Today's shows look stunning. But fans of the Naruto/Bleach/FMA era swear the storytelling and grit have been replaced by sakuga flexes and isekai. Who's right?
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Add your commentNostalgia is a hell of a drug. Y'all forget the 2000s had 200 episodes of filler and recap clips every other week.
Modern anime looks like a movie every episode and says nothing. Old anime looked rough and gut-punched you. I miss the soul.
Both eras have masterpieces and trash. Picking a 'winner' is just deciding which decade you were 16 in.
The grit is gone because the industry got safe. Everything's a light-novel adaptation aimed at the same demographic now.
People said the exact same 'no soul' thing in 2008 about the shows you now call classics. This is a generational loop forever.
The isekai flood is real. For every Frieren there are forty 'reincarnated as a vending machine' shows nobody asked for.
Production values up, risk-taking down. That's the most honest summary in this whole thread.
Demon Slayer, JJK and Frieren are gorgeous AND well written. The 'no soul' crowd just stopped watching new things and blames the medium.
Frieren alone disproves the entire 'no soul' argument. That show is pure soul and came out basically yesterday.
FMA Brotherhood, Death Note, Code Geass — that era set a writing bar modern isekai isn't even trying to clear.
Sakuga is not a flaw lmao. Good animation is part of the storytelling, not a distraction from it.
Old anime had time to breathe. Modern shows get 12 episodes and a cliffhanger and then a 3-year wait. That's the actual decline.
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