Panache Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Ive noticed something recently. Whenever I finished watching any good anime I have this horrible empty feeling right in my stomache. It's odd. Ive watched many anime but this strange feeling comes back every time. Am I the only one who feels this odd feeling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Kenshin_ Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Yes, that's the same thing that happens to me. Usually because I feel like there's more that could have been added or if it felt unfinished ,but that happens EVERY time not once has it ever not been there or should I say has been there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panache Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Its gotten to the point where I will not buy any anime that is not more than 25 25 min episodes long so I can stretch it out and prolounge this period of sorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animegirl803 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 [COLOR=Plum]Yeah, same here. I think the reason why I get that feeling is because it's kind of hard to see a show end when you watched it from the very beginning. When some anime shows end, it feels like there more to the story than what the last ep shows. That's just my opinion.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delta Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 [COLOR=#656446]Seconded, especially if it ends with a few of your favorite characters dying. Well-rendered endings are a whole lot worse than crappy endings 'cause they tend to stick to your brain much, much longer (take GITS:SAC 2nd Gig's, for example). But still, I'd rather see a series' ending and catch that "empty feeling" than forever wonder how they concluded the story.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panache Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Now its coming to the point where it takes weeks to get out of the horrible depression. This is getting unmanagable. I might have to take a couple years off of anime as a whole just so I can recover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Kenshin_ Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 This is why I don't usually watch a series again ,unless its a series where I can write down my own version on paper like full metal alchemist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panache Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 Wow I just found a new song that makes i alot worse. A song called manic depression by Jimi Hendrix. Makes me feel like crap after watching kare kano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Kenshin_ Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 [quote name='Avenged666fold']Wow I just found a new song that makes i alot worse. A song called manic depression by Jimi Hendrix. Makes me feel like crap after watching kare kano.[/quote] [COLOR=Teal]Then um.. what would you say..... Don't listen to it. Ya that's it.[/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2vq Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 [quote name='Avenged666fold']Now its coming to the point where it takes weeks to get out of the horrible depression. This is getting unmanagable. I might have to take a couple years off of anime as a whole just so I can recover.[/quote]o.O I'm not sure if you're joking or if you're serious. If you're joking.., Great one, you got me there. ;) If you're not... I don't mean to be rude, but you should get a life. I assure you that I only have the kindest intentions when saying this... Anime is first and foremost a form of entertainment. Most have been created so you can enjoy your time while watching them. If your life is centered around the medium so much that you it can make you depressed for long stretches at a time, you're obsessing way too much over it. That "empty feeling" that comes from completing something and knowing nothing comes after is understandable, but an unmanagable depression? You shouldn't rely on Anime alone to pass your time or make you happy. This way, if you get depressed from Anime, you can get away from it and to your other interests and past times. But yeah, once again, if you're joking. ^^ heh, you got me. -Arvi Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Kenshin_ Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Ya I get depressed from them, but what R2vq said I can do other things to help get over the depression like basketball for me. It's no good to be completely douced in anime and depression. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sojio Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 Yeah i get this feeling aswell when i finish an anime its like the feeling you get when your nervous. I get this feeling when i realise that believe it or not Anime is in fact not real at all. That really gets me down especially when you've seen an entire series and you feel personally attached to the characters. I get this feeling after series. But i remember the first time i got it was when i finished Laputa:Castle in The Sky I am with R2vq in saying that anime is only a form of entertainment and that its not good to get overly depressed at it. Although it have to say i did fell like Avenged666 afterwatching Starwars 3: Revenge Of The Sith but i got over it in like 3 days. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooxy Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I felt like this after I finnished watching Neon Genesis Evanglion, the oddness of the series and the fact that things don't really go "according to plan"? I don't know I just felt depressed after watching it, and I finnished watching it the last saturday of spring break, so i had to goto school on monday feeling all wierd :S It sounds odd that someone would be getting all depressed over a "cartoon" but I dunno. Watch Neon Genesis, and the movies, and then you will know the feeling. But you're not alone xD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagger Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I can sympathize, although this doesn't happen to me terribly often. It doesn't send me into a deep depression or what have you, but it does make me disinclined to watch other anime. Recently, I got hit pretty hard, between finishing Fullmetal Alchemist and finishing Mushishi's TV run. I had plans to start in on some other shows afterward, but I just couldn't get in the mood for them. The best cure? For me, it's a heavy dose of doujinshi and fanfiction, plus a little bit of re-watching (I saw The Conqueror of Shambala again last night). Right now I'm still wallowing in FMA-related fanworks. I got lucky this time, however; few other series have as many good doujin floating around as FMA. ~Dagger~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekova Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 I get that feeling a lot when I finish an anime series. Not because it's over (one of the things I like best about anime is that most series are planned from the beginning and have a definite, conclusive ending), but because it seems most of the series I own have endings that are absolutely gut wrenching. The first time I watched X, for example, I couldn't think of anything else but that for days afterwards, and I had to go online and learn everything I could about the series. When I finished Wolf's Rain, and a lot of other series, it was the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalon Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 [QUOTE=Dagger]The best cure? For me, it's a heavy dose of doujinshi and fanfiction, plus a little bit of re-watching (I saw The Conqueror of Shambala again last night). Right now I'm still wallowing in FMA-related fanworks. I got lucky this time, however; few other series have as many good doujin floating around as FMA. ~Dagger~[/QUOTE] I hate feeling sad over anime. Fan-fics are probably the best way to deal with anime-induced depression. The loverly writers out there find ways to by-pass the laws of nature and give you a happy ending that wouldn't happen otherwise. I want most series to end happily, even if you wouldn't get the fairy-tale ending in real life. Cowboy Bebop is one of my few exceptions. :catgirl: The Fullmetal Alchemist anime ending was beautifully done, but the story didn't turn out how I wanted it to. Fortunately, I still enjoy it because I can completely ignore the ending. The manga is still going in Japan, and the anime changed much of the plot around. Hiromu Arakawa had almost nothing to do with the anime, so there is still hope for the short blond bishi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVA Unit 100 Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 [QUOTE=Dagger]The best cure? For me, it's a heavy dose of doujinshi and fanfiction, plus a little bit of re-watching (I saw The Conqueror of Shambala again last night). Right now I'm still wallowing in FMA-related fanworks. I got lucky this time, however; few other series have as many good doujin floating around as FMA. ~Dagger~[/QUOTE] *gasp* There are [SIZE=4]GOOD[/SIZE] doujinshi[SIZE=3]!?![/SIZE] Sorry if I sounded sarcastic. It just seems that whenever I go to an anime convention all of the doujinshis that are being sold are pornography. I'd probably trust a Yoshitiro aBe doujinshi since he's proven himself to have some tallent but I don't really know how to find anything else worth reading. Recommendations? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panache Posted March 28, 2006 Author Share Posted March 28, 2006 [QUOTE=r2vq]o.O I'm not sure if you're joking or if you're serious. If you're joking.., Great one, you got me there. ;) If you're not... I don't mean to be rude, but you should get a life. I assure you that I only have the kindest intentions when saying this... Anime is first and foremost a form of entertainment. Most have been created so you can enjoy your time while watching them. If your life is centered around the medium so much that you it can make you depressed for long stretches at a time, you're obsessing way too much over it. That "empty feeling" that comes from completing something and knowing nothing comes after is understandable, but an unmanagable depression? You shouldn't rely on Anime alone to pass your time or make you happy. This way, if you get depressed from Anime, you can get away from it and to your other interests and past times. But yeah, once again, if you're joking. ^^ heh, you got me. -Arvi[/QUOTE] Gotcha yea im joking about that deep depression stuff. Well actually one time with chobits I was depressed for about a week. Thats the worst ive ever had. And ive even found an immediate cure (well technically). Guild WArs. When I play this I can forget about everthing and when im done I know I can play agian and there will always be something new and fun when I go and play again. Too bad I can only play on weekends :animecry: . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted March 28, 2006 Share Posted March 28, 2006 [FONT=Arial]This happened to me after watching the last episode of .hack//SIGN. I was seriously in love with this anime, so much that I cried when I couldn't watch it because it wasn't on, or that one time when my mother told me I wasn't allowed (I just taped it and watched it the next day, xP). When the last episode ended? I was sobbing. Sobbing! I was lucky to have seen it from the very beginning, but I think I missed one or two episodes because I went out of town or something. Everything about this anime was perfect: the great animation, the amazing story, the beautiful music, and the characters that I desperately wished were real (this all happened from sixth grade to seventh). When it ended, I cried myself to sleep, and of course, the empty feeling vacuumed itself to life in my stomach. I don't know if I was just emotional because of the ending it had, or because it was over and there wouldn't be any new episodes (save Gift and the two bonus episodes...one was Intermezzo, but I don't remember the other). This is the only time this has happened to me, though, because I think this is the only anime I've seen from start to finish and loved as much as I did.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raphael Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 [FONT=Palatino Linotype]This stuff happened to me also. I've watched many animes, ranged from serious action to all-out-laugh comedy animes. Everytime I finish one of them I felt some sort of, as the topic said, emptiness. The worst might have been when I finished watching GTO. Yup, Great Teacher Onizuka. The show kick a**! Way too cool for me to explain why I like it, but when the story's end, I was like -_- and :(. I wasn't able to enjoy any other anime after that, so I played my PS2 over and over until I miss them. I haven't felt that feeling anymore, and I wish I'd never again. Eventhough I miss it, it's just sucks if you had to feel empty after you finished an anime.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slade Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 yeah I get that empty feeling inside too. I hate it when a good anime ends. I jsut feel like there was some much more that could have been shown or done to prolong the ending, but I suppose when that happens then you start to get those episodes that are fillers and no one ever likes those :( When ever I see a good ending it puts me in a melancholy state but I can always pop in a action anime and have that lift up my spirits :animesmil * pops in Nadesico* yeah!......wait no, JOE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenshin DX Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 [quote name='Avenged666fold']Gotcha yea im joking about that deep depression stuff. .[/quote] Hmm I get the feeling you werent joking :p . But whatever I really dont get depressed over an anime being over. It was a gret ride while it lasted but all good things must come to an end. The best thing to do is to find another quality anime to watch and enjoy. After finishing Champloo I really felt more satsified with the series than depressed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panache Posted March 29, 2006 Author Share Posted March 29, 2006 [QUOTE=Samurai Mix]Hmm I get the feeling you werent joking :p . But whatever I really dont get depressed over an anime being over. It was a gret ride while it lasted but all good things must come to an end. The best thing to do is to find another quality anime to watch and enjoy. After finishing Champloo I really felt more satsified with the series than depressed.[/QUOTE]OMG is was sooo a joke. A joke. And some animes are nice in the end like that but some are not. Like Hack.//sign. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alchemist1080 Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 I always get that feeling over animes being over. I just get so into some of them and then when it's done i screamed at the TV saying "WHAT THE F*@K!!!!" I said that when GITS:SAC 2nd GIG was over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claire Posted March 29, 2006 Share Posted March 29, 2006 [quote name='Avenged666fold']OMG is was sooo a joke. A joke. And some animes are nice in the end like that but some are not. Like Hack.//sign.[/quote] [FONT=Arial]Actually, .hack//SIGN was very nice at the end. [spoiler]Tsukasa finally wakes up from her coma and meets Subaru in real life.[/spoiler] That's probably the best ending that could be hoped for.[/FONT] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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