What media sources have you outgrown, when, and why?
What media sources have you outgrown, when, and why?
Do you feel you have outgrown media sources or discontinued them for other reasons?
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I literally stopped watching movies, especially Bollywood and Hollywood movies. Somewhere along the line, I just decided to consume almost exclusively Japanese media, particularly anime. The simple reason is that anime tells some really amazing stories that most Hollywood movies don’t hold a candle against. Think Attack on Titan or FMA. I am not saying that all Japanese media is great, no it’s not. But, the variety there is pretty amazing.
I kinda went the other direction where I had to cut out all anime. Too many fascist undertones and sexualizing children for it to be comfortable to watch for me.
Obviously not all shows/movies from anime do those but it's difficult to really know until you've already started watching and so it's safer to just cut it out.
I do like some of it, but far too often the story is going along fine and then it's like SURPRISE HAREM! SURPRISE SLAVERY (and the main character is fine with that). Too bad Crunchyroll doesn't have a tag for "not creepy".
I take extra care to avoid harem anime. I hate them too. Eventually, you learn to identify them from a distance. Harem anime tend to have a pretty identifiable look.
Hollywood is too formulaic, at least when you shake it up with foreign media you dont really know where its going to go.
I enjoyed Reborn as a Vending Machine, I Now Wander the Dungeon quite a bit. It's not exceptional or great, but good. It certainly tells a unique story.