| If I get bored from watching anime I stop watching it. Why even bother doing something that bores you? |
| To keep it as simple as possible, I just mix things up and choose titles from various genres and styles at random. That's it. For example, I'm hogging down a bunch of ecchi right now but I'm looking at starting up LotGH in the next week or two. And then after that who knows? I might even pick up a shounen-ai after that if I'm really in the mood. |
 |
| Usually during weekdays/any day I have to work or go to school, I'll maybe watch like an episode or two of a long anime (Gintama, One Piece, etc.) During breaks and free weekends, if I feel like binging on anime, I'll watch a bunch of short series/read some shorter manga. I also tend to watch a ton of American TV (sitcoms, crime shows, Game of Thrones/Breaking Bad) and a lot of movies as well. So that generally prevents me from ever getting bored with anime, especially since I don't watch anime year-round. |
| When I get bored, I just stop watching for awhile. That really helps because I tend to come back refresh, and yearning for some good ol' anime. Sometimes, I just read manga until I get bored of that,,, |
| only anime i watched last that was good was attack on titan. Ive been bored of anime for a year now. nothing really entertains me, its kinda depressing. I just watch J drama now since that still entertains me |
| I just watch anime when I'm in a mood for it (which is most of the time), and I often switch genres so I can get a little bit of variation. I rarely take a break, but it can happen from time to time when I got important stuff to do. |
 |
| This happened to me some months ago. I felt so bored about anime and I stopped watching for 5 months. Then today, I feel like watching anime again. I think this is not a thing to worry about, you will feel like enjoying anime sometime. |
Thread cleaned as well as merged with topic of similar discussion. |
Touch me, you filthy casual~ |
| Take a break. I've taken multiple of them when I feel burned out on anime. |
  |
| Take a break. If that doesn't work, then expand your horizons and try getting out of your comfort zone. |
 |
| It's probably just losing the magic in everything, including anime. I'm not sure anyone's ever been to avoid that. It usually happens in your teens. |
| You've probably just need to take a break from it for awhile. It's happened to me on more than a few occasions. You'll eventually see something that catches your interest and be back into it. Till then relax, read a book, or play some video games. |
        |
SolviteSekai said: Bad anime makes me not want to watch anime. Good anime makes me want to watch more anime.Lately anime hasnt felt the same, but sometimes it does. Solution: Drop any anime that isn't addictive to watch. Just drop the bad ones and move on. |
  |
| You gotta dip your finger in sour cream and eat it, then you'll like anime again. |
| Raise it up, raise up the happiness. |
| Only pick up a few shows at a time and drop the ones you don't like? Might help you appreciate the good ones better and therefore makes you enjoy anime again. |
Zergneedsfood said: Why does this bother you? If anime doesn't appeal to you...do something else? |
| "I’m just watching a bad dream I never wake up from." |
| Why would you be scared? Do you just like the culture behind it? |
HieiTrafalgarLaw said: This is what every first comment should be like.Anime is the reason why I live. |
| Oh God. I hope that happens to me sooner. |
 |
| This will only happen the day I die. There will always be good anime to watch and re-watch. |
 |
| The problem is that anime nowadays is usually very boring and stupid. Try something older, especially from the 1995~2007 era. There are a lot of gems in that period. And don't be scared. If you eventually get fed up with anime, it will not hurt you because you'll naturally want to stop watching. It happened to me with video-games. |
| The writer who penned Clashing Feelings. You can buy the light novel on Amazon. |
| You always have manga. For example i stopped watching anime (as long as there will be moe and fanservice, for me the Japanese animation is dead) but I switched to manga because I've realized that this industry is still free from otaku and there is a great variety of genres/stories |
| http://i50.tinypic.com/2a0hjd5.gif Kurapika is the MAN! |
Shiratori-san said: The problem is that anime nowadays is usually very boring and stupid. Try something older, especially from the 1995~2007 era. There are a lot of gems in that period. And don't be scared. If you eventually get fed up with anime, it will not hurt you because you'll naturally want to stop watching. It happened to me with video-games. Just dropping by to say thanks for you comment but i disagree with the "anime used to be better" nonsense. Anime was always a bunch of shit with the occasional great series. Most of us were just young in that era and feel nostalgic about it. |
| Surprised, considering only 102. Try other genres. Lots of good stuff you haven't seen. |
Proust said: Surprised, considering only 102. Try other genres. Lots of good stuff you haven't seen. My list is wildly inaccurate. |
| I'm scared i never stop liking anime. How am i suppose to get a family. |
 .. |
| you only completed about a hundred. theres hundreds more gems out there. try to give other genres a chance. or maybe take some time off and enjoy your other hobbies. soon enough... ...it will call for you wahahahahaha |
| My Guitar Covers: Playlist I CAN ALWAYS SHOW MY EVERYTHING TO YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUUUU |
NoobHunterD said: you only completed about a hundred. theres hundreds more gems out there. try to give other genres a chance. or maybe take some time off and enjoy your other hobbies. soon enough... ...it will call for you wahahahahaha My list is inaccurate. I got tired of dealing with MAL's 15 year old geocities interface. |
| Me too... There's no problem with animes, the problem is with the people who watch it. They make the animes a lot worse. |
SolviteSekai said: Lately anime hasnt felt the same, but sometimes it does. I'm not sure if its a self fulfilling prophecy. I come to you for help mal. Hel me. You could try some new genres other than slice of life, romcoms and shonen, or you could take a break and do other stuff, like reading War and Peace and all of Kafka's books. |
| since your list is inaccurate have you tried watching mawaru penguindrum? i was kinda becoming uninterested in anime and then i watched that show and got interested again |
kokkoderrisch said: SolviteSekai said: Lately anime hasnt felt the same, but sometimes it does. I'm not sure if its a self fulfilling prophecy. I come to you for help mal. Hel me. You could try some new genres other than slice of life, romcoms and shonen, or you could take a break and do other stuff, like reading War and Peace and all of Kafka's books. This thread was a bad idea because my list is inaccurate. We are talking like 50 shows missing. I don't only watch Romcoms, I just stopped updating when i switched genres. |
| Sounds legit |
  Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet |
| 1) Develop a taste, doesn't matter if it's a shit taste 2) Stop looking for good things, they won't mean anything if you don't care (if you need timesinks, play mindless online games instead) 3) Pander your taste |
| If you hung up on things you will only get hurt ........just let it go. As for me , I watch anime whenever I'm in the mood and that didnt happen often lately. I mean , last year , I was watching anime like crazy doing marathons and starting again the next day. Now I barely watch 1 episode of those on my watching list . Take for example Nisekoi , I stopped watching it because it has the kind of drama that , if my heart was a human being it would suffocate it to death. So I stopped watching that kind of thing for a while now. Take , as an example GnB , I spoiled myself a bunch from episode 3 onwards . I didnt had to watch it , I knew what happened from there on. Well , last year , even if I'd spoil myself with manga or w/e source I find I still watched the anime. Now and then I feel like I want to watch One Piece if I were to watch at the same rate as I were last year now I'd be at the same episode as it is today. I watched 3 to 12 or more episodes a day , heck in 2 months I reached episode 175 . I started in october watching it ......by january I stopped looking at anime that much and barely watched 1 episode per week . I mean I had times when I watched 3-4 but rarely. |
| "Love is a drug to our brain , it stops the thinking function and when you realize it wether you acomplish it or not you'll enter in one of the 3 withdrawal states : happy , sad or anger. Once this drug gets hold of you you'd better be prepaired beforehand." - Me |
| You won't . because once an anime lover will always be an anime lover lol . Why don't you just take a break from watching ? Do something else and maybe after sometime your passion in anime will come back . |
 |
| It is a good thing you know |
| It is so dense. Every single image has so many things going on. |
| I usually go through a cycle of watching anime for a period of time and then either stopping or watching considerably less for another period of time. However, my standards are pretty much the same as when I first started, maybe a little higher. I don't compare anime series with one another and I don't really get turned off/annoyed by clichés. As long as it's executed in a way I find funny/interesting, I'll be fine. |
| Signature removed. Please follow the signature rules, as defined in the Site & Forum Guidelines. |
| If you find yourself getting burned out on anime, its really helpful to do other things in your free time for a while and then come back to anime later after taking somewhat of a break from it. It can make watching anime very refreshing and exciting after not watching it for a while and doing other things. Ideally you'd mix up anime with other hobbies anyway, even if you weren't getting tired of anime tropes and cliches. I watch movies, play video games, read books, do stuff with friends to mix it up a bit. I think some people on here get too caught up in a trying to build their anime count up to 1000 or 200/300/400/500, and they pour all of their free time into watching anime for this pointless goal. Also it really helps to try and try anime that may be outside of what you believe you would enjoy. Some people pander to their "taste" to such a degree that they don't watch any shows from particular genres like SOL and shoujo, so there may be loads of amazing anime you haven't seen because you weren't willing to branch out and try some different shows. But at the same time it can be helpful to know your tastes well so you don't end up watching shows with elements you know that you hate. Don't be a completion-ist and force yourself to watch shows you truely don't enjoy, almost never turns out well. |
 |
| The day that happens you'll get your life back... on a serious note People tire of things all the time no worries. |
 |
| take a small break i guess to much of anything can get boring i think lmao i really love watch anime not sure it's something ill ever get bored of sometimes i feel like playing games more another hobby prolly would help ya out |
 |
| Venturing outside your comfort genres can help. |
| than stop enjoying it and become a elitist brick that evaluates anime as an art form. tan you will rich true enlitenment |
 |
| If you don't like it then why be afraid. Just find something you do like. |
| Anime>Breaking bad. |
SolviteSekai said: Tempz said: SolviteSekai said: After seeing your profile/favorites and list you're just watching complete shit. You enjoy shit, that's all it is.. stop doing that to yourself.Lately anime hasnt felt the same, but sometimes it does. I'm not sure if its a self fulfilling prophecy. I come to you for help mal. Hel me. You're limiting your anime watching to like 2011+ series and it's not even anything "good" that you've seen besides maybe a handful of shows. My list is wildly inaccurate. It's missing like 80 entries. yet u r to early to worry about that.... i'm worry that i'm already get bored in anime... lately i spend less money on anime and more to my ps games .... |
 |
| Take a break from watching anime for a bit and do something else. Then come back it. |
 |
More topics from this board
» Do you take screenshots of AnimeST63LTH - 9 hours ago |
37 |
by Teirayo
»»
2 minutes ago |
|
» Digitalization of the modern world and animeRobertBobert - 2 hours ago |
15 |
by joseifan
»»
15 minutes ago |
|
» Is your waifu photogenic?Catalano - 8 hours ago |
10 |
by ST63LTH
»»
16 minutes ago |
|
» Best purple haired girl?Spunkert - Jan 29 |
40 |
by nishant0
»»
41 minutes ago |
|
» If Anime dies in the future, what would be the likely cause?Dragevard - 11 hours ago |
17 |
by TheBigGuy
»»
48 minutes ago |