Am I anime now?

[xyzzysqrl]

It's 1994 and I'm watching a poorly-tracked VHS tape of Ranma 1/2 from Blockbuster at a friend's house. It's a funny show. My favorite is Nabiki.
It's 2004 and I'm watching season 1 of Ranma 1/2 on DVD while talking about it on furry IRC. I'm starting to wonder if I should make a girl version of my character.
It's 2024 and I'm watching a pirated yoink of a new version of Ranma 1/2 with a lover on Discord screen-share. We're both trans.

Time and gender are fake ideas.

Comments

[silveradept]

They are, indeed. And I think we've all become anime, at least partially. The world we live in is much more 19XX or 20XX than whatever the future was supposed to be.

[indi_timberpath]

I feel this. Heck I’m feeling it right now as I see more folks come on this site; I’m having the joyous experience of seeing what kind of strange critters my friends are friends with…

(and don’t forget I gendered so hard that I went like full-circle or something :D)

How’s the new Ranma?

[xyzzysqrl]

I was honestly not prepared for -another- DW influx. I wonder if I should go looking for people to follow...

It's kinda exactly the same as the old Ranma, one episode in. Much brighter and more colorful with more splashy "pop-art" style visuals, but it really still feels very much the same and I'd be surprised if the script wasn't almost identical as well. I suspect I won't REALLY feel a difference until they decide to do something the manga did and anime didn't.

Fun though!