[Off topic] What has been your favourite anime and why?

When I was in my last year of high school I started watching the Naruto series. This one the darkest time in my life. I was an average student doing my computer science course in a Govt school. All of the family members excluding my mom and teachers in my school label me as a failure. I don't have good scores in exams like my cousins and how much I try I always make silly mistakes and lose some points in exams. I started to think that I was a failure at that time. One of my friends suggested this series and has been a failure student and lost interest in studies. Naruto was the series that gave me the push I needed it made me feel like a failure like me can be successful if I put in constant effort and have the resolve to do it. For me, Naruto, the Might guy changed my life. I didn't get a good score on the final year exam of high school but I didn't lose myself and still put in the effort. And yeah finally all these efforts started to show up in my college years. Today I am earning more than my dad or any of my cousins or uncles and everyone looks up to me as a genius kid. I don't have hatred toward any of my family members and teachers because now I realize they didn't know the world. I still watch Naruto when ever I lose motivation to go forward.

Was having a conversation with my SO today. I think we’re probably the last generation who watched animated shows on TV as kids, as now the new trend is of “iPad” babies who watch content online? We started discussing about how the channel you used to watch as a kid tells you so much about that person. Like kids that watch Nickelodeon were so different than the kids who used to watch Disney. And the Cartoon Network kids were unhinged. 👀 Man, I don’t know how old is this audience but we used to have shows like Avatar-The Last Airbender, Kochikame, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokémon. And much before that Oswald, Noddy, Dexter’s Laboratory, Powerpuff Girls etc. What is your favourite animated show from back in the day? Would love to hear some stories. [Edit 1]: Grapevine has added a new edit feature on posts, and I am definitely watching Gravity Falls as recommended by DrProduct [Edit 2]: That comment has been deleted since then. 👀

I am sure you guys must be following anime , no matter whether movies or a series. What's your favourite and who do you think has impacted your thinking or have influenced you in a great way ? PS : Mine are two absolute all time favourites and greats. Dragonball and Haikyuu. Within Dragonball - Vegeta, Goku and Gohan(cell saga) are definitely the ones that have impacted my thinking most. Within Haikyuu - Almost all the characters in there, you relate to it somehow. And definitely you relate to each one of them as well as their experience and thinking paterns. But among them to which I relate the most are Kageyama and Seijoh's setter Toru Oikawa. Ushijima is also one of my favorites.

drop your top 10 anime recommendations please

Mention the best anime you have seen. One Piece for me🙌🏼

Acknowledge Your Feelings: Accept that you are lonely or have a monotonous life and you need to make the change. Don't hide behind "I'm an introvert", no you are just lazy and you are ok with living the shitty life, you just want spoon feeding, nothing else. Be Open to New Experiences. It's all about initiatives, you have to take risks and put yourself in uncomfortable situations. Do following at least once per week: Have lunch/dinner/ outside your house. Watch a movie in the theatre instead on your laptop. Work from a cafe. Talk to a stranger. Play a sport/game, you don't have to be good at it. Many people just play for fun. Find events:Just google "events near me" or "events in bangalore" etc. Give priority to physical in person experiences instead of digital ones. Explore your surroundings, go for a walk in the morning or evening, take out time, talk to your neighbours. Reach Out to Colleagues or Alumni, we all have active fiends, get in touch with them. Take Classes or Workshops, even if you are not interested. Don't hesitate to spend money on experience, see money as investments, not expenses. Don't self reject: means don't think about what would happen and just at home, anyway you aren't doing anything. People took initiatives to start groups & clubs, either start one for your area of interest, or join one. Practice Self-Care and Stay in Touch with Loved Ones: you know what that means. All this would impact your personal & professional life as well. You will stop blaming your job/manager/colleagues and accept that you were the problem, it's your choice to change your life. If you don't do any of this and still cry about your life, hope you know that "nobody cares about your shitty life, nobody is going to come save you, you are on your own and survival of the fittest". If you don't put in the effort, you deserve whatever shitty place you are at. It might not be as easy, but don't let yourself take advantage of you.

I miss watching all the anime/cartoons we used to see on TV during childhood. Like Kochikame, Scooby doo, Ben 10 maybe shinchan as well😂😂 I can't find these anywhere now.