I genuinely mean it. I know every anime I like the fandom is just filled with annoying Tumblr/Twitter fans (should I even call them that?). At least a couple years ago I could be in a fandom but not all of it was filled with annoying Tumblr users, there’d be some sane people left. Now it’s like there’s no sane people anymore in fandom. Can there at least be one anime fandom where headcanons and sexuality aren’t forced upon a character?
I recently just got into Trigun and I was browsing Aliexpress for merch and saw a button saying “I watched Trigun and now I’m blonde and transgender” like what the hell does that mean? How does an anime with Christian themes to it attract these types of people? Like get outta here lol.
Idk it just sucks being an anime fan in this current time.
Some niche imageboards and private communities I guess, that's about it.
If you're talking a broad anime fandom, no particular thing is "sacred" per se anymore, some are just less cucked than others, like Berserk, Fist of the North Star, TTGL, Gundam, Hajime no Ippo, LotGH (and some older anime communities), etc. but they still have their share of cancer in the fandom at large.
The more niche, old, based, autistic, manly, (and/or edgy) the subject matter is, the likelier it is that the fandom will be somewhat tolerable but its not an impenetrable barrier or anything.
Just find some friends who have the same shared interests in anime and stick with 'em, that's my recommendation.
Gundam has been fucked for a long time fandom wise.
no one likes /r/gundam users. Especially their builds. Besides bandai predominantly panders to china since they're like the second largest plastic addicts. So while it is fucked, it's fucked in a way the original fanbase like it.
Yeah, on second thought I shouldn't have included it lol