You've just described modern /a/.

Also happens when people say "oh but I like Dragonball Z and Fist of the North Star because they're LE MANLY"

>>285417135
you find them in every anime thread on /tv/
just learn to ignore them.

>>285417170
Nah, /a/ obsessed with bebop and tehnolyze

>>285417135
normalfags allow social pressure to influence their tastes
if you allow normalfag opinions to influence your tastes, but merely in the opposite direction, you're the same as they are
both gits and akira are good. and so is ghibli. I don't give a shit what normalfags think

Normalfags don't like something based on if they actually do, they like it if they think it'll make them look good/cool/interesting.

>>285417362
You took your solipsism too far. They're just ashamed of diving into anime otherwise they like these entry level animations just fine.

>>285417788
You haven't encountered normalfags
It's telling they despise anything cute and moe

>>285417135
"No bro, you have to love this anime about a faggot like me with 37836373 lolis with a plot about le evil bullied faggot that has been explored a trillion times"

Woah, so le deep and unique.

Reminder that 9% of GITS "fans" haven't even read the manga and they WILL seethe at the manga accurate adaptation

>>285417135
>It's so bad that if someone says they like GITS I immediately ignore them
Rent free?

>>285417810
I have and you're being autistic right now.
Watching anything other than cool serious western-normative anime is like coming out of the closet and going full public fisting gay, you wouldn't do that, so they are careful never to graduate and end up as 30yo shonen watchers.
That's the story being told here.

>>285417942
Are you forgetting Ghibli and other "safe" family anime

>>285417997
Those are indeed safe socially. Western-normative, serious cartoons like Disney shit. What are we talking about.

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>>285417135
>It's so bad that if someone says they like GITS I immediately ignore them
I won't accept any GiTS slander here. It's great anime. Even SAC / 2nd GIG. You can talk shit about all the garbage isekais I consoom but leave GiTS out of it you FUCKER

>>285417135
my most hated anime is Akira for the stupid science body glob that happens in the end, completely ruined the cyberpunk stuff that happened before

>anons learn that cyberpunk faggots are redditors

>>285417135
I like GITS a lot

>>285417135
Those are called unc slops and are not being watched by modern casuals.

>>285417135
you're just as bad for caring that much about what they think.

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This weekend i watched Pita-ten as an interesting case study in glomp culture. It's not the kind of anime i used to watch 25 years ago.
This Misha girl is completely neurotic and i have no doubt a good number a depressed teenage girls latched unto this character to make up for their lack of personality while posting on dreadful forums. It's picture perfect! ^_^
I'm going to go to work now and i'm not going to talk about Pita-ten with my coworkers because they would have no frame of reference for understanding the simple thought i shared with you. Thank you /a/nonymous for not being normal.

>>285417135
I don't think I've met anyone who hates ghibli, unless they just dislike anime in general

Don't let them get under your skin. Feign sympathy and then recommend them Prilliya.

>>285418210
To be perfectly honest with you I have no frame of reference for what you said either

>>285418357
I always say "Boku no Pico is my favorite" but in 75% of cases I just get a blank stare and a "What's that? Never heard of it" and it disappoints to me to no end that normalfags don't even know what Boku no Pico is these days.

>talking to coworkers about anime
>they call hunter x hunter 2011 an old show

>>285417942
desu I was kind of like that until I went to college, realized I was a loser anyway, and decided it was ok to explore whatever I was interested in.

>>285418701
>2011 is old enough to post on 4chan
Take me back

>>285418701
I mean HxH is a little old
Even the 2011 version was a remake

>>285417135
this but ghibli

>>285419523
>2011
>old
To me old anime is anything from about mid 90s and back

>>285417135
Can think of way worse groups, like Frierentards

I think many of you will be in agreement when I say that the way someone lists and then substantiates their preferences usually says more about their character than the actual preferences themselves.
'Usually' is the operative word.

>>285419597
What do you mean?

>>285419597
Did you write this thinking it was a clever observation?

>>285419597
not usually, always