[reidinanto]

Originally Posted by Ang3lo

I like some of the new titles, but much prefer the old ones. In the golden era, during the late 70's and 80's, anime used to be more lifelike, down-to-earth, personal and artistic, often with a kind of poetic touch. Back in the days anime was made to evoke emotions, provoke a discussion on troubling daily themes, to wildly stir the imagination and subconsciously educate.

Nowadays the production feels really cheap and superficial, with very little creativity involved. Today it's mostly made like fast food, just to provide laughs for increasingly rushed youth and be forgotten.

+1.

[mahjong]

I agree with Ang3lo
They are much more emotional and have better story "more lifelike, down-to-earth" - thats it.
There are great animes nowadays too, but because of the competition, the close deadlines/limited budget, etc. there are too much meaningless funservice ones.

[momoji]

New anime for me. Better animation and better voice acting.

[Nikolauss]

As Ang3lo said it used to be made with much more finesse compared to modern day animes. But as with all things evolution stepped in and made some thing for the better.

The main thing is that we still have a chance to make the decision ourselves weather we like what we get or not.

[captmartian]

Because whatever is 'new' always becomes 'old' to someone I end up eventually liking and watching both.

[Nholandetoi]

I like both old and new. There's lots of craps from the old days as there's lots of gems from the "new" generation.
I can't really generalize about them, truly.

I do regret the current fanservice wave that seems common in each show now (too much, too many, too often...) but I do welcome the energy of some new shows that I didn't get with the old ones.

I do agree with Ang3lo about the fast food delivery of some new shows and how they're made just to entertain (and engross money) before being easily forgotten, but I still am hopeful and I know there are many artists and writers out there who still want to make quality shows. We just have to look for them more carefully.