Anime sucking lately

I think it's very much subjective, like music tastes. Sure, you may hate hip-hop and emo/pop-punk, but those are the genres that are in vogue. I may say that the best music climaxed at 1969, some others may say the best music is now.

I haven't ventured much into modern anime simply because nothing has caught my eye, unlike when I was extremely interested in anime more than half a decade ago. After a while, it seems like genres are repeating themselves, like Hollywood movies, and you yearn for more - but you're not getting any. It's like hearing that song on the radio, you're constantly searching for that new high.

Perhaps you should try testing some modern series out. You might find something surprising. I also find a connection between teenage years and anime. Maybe that's when anime made the most impact on us, and maybe that's why when we watch anime back in the day it is more memorable and nothing now can hold up to that image or feeling we got then. I sure can say that my interests have changed completely and anime is just a long stage of my teenage life, so that's why when I see modern anime today I feel that I cannot get that good feeling back. Instead I rely on nostalgia of older series that I highly enjoyed.

Maybe this is also psychobabble. I could be one of the few in many feeling this way about anime.

Jam it back in, in the dark.