Went back and rewatched a few of the shows I liked for nostalgia. Some held up like Avatar and Dragon Ball, but others were much different from what I remembered like the Powerpuff Girls. I always imagined it as a gateway show to anime with a lot of fight scenes, but in reality it was generally a rosy cheeked 1950sesque leave-it-to-beavery Americana kind of cartoon that happened to have a superhero story on the side. Not saying it’s bad, just different.

It totally hit me: I’m the old one now. Of course this doesn’t hold up, I’m not the target audience anymore. I watched the first sonic movie as well over the holidays while watching one of my 8 year old cousins and thought the same thing…fuck, I’m old.

They loved it, and that’s great! But I didn’t because I’m older now and it has nothing to do with the show, and part of my New Year’s resolution is to be less of a manchild anyways.