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Why You Should Give Anime Reboots a Chance

Hunter x Hunter is also a great example, as while Madhouse's adaptation does go farther into the manga, Nippin Animation's adaptation before it carries with it a notably different mood & feel at points, even going as far as giving the York New arc theme songs that better match the darker & more serious feel, & the original bits added to the Hunter Exam early on are generally well regarded.

Correct me if I'm wrong Fate fans, but the usage of "This Illusion" in the TV Unlimited Blade Works was not a homage to the Deen "Fate route" but a reference to the opening theme of the original visual novel? Deen'ss adaptation only using the song because they were, obviously, adapting the visual novel.

Digimon Adventure's reboot is, for some reason, longer than the original.

Can someone explain why?

....If the original material was never finished at the time of the original show's airing and now the source material can be adapted fully.... Regardless if the previous animated version can stand on its own or not....

....The other reason for a reboot in my mind is if the original airing failed to do the source material justice....

There's a bigger issue thats not being addressed, or maybe its not something anime consumers just never pondered on regarding this topic, without these reboots newer audience wouldn't give the material a chance or be aware despite older fans touting how it great the particularly series is. Why is that, there can be various reasons one common denominator it's old meaning dated visuals especially in eyes of casuals even among the hardcore (there's portion of fanbase that don't watch older anime of certain era's, of course depending the individual though can be similar at times may have different cut off points) keep in mind I'm not judging anyone's preference visuals part of anime DNA especially now. It's just that it's a key component why anime reboots are clamored for even with high acclaimed adaptation existing, (there are few anime's which are exception would met with distaste), majority of the time older fans also seem to be hoping for new adaptation to draw newer audience's bring a new hype and acknowledgement of the show. This something I've just observed and witnessed.

I sure don't post here at all... It is a case-by-case basis, always....Good writing and good direction are timeless. Good art is timeless. Good colour usage is timeless. Good editing is timeless. Good music is timeless....

Hmmm..., seems the obvious example (despite the gripes of the nit-pickers) of this being needed and done well was Fruits Basket (2019/The Final). It came through that the key persons working on the project loved the story and put their best effort forth, rather than it being a lazy and cynical attempt to "get money" by making a cheap remake of something already done (as Hollywood sadly does).

I've never had anything but disdain for people who refuse to watch a given work because it "looks too old." Anime as a medium has a history stretching back decades, and in my opinion if you want to call yourself a general fan of it, you need to at least be open to learning about that history and how it influenced what's being created today. I started my serious anime fandom in the mid-00s, but several of my favorite series were made before that time, and I've enjoyed multiple works made before I was even born.

There is a willful lemming-like persistence in remaking past successes time after time. They can't make them as good as they are in our memories, but they go on doing them and each time it's a disaster. Why don't we remake some of our bad pictures--I'd love another shot at The Roots of Heaven (1958)--and make them good?

See I hate the whole "this thing is old so we must make a new version of it and get it in people's faces because the profits must flow" mentality. Not everything has to be monetized and franchised indefinitely. The original series is still there, streaming on HiDive.

The home video release--okay let's not talk about that.

I'd imagine there are equivalent options in Japan too. If you want to introduce the series to people, then point them at what already exists. You don't see this mentality with classic film works: "Hey, not enough people are buying Citizen Kane or Casablanca,

I mean one of the most profitable media franchises of all time started with a movie released in 1977, and just picture how many millions of nerds would lose their crap if Disney announced an official Original Trilogy theatrical version restoration.

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There's a bigger issue thats not being addressed, or maybe its not something anime consumers just never pondered on regarding this topic, without these reboots newer audience wouldn't give the material a chance or be aware despite older fans touting how it great the particularly series is. Why is that, there can be various reasons one common denominator it's old meaning dated visuals especially in eyes of casuals even among the hardcore (there's portion of fanbase that don't watch older anime of certain era's, of course depending the individual though can be similar at times may have different cut off points) keep in mind I'm not judging anyone's preference visuals part of anime DNA especially now. It's just that it's a key component why anime reboots are clamored for even with high acclaimed adaptation existing, (there are few anime's which are exception would met with distaste), majority of the time older fans also seem to be hoping for new adaptation to draw newer audience's bring a new hype and acknowledgement of the show. This something I've just observed and witnessed.

Yeah, I tried to tiptoe around that point, but you're right, that is a common issue. I've never had anything but disdain for people who refuse to watch a given work because it "looks too old." Anime as a medium has a history stretching back decades, and in my opinion if you want to call yourself a general fan of it, you need to at least be open to learning about that history and how it influenced what's being created today. I started my serious anime fandom in the mid-00s, but several of my favorite series were made before that time, and I've enjoyed multiple works made before I was even born.

What I've always found strange is that this sentiment seems to be much more pronounced in anime fandom than it is in other media. Just look at gaming: retro content is huge. There are literally hundreds of pixel-styled indie games on every digital storefront. People clamor for Nintendo to add more of their back catalog to the Switch Online service, and the XBox's backwards compatibility (and Sony's lack thereof) is considered a major talking point. There are entire networks/streaming services dedicated to classic films and TV shows, and popular blockbusters of the past maintain an evergreen fandom: I mean one of the most profitable media franchises of all time started with a movie released in 1977, and just picture how many millions of nerds would lose their crap if Disney announced an official Original Trilogy theatrical version restoration. And obviously classic works of literature are always sought out by bibliophiles. So what is it about anime fandom that makes so many people utterly ignore anything that was released more than a handful of years ago? It's utterly bizarre.