Animation (and Comics) after 30

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Rules:

While this is a community for animation and comic fans over 30 years of age, younger visitors are welcome to participate too on the condition that they identify themselves as "under 30" in all posts and comments.
Be kind. Recognize that not everyone will share your taste in media. If you're going to be mean or snarky about a series you dislike, explain what you didn't like about it (one man's trash is another man's masterpiece).
NSFW is allowed, but NO PORN please! This isn't a community for that kind of "mature" animation...

Are you:

At least 30 years old?
A fan of animation (eastern or western)?
A fan of comics (eastern or western, print or web)?
Looking for more series that appeal to an older demographic?

Do you feel like high school dramas and edgelord power fantasies just don't provide you with the same entertainment value they did when you were younger? Are you skeeved out by panty shots and lewd angles of girls young enough to be your daughter? Perhaps you're bored by the "will they won't they" of a bunch of kids freaking out over their first kiss. Maybe everything is starting to feel like a slurry of tired old tropes. But if despite all this you still enjoy the drawn medium, even after aging out of its key demographic, welcome!

Let's help each other find some animation/comics that are a bit more age-appropriate (or at least that don't make you go "hey, isn't this just a repackaged version of [series from 20 years ago]?"). Reviews, recommendations, requests, laments, memes all welcome.

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Y'all ever enthusiastically recommend a series to someone, then two days later suddenly remember that one episode/chapter where the creator's fetish is on full display? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by fireweed to c/animationafter30

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Honestly: most series.

Sayonara Zetsubou-sensei comes to mind as a somewhat recent example (which shows my age even more than being in this sub, since the anime is almost old enough to vote at this point). It was very funny and even thought-provoking at times, but as the series went on it leaned further and further into ecchi/moe territory. They even broke the fourth wall and commented on it in the show at one point. What a shame.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

Yup, loved that one up until it got weird.

[–] fireweed 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Bakemonogatari (same studio) was at least considerate enough to clearly demonstrate its ecchi tendencies in episode two. Granted they still caught everyone completely by surprise with the infamous tooth brushing episode...