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<blockquote data-quote="Aldarc" data-source="post: 8797475" data-attributes="member: 5142"><p>This is interesting. My formative experiences with anime gave me a different relation to shonen. I know we are the same age, so there is not the usual excuse of a generational gap, but I bounce completely off most shonen stuff. Shonen anime often feels too "thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread," with a lot of repetitive and filler stories. </p><p></p><p>Before streaming or consistent internet for downloading, a lot of my anime watching was typically via DVD, with some anime trickling via Saturday mornings on the Sci-Fi Channel and later Cartoon Network (i.e., Toonami, Adult Swim). I could not afford, much less bother my limited attention span and patience with, anime that extended beyond the 26-52 episode range. I grew to appreciate animes with tighter narratives and story arcs. Yeah, that precluded A LOT of shonen that I saw. </p><p></p><p>My first exposure to Naruto was at college with my roommate, a Japanese language major (now an international lawyer and expat living in Japan) who was using Naruto to reinforce his Japanese listening exposure, but my preferences had already formed by then and I was bouncing hard off of it. Considering the enduring popularity of shonen anime, I have likewise been bouncing off a lot of anime that commonly makes rounds on the internet. </p><p></p><p>It's also no surprise in some regards, that some of my favorites tend to be based off light/visual novels rather than shonen: e.g., Twelve Kingdoms, Crest/Banner of the Stars, Spice & Wolf, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Slayers, etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aldarc, post: 8797475, member: 5142"] This is interesting. My formative experiences with anime gave me a different relation to shonen. I know we are the same age, so there is not the usual excuse of a generational gap, but I bounce completely off most shonen stuff. Shonen anime often feels too "thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread," with a lot of repetitive and filler stories. Before streaming or consistent internet for downloading, a lot of my anime watching was typically via DVD, with some anime trickling via Saturday mornings on the Sci-Fi Channel and later Cartoon Network (i.e., Toonami, Adult Swim). I could not afford, much less bother my limited attention span and patience with, anime that extended beyond the 26-52 episode range. I grew to appreciate animes with tighter narratives and story arcs. Yeah, that precluded A LOT of shonen that I saw. My first exposure to Naruto was at college with my roommate, a Japanese language major (now an international lawyer and expat living in Japan) who was using Naruto to reinforce his Japanese listening exposure, but my preferences had already formed by then and I was bouncing hard off of it. Considering the enduring popularity of shonen anime, I have likewise been bouncing off a lot of anime that commonly makes rounds on the internet. It's also no surprise in some regards, that some of my favorites tend to be based off light/visual novels rather than shonen: e.g., Twelve Kingdoms, Crest/Banner of the Stars, Spice & Wolf, Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit, Slayers, etc. [/QUOTE]
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