+All of my points.
While I enjoy a deep plot and story, I also enjoy pointless SoL a great deal too, and if someone enjoys ecchi and fanservice shows, as long as it doesn't mean other shows get sidelined, why not?
Trying to separate the sexual side of Japan from animes is like trying to separate oil from water with your hands, end of the day all you're getting is frustration and a lot of cursing.
Yup, the adult entertainment industry is huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge in Japan!
Saying a show is garbage because it has fanservice, hardcore wish-fullfilment etc in it is stupid. That's a reason to not like it but nothing more.
My concern is that more and more studios see how much money you can make with stuff like this and start copying it.
Call me paranoid, but I really don't want these elements to get more screentime than they have right now. Right now it's fairly easy to ignore shows like these, but will it still be in two or three years when the sixth season of NGNL airs?
I don't want this.
I think things will be just fine, nothing much has changed over the last 15 years, and I don't see any reason for there to be a major shift for every show to be fan service heavy. Being able to have access to every single thing that airs with a click of the mouse really skews your perception of reality, because really, serious shows are just as plentiful now as they were before.
It's just that when you start getting into anime, catching up with all the good classics one after another will really spoil you, and having to wait just one year for another show that's to your liking will feel like torture, so it's totally understandable how people think the anime industry is dying or some such thing. Just take a look at the release dates for all your favourite shows, it's not like there was a golden age where everything on air was super special awesome, it's all relatively spaced out.
With anime gaining in popularity from shows like SnK, I only see good things happening in anime. Sure, we'll have to deal with a little **** and ass here and there, but rest assured, as long as the studios manage to stay in the black by grinding out fan service heavy shows, the good stuff will come.
Anyway, I'm about to get stuck into NGNL, I've heard some good things about it so we'll see how things turn out.
An interesting plot that appeals to me as a gamer is already winning. Throw in some fan service, and that's double winning, woohoo!, how can I even complain?
While I do think that completely dismissing a show because one finds fan service off putting is a little short sighted, I respect that our personal preferences differ, and that's totes fine. But how about once in a while, you try something outside your comfort zone, because you might actually find something you'll really enjoy, and if nothing else, you'd have earned some ammo to fire some shots the next time we discuss such things.
"Shimapan and nekomimi can only improve a show"
-Albert Einstein
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