Too old for anime?

[juggalojohn]

I recon he'd look more like Danny Devito

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_DeVito

+1

[SchoolDaysEX]

The world seems to be addicted to super hero movies, and lets be honest with their characters, plot and predictability....
I will go against apparently everyone in this thread: I suggest quitting.
If you feel you are not happy at 24 and are wasting time on anime, how will you feel at an old age? Yes, there are amazing anime shows, T.V. shows, music, art, hobbies and experiences to be had in your ONE lifetime that you can't possibly do even if you wanted to. If you are dissatisfied, with your life change it.

[Draygera]

Anime is a medium. Some of it is too fucking stupid for adults, some isn't. That's all there is too it.

This. One medium is not inherently greater or worse than another, simply different. It took me years to realise that some of the most thought-provoking things I'd encountered came from films and not just books like everyone kept telling me when I was younger. That said, you should try to get out a bit. Ideally being social, sure, but quite often I'll go into London on my own for a film binge in Leicester Square (four cinema's right next to Chinatown. Seriously, is there a more heavenly place?) and just getting out of the house once in a while feels good. My social life, when I'm not with the wife, largely tends to consist of hanging out with a graphic designer, a hacker, a Starcraft II nerd and a woman who once asked "when was Jesus born." Yet somehow we all get along.

This. Dude, you sound like you have your own lab there. 

Where I currently live, I don't have that much of a social life, and I'm fine with that. There were several hobbies that I had as a kid that I decided to force myself out of because they weren't col or acceptable to my family. You know what I recently started realizing? After going back to a lot of them, including watching Anime, programming, and gaming, I found that I was a much more complete and happier person because those are "me" things that I naturally enjoy.

I'm 25 years old, and, although I personally do not find hentai at all appealing, if that interests you and you ain't stabbing or raping people over it, fuck what people think. Hell, fuck what we think about the whole subject.

[Tatsujin]

It's not about age. I hit a block on watching anime too but you can just get burnt out and it's hard to get back into it. It's not exclusive to anime though, it happens with just about anything.

This. I didn't watch anime for like 8 months or so because I caught up to almost everything I wanted to watch so I switched to Japanese dramas, then I got back into anime. I mean, I take a break once in a while, but the 8 months period was the longest of all. Especially the past 2-3 years, anime's been extremely good - not enough words could describe. You won't see shit like in anime in any TV show, at least in my opinion.

[Nikkoru]

Don't you think it is weird that if you waste time on anime or games, the common thought is "too old for this, must get a life". However when the majority of the adults of past generation waste all their time in front of TV watching some shit mixed with ton of commercials, it totally "normal".

People are driven to depression and rioting by the arbitrary results of sporting events, idolize men destroying their bodies for their entertainment, and surround themselves in athletic team iconography as if holy, and this is considered normal. Whereas other fandoms, not just anime, are treated as an existential threat to socialization and masculinity. If you like superhero comics, video games, science fiction, fantasy novels, musicals, table top roleplaying games, LARPing. or anything other than the usual bro-shit you'll have half the internet questioning your sexuality and calling you a basement dwelling virgin in turn.

People are not asocial due to their hobbies. They are not heterosexual because they drink beer, watch action movies, and go to the big game. There is more to a person than what they like or dislike in the sphere of culture.

[Draygera]

Don't you think it is weird that if you waste time on anime or games, the common thought is "too old for this, must get a life". However when the majority of the adults of past generation waste all their time in front of TV watching some shit mixed with ton of commercials, it totally "normal".

People are driven to depression and rioting by the arbitrary results of sporting events, idolize men destroying their bodies for their entertainment, and surround themselves in athletic team iconography as if holy, and this is considered normal. Whereas other fandoms, not just anime, are treated as an existential threat to socialization and masculinity. If you like superhero comics, video games, science fiction, fantasy novels, musicals, table top roleplaying games, LARPing. or anything other than the usual bro-shit you'll have half the internet questioning your sexuality and calling you a basement dwelling virgin in turn.

People are not asocial due to their hobbies. They are not heterosexual because they drink beer, watch action movies, and go to the big game. There is more to a person than what they like or dislike in the sphere of culture.

Say it brother!

[lololitas]

People are driven to depression and rioting by the arbitrary results of sporting events, idolize men destroying their bodies for their entertainment, and surround themselves in athletic team iconography as if holy, and this is considered normal. Whereas other fandoms, not just anime, are treated as an existential threat to socialization and masculinity. If you like superhero comics, video games, science fiction, fantasy novels, musicals, table top roleplaying games, LARPing. or anything other than the usual bro-shit you'll have half the internet questioning your sexuality and calling you a basement dwelling virgin in turn.

People are not asocial due to their hobbies. They are not heterosexual because they drink beer, watch action movies, and go to the big game. There is more to a person than what they like or dislike in the sphere of culture.

Reminds me that I need to check whats running in Berlin next summer. There are still a few musicals I want to see.

[jay21stm]

"when was Jesus born."

. . .you joking right? ouch.

People are not asocial due to their hobbies. They are not heterosexual because they drink beer, watch action movies, and go to the big game. There is more to a person than what they like or dislike in the sphere of culture.

and yet people still have not learned there lesson after how many thousands of years!

you have all been raised in the 21st century, where once things were deemed impossible, yet now they are a fact of life. . .here you have the answer. Nearly everybody does not seem to get it, or realize what they have. . .
why make it all so complicated. . .if something makes you smile or happy then do it, to a degree obviously . . .but even that leads one further and is a whole nother topic.

so no. . .nothing is impossible. . .more like is the time right for it or not.
do you have more important matters to attend to? do they make you as happy as watching Anime? how about dividing your time accordingly?

[Krudda]

Dunno about you, but I was born & raised in the 20th century

[Draygera]

Dunno about you, but I was born & raised in the 20th century

I'm from the future, baby! ;0

[5Cats]

Never! Never too old for quality stories.

There's "sweet F-A" on TV lately. 2-3 shows a week worth the trouble of watching. There's literally tons of Anime to suit every taste  Thank you Japan!

Almost 50, started serious anime watching 3 years ago. (very occasional before, usually movies)

[Zalis116]

There's no magical cosmic cutoff point that declares you "too old" for a given hobby, assuming it's legal of course. Why is 24 suddenly too old? Why not 23 or 25? I was 21 when I seriously got into anime 10 years ago, and I don't think I was too old either then or now. And I see good numbers of people my age or older when I go to conventions.

Also, merely giving up a hobby you love won't instantly improve your romantic fortunes, social life, or employment situation/prospects. It'll just leave a gaping hole in your life unless you've got other, more "acceptable" interests lined up to take its place. But others in the thread have already shot down the idea of "acceptable" interests.

[Micharus]

No such thing as being too old for anime.

I've started to watch anime again after having gone off it for a while, in fact you could say I'm having a 'binge' right now, as I've watched several series in the last week or so.

Just finished watching "Hatsukoi Unlimited" which is definitely aimed squarely at girls/ladies and is so 'sweet' it will make your teeth hurt. lol

My age you say? 47. 

[megido-rev.M]

I say the people who think they're to old for anime are missing out.

[jay21stm]

Dunno about you, but I was born & raised in the 20th century

lol you know what I meant Krudda!

[GoGeTa006]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRyabbGDPTo

NEVER!

[XSTREM]

The day I feel like I am too old for watching anime, I have a nice little pill with cyanid just within reach.

I would rather die than to be old, grey and feel like "I am too old for something" - everybody who thinks they're "too old for something", even playing with Lego for that matter, should stop up and see the big flashing red lights. Most of the time, it is not because you feel too old to do something; it's the anxiety that if -someone- found out you were doing this (watching anime for instance) they would taunt you and call you immature and rip your masculinity away; real maturity is to be able to step up for yourself and defend what you enjoy. If YOU set the frame, others WILL follow. If people sense you're insecure about something, they will be insecure with you aswell.

So find out what you like; THAT IS YOU! So be yourself and give a flying fuck of the opinion of others - we all do something "not normal" but we all try to hide it away from eachother.

But anyway, what do I know. I'm still an immature 22 year old guy, but please somebody slap me really hard if I ever change my opinion on that matter. 

XSTREM

[Duck Dodgers]

Your never too old.  I'm 46 and I've been watching anime since I was 13.
However, I also have a wife and daughter.  Interpersonal relationships are important. 

[Bob2004]

Over here, virtually everyone watches at least a bit anime, and even more people read manga, no matter what age they are. When I catch the train to uni in the mornings, there will invariably be at least one, often several, salarymen engrossed in some manga or other, or somehow managing to read the latest issue of Shounen Jump despite how crowded the trains get.

Admittedly Japan is a bit different to the west, but even so - you are most definitely not too old for it, even if there were such a thing as being too old in the first place. It's just a cultural difference in terms of what formats have become popular, really, rather than anything to do with age.

[The Corf]

i'd say you weren't too old, lot of posters here are older than us both, me being 18 only. but i'd also say that you should not be too picky about friends, find a common interest to talk about and see where that leads you, i took a big step and found a girl that i only knew had a common interest in gaming and we clicked and she is now my best friend and i don't regret ever talking to her (also i am very new to this forum so no idea how the general posters are here but from what i saw in this thread they seem nice so i don't think they'd think i am friendzoned, which i aren't since it would require me to have such feelings for her which i don't)

sorry i went off topic, but man, you have to try and see if you can find someone to talk to, you'll know if you click or not.
never too old for anime.