Niki Wonoto comments

whether you view this as 'disgusting' or not, there are actually some real truths in the article about Humans / Human beings. people are most often disappointing. that's why I don't blame them for thinking like this, & even coming up with such decisions.

the legend Hayao Miyazaki was right when he said that anime quality nowadays keep getting worse & worse, that they even have to resort to these cheap fan-service strategy/tactics, just to keep unfortunately many shallow anime fans today entertained & watch & follow the anime.

the young kids generation of today sadly is being 'brainwashed' into simply just accepting whatever/anything that is thrown to them in what's currently "the trend" or "popular" anime/manga nowadays/today, without they even KNOWING that high-quality anime/manga with actually REAL GOOD stories, theme, substance actually USED TO exist back then, ie: anime/manga with very bold, daring, & actually real mind/thought-provoking, deep philosophically (& conceptually, psychologically), examples: Neon Genesis Evangelion, Ghost in the Shell, Serial Experiments Lain, Paprika, Paranoia Agent, etc.

I swear, anime / manga today / nowadays too often or almost ALWAYS contain such cheap, shallow stuff like moe, yaoi, yuri, harem, idol, fan-service stuff , and the anime theme / subject / topics / story nowadays / today also sucks , MOSTLY revolve around idol theme (like AKB48 'fan-service' stuff again) , eg: Love Live , or even Swords Art Online (SAO) , although initially I feel could have so much potentials, in the end is ruined because of cheap, shallow "romance, Kirito - Asuna sex / love / fan-service" stuff again! this frustrates me so much, and drives me mad !

Does anyone else here also honestly feel the same / similar ? ie: do you feel that anime nowadays sucks ? anime today sucks ?

Well, it's not only in Japan. but also in Korea, and even America, etc. My opinion? try to look at the much Bigger-picture : this is what you get when you let Capitalism "rules" the music "industry" (yeah...I've said again: music "INDUSTRY"!).

Everything nowadays in the modern "pop-music" world is simply just a mass-produced (like in factory), 'commercial' PRODUCTS, and nothing more.

REAL Music?...never heard of it for already a long time on "mainstream" TV/radio/media. so again, this is what you get when you put Money above everything else! no big surprise here...sad but true.