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Nenorock
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Recently looking back on the anime/manga series I've watchd, I noticed series that where pretty good to great in my mind but also remembering that I completely forgot about them after finishing the last chapter/episode. Now I'm wondering if this is a kind of common occurrence or if I got hit in the head when watching/reading the series
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DuskyPredator
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I think it is a good idea to keep a memento from each series, I would have forgot a lot of them too. I keep a picture of each anime I have watched that I think represents that series well, usually with as many characters as possible, I bring up the file whenever I play the anime character or quote guessing game as looking at the pictures is good way to remember. I also have a habit of every so often checking up on tv tropes pages of series I have watched, a good way to relive the series without having to watch them again.
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Aylinn
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It happens to me very often with series that are enjoyable to watch, but are not exceptional or didn't have a strong appeal for me. These I am very likely to completely forget about after the period of three months if there is not a lot of fuss over them that would constantly remind me of them. I don't try to keep them alive in my memory. I see no point in it, and let them sink into oblivion.
Everything that I rated 9 or 10 is a different kettle of fish. These are series which either really appealed to me or which I found outstanding. I may forget details, but the overall story is fresh in my mind for years and some scenes I remember vividly. |
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walw6pK4Alo
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Even with a massive list of what I've seen, down to the smallest 5 minute OVAs and specials, it's incredibly easy for you to not recall a great series immediately. There's probably limits on how many names of something you can hold in your conscious mind at any one time, and it takes some brain power to cycle through and pick out others. That's why when I recommend anime, I always tend to group things relative to that anime's release. So if I name something from 1988, a bunch of other 1988 titles will follow along. Or perhaps you group it genre, director, or so on. This isn't just anime, you'll find the same thing happening with books, film, and so on. The more individual pieces you learn, the more massive the library and the more work to store all of the memories and recall them needed.
Specifically with anime, as each season ends we're whisked into a new batch. So it's no wonder that your memories begin to fade, unless it's so remarkable that it's hard to forget. That's the key, just being good or decent isn't enough, it has to be something that leaves an impression on you, so that your brain wires itself in some portions of your sleeping life to keep notes on it. |
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Kruszer
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I am actually really good at remembering useless trivia, like movies, television, song lyrics, books and so forth. So as soon as I hear or read the name I automatically know whether or not I've seen it and could recall at least the basic plot of anything I either liked or hated. It's the mediocre stuff which I'm apathetic towards, that I tend to mentally delete.
Then again, I'm a collector so I tend to rewatch things in my anime collection a lot too. |
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EricJ
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That's a fair assessment: I can have dozens of triggers to favorite AzuDai lines in my daily life, yet most of Hime-Chan's Ribbon has sunk into oblivion (or become blurred with recollections of CCS), and I found myself watching an Excel Saga episode the other week like an absolute stranger.
I keep a "memento" of my favorite series, it's called Buying the Disk. 
And as only recently, I've gone on a kick for rewatching long-gone episodes before bed, I've found that the good favorites never leave. Now I've started three-year plans for digging out my whole collection again. |
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誤称
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One of my good friends just started a fanpage for Battle Athletes. Its very barebones, but it reminded me of this wonderful old series which I had nearly forgotten. Kris x Akari forever.
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TitanXL
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The other week I stumbled across and remembered a series called Orphen. Watching the OPs/EDs on YouTube brought a bunch of nostalgia back. Especially the one with Cleo, a girl I totally had the hots for back in the 90s. That song is amazing.
It was based on a bunch of light novels from the 90s. Back then, light novel adaptions weren't all that big. Today they're everywhere. I wonder what it'd be like if it was made in this day and age when anime is much bigger. |
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誤称
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Orphen's best thing is that ending, to be honest.
And she was moe before we knew what moe was! |
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Kelly
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I think there's a difference between quality and rewatch value. For example, I consider Grave of the Fireflies one of the greatest anime I've seen, but I haven't really watched it that many times because of the subject matter.
Perhaps that's the dilemma you're facing. I know it's part of why I've never posted on the top 10 anime thread, because I'm having a rough time deciding whether quality, rewatch value or a combination of both are meant. Last edited by Kelly on Sun Dec 09, 2012 2:31 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Animegomaniac
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There's many points to remember a series with but that also means there's a lot of things to remember: number one being Japanese to English names - and sometimes pronunciations {Funniest example is Rino Rando from the Best Student Council dub, mostly because her name isn't Japanese. You can hear ran-do with a hard A become ran-do with a soft a in the first two episodes. It's funny because the name's supposed to rhyme and the first way fails because the emphasis is wrong}
I'm pretty sure {fairly sure?} there's a series which I enjoyed but which I completely forgot and the only reason I remember the ghost of it is because I saw a series that reminded me of it {deja new view? Only possible in anime, I guess}. Another series had a similar name to one {maybe that one, I don't know} so I put off watching it for awhile. So while I still remember those two series {and have documentation in my Netflix history}, the earlier one {or ones} is either forgotten or nonexistant. Or both {That's part of the "multiple titles" problem}. It also doesn't help that I think Netflix removes series from my history as they go out of print completely. 5 years, one series a week, it's a long list even with the occasional gap. But the really good ones? I don't think that's possible. |
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RGaspar
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I think it's pretty normal to forget about good series from time to time, particularly if you watch more and more anime every day. It's not that you totally erase the memories from your mind, they just aren't in RAM anymore, they have been safely stored in your slower (but less volatile) hard drive brain (lol at my tech metaphor).
If you cared for that stuff, it will come back to you, eventually. This doesn't happen to me that often in anime, though. Because I'm just getting started. But when it comes to games, sometimes I'm surprised I could forget about titles that are very precious to me when I'm doing rankings, talking with friends, recommending, etc. Usually, I only really forget mediocre stories, as Kruszer said before. Good ones are good, so you hold them dear and bad ones are so bad the aftertaste will be there for as long as you live! |
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EireformContinent
 Posts: 977 Location: Łódź/Poland (The Promised Land) |
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Yes, if it loves, it will be back.
Whatever we do, we are surrounded and attacked, even in terms of entertainment. I bet that average ANN user have seen and read more than his parents have ever been possible to. 20 years ago entertainment was limited to library, TV, cinema and magazines, usually with domestic or Hollywood stuff- someone other made the choice for us. Nowadays you have to open one page and wonder why your day have only 24h. Even language barriers disappear, and we are literally flooded with stuff. Our brains are not designed to cope with so many stimuli, so they try to work out the situation in only known way- out of sight, out of mind. It has always been like this, only the amount of information we absorbed thus forget was smaller. I have quite good memory of series I've seen on TV and VHS many years ago- because they were rare and celebrated occasions. They were also already extraordinary, since somebody put effort and money into translating them. Now I have instant access to all that mediocre stuff, so even with my good memory I usually have a problems with telling the details. Usually the storyline stays with me longer than title and I'm glad that I have myanimelist, so the meance of nameless plot haunts me no more. |
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Gatherum
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I remember most of what I watch, most likely because I don't watch everything that comes out in a given season. I am very selective and picky about what I choose to partake in. Out of the twenty-five or so shows that appear in a season, I'll typically find two or three that look like they're worth the watchin', sometimes not even that many.
I'll say that this season has been relatively exceptional, with at least five series that I have decided to follow: (In order) From the New World K Robotics;Notes Say, "I Love You." Sword Art Online I must note that I did not take to Sword Art Online until it had already reached episode 20 because I tend to be sceptical of shows set in virtual fantasy MMO worlds, especially after .hack//Sign, which seems indomitable to me in its theme (kinda like how Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan didn't appeal to me because FLCL is, and always will be, the indisputable king among crazy-ass Gainax productions). At this point, I've only gotten up to episode 4. Things have yet to really pick up. I'm hoping, considering its recent acclaim, that it's worth sticking with. |
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larinon
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I have friends that try to watch many of the new series each season, like literally 20 shows, keeping up with all of them. Other friends will just marathon their way through one series after another. I worry that their experience is being diluted, and as we are talking about here that they can't appreciate the shows as much as a result. Even worse, it's harder to remember them later.
Still, I can't begrudge them how they want to consume anime. There was a time when I was doing about the same thing. Nowadays I may preview the first episode or two of a batch of shows and then ultimately end up following maybe three or four per season all the way through the end. And maybe that is part of approaching middle age and narrowing my tastes as a fan. Partly it's to prevent burnout. Ultimately the effect is that I get to savor the handful of series I'm watching and hopefully appreciate it more as a result. This is something that I desire more as time passes. I'll still marathon my way through an old favorite from time to time, but the vast majority of the time it's that first impression that really establishes how I feel about a show. |
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