I never particularly enjoyed mecha anime. I rather liked Patlabor but didn't see anything else of interest since then.

I also wouldn't say it's a decline without seeing the actual rate of production. For all we know, the production rate of mecha anime might have increased over the years, but the production of other genres has increased more.

If it isn't a decline, possibly one reason for it is that you can't do much with the genre that hasn't already been done, and those few recent are well regarded because they did something original. Other than that, the genre is likely tapped out. OR... it gets absorbed into other genres as an everyday feature, with the anime work not being about mecha itself.

Sorry, I explain a little more in the comment below, I just took a really long time to type it so it was delayed. Didn't expect people to see my post so soon. But TYSM I really appreciate the feedback :)

Credits:This visualization was made using this kaggle dataset. The Kaggle dataset is based on data scraped off of MyAnimeList and the ratings/score is a 1-10 scale by it's users. The tools I used were plotly and pandas in python to generate my visualization.Disclaimers:The portion of Mecha Anime (blue line) is based on the anime that begin airing in that year, anime that span multiple years may not be fully represented in my visualization. Additionally, as u/amatulic pointed out, the total number of anime produced each year is increasing so the number of Mecha anime is growing but the share of total anime that Mecha makes up is shrinking. The general trend of scores rising is not specific to Mecha anime although I was unable the show that in this visualization. Also, sorry about how plain the graph looks, I am still just beginning in data science.

Explanations/Insights:Especially up to the mid-1980s, the popularity/quantity of Mecha anime released seemed to lag behind the general ratings that it received where the red line can predict each peak and dip in the blue line. After a steep drop in ratings in 1987, Mecha anime only made up 15% of all Anime released each year and continued to decline despite scores generally increasing. Potential reasons for the loss in popularity are likely from the genre being exhausted of its good ideas continuously raising the bar and removing potentially great Mecha anime as cliche and repetitive.

Now its more of my opinion but I think Isekai and fantasy will see somewhat similar things in the future although the decline may be slower due to it being a much broader genre with more ideas to exhaust.

I love this!

The leading statement of "decline" feels misleading though.

Your data shows there's less output but increased quality/satisfaction (whatever score is). I wouldn't necessarily generalize that as a decline...or I would specify that lead statement a little more.

okay but this is a table

No doubt, I'm a Niner fan and have been crying tears of joy for this.

I was trying to refute the original statement that offense had more impact than defense. This is often true but looking just at this chart, the Niners seemed to paint a different conclusion.

And yeah, Purdy's been awesome, I want him to be the permanent starter. He's proven himself whereas Lance hasn't, and Jimmy is on his way out.

“After being mentored by Benjamin Graham, his first investment firm as a professional was Buffett Partnership, Ltd that he created in 1956 at 26 years old. In 1961, after his partnership was worth millions, Buffett made his first $1 million investment in a windmill manufacturing company.”

Not pulled from this, but here is a nice timeline I just found https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/08/30/how-warren-buffett-made-billions-became-oracle-of-omaha.html

>Feeding a chicken a diet of processed corn product and antibiotics: Not processed, totally natural. Mushing a bunch of plants together in a tube shape: Disgustingly processed, inherently unhealthy.

Thats why you buy organic chicken. Double points if you get your protein from all kinds of sources, not just animals. If your sausage actually only contains a few things without added sugar or seed oils or additives, that would be great. The backside won’t tell you about how it is processing other than that though. If it really has better macros than chicken ontop of that, then I would be throroughly amazed.

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>Plant sausage is a bit salty, so it's a good thing no vegan sits around just eating fake sausage. Other than soy, no one plant protein has all 9 amino acids that the body needs from food.

Afaik quinoa is more complete than soy, which is limited in sulphur containing amino acids. Though not exactly relevant if combined with other sources.

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>That's why the first rule of a vegan diet is "get protein from multiple sources."

I know; I somewhat stated this myself in my last comment. Yet it is still far easier to get the things You need from an omnivore diet.

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>Please share these primary sources that demonstrate the points you're trying to make about a plant-based diet being unhealthy.

I have never claimed this. Let me reiterate yet another time: I was solely referring to my opinion that highly processed vegan replacement products are not the ideal food (see above). To add: usually the burden of proof lies with the one challenging the status quo. The status quo for nutrition science is that we know absolutely nothing other than a few select things. Even if I wanted to, I cannot fully disprove a plant-based diet being healthy as much as you cannot prove it is healthy as of right now. Same goes for any other diet. Nutrition science is inherently extremely complex as variables are plenty and longterm study/protocol adherence is bad. We just are not there yet and claiming anything else is just an ideology at this point.

Calorie surplus is necessary for muscle gain. If you're starving your body of calories, you body will utilize other sources of energy within your body when exercising (i.e. fat and muscle)

top left has redundant bars

top right I don't understand

I don't think Haricot beans are that high if I'm correct though

I’ve always wondered what percentage of the people that acquired health insurance under the ACA were 18-26 year old offspring of parents that already were insured.

Brock Purdy was playing at an Pro Bowl level in those games though.

Cool but really sending the wrong message. Half the list is bread lol.

Cheap ain’t healthy.

>lean muscle mass gains for groups that consume animal based proteins

The difference in the study you linked is very small, to the extent that it is only really relevant if you're a professional bodybuilder. The average gym goer won't see much of a difference. If they're really worried about it, they could supplement their diet with protein powder (though it won't be necessary).

Its much more important that you have an optimal training regimen than worrying about where your protein comes from.

Feeding a chicken a diet of processed corn product and antibiotics: Not processed, totally natural. Mushing a bunch of plants together in a tube shape: Disgustingly processed, inherently unhealthy.

Plant sausage is a bit salty, so it's a good thing no vegan sits around just eating fake sausage.

Other than soy, no one plant protein has all 9 amino acids that the body needs from food. That's why the first rule of a vegan diet is "get protein from multiple sources."

Please share these primary sources that demonstrate the points you're trying to make about a plant-based diet being unhealthy.

And there is less demand. By using other sources to generate electricity and heating.

Nah. I like them.

No, I said nothing even close to your delusional rant.

If you have a high protein goal for the sake of getting jacked, you're going to need a specialized diet anyway, regardless of whether you eat meat. Body builders aren't going to TGI Fridays and eating pizza like a regular American omnivore.

From a visualization standpoint, it would be stronger to illustrate a gap with a visual gap. could you lay out the graphs so the image and the metaphor match?

Are you saying the vegan obesity rate is the same as the omnivore obesity rate?

Of the 20+ vegans I know, the ones that are overweight or scrawny were already that way before they turned vegan. The rest of us are energetic, fit, and have plenty of muscle tone. I feel like if I were unhealthy, a doctor would have said something to me about it some time over the last 25 years (especially during pregnancy).

I'm not sure how much protein you think a person needs to eat every day to maintain a healthy (non body builder) muscle weight. But the number of vegan body builders demonstrates you can get ripped on plants if you put your mind to it.

It can if that's a thing your body does! If that's how your body reacts to gluten you shouldn't eat too much. But if your body doesn't have that reaction, there's no problem. You might as well tell everyone to avoid strawberries because some people are allergic to strawberries.

we have tons of posts like this (about german's gas)

maybe we will stop posting it?

I love that a thread from 2008 is still up in all its stupid glory in the year 2023. Warms my heart.