There ' s a big difference between we ' re a dumpster and we ' re frustrated because we know we ' re better than this <| sep |> Tell us more <| sep |> You sound like someone with an excuse for everything . You ' re going places , kid . <| sep |> Absolutely brilliant idea , I ' ll contribute some painted toppers I know it ' s not much Upvoted ! <| sep |> And I must ask , war against who ? <| sep |> Like here you are using a whole decade , while giving other ages a much shorter time span . Using just what shaped it as a golden age is also flawed , since we could argue that Disney had a much higher influence on shaping the 6575 anime that defined cartoonanime in japan . You are also mainly complaining about the use of golden age , while it is quite clear this is about finding the best anime year and season . Of course we can discuss if the approach he went with is giving the correct result , which he even mentioned is just the most objective approach he could see for determining it . No , I didn ' t . I didn ' t provide a different time frame for another ' era '. I mentioned the 90 s , which is another decade and the exact same amount of time . It was an example , and it ' s pretty generally a consensus that time frame around the 60 s is the Golden Age of anime in much the same manner that the Golden Age of comics is the period between 1930 and 1950 . Golden Age does not mean Best Age Ever it ' s just an early period where a lot of important things happened and is usually the first time a medium is relevant in popular culture , but not necessarily when it is the at the height of its popularity either . My point was that an era is a longer period of time than a season . A Golden Age is also something distant that is usually near to the early part of the history of a medium . I mentioned a season , but in a different context . I never said it is the same thing as an era , and it is pretty clear in my post that they two different things . I ' d also point out that Disney ' s influence doesn ' t matter in this context . It ' s still when a lot of the ideas and styles of modern anime were first created . The fact that Disney influenced it is irrelevant to the point . That is true but don ' t make it sound like the 90 s didn ' t do that as well with stuff like berserk , they however just gave their promotion material often ~ 24 episodes instead of just 12 . You also ignoring how these glorified commercial can lead to more adaption if they do well like say Konosuba , and it have created a lot more variety in anime , since more anime at least gets a chance . A lot of anime in the past was created with the intend to selling merchandise so again you are being very selective in your claim of how anime have changed . The change is mainly in what they are advertising . I didn ' t . In fact , I deliberately avoided saying that . There were a lot of OVAs created for that purpose , but in general , TV animation was generally not intended to sell other mediums such as manga . This is actually a somewhat recent development for it to be the main focus of most anime . Back then , it was toys that they were trying to sell mostly , and series tended to be created with the intention of being completed . Not all of them made it , but the mentality was different at the time . You are disregarding every other thing that have affected anime , and you are ignoring the fact that it isn ' t possible to say how much affect the later year of anime have had of an affect , since there haven ' t been enough time to see the result . This is especially apparent when most stuff is an adaption so the cycle for stuff to affect will be longer than just pure original materials . No , I ' m not . You ' re putting a lot of words in my mouth . I am not discounting other influences or saying that these were the only influences that existed or that no other era was important or had strong influences . The 90 s had an unusually high number of influential shows , and 9495 in particular . I agree that earlier anime together with Disney have been a huge influence in defining anime , but I disagree with it being the only parameter to use for defining the best time of anime , since so many things have an influence on the direction anime is taking , and we don ' t have enough of a distance for the newer anime stuff to say how much it have affected . I never said this . Not once did I mention or imply anything about it being the only parameter . It is , however , an important one . The shows I mentioned were influential for a reason . To be perfectly honest , it ' s far too soon to go say that any season in the last decade will be highly influential , much less on the level of the 60 s 70 s , or 90 s . Some distance is required before that call can be made . It ' s far too soon to be making claims like that . Same goes for whether a recent season is ' the best ever '. We tend to look on recent things more favorably , but the real measure is how well they hold up over time . That doesn ' t mean that recent seasons can ' t be great or important , just that it ' s too soon to say in the context of ' best ever ' or how much influence shows will have going forward yet . I ' ve enjoyed several of the more recent seasons , and there have been a few slower seasons mixed in as well . That ' s perfectly normal , but that ' s the rub as well . We ' re not really in a position yet to rank recent seasons in such a lofty manner yet . It ' s too soon .