| vivster said: I just realized I hate giving recommendations to newbies. It's always just the same animes. The safe animes I liked before I got to know real animes. But you can't recommend the real animes to newbies because they might get scared and run away. Since newbies always get recommended the same stuff they get the impression that there are only a few good animes out there instead of hundreds. And when these newbies grow up those will be the first animes they recommend to other newbies. It's kinda sad. |
I agree (kinda)...when I was first getting into anime, I just dove in, and as a result, I watched a lot of shit. However, through doing so, I was able to figure out what I liked and what I wanted to get out of anime. I took risks with the shows I watched and I learned how to find shows I liked myself.
I've been trying to get my sister into anime and I've recommended her some stuff, but I do so begrudgingly, because I want her to jump in and take risks like I did, but I know that without the push of me showing her what anime is capable of, I don't think she ever would take those first steps on her own.
However, I don't think that people new to anime will only think there are a few anime, or at least, anyone actually interested in the totality of anime. I do realize that there are plenty of "casual" fans, but its not hard for someone to find recommendations or a laundry list of great shows. The people who only watch a few shows are probably the ones who would never have even watched anime without recommendations, so I don't think that them staying "casual" anime fans is a detriment in any way.
