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The ones I usually hear complaining in person are the 50+ group that grew up on imported anime from the late 60s and through the 70s and early 80s. Their complaint is mostly the art shift from the 70s to the 90s. These are the groups that generally won't watch Evangelion and Akira isn't their thing. They never even got to the moe era, they rejected the new long before then (possibly with the introduction of Sailor Moon).
They were into Astro Boy, Kimba growing up, all the 70s Super Robot shows as teens. Space Battleship Yamato and Captain Harlock, the first Gundam, and up to probably Macross in their 20s. By the time they wer 30 they started not liking the shift in things and stopped watching for the most part.
If one of these older titles has a new release they might watch it, but if it diverts too much they will reject it.
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