I was having with my wife's classmate. He was an anime enthusiast like I was, and I was recruiting him to be a content writer in on of the blogs that manage. He's a great kid. We started talking about anime and all that cools stuff, then I told him my favorites live EVANGELION, MACROSS and BLEACH.. He's hear of bleach but was a bit clueless with Macross and Eva. I was surprised, because these two were supposed to be some of the most popular ones and are even legends in the anime industry having several sequels and remakes.
He then asked, "when were they shown?"
I thought for a bit and told him a rough estimate and told him sometime in the nineties..
His answer surprised me. "Maybe I was too young when it came out.."
I was shocked. It was just like yesterday when I started enjoying these shows. I then realizes it's already .2010. The kid was just 16 years old so he was probably in pre-school when those shows came out. I was like, Whoa!
I then came to the realization that the anime enthusiasts of today are being exposed to a different style of animation. I always thought anime was for all ages, but right there and then I suddenly felt a generation gap. Man I'm getting too old. There's a surplus of anime nowadays. An explosion of media that keeps piling up every season. Once in a while an anime with a good story will come up and will become the new craze like Macross and Eva was.
I bet this is what the fans of VoltesV and 80's anime felt like when they approached the 90's with Ghost Fighter and Flame of Recca. I'm going all nostalgic again.Hahaha!
