your favorite art is almost definitely in conversation with other art in different mediums. please please pleas expand your horizons. visit a museum you typically wouldn't, watch a french new wave film and go down a rabbit hole, go see a live band you've never heard of. be curious about the world.
@dogbarkingbees.bsky.socialWatch anime but also watch other things. Watch movies. Listen to music. Go outside of geek media. Outside of genre. Watch the things that inspired the media you engage with.
Broaden your horizons or your interests risk becoming just a recursive and cannibalizing as the industries that produce them.