I’m making this to be called out if I’m just wrong in a bad way. But I feel like a lot of anime style lately is starting to look very samey? I don’t know if its because of gotcha games but I’ll see a anime character and go "hmm have I seen this character before?’ When in the past I would know a anime character even if I didn’t watch the show. Maybe it’s just the type of anime that is popular now? Honestly no idea.
I’ve moved on from most anime myself but that’s only because it started leaning more and more into isekai and high school setting which have always been my least favorite genres, bit they sell so thays what gets made more and more. There is still good stuff out there though if you know where to look