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No.909249
Let's take a moment to honor the man who just loved anime and hiking, who's now probably going on adventures with Aniki through Gensokyo, telling anime stories to all the cute youkai who sit at his feet for storytime.
No.909270
Its time to let go. He had a good run.
No.909292
>>909249
>If he is old and stopped posting, he must be dead.
While it is reasonable to assume that that may be the case, he could just be too old to hike or something.
No.909303
The saddest part is that in the seven years since Jii-san posted his last video, there have been absolutely zero youtube channels that have been worth a damn. Of course you could point out that demo used to make quality shit, but his videos were mostly for comedy instead of serious reviews. I just wish we got more information about why Jii-san stopped in the first place because he left without any kind of warning.
No.909305
>>909303
Nearly on Red is a super autistic analyzation of anime that is really spot on. Unfortunately it looks like he's getting kinda disheartened with copyright strike shit and he's going to be avoiding any anime that has ties to soyny from now on.
No.909306
>>909303
This, but
>there have been absolutely zero youtube channels that have been worth a damn.
You're speaking only about "anitubers", right?
>>909249
No.909309
>>909305
>>909306
Actually, speaking of YouTube copyright, we should start downloading all his videos if none of us haven't already (and then the more copies, the better), because I highly doubt he would try to get them back if he was hit with strikes. I hope none of his videos weren't already deleted without anyone knowing because of that.
No.909367
>>909309
If there are videos you want saved then now would be a good time to start archiving them. Youtube is only going to get worse which is why a lot of people are jumping ship to other sites like twitch or making their own sites and putting stuff behind patreon.
No.909376
>>909367
It's good, actually. The more decentralised the Internet is - the better place it would be.
No.909440
I've got 244 of his reviews, which should be every one. I wish I had saved his entire wordpress blog before it went down.
No.909863
>>909367
Twitch is not much better.
No.910912
He disagreed with some of my opinions and disliked lolly. It's true he was one of a kind, though, which says a lot about the anime fandom.
No.910927
>>910914
Not much of a difference. Both are for licking.
No.910934
>>909303
It's probably better that demo just quit youtube, a lot of what he would post would probably get pulled today.
No.910937
>>910934
Demo didn't quit, and supposedly gets annoyed when people ask him that. He's suffering from depression or something and I have some ideas as to why that is, considering his apparent hedonistic lifestyle....
Would be nice if he came back to contrast with all the nigger faggots like Digibrony, but considering a huge portion who watch him are "new-weebs" like that faggot attention-whore Justin Y., I wouldn't make new videos either, at least under the same name.
>>910927
>>910914
Lolita.
No.910948
>>910946
>Demo was as much of a normalfag as the rest of them.
You're right I think. I just watched a couple videos. I agreed once or twice and giggled, was better than most reviewers is all. He did retract his statement about lolis. I'm sorry.
Image is 怖い
No.910949
>>910946
You forget the most important part. All his content was basically just ripping jokes from /a/ and pretending it was original. His season review joke videos were a 1:1 rip of /a/ seasonal threads.
This popularized /a/ among the normalfag audience and killed image boards just a little bit more
No.910950
>>910946
Pretty much this. He was a good video editor but not much else above that and I don't think he ever wanted to be more than that.
No.910951
>>909306
I hope you've seen every title here, /a/non.
No.910952
>>910950
>No reason.
Probably because of the usage of... well, can't write it if I don't want a ban.
No.910954
>>910952
Put it in "omg" "le" quotes and Hoihoi forgives because that's how she knows you're not typing like a cockroach nigger.
No.910955
>>910951
Flag I watched while pulling an all-nighter and thus missed most of (should get around to rewatching it soon), and a handful I have not watched, mostly because I don't find them very interesting. Consumption of art for its own sake is shallow.
Why do you ask?
>>910954
Oh, th-thanks I g-guess.
No.910959
>>910955
>Why do you ask?
I'm just your average neighborhood instigator of a good and varied taste.
Sometimes it is worth watching something, not for consumption but for a more well-rounded understanding of /a/esthetics.
No.910960
>>910954
Just the words or entire phrases, for example, "written with few words", as opposed to ""a" single word"?
No.910962
>>910959
I know, and I try to (hence "mostly"). I prefer a good story more than anything.
But, ultimately, most of these animations will be forgotten by the centuries anyway, and imageboard culture with them. The aesthetics of the medium will be forgotten, and if revived, incomplete, and what is left will be merged with the new culture. For this is how things have been, and this is how things will be.
No.910967
>>910962
No use being bent out of shape about it, of course. For what it's worth, this is the time you were given to experience these aesthetics, the power of which has shaped the modern world, and who else but otaku, the monks of our spiritual renaissance to carry within them as much of the fire of our zeitgeist as we can? We are the shepherds of the future, just as it's been in all other ages.
No.910969
>>910967
The spirit is gone and will not come back, but who said anyone was bent out of shape about it?
We're getting off subject now.
No.910970
>>910955
>Consumption of art for its own sake is shallow.
What's that supposed to mean? You watch something to be entertained by it, you don't watch something just to feel what you expected to feel.
No.910971
>>910969
I think we're right on topic, actually. Grumpy Jii-san is from a generation of otaku who had different ideas than we do now, but it's all because of them that we are able to have culture like this. It's important to honor the things they held dear and carry the fire of the original otaku which was passed down to us. So, again, I hope you've seen everything on that list, anon.
No.910974
>>910971
Alright then.
>>910970
Read the discussion I had. Think on it. Many anons don't really think much.
No.910979
>>910951
Mostly just want to sort of contribute to the new discussion that popped up in the thread so I did a quick check on what I watched on the list for comparison. Seen mostly everything and a couple of what I haven't seen is on my current backlog. Although the conversation about how the majority of the medium will inevitably be forgotten did make me consider about what could be adequate enough to be part of an ""/a/ canon"". Mostly wondering about it because the idea of watching classic shows or movies to help gain a better understanding of the medium seems to be losing favor in general as time goes on.
No.910985
>>910979
>the idea of watching classic shows or movies to help gain a better understanding of the medium seems to be losing favor in general as time goes on.
This is a frightfully true reality right now. I've done a lot during my time as an anon to spread to old, important titles, but it's far from being enough for the current anon.
I don't think there should be such a thing as an "/a/ canon" because there's such a variety of things we talk about, let alone the different genres of anime. Just watching something for entertainment's sake is all well and good, even preferable most of the time. However, I couldn't live with myself if /a/ turned into a place where nobody knew what Eva was, for example.
As far as anime goes, the only way in history to create some sort of canon was through either group watches, such as the old anime viewing cons and clubs from the 90s, or through basic hype, as done with Code Geass, TTGL, and Haruhi back in the day. Imageboards have always fallen on doing things the latter way and every time we try and revive the group watch as in the Anime Clubs, it goes nowhere. I've been toying with an idea on how to try one more time using cytube as a base like in Sunday Cinema, but I doubt it can work as well.
Miracle Girls is the one and only Miracle example of an unknown anime becoming an actual known thing here, and to achieve that, a combination of both artificial hype and group watching had to be used.
As it is, more and more anime is going to be forgotten by /a/ and only the same few titles are going to be regurgitated where the opposite should be true if we really are otaku.
No.911350
>>909303
Does anyone know where I can find demo's first Rebuild of Eva review? I've been wanting to watch it again for a long time.
No.911359
No.911361
Long-term presivation of anime can be done with Blu-ray M disks. Preservation of imageboards culture can be done with the software, an explanation of how the software should work, and a book summing up our culture.
No.911366
>>911361
Culture changes over time and is malleable, that is why a culture war is a constant affair. Lets say someone would spam a very unfunny reply to every thread made on this board for several years and then new people would come and adopt the same posting habits/patterns of the spammer. They would just do the same thing because that is "how it always been".
No.911371
>>911366
The problem isn't the change of cultures, but the death of the culture. Long time ago, when most users of reddit and 4chan weren't even born, internet was a place where intelligent people hang out. It was slow, expensive and hardly had any content but OC. And that people, often students of tech universities, brought here their love for anime. Which wasn't as easily accessible either. But then internet stared to change. YouTube was created, Facebook was created, internet slowly started to be more friendly for normal people. They flooded internet and destroyed everything didn't understand. There was no need to create OC, because there were plenty of content. There was no need to learn any culture, because there where plenty of people of their culture. Internet becomes monopolised by a couple of sites and underground culture is hardly can be found anymore. There only a dozen of safe heaven left and they will die soon,
No.911373
>>910937
Its why he's needed now more than ever. Whereas all these faggots welcome the hordes of unwashed normalfags he pushed them away.
No.911780
>>910951
Not even a tenth.
No.911805
>>911780
Are you >>911265 by any chance?
No.911808
>>910979
>>910985
Historically, in the grand scheme of things, none of this matters, and it is frustrating that no one realizes this, here or elsewhere. "Fandoms" will die off soon enough, just like imageboard culture has already (and this is hard on me, and I may have killed myself if it weren't for my wide range of interests, and my understanding of times past). To satiate the parasitic masses, future emperors will require content-makers to quell any unrest, to keep them comfortable. While in time (and we'll likely be old men by the time it happens) there will be a resurgence is art as per the prevailing Peace after the (hopefully bloody) Transitional Period, I don't think we will see subcultures that won't be riddled with normalfags. I can't say for sure, but definitely, there will at least be a Patrician and Plebeian divide, and I don't think any of us will be able to enjoy the former.
But none of this matters, not compared to chivalry, honor, selflessness, God, monarchs, brotherhood, etc.. It hurts less when you realize this.
No.911827
>>911808
>>910985
>>910979
Mates I just wanna watch toons and read stories. You guys are taking this too seriously. Just shit on casuals and enjoy the ride.
No.911870
>>911805
No, but I haven't watched Non Non Biyori either.
No.911886
>>911870
It's honestly nothing special and is only loved so much because of one character, whom isn't the focus most of the time.
No.911944
>>911805
>my faggotry is being used as an example in other threads
No.912559
He was just a casual and never actually reviewed anything. His contribution was essentially: I think this anime is good because I liked it and here's me reading a wikipedia article
I mean I'm not saying he wasn't allowed to be casual. But I don't get why we should worship this guy. He's seen 30 anime at best.
No.912562
>>911886
>is only loved so much because of one character
What are you talking about? There's a good spread of love for all the Non Non's.
No.912584
>>911944
N-no little fairy, I was just curious is all.
No.912654
>>911944
stop being such a fag then.
No.912662
>>910985
Lots of neo-weebs won't watch something if it isn't digital. It's a shame, classics like Memories, Robot Carnival, Angel's Egg, not to mention older series like Gundam 0079 and VOTOMS just go unwatched. I've tried to get neo-Jojo fans who really enjoyed the Phantom Blood and Battle Tendency arcs to watch Hokuto no Ken but to no avail. Have had more success getting people to watch Gunbuster but I guess that's because of the cute girls. Man I like cute girl anime but it isn't always about the cute girls.
To think of it there are so many buried gems of anime treasure out there no one ever watches or talks about. I remember when I discovered Gun Grave, which most people get turned off from do to the horrible first episode (an unnecessary flashforward that spoils have the series, which is why most Gun Grave fans say skip the first episode). And Gun Grave ended up being one of my favorite anime of all time. I just couldn't believe how good it was for something that's become so obscure. But no one ever seems to want to watch it.
Even older stuff that used to be hype on /a/ like Lucky Star and Azumanga Daioh doesn't seem to be much watched by a lot of younger fans. K-On seems to be a kind of cutoff point, most of them never watch anything before that it seems. Which is a shame, but at least some of them are familiar with the older gems and classics of Japanimation. There's way too much emphasis on novelty and new stuff these days to the exclusion of the old, and honestly I think it's negatively impacting the quality of manga and anime we get these days. I mean lots of writers and mangaka don't seem familiar enough with past works to borrow from them like earlier generations did. Eva is just like a ripoff of a bunch of different sources the blending together of which is a large part of what makes it so engaging. Now we get lots and lots of generic isekais based off MMOs or other isekais. I wish everyone would just be more broad in their tastes and appreciate older media more.
No.912668
>>912662
>but it isn't always about the cute girls.
Stopped reading there.
No.912678
>>912662
>people with no standards that watch poorly animated turds like Jojo don't want to watch my boring sports anime made by Toei
Color me shocked.
Azumanga had a terrible anime (author agrees), Lucky Star is dated referential humor. Makes sense not many people watch it. But really, I think your attitude is what turns people off, not the shows in question.
>classics like
That's another thing. You probably can't name a single good thing about Angel's Egg so you call it a classic in hope nobody notices. Fuck "classics".
>ripoff
Who cares?
No.912681
>>912662
You known anon, as a relative newfaggot myself, I do my best to slowly work my way back to the past. Chipping away at the backlog, one piece at a time, slowly leading further and further back in time.
However, my emphasis is placed on experiencing and discussing anime with /a/. So seasonalshit comes first, followed by the popular titles I've heard about throughout the years (few of which predate the 2000s).
I don't think older shows are as dismissed as you might think, although I obviously have no real way of knowing. But when someone does watch something that came out 30 years ago, he doesn't really have the opportunity to discuss it with anyone, so it goes by unnoticed.
If you're so concerned about these shows being lost to time, I'd recommend taking it upon yourself to collect lots of screenshots of something recently watched, and start a thread about it giving your passionate thoughts and opinions. In this way you may be able to drum up some hype, even if it's in only one or two anons.
Take those sunday cinem/a/ threads, for example. No body really gives a shit about old jap movies, but I'm pretty sure that every week 10-15 anons watch them together. And that's something.
No.912682
>>912678
>Hokuto no Ken
>sports anime
>Lucky Star is dated referential humor
I didn't get most of the references in Lucky Star when I first watched it because I was new to anime at the time. I still loved it.
>I think your attitude is what turns people off
Recommending people anime isn't an attitude, anon.
>You probably can't name a single good thing about Angel's Egg
I liked the art and the atmosphere of it. "Classic" because it's old, and it's good.
>>ripoff
>Who cares?
You need to have your reading comprehension checked.
No.912695
>>912682
While I'm glad you replied to me... again you didn't actually say anything concrete. No wonder you like Oji-san, you're on the same wavelength.
No.912777
>>912662
>>912682
Don't listen to that other anon. I agree with you.
I really think the fault lies with this modern craze of seasonal anime and being 'a part of the conversation' as something airs. Almost all the discussion is focused on whats airing that season, even if its garbage. You can see it when every flop anime is supposed to be the biggest disaster ever in anime history, and then is forgotten a month later. Same thing with shows that are supposed to be amazing roller coaster rides which no one can remember a year later. They don't even make a blip on the anime cultural zeitgeist.
People are wanting to be a part of the exciting events that underpin the history of /a/, stuff like Geass Sundays, Gurren Lagann or The Day Gainax Ruined Christmas. They know of these things by reputation, but none of the energy is there anymore. So you end up with people going crazy about the new isekai light novel trash or freaking out about Darling in the Franxx, but they don't really understand where any of this has come from, or how we got here.
tl;dr - newfags suck, discussion around anime sucks now, I want to go back
>>912559
Grumpy jii-san was a treasure and you disgust me.
No.912825
>>912777
Again, your post doesn't say anything concrete, just like his reviews. Anyone can read a wiki article. Feel free to respond to the contents in my post but as of now it seems like you are only talking to yourself. He wasn't a treasure at all, he was cancer. And you only like him because you were too lazy to read a wiki article or an actual, in-depth, review. He contributed nothing. And he's a casual.
No.912866
>>912825
I'm a different anon to the one you were talking to which was abundantly clear if you read my post.
No.912872
>>912866
If your image claims I'm baiting why do you reply at all? Feel free to, once again, respond to the actual contents of my posts. You're not special.
No.912957
No.913203
>>912957
>asks question
>expects answer
No.913242
>>910951
I feel a small speck of pride that I have seen 90% of whats there and mostly agree with his assessments, don't ruin this for me anon.
No.913243
>>913242
Yeah. Watching one ghibli movie essentially means youve seen 90% of the stuff on that list
No.913734
>>912777
I don't think the seasonal craze is as much about being part of the conversation as it is about people who believe the Nips still put out good, even amazing, anime. Which they do. Finding which shows those are each year takes the effort of a trustworthy collective - this is where /a/ comes in and where seasonal discussion pays off.
In a world filled with normalfags and floods of irrelevant and untrue information, it is harder and harder to sort the wheat from the chaff. This why I believe that seasonalshit discussion is our duty and responsibility.
However I in no way condone that our shared history and old shows be forgotten. A balance must be found for every diligent /a/utist.
No.913801
>>913734
>However I in no way condone that our shared history and old shows be forgotten. A balance must be found for every diligent /a/utist.
This is the golden mean, what every m/a/ven should strive for. It is a lot easier to have discussions about seasonal anime given that we all watch them on the same schedule and the content is fresh in our minds. But we've had lots of good discussions of older anime here over the years. The past gave birth to the present and the present is a product of the past, you gotta appreciate both to give due respect to either.
No.913802
>>912957
You must be new here.
No.913810
Jii-san's review on Jojo's OVAs was in fact, great.
No.913813
>>913802
Still page 1 though.
No.913907
>>913802
>I'll put SEGA in all the fields! That will show them I'm not here for discussion!
Why are you here then?
No.917550
>>912559
Only accurate post in this very thread.
No.920575
>>910912
What else did he disagree with?
No.922459
>>911373
Opposite. normalfags were drawn to his Edgy humor. Think about it this way, your average PewDiePie subscriber would feel comfortable watching his videos 9/10.
He has some funny gags, but I'm happy for him to stay a good memory from my earlier high school days. YouTube's dead anyway, so is the Western anime fan-base outside of a few circles. Embrace it.
No.922501
>>922459
> so is the Western anime fan-base
Is it? I thoght anime is really fashionable now. Like, there are plenty of people who don't watch anime, but listening to popular meme anime songs and enjoying fresh anime memes. They create quite a big anime fan-base.