[jennyrae]

It depends. Many people start off liking anime when they are young, because anime are cartoons. As some people grow older, they might grow out of it, because they begin to see them more as just cartoons. However, I think it is when fans grow older and mature, it is certain anime genres which they grow out of but not all of anime itself.

Take me for example. I'm 18, and the first anime I watched was Sailor Moon back in '95. I was really into that as a young girl, and during middle school, it was Inuyasha. But as I grew older, I grew out of the romance epic and more shounen animes, and began liking the ones which were more action-packed, dramatic, mature, and whatnot.

I think some adolescents drop their love for anime for a while, because they get introduced to new teenage things, see their fetish for anime as something childish, and get embarrassed. But as you grow older, you tend to care less and less about what people think. It's like when an guy stumbles upon a comic book he used to read as a kid, he ends up collecting them as an adult for more sentimental reasons.

There were times when I didn't watch anime for a pretty long while or draw it the art style so much. Eventually find myself checking out a new series, catching sight of an interesting manga, or making a few anime sketches in my notebooks.

I never stopped liking anime, but I'm okay! Lol!