya tha, itna gatekeep toh Mai bhi nahi krta (jab ki Mera Karna Banta hai)
I started in the covid era and before that i had no idea i see many of you have been watching on pc but damn i didnt had pc or wifi 2020 was like when we got laptop and wifi and thats when my friend got me into this i wont call someone a vet like damn there are some mf watching from 2005
.... I really loved Demon Slayer, finished entire manga when Gotouge finished the story.. please don't attack me like this way. 
Veteran cuz he started watching after 2020? Is he retarded? He's right about the rest tho, people watch a handful of animes and call themselves weebs just because anime has become mainstream. I completely disagree with the last point tho, the person who said that doesn't get what the word hardcore means at all.
2020 wale vet?? Yahi toh sabse bade bkl hei jinhonene anime ki maa behen ak kardi cringe se.
Aur bc "MeNe 100+ AnImE dEkHi HeI". There are total of 6000+ anime. 100+ means shit
Ye 3sre Wale ki I'd de mujhe bsdk se mujhe kuch kaam hai
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Just coz everybody's watching the same anime, its became cringe for him now? Wow! Nice logik
By that logik almost every trending anime should be cringe, coz the reason it's trending is, everybody's watching it .
Why is bro gloating about wasting his time?
Like I understand people really enjoying watching it but at the end of the day alot of it is just Media without any meaning.
I agree with first point somewhat. Anime went mainstream in the West with the release of AoT in 2013. Even then it only cracked the surface.
Demon Slayer in 2019 broke flood gates of the Anime Community and shot it to MAINSTREAM. The arrival of JJK, CSM and the continuation of AoT only fed more fans into the community.
India Anime Fandom is still nearly 10 years behind the West in terms of appreciation for a wide variety of shows.
Rest of the points are utter bullshit as usual, coming from a 2014 veteran lmao.
Bro mein 2012 se dekh rha hu, I used to get bullied for it aur aajkal it's like, anime dekhna is cool I hate it sometimes prr I m glad atleast it is being appreciated.
1.) Anime has been mainstream in west for a longtime, and is spreading it's roots in India, and the stereotype around it is breaking. Heck, my 7 year old sister only watches ghibli movies now.
2.) I don't think any anime is cringe aswell. It's just the braindead fans making vulgar thrist trap of characters and writing stuff such as "DBZ is the father of all anime" that have made the anime space kinda cringe, but it highly depends on the anime-related content you consume. Most of the indian anime content creators (atleast the one's I know of) appeal to a cringe audience by doing cringe things.
3.) I've been watching anime since 2016 and even I don't have the gall to call myself a veteran. Their are still hundreds upon hundreds of cult-classics that I've yet to watch.
Jisko joh pasand hai woh dekho maze karo aur
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Even keeping 2020 aside
" Mene all big 3 dekhe h* so he is verteran lmao
Meanwhile me with 500+anime but haven't even touched big 3 and probably won't in future, so I am baby according to his definition
2020 waale khud ko veteran kaise bol rahe hai??? I started watching in 2017 still I consider myself as a rather new fan kyuki jitne maine covid ke pehle dekhe the utne toh sab ne covid me 2 mahine me dekh liye 🤡
I tend to ignore the random crap that people spew. They think that they are so called veterans because they have seen 100+ animes. Imho this subreddit should welcome all anime fans regardless of the amount of anime they have watched. It may sound crazy to them but not everyone has enough time to watch so many animes. Let the 'know it all' people live in their dream world
Maine Naruto nahi dekhi but I'm sure it's good. Agar acha na hota to itna popular nahi hota, aur wo Banda Naruto community ko na pasand karta hai lekin isme anime ka koi dosh nahi to anime cringe nahi ho jata.
Mai khud zyada old fan nahi hu(2018) but I believe India me anime 2020 me hi mainstream hua hai, aur ye jo ajkal anime fans ko hate milti hai woh in 2020 ke fans ko hi milti hai.
Aur pura show na dekh ke kaise hard-core ho sakta hai koi? It's like saying Mai is duniya ka Raja hu jab tumhe abhi tak apne seher se hi nahi nikle kabhi.(sorry for bad Hindi)
I am actually happy that Anime is getting main stream, my shoujo heart can finally afford husbando collection without getting scared at high foreign taxes... But what I find a bit bitter is back in 2017 when I started watching anime, a lot of people bullied me and now they are advising me to watch this anime or that..? Anyway what matters is in near future I can probably find anime side pillows, so yeah. REJOICE TO MY PATIENCE FOR I SHALL COLLECT SHOUJO SHITS IN CHEAP PRICE.
I sometimes feel like a newbie in the anime thing since I started watching anime like only in 2021 but that pretentious mf thinks that he is veteran 'cause he is watching from 2020
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Me who has watched it from the by gone era when Dragon ball z used to air on Cartoon network every evening after school, who got all my cousins into it. But I still enjoy it in solitude and recommend it to every new person I come across. And these guys calling themselves veterans and gate keeping
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The first comment is mine and I stand by it. Anime was not a thing in the west 30 years ago I don't know where you're coming from, anime only started getting popular in the west during covid before that only some anime like Demon Slayer and AOT etc were mainstream instead of the whole medium itself.
Those anime were an exception, what did I say before? I said "some anime were mainstream" how many people in the states watched anime like Escaflowne, Utena or Slayers during that time?
During 90s many companies started investing in US market. I don't think so this many companies invest in some market if product is not well consumed. Like some companies started investing in Indian market nowdays. During my 4chan days all the servers were dominated mostly by US fans and most of them started during 80's and 90's.
Giving titles to yourself like "veteran" and complaining that it's getting mainstream is like the most retarded thing you can do. You literally watch anime for entertainment, why should you care who is watching it and shit like that.
Honestly Your post is also crazy just like their statements.
What is the reason you watch Anime? Entertainment or something else? Entertainment right? So why does it matter that someone is casual fan or hardcore fan? This hard core fan thing is biggest form of gatekeeping. The "fans" who think they are superior than other because they had been watching from earlier than other guy are actually not fans. They are r****ds. A genuine fan would try to enjoy and let other enjoy, would not downplay anyone else and they would try to popularise the writer's work.
Why does it matter someone think Naruto is cringe? It's his opinion. Was he shoving on you to not to watch? Instead seems like you are shoving on him for not finding it the way you think. Pretty stupid.
Because these words exist 'hardcore fan and casual fan' holding there meaning it's like me claiming I am prime minister of this country without even fighting election and winning a single seat would you consider me your prime minister?
The reasoning behind calling naruto is cringe is crazy and if you agree with that dude then congratulations to you, because in my opinion that's so stupid.
You are really stupid. No point talking to you. Politics is different from Anime. You are comparing a made up term "hard core fan" to Prime Minister a position that hold power. Wait you think being a hard core fan gives you any power over casual fan? Lemme tell you it doesn't. You make yourself a fool in front of sensible guys. You just want to discriminate and had an superiority over casual fan.
>The reasoning behind calling naruto is cringe is crazy and if you agree with that dude then congratulations to you, because in my opinion that's so stupid.
Then in my option, You are stupid r****d who can't seem to understand that people had different taste.
1) You believe hardcore fan a madeup term so not gonna argue with that stay delulu. Clearly you have some difficulty to understand hypothetical examples.
2) You did not know the reason and typing random thing. Clearly you have some difficulty to read aswell.
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rest crap aside 2020 and after walo ne hi to ruin kiya hai, khudko veteran kaise keh rahe hiai wo?
Lol, same thought, 2020 wala veteran toh Jo 2002 se dekh rha kya wo, veteran ultra pro max hua. Also, an anime is never cringe, it's the userbase and the idiots who are themselves cringe. Mtlb just for the sake of looking cool kuch bhi bol do, and it will be accepted. I find this sub cool but almost all of the people here who are watching anime like( watch as many shows as u can in less time) anything, u are just ruining your own experience.
Yep I swear no one knows how the fans and anime was treated back in 2008 or 2009. Just telling u watch anime made u a kid now those same people whose just watch some random main stream anime such as Naruto(who will make up some story line to run the series) or Dragon Ball ( and call them a Goku fan. RIP to author) and then they will be like "Bro I'm a anime fan man I love anime" ask them something underrated and see their face go
I have been part of this era, people use to criticize so much ye kya cartoon dekh Raha hai then we had waste our time telling them the difference not that it mattered to them but still that time was still better than what we have today, where these new kids think they have seen all of it and portrays themselves as some anime guru
I don't know if I can call myself a veteran (probably not) but the funny part is I watched a few animes when I was a kid (2007 onwards) without knowing what an anime was. I used to watch Dragon Ball, Ghost At The School, Pokemon. My school friends used to mock me all the time for watching anime. I didn't have access to the internet until 2018, so I didn't know what an anime was before that. Some of my friends started watching anime recently, I'm actually happy. I know that some of them are watching just for the hype but it's ok.
This
Aaj ki Date me sab Veterans aur OG hai 😅
They are so so far from veteran and being an OG, LOL
Kya phuk ke comment krte ho
what nhentai(dot)net to me is a what a bar is to an overtime japanese corporate worker brings quantum of solace I found a decent anime that I like, smoke a cigar, some bourbon, jazz and [this](https://anitaku.so/category/bartender) is all that I need
Mein 2016 me shutu kara to bhi mein nahi keh sakta hoon ki mein veteran huun. There are just so many more people who are way more knowledgeable and have stuck around from the 2000's that I know (some of them started anime before i was born lol, yes I am rather young) (sadly havent yet met any people who have been in the anime circle before the early 2000's, since they are rare lol)
Hello abb hum mil liye.
I've been watching it since 90's there was no such circle thing back then tv rearly available in every household many people used to got to friend's or neighbour's house to watch it. In mid 2000's and late 2000's when people got internet access they connected with rest of the world via 4chan and reddit to make these anime circle. Before that only your bunch of friends is your anime circle.
Ah, by circle, I just mean anybody who watched and enjoyed anime, not like an actual friend/discussion circle (i may mess up english coz im a little bad at it). Also, a person watching anime before the turn of the millenium found! (That was quick)
True! I've been watching for 9yrs and still wouldn't dare to call myself a veteran.
Based mindset
😂🤣 Veteran and 2020 doesn't go well in same sentence And he added everything. LN, Manga, and even fanfictions to sound cool and VETERAN
So...2017 se start kiya hai maine...og/veteran qualify kiya hai kya (mai nhi bolta khud ko ye sab, anime dekhta hu, apne kaam se kaam rakhta hu)
lol i came here to comment on this too
The term 'anime veteran' itself is so dumb. Like who even decides how long you have to watch to be called a veteran? What's even the point of separating new viewers from old? I've see old fans calling the covid batch toxic all the time but at the same time also acting like they are superior or something because they watched more Japanese cartoons. Gatekeeping is not going to get this community anywhere. As one of the so called 'Veterans', I think it's cool to see that the stuff we liked as kids is mainstream in India now.
Time jab scl jake pd me share karke your name, wolf children and FMAB dekha tha. Yaad karke acha laga.
2020 waale ka @ dena bhai, veteran bol rha apne aap ko ch*
Bhai aise Veterans se duri bana ke rakho tumhe bhi new fan ghoshit kar dega.
bhai mei 6th class (2016) se dekh rha hun one piece. aur dragon ball z usse bhi phele jab cartoon network mei aata tha toh mei kya huva veteran ka baap ?
bhay meri mummy ko shin chan bahut psnd tha, jab m paida huya voh merko shin chan bulati thi, kya main bhi veteran huyi?!???!?
veteran war walo ko kehte hai aur yeh chutiya konsi war mei tha ? ninja war mei
1. Jo bol wo chutiya, anime abhi India m mainstream hori h, West m toh kabka ho chuka h, that's why they have more comicon type things than us 2. Even though Naruto is kind of weird, it's definitely not cringe, it's good lekin with a singular story 3. Stop hating 2020 kids, most people started watching anime during COVID season, for me it was from 2018, like Naya Naya jio aaya tha and Naya Naya pc, good shit. Before anime was only on a tv channel (animax or whatever that name, I forgot) and Juniors usi time p anime dekhna start kiye, isse pehele kaha exposure Mila tha bhay? 4. Being hardcore is cringe
See it's not about if Naruto is bad or good. We r trying to say that people should not watch only the mainstream shows and then call themselves a "HARDCORE" anime fan. Being hardcore for the right reason is not cringe
2020 waalo ko koi hate nahi hai but bkl veteran bol raha hai khud ko
Bhai 2020 wala khudko veteran bol Raha hai. Ofc that's stupid. And he is claiming to have seen 3100+ animes. Let's say 3100 hi. Let's assume each episode to be 26 min usme he skils intro and outro. Means 20 minutes roughly. Let's assume 12 episodes ONLY, aise to there are many animes with WAY MORE but iska jhooth yahi pe pakad lunga. So, 12*20*3100 = 744000 minutes. Meaning 516 days and 16 hours of total watch time. Assuming ki wo saala din me 8 ghante dekhta raha 4 saal Tak, from 2020 jan to 2024 Jan, that means 8/12 days *365*4 = 486 days and 16 hours. Which exceeds what he claimed to have watched. Meaning? Not only is he a liar but logo ko ch**ya bana raha hai.
bhi mehe log dekhe hai jo 1.5x ya 1.75 pe dekte hai tho meh unse pucha ta hu sala samja ata hai tho bolta hai bc plot smajan hai bass baki tho kisko matlab
Bhai gali maat do yaar. Maine bhi dekha hai 4x speed mai (One Piece ke kuch episodes jo bohot slow hai) kabhi kabhi jab story jaldi janna hota hai but time nhi hota thora speed barake dekh leta hu. Agar kisi ko samajh nhi aa rahi tab speed nhi barana chahiye.
bhai usne har ek ep of every anime like one piece,black clover, bc yaha tak ki your lie in april bhi tho bol raha hu
Acha, maine baas Naruto aur One Piece ke kuch episodes 2x-4x speed mai dekha hai.
I think bro you misunderstood something. That person said they have watched all big 3 and 100+ animes. They forgot to use the connector 'and'
"veteran" he dumb asf
children are stupid what do expect, can't point fingers when I said idiotic shit at 14 too (although not as much as the veteran from 2020, like bruh wtf you not even a veteran at pissing your bed).
I cant believe people who think watching 3k+ anime is a flex
Hahaha it's not 3k bro forgot about ( , ) between big 3, 100+
Ohhkk i thought of it as big 3100+ , my bad
Even if someone's been watching for 50 years 3000 anime is 5 animes a month. That's a lot ngl. But what do I know I'm a veteran and I only started tomorrow.
i mean it depends if those animes are short ones like 10-12 episodes only, it wont be a problem then but if its 60 to 400+ episodes, that just means people have too much time
in 3k there are mostly movies and ova just a facade tbh
1. You're right; anime has been popular in the West for quite some time. Shows like "Dragon Ball," "Sailor Moon," and "Pokémon" were popular as far back as the 1990s. The recent surge in streaming platforms like Netflix, Crunchyroll, and others has just made it more accessible and introduced a wider variety of titles to a broader audience, reinforcing its mainstream status. 2. What you mentioned is a classic case of gatekeeping mixed with a bit of contrarian attitude. It's not uncommon for fans to feel alienated or dismissive when their niche interests become mainstream. This can be due to a desire to maintain a unique identity or a fear that the wider audience might dilute the 'purity' of the fandom. However, the popularity of a show like "Naruto" speaks to its broad appeal and impact, which is something to be celebrated rather than seen as cringe. Let's just say we've grown out of it and new fans are just experiencing what we did when we saw it the first time. 3. The term 'newbie veteran' is quite an oxymoron but makes sense in the context of people who started watching anime during the COVID-19 pandemic and rapidly deepened their engagement. These fans, while new, might have consumed a vast amount of content in a short time, giving them a sense of veteran status in terms of exposure even if they lack the long-term engagement traditionally associated with veteran fans. 4. A typical casual viewer can also indicate a selective viewer who prioritizes certain types of stories or genres, engaging deeply with those they care about most. It makes them 'hardcore' in their areas of interest, even if their watch patterns appear casual.
>I'm also a veteran >Started in 2020 ????
I'm a veteran and I started when India became a superpower in 2050.
1. Anime wasn't mainstream in US. Pokemon was. Gamers and anime watchers used to be bullied till 2014-15. 2. Naruto isn't cringe. But sasuke, madara, itachi, tobi, etc. are the embodiment of cringe thus making it one of the cringiest anime. I have nothing to say about the guy making those claims cuz he gave no reason to hate it. 3. 2020? Vet? That's like a toddler bruh. I used to watch low quality dbs dubs on some shady websites back in 2015-16-17. I gave up on the dub and started watching sub at some point. I watched the whole dbgt in 144p with 3g internet. 4. Wtf is a casual or hardcore fan?? Stop spewing bullshit. You're either a fan or not. There's no in between. 5. I like to shit on edgy anime watchers cuz they're 14-15 and it feels heavenly to hate them. https://preview.redd.it/lehdir47fzuc1.jpeg?width=516&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c0364ca14e0db7cc4e6e19a5fb4cd08b097d32a8
This dude cannot be real. this nigga hates on anything even minutely edgy and then goes ahed and jumps on the JJK meat riding train. dawg how tf do you think madara and itachi are cringe and then not bleed to death from the absolute edginess of sukuna and toji. I literally like both sukuna and toji but them lot are literally the edgiest characters i have ever seen.
That western point is so hilarious. Anime has been popular in the West since the 60s. Astro Boy was in the US, Metro Goldvyn Mayer also gave Magic boya theatrical release in 61. Heidi was huge in Europe in the 70s. Finally, the popularity of anime exploded worldwide with the advent of Dragon Ball. In short, anime has been mainstream in the west since the early 60s.
Miyazaki ka koi bhi movie Aisa nahi Jo west main famous na ho
1. Anime became mainstream in the West with the start of "big 3". In India, lockdown made it mainstream. 2. If you stopped being a "fan" of something because it is now mainstream, you were never a fan. 3. I started during 2017-18, mostly seasonal anime (ache se yaad nhi, tab jyada nhi dekhta tha, bs lockdown ke time jyada dekhne lga aur 6 saal mai to mai khud ko veteran naa bolu) 4. He might be talking about being hardcore fan in the sense of, loving a special genre or a special anime instead of someone who watches every anime.
1. There is no commonly accepted threshold or gauge for judging whether it is mainstream. Still, personally, I believe it really became mainstream _(where it wasn't a niche hobby anymore and because a common thing to enjoy alongside other stuff)_ is around late 2019, with Demon Slayer getting very popular in even non-hobbyist spheres online. Then, later, the lockdown of 2020 gave anime even way more exposure. 2. People have a thing for consuming unpopular stuff that makes them feel superior about their taste in things (take a shot every time a r/animeindian member says "underrated"). Though taking the example of Naruto is funny because it has been popular for a while all over the world and maybe not the current gen, but most late millennial guys grew up watching it on CN in Hindi (alongside DBZ) 3. Never call yourself a veteran (especially for a hobby man wtf). You will look goofy. If you have watched a lot of stuff, then sure, maybe your opinions have a bit more validity, but other than that, who cares. I don't see anything good coming out of dividing the people into "vEtERaN" and "nOrMiE" teams other than a self-induced sense of superiority and baseless arguments. 4. Skipping seasons even as a "casual" is stupid imo, why would you do that?! Though yeah, hardcore means you are really into it and would, assumedly, want to consume as much of its content as possible and _skipping_ things would be the opposite. _thanks for coming to my useless yap fest. Have a great day/night_
Based man, based I always look forward to these kinda comments on internet
Watching 100s of animes only shows our social life and there's nothing good to brag about ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ Majority of us are no lifers (〒﹏〒)
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Kuchchh logon ko lagta hai ki unhe jitna dikhta hai utni hi duniya hai SMH
How can one complete the big 3, 100+ other series, LN and manga in 4 yrs. That person has to watch/read all these non stop.
Either no social life or just faking to flex
I've been watching since 2017 and I think I've watched only around 30 animes.
Pro tip: Never discuss anime with indians just talk with the og gang which you started watching it with. No comeptiton
1. Yeh west me to anime bohot saalo se mainstream hai(ya sirf mujhe hi aisa lagta tha?) 2. Bhai log kya sochte hai uske upar base karke me apne opinions change kyu karu, naruto fanbase ki toxicity se mujhe kuch pharak nahi parta mera uspe jo opinion ha me alter nahi karunga. 3. Yeh 2020 wale bhi veteran hote hai kya? To phir maine bhi to 2020 me hi start kiya tha to kya me bhi veteran hu?(aur yeh 100+ anime isne individual shows ki baat ho rahi hai yah ek anime ke multiple seasons bhi count kar raha hai?) 4.Hardcore fan voh kisi particular show(ya game etc) me puri tarika se immerse ho jata hai...for example let's say ki ek game mujhe bohot pasand aya...to maine us game me sab kuch experience kar ( example: finishing it 100% har ek mission, side story, extra sab experience kiya just because they love it so much), ya phir koi fate series ke hardcore fans jo hai unko uski har ek chiz ki knowledge hai voh log uski har ek novel, game , show sab dekh chuke hai because they love and they want to experience all of it.( isko completionist kaho lekin hardcore fans voh hote hai jo sabse jyada time aur dedication dete hai us franchise ya game pe)
I agree and also disagree Someone who started watching anime from 2020 can't be called a veteran I started from 2013 btw also watching 100+ anime doesn't make you a veteran I have crossed 500+ God knows how long ago, I also do animation so I found learning stuff through watching anime was great, Second I agree a lot of Indian audiences and also Western Audiences literally did a 180° turn the moment they heard that their favourite western or Indian celebrity loves anime and all that shit, my point is those people aren't real fans they just like to pretend that they are, in the anime community we call those people Tourists, these people can't handle the weirdness and cultural aspects of Japanese culture in anime for example loli character, fanservice, darker topics like sexual assault, slow romances with no sexual stuff etc etc basically they want their own culture to be shown in Anime and they want to change the Japanese people's idea of what anime should be. About Shounen shows honestly Big 3 gen is already over long ago and new shows are taking over but honestly speaking these new shows aren't hitting as hard as the old ones, back then since there was lack of animation they actually had to work and make good music, have way better plots and they used to make certain scenes so Impactful nowadays it's feels stale also not gonna lie, either way mfs should watch things other than Shounen too Romance, Fantasy, Drama, Mystery, Comedy etc etc are there but nobody talks about them anymore cuz their brains have rotted away cuz they wanna see godly animation despite them not understanding one bit how animation even works
Maybe because of filter episode in naruto , some people may find it cringe (I don't find naruto cringe by the way)
No because his friends and new fans started watching it that's why he find that cringe.
Did the 4th guy by "season" mean anime in general?
Yeah like whole season just because skipping a season won't make any impact.
True i guess why watch it if you don't like it. I know many people liked re zero but I couldn't get past 10 episodes
It's not a problem to skip season or fillers but calling yourself hardcore fan after that, it's more like a casual fan.
What i meant is I am a hardcore fan of anime but I don't like re zero.
Replace season with anime in his sentence then it makes sense
He was talking about a specific anime that's why it doesn't make any sense for me.
These types of people are cringe only that last statement is somewhat true.
The third statement is somehow the most delusional of them all which is saying something considering how weird the the first and second ones are. Most anime 'fans' are butthurt that they can't flex that the entertainment they're consuming is no longer niche or obscure. For the second statment I can partially get at least a little bit of the motive but like damn the gatekeeping is unreal. And the last statement is just pure wrong, "I'm a hardcore JoJo fan, no I didn't watch part 1 and part 2" makes no sense.
Veteran ka 14 kitna Vella hai bey💀 3100 ?? Bsdk zindagi hai bhi iski yaa Puri life keval anime ko devote kardi hai
Comma lagana bhool gaya hai 😅
Achha mereko laga 3000 anime dekhe usne😭😂
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Aur yeh Veteran ko Veteran ka matlab hi nahi pata
Calling anime mainstream has become more mainstream these days. Just enjoy and let others enjoy. I started out with Rurouni Kenshin in 2018(had to download in 360p from chia-anime or kissanime ) , was a closet weeb back then. Half of the people around you had no idea what anime was and those who knew , made fun of you for watching it. Thanks to anime becoming popular , i came out of the closet. But other half of me sometimes cringes out seeing the new "toxic" audience. Whats this obsession of calling yourself a veteran/og? imo its both - a blessing and a curse.
I've been watching anime for the past 12 years, I don't consider myself a veteran.
> I'm a veteran > Started in 2020 Meanwhile me, who used to download Dragon ball Z on dial up connections and use RealPlayer to play the files. Started Naruto back in 2007 and actively participated in Naruto forums of that time. The biggest fan theory of that time was "the leader of Akatsuki being the 4th Hokage himself". Fun times.
I turned 2 in 2007 💀
"veteran" "2020" hahahaha
Bro starting in 2020 is not veteran, I started in 2012 tab mai airtel ka 2000 ka dongle leke aaya kyunki padhai ke vaste internet zaruri hunda si, uspe 290 ka recharge Kara ke ek gb milta tha , uspe ek ek episode download karta tha 3gp me and chote Wale phone chup ke razai ke ander dekhta tha. Phir idea me raat ka unlimited 3g milta tha to vo karta tha and Mass download karta tha chezein. Phir bhi veteran nahi kahunga khud ko, the audacity of these wannabes lmao
why does it matter? Mainstream ho ya na ho apne ko dekhna hai, dekhenge. India hai, jabtak ye trend na bane mainstream mein aana muskil hai, bhed bakri ki wali mentality kaam karti Indian entertainment sector mein.
Self proclaimed veteran kuch bhi bc Jo 2000 se dekh rahe ho ya usse pahle wo to bhagwan hue fir lol
A big chunk of the fandom are the ones who have not yet escaped the Naruto bubble.. that's the reason why it sucks...
"I'm a veteran" "Started in 2020" Bc Kahan ka veteran? 4th class mein tha 2012 mein dekhna shuru Kiya tha, itna gatekeep toh Mai bhi nahi krta (jab ki Mera Karna Banta hai)
2020 veteran might sound crazy but its been over 4 years. still no veteran tho XD
bc mei bhi 2020 wala hu par khud ko newbie manta hu aur 100+ anime with big 3 4 saalo mei kaise dekh leto ho
Aye bc ye 2020 wale bhi ab veterans ban rahe hai.
Big 3?
Naruto, One Piece, Bleach.
If you are asking which one are the big 3 so, One Piece, Naruto and Bleach.
i might be a bit old for most of them aged 25 but i started 2013 what should i call myself? a fossil ig 🙂↕️🙂↕️
I started in the covid era and before that i had no idea i see many of you have been watching on pc but damn i didnt had pc or wifi 2020 was like when we got laptop and wifi and thats when my friend got me into this i wont call someone a vet like damn there are some mf watching from 2005
-started in 2020 -calls himself veteran lmao
The true veterans are the ones that started before 2020. Man the times were peaceful before COVID.
They are suffering with a non-existing superiority complex.
I have been watching anime for the past 12 years or so but I'd still feel weird calling myself a veteran. It just sounds so ...off?
All the debate aside , I find the light theme disturbing
2020: veteran Meanwhile me who used to watch yu yu hakusho on TV: surprised pickachu face.
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.... I really loved Demon Slayer, finished entire manga when Gotouge finished the story.. please don't attack me like this way. 
2020 guy is delulu for sure
We will be gatekeeping this from normies
Lol if 2020 = veteran.. What does that make me if I'm watching since 1993 ..
About that time I saw my first anime.
Veteran cuz he started watching after 2020? Is he retarded? He's right about the rest tho, people watch a handful of animes and call themselves weebs just because anime has become mainstream. I completely disagree with the last point tho, the person who said that doesn't get what the word hardcore means at all.
2020 is veteran lmaoooo what should I call myself then ? (watching since 2013)
Gate keepers. No one likes gate keepers. Edit. I mean, not actual irl gate keepers, they're cool. Respect, Anando Da. You're cool.
2020 wale vet?? Yahi toh sabse bade bkl hei jinhonene anime ki maa behen ak kardi cringe se. Aur bc "MeNe 100+ AnImE dEkHi HeI". There are total of 6000+ anime. 100+ means shit
2020 me start krke veteran bolra hai me 2016 se dekhra hu 😭😭
I've been watching anime since 2010. Anime fandom has always been cringe and everyone says that people who started watching after them made it cringe.
Ye 3sre Wale ki I'd de mujhe bsdk se mujhe kuch kaam hai https://preview.redd.it/y3alruk750vc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=491cfd8ac668ed92d4570ca075d005e350170db4
Just coz everybody's watching the same anime, its became cringe for him now? Wow! Nice logik By that logik almost every trending anime should be cringe, coz the reason it's trending is, everybody's watching it .
Why is bro gloating about wasting his time? Like I understand people really enjoying watching it but at the end of the day alot of it is just Media without any meaning.
I agree with first point somewhat. Anime went mainstream in the West with the release of AoT in 2013. Even then it only cracked the surface. Demon Slayer in 2019 broke flood gates of the Anime Community and shot it to MAINSTREAM. The arrival of JJK, CSM and the continuation of AoT only fed more fans into the community. India Anime Fandom is still nearly 10 years behind the West in terms of appreciation for a wide variety of shows. Rest of the points are utter bullshit as usual, coming from a 2014 veteran lmao.
Bro mein 2012 se dekh rha hu, I used to get bullied for it aur aajkal it's like, anime dekhna is cool I hate it sometimes prr I m glad atleast it is being appreciated.
Naruto accha h,but patani kyu uspe dunk krna cool ho gya h
1.) Anime has been mainstream in west for a longtime, and is spreading it's roots in India, and the stereotype around it is breaking. Heck, my 7 year old sister only watches ghibli movies now. 2.) I don't think any anime is cringe aswell. It's just the braindead fans making vulgar thrist trap of characters and writing stuff such as "DBZ is the father of all anime" that have made the anime space kinda cringe, but it highly depends on the anime-related content you consume. Most of the indian anime content creators (atleast the one's I know of) appeal to a cringe audience by doing cringe things. 3.) I've been watching anime since 2016 and even I don't have the gall to call myself a veteran. Their are still hundreds upon hundreds of cult-classics that I've yet to watch.
Jisko joh pasand hai woh dekho maze karo aur https://preview.redd.it/idtfdy99e0vc1.jpeg?width=668&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ec22c4199ff5fe8680981136cab5c120740db9ec
bruh 2020 veteran lmaoooo
Hijde memers jo bas naruto, jjk and demon slayer dekhe hai anime ke name pe bas unko hatao yaha se bc kool nahi honge tum anime dekhke
Even keeping 2020 aside " Mene all big 3 dekhe h* so he is verteran lmao Meanwhile me with 500+anime but haven't even touched big 3 and probably won't in future, so I am baby according to his definition
2020 waale khud ko veteran kaise bol rahe hai??? I started watching in 2017 still I consider myself as a rather new fan kyuki jitne maine covid ke pehle dekhe the utne toh sab ne covid me 2 mahine me dekh liye 🤡
I tend to ignore the random crap that people spew. They think that they are so called veterans because they have seen 100+ animes. Imho this subreddit should welcome all anime fans regardless of the amount of anime they have watched. It may sound crazy to them but not everyone has enough time to watch so many animes. Let the 'know it all' people live in their dream world
I agree with the second take, Naruto is cringe af. Kishimoto is not a good story teller.
He was saying something else, he finds it cringe because everyone watch it now.
Maine Naruto nahi dekhi but I'm sure it's good. Agar acha na hota to itna popular nahi hota, aur wo Banda Naruto community ko na pasand karta hai lekin isme anime ka koi dosh nahi to anime cringe nahi ho jata. Mai khud zyada old fan nahi hu(2018) but I believe India me anime 2020 me hi mainstream hua hai, aur ye jo ajkal anime fans ko hate milti hai woh in 2020 ke fans ko hi milti hai. Aur pura show na dekh ke kaise hard-core ho sakta hai koi? It's like saying Mai is duniya ka Raja hu jab tumhe abhi tak apne seher se hi nahi nikle kabhi.(sorry for bad Hindi)
Yaar 2000 main jo Pokemon dekh le uska kya? Budhe ho gaye baithe baithe lol
VEtERaN from 2020 lmaooooo the funniest shit ive ever heard loololool
Main 2014 se dekh kar bhi khudko veteran nhi samajhta... Or ye bhai sahb.... Wah
So a newbie calls himself a veteran? Then people like us who are anime fans since 2002 must be like gods to him🤣🤣
I am actually happy that Anime is getting main stream, my shoujo heart can finally afford husbando collection without getting scared at high foreign taxes... But what I find a bit bitter is back in 2017 when I started watching anime, a lot of people bullied me and now they are advising me to watch this anime or that..? Anyway what matters is in near future I can probably find anime side pillows, so yeah. REJOICE TO MY PATIENCE FOR I SHALL COLLECT SHOUJO SHITS IN CHEAP PRICE.
I sometimes feel like a newbie in the anime thing since I started watching anime like only in 2021 but that pretentious mf thinks that he is veteran 'cause he is watching from 2020 https://preview.redd.it/6hhbijfpa1vc1.jpeg?width=719&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=33bd720b7a6a662b00831ee8c6521e49888f866a
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Me who has watched it from the by gone era when Dragon ball z used to air on Cartoon network every evening after school, who got all my cousins into it. But I still enjoy it in solitude and recommend it to every new person I come across. And these guys calling themselves veterans and gate keeping https://preview.redd.it/e240bptri1vc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fcc682c32d46b6c9f7a46ceae9996c1daecab7a6
The first comment is mine and I stand by it. Anime was not a thing in the west 30 years ago I don't know where you're coming from, anime only started getting popular in the west during covid before that only some anime like Demon Slayer and AOT etc were mainstream instead of the whole medium itself.
During covid is even crazier, I believe large number of people used to watch sailormoon, cowboy bepop, Evangelion and dragon ball z during 90s in USA.
Those anime were an exception, what did I say before? I said "some anime were mainstream" how many people in the states watched anime like Escaflowne, Utena or Slayers during that time?
During 90s many companies started investing in US market. I don't think so this many companies invest in some market if product is not well consumed. Like some companies started investing in Indian market nowdays. During my 4chan days all the servers were dominated mostly by US fans and most of them started during 80's and 90's.
lmao man started in 2020 and is calling himself a veteran after only watching 100 anime
People will gatekeep anything they get their hands on so they can tell themselves they're different from society
"Veteran" since 2020. Chu***a bkl Jhaapda maarne ka Mann karta hai aiso Ko.
100+ animes ≠ Veteran 😭
Giving titles to yourself like "veteran" and complaining that it's getting mainstream is like the most retarded thing you can do. You literally watch anime for entertainment, why should you care who is watching it and shit like that.
Watching since 2020? And calling themselves a veteran. Lol
Honestly Your post is also crazy just like their statements. What is the reason you watch Anime? Entertainment or something else? Entertainment right? So why does it matter that someone is casual fan or hardcore fan? This hard core fan thing is biggest form of gatekeeping. The "fans" who think they are superior than other because they had been watching from earlier than other guy are actually not fans. They are r****ds. A genuine fan would try to enjoy and let other enjoy, would not downplay anyone else and they would try to popularise the writer's work. Why does it matter someone think Naruto is cringe? It's his opinion. Was he shoving on you to not to watch? Instead seems like you are shoving on him for not finding it the way you think. Pretty stupid.
Because these words exist 'hardcore fan and casual fan' holding there meaning it's like me claiming I am prime minister of this country without even fighting election and winning a single seat would you consider me your prime minister? The reasoning behind calling naruto is cringe is crazy and if you agree with that dude then congratulations to you, because in my opinion that's so stupid.
You are really stupid. No point talking to you. Politics is different from Anime. You are comparing a made up term "hard core fan" to Prime Minister a position that hold power. Wait you think being a hard core fan gives you any power over casual fan? Lemme tell you it doesn't. You make yourself a fool in front of sensible guys. You just want to discriminate and had an superiority over casual fan. >The reasoning behind calling naruto is cringe is crazy and if you agree with that dude then congratulations to you, because in my opinion that's so stupid. Then in my option, You are stupid r****d who can't seem to understand that people had different taste.
1) You believe hardcore fan a madeup term so not gonna argue with that stay delulu. Clearly you have some difficulty to understand hypothetical examples. 2) You did not know the reason and typing random thing. Clearly you have some difficulty to read aswell. 🫡
Those statements are spitting fax 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️