• Frogmanfromlake [none/use name]
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    2 years ago

    This screenshot reminds me of how much I miss this art style. Anime had a more down to earth feel to it back then.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      It felt like it was portraying something based on real people, even with stylized abstractions. It wasn't yet copy of a copy of a copy pandering to otakus by otakus for otakus who lacked interest or experience with living people. :miyazaki-laugh:

        • UlyssesT [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          Around the time Azumaga Daioh's "waifu" meme really took off in the early 2000s, there was a steep increase in waifu moeblob otaku pandering trash being churned out to maximize profits (otakus buy the merch) and a decline in the prioritizing or production of most anything else. What did get made started to more often require more and more waifu moeblob fanservice smeared over it. :pathetic:

            • Ideology [she/her]
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              2 years ago

              But unlike most modern shows, it's actually watchable...

              • Cromalin [she/her]
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                2 years ago

                watchmen is more readable than any comic it inspired. similarly, azumanga daioh is more watchable than basically anything inspired by it.

                  • Cromalin [she/her]
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                    2 years ago

                    i don't know if azuma-sensei is ashamed of the consequences of his actions, but he should be.

    • DragonNest_Aidit [they/them,use name]
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      2 years ago

      Also how gloriously bright the light sources are, because in traditional animation light works by shining actual light through the cells.