Why are so many modern anime's so generic?

[Turk]

"Defeat the demon king" , "betrayed by my party", "considered to be the weakest but secretly has the strongest skill", "magical academy", "a fantasy setting that's based on medieval Europe", "transported to another world", etc the list goes on and on. So many recent anime's follow these generic plots. A generic plot isn't inherently bad but so many recent anime's don't even do a good job of trying to be creative

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

Most likely because anime is mainstream now. Once any medium becomes mainstream, it lends itself to a lot of hacks and template tracers to enter the chat. So originality goes down and mimicry goes up, just off the strength of influx of sheer numbers game. You get tried and true and evergreen rather than experimental and unique.

 

[folasade]

For me, anime tends to go through this cycle. You'll get some good ones, everybody tries to copy them and makes everything boring, and then something comes out that's actually interesting.

 

[Majestyx]

shyt peaked like 15yrs ago. now everything is basically just some rehash of some shyt you’ve seen before. shyt is unfortunate

 

[BlackXCL]

and they all star some high school kid. im sick of it.

DragonBall is forever the GOAT

 

[Jaguar93]

“Modern” shyt been going on for years. Ain’t nothing new under the sun.

 

[My Girl is Bow Legged]

they always were. back in the day there was no "streaming everything airing in japan" so generally we only got the good shyt.

anime/manga like everything else is about chasing fads. isekai/fantasy op bullshyt is easy money so they spam it. before that they spammed high school harem shows like there was no tomorrow

 

[KFBF]

The Isekai trend is so fukking played out.

 

[WIA20XX]

I was reincarnated as JJ from Good Times and my party left me, but my dynomite skill is secretly OP, as I seek revenge

 

[Gizmo_Duck]

Shonen tropes the YA of Japanese literature

 

[RennisDeynolds]

You forget Isekai and Harem

 

[Lhark]

Isekais are just the new "hotness" im assuming they're really cheap to crank out and get people to watch them with their ridiculous titles.

 

[Jaguar93]

they always were. back in the day there was no "streaming everything airing in japan" so generally we only got the good shyt.

anime/manga like everything else is about chasing fads. isekai/fantasy op bullshyt is easy money so they spam it. before that they spammed high school harem shows like there was no tomorrow

Yup, the tropes and premises that OP is talking about aren’t just a modern anime thing. These things always existed, especially in the isekai/fantasy, shonen, magical girl, and mecha genres. It's more noticeable today because of anime's popularity and availability.

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

The Isekai trend is so fukking played out.

....

 

[KFBF]

The Isekai trend is so fukking played out.

I was reincarnated as Jimmy from JJ Walker from Good Times and my party left me, but my dynomite skill is secretly OP, as I seek revenge

Nevermind Id watch this.