Can't exactly think of a correct title, but to describe it in words, there was a period of time in anime somewhere around the mid to late 2000-2010 where there was a genre of anime I got "attached" to which was romance/drama based anime that was seinen in demography and was of a certain style which I'm having trouble describing.
It's very different from the style of romance/drama that todays anime seems to portray this genre in shows like Nagi no Asu Kara, Toradora, Sakurasou, Ano Natsu De Matteru or Golden Time which unfortunately I despise.
I'm talking about shows like ef tale of memories, True Tears, Kimi ga Nozu Eien, Myself Yourself, Sola, H20 etc. Been digging through my anime collection today, and I just realized these kind of shows have historically not sold well on disc and are rare to be made into TV anime. The only ones I can remember on top of my head that were of this style in recent times are White Album 2 and Kimi no Iru Machi. I have an attachment for these kind of series, even if they are not very good or have problems and been feeling a strong nostalgia for them. It's probably why I was ecstatic as hell when White Album 2 was as good as it was, because an anime of that caliber in this genre and style comes in once in a blue moon - I still stand by comment back then I think it was the best romance/drama TV anime since ef/True Tears.
I don't know if anyone else out there is nostalgic for them as well, but I sure am. I watched those kind of series during a rather "lonely" period of my life, and while I am in no way feeling that these days, I do look at what romance anime of the seinen demography are now, and I look at it back then and I can't help but facedesk myself.
EDIT:
This particular music video for example, in particular which I fondly remember, sparked all sorts of nostalgic feelings even though the series itself wasn't quite as good as the music video portrayed it as, but nonetheless the tone/atmosphere completely hits the spot for me:
It's very different from the style of romance/drama that todays anime seems to portray this genre in shows like Nagi no Asu Kara, Toradora, Sakurasou, Ano Natsu De Matteru or Golden Time which unfortunately I despise.
I'm talking about shows like ef tale of memories, True Tears, Kimi ga Nozu Eien, Myself Yourself, Sola, H20 etc. Been digging through my anime collection today, and I just realized these kind of shows have historically not sold well on disc and are rare to be made into TV anime. The only ones I can remember on top of my head that were of this style in recent times are White Album 2 and Kimi no Iru Machi. I have an attachment for these kind of series, even if they are not very good or have problems and been feeling a strong nostalgia for them. It's probably why I was ecstatic as hell when White Album 2 was as good as it was, because an anime of that caliber in this genre and style comes in once in a blue moon - I still stand by comment back then I think it was the best romance/drama TV anime since ef/True Tears.
I don't know if anyone else out there is nostalgic for them as well, but I sure am. I watched those kind of series during a rather "lonely" period of my life, and while I am in no way feeling that these days, I do look at what romance anime of the seinen demography are now, and I look at it back then and I can't help but facedesk myself.
EDIT:
This particular music video for example, in particular which I fondly remember, sparked all sorts of nostalgic feelings even though the series itself wasn't quite as good as the music video portrayed it as, but nonetheless the tone/atmosphere completely hits the spot for me:
Spoiler for Myself Yourself:
Mid-Late 2000-2010 Seinen "Romance/Drama" Anime