What is this odd reaction childhood/ anime?

ok so when i watch an anime cartoon that i used to watch when i was kid i become estatic, and get this high level feeling of joy, i feel like i'm 9 again i'm 17 now but i'm wondering is this normal to watch a childhood show and just be completely taken by emotions to the point that u ask how can even be possible... i'm just wondering how such a reaction can take place, is it because those cartoons were duing a time of my life when things were the best i was the most happy for the longest time> and i'm just being reminded of that good time causing the reaction to take place.

or is it something simplier like u just having the same reaction of excitment and thrill u expirienced as a kid when watching the shows

not that it matters but the shows are tenchi and gundam wing from toonami... share your thoughts your ideas possible answers

Answer:
I think it's some sort of nostalgia (don't take my word for it, though!).

I'm 27 and I used to watch Saint Seyia when I was a kid. I just bought all the DVDs a couple of weeks ago. The animation is not great (the fight are quite bad, actually, and it's all about fights!), and the plot is not that coherent. But I still love it! I remember the music, and most of the episodes... of course, I KNOW the show is not that great, and sometimes, I'm just laughing because it's quite simplistic. But I still enjoy it, maybe also because there's a very good message in this anime.

Anyway, to sum up, you're not the only one!
Subliminal messages hidden in the anime. Stop watching now before there is permanent damage.
yea i uderstand where you are comin from. they remid you of the happy times you have had and you just love to have those same feelings now even when you are down in the dumps. but you need to remember that you cannot always rely on tv shows to make you feel good. it is like a 20 year old suckign on a binky. you have to learn to get along with out it. although cartoons are not bad every now and then.
It's pretty simple =) Your mind captures the moments of happiness in your life, and if the moment replays itself(watching the shows again), then the reminicing part of your brain replays that happiness. I hope that helps.
If it was the same show you watched back then, you're probably regressing by triggering those memories with both vision and sound.
It's not exactly the same because yours is visual, but I get strong reactions to smells and sounds. Recently I have been staying with my grandmother so I could be closer to my husband (he's Air Force), and I found out that when she irons her clothes the sound of the liquid sloshing in the iron and the board creaking nearly make me pass out. It's like a tingling that goes up and down my spine, accompanied by light-headedness, very bizarre but not unpleasant. I get that same tingling and dizzy feeling when someone walks by me with a certain perfume or cologne on. One time I was mesmerized by a certain perfume in a K-Mart and my mother told me that she used to wear that exact kind when I was very young.
COULD BE THAT YOU WERE A VERY HAPPY CHILD AND YOU GET AN EMOTIONAL FLASHBACK WHEN YOU SEE THE CARTOONS.
Ah you just miss those times.
Sometimes I hear a song I haven't heard for years and it brings back this feeling that I'm somewhere else, and I could swear that I smell what I did years ago and that I feel even younger than I am right now.
It's common, just enjoy it.

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