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jl07045
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Since I do the "watch every first episode of the season" thing, I usually get up to 10 shows every season. I don't like to drop shows after the first couple of episodes so my completed list has also grown into hundreds. Since I also read a lot of books, watch a lot of movies and series, play a lot of games and (even) go out with friends from time to time and have a job, I inevitably fall behind most of those shows. The problem for me is to recognize when following an anime has become a chore. I like to update my mal from time to time, but I wouldn't say I take much pride in the list. I can't anyway next to those guys who've seen more than a thousand anime.
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VORTIA
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I'm actually most impressed by all the screencaps you've added to your list! Do the review comments accept normal forum image tags? html? I had no idea you could do that! |
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rheiders
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I really hope you didn't think I meant that seriously xD And considering the number of times people tell me on a daily basis that art means nothing, I'm majoring in art because I have no "real" skills, or that I'm wasting my life and my education, I really don't think there's a double standard here. |
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Errinundra
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yoshiyukiblade
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First and foremost, I watch anime to be entertained and inspired. However, virtually any medium can do both. Hell, there's a common trope of bookworms that just want to consume an entire library (perhaps they feel the same way with their respective medium?). Anyway, to be more specific, I watch anime because of entertainment/inspiration and because it has a specific charm/visual appeal that no other medium can replicate. We've all seen it and we all (presumably) like it.
As such, I care less about an anime if it can be replicated on another medium (live action film, for example). I don't care if it's hyper realistic or uses excessive literary figures of speech for visual flair or something else. I like nosebleeds, sleep bubbles, round blank-white "shocked" eyes, falling face-flat as visual cues just fine. It also serves as a great equalizer. As far as genre goes, I'm far less selective about it. Well, that's besides Shoujo, but only because I've watched enough to notice a strong correlation of dislikes with it. So when I keep a list, it's solely because I'll forget what I watched without it. I just put together a list recently, but I don't show it off or anything like that. The list hasn't reached very high levels, but I'm not in the business of making it grow as fast as possible. I just so happen to watch a lot of anime 
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Ghost_Wheel
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Nah, I didn't think you meant that seriously, haha. I guess every profession comes with people who are going to rip on it. I've definitely heard stuff like that, joking or not, more times than I can count, so I thought it was funny to see here. |
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Jose Cruz
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You can watch anime really fast if you dedicate a substantial amount of time to it. If you watch 25 hours of anime per week on average (ca. 50 episodes) you will quickly build up a huge list. The average anime title is about 20 episodes long (some series are 300 episodes long while some movies are 3 episodes long, but I think that the average size of an anime is 20 episodes). So if you devote most of our entertainment time to anime over the course of 2-3 years you will watch about 50 x 54 x 2-3 = 5,000 - 7,500 episodes, or about 250-375 anime titles. So it's not really hard to watch a lot of anime if you have the time. I was in vacation for 6 weeks and during that vacation time I decided to devote my entire vacation to watching anime (because I like it), as result I think I may have watched over 30 titles over these 6 weeks (including two whole series in one day). The most anime I watched in one day was 26 episodes (actually it was in the end of my vacation, I had finishing re-watching one series, finished another and watched a whole 12 episode series on top in that same day). I also can get into the plot of a series and be curious about it so I can't do anything else besides watch until the end. For instance, today I watched 16 episodes of Claymore and finished the whole series because I became very involved in the plot. So I think I am simply addicted to it. The visual style of many anime is extremely pleasing to my eye and I like to simply watch it even when the plot/characters are not actually interesting. I don't know why but I love the strong color contrasts and the background paintings and many types the character designs (though sometimes they don't look very good).
I think it's something that may be called "addiction". I just feel like I want to watch more and more. I am beginning to become worried about running out of (good) anime to watch. 
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Jose Cruz
Posts: 1773 Location: South America |
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And yet you still think that Paprika is the greatest anime of all time. 
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Ignatz
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^Each to their own.
Actually, you're both wrong, because the greatest anime of all time is Texhnolyze. 
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gsilver
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I went through a phase where I watched all of the anime that I could get a hold of, but that was a while ago. It probably has a lot to do with my hoarding and OCD tendancies. It helped that at the time, it was new and novel to me. I was already a fan of cartoons and scifi, but scifi cartoons?
Nowadays, I don't even watch the first episode of something unless I think that I'm really going to like it... I still do seek out the new and novel experience, but I don't really find it in most anime. That being said, I still get hyped up about some shows week to week, like Kill La Kill and Hunter X Hunter... but then again, I'm only watching a few more shows than that. |
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Gatherum
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I've always found the generally off-put reactions I get to my otaku-dom to be rather amusing.
That doesn't really influence any decision to watch, though. I do so because I enjoy the medium, though I'll admit that I'm much more picky about my anime than most. |
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Banken
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Anyone who counts the number of anime they have watched or think that matters in any way is a noob or a huge dork.
It becomes impossible to keep an accurate number when you've been watching for more than five years or so unless you're keeping a list, in which case, why would you? Maybe ten years ago when it was a relatively hard process to acquire anime and watching an obscure series seemed like an accomplishment, but now you can pretty much watch every series ever made without so much as a five-minute wait, assuming you're OK with raws. For the record the last time I counted series it was about 150, but that I think that was before I could even legally drink. I couldn't begin to count it now. Nor do I want to. Although it's probably not as high as I think it is. |
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Spotlesseden
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to me, anime is no different than TV/movies, video game, and sports. IF i like them, I will watch/play. otherwise, i will not.
Yeah, I don't finish American TV shows as much as anime because American TV shows took forever to finish. I don't finish all the anime that i started too. Sometimes, i just stop watching them half way for no reason because if i like the anime. |
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Alan45
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Banken wrote:
You are wrong, some people just like to count and list their hobby. It doesn't matter what the hobby. Most likely it is part of their personality. I don't count and don't list. I have trouble keeping track of what I have for my own purposes. However, I see nothing wrong with the people that do. Where the problem comes in is when people try to claim more credit as a fan based on number of shows watched, years in the hobby or some other artificial measurement. If you know what anime is and watch two or more series you are a fan. More shows make you a more accomplished fan, but not a better one. Trying to claim you are a better fan seems an odd way to determine self worth. |
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Blood-
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That's an incredibly stupid attitude. While I don't think my list of watched anime matters to anyone other than myself, I like knowing for sure how many TV series, OVAs and movies/specials I've seen to completion. Keeping a list is also very helpful for someone with a bad memory like mine. Things like ANN's MyAnime feature make it incredibly easy to keep track of what you've watched but I guess if you're a complete moron using something so simple might seem like a lot of work. 
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