| If someone with an extreme amount of anime series watched reads this, please correct me if I'm wrong as I'd like to know, but I feel like having seen that many animes, the enjoyment and uniqueness of any given series starts to dwindle. I've only seen a few anime series, I'm sure it'll take a lot more than that to diminish the enjoyment of anime series, but the reason why I love the series I've watched so far, mainly and especially Death Note, is because I haven't seen that many. In my opinion, if I ever get to the point where I've seen 200+ animes, I won't even remember some of the biggest moments in some of them. 200 is so many episodes and moments that the vast majority of them will be almost forgotten except for the true outliers that were fantastic. Top tier anime. What about the mediocre ones that had their moments that you cherished but weren't part of the top 1% of best anime? You'll probably forget them. The most emotional moments loses their intensity because you've seen so many and they were expected. "Oh, that's how this anime kicks off the viewers emotions. Cool." But me, having seen only a few animes, I get devastated at sad parts. Same goes for epic parts that blow your mind. Again, I would love to hear from someone who has seen a very large number of anime series and how this has affected them, if at all. I just feel like watching so much anime will eventually jade your reactions to any given series, and making you forget some of the moments you enjoyed most while you watched them. |
myfoxhatJun 1, 2015 10:09 PM
| It's easy to tell them apart since they usually have MoD as a favorite. |
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battosai-01 said: Some people don't believe I've seen as many as I have (2.5k), it might be possible if you only watch shorts, ova's, movies and commercials, a large portion of anime is T.V and those awhile to complete. I have about a fifth of your Anime watch time, yet you have over 25 times as much Anime as me. Long Battle Shounen FTW ;) |
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myfoxhat said: If someone with an extreme amount of anime series watched reads this, please correct me if I'm wrong as I'd like to know, but I feel like having seen that many animes, the enjoyment and uniqueness of any given series starts to dwindle. I've only seen a few anime series, I'm sure it'll take a lot more than that to diminish the enjoyment of anime series, but the reason why I love the series I've watched so far, mainly and especially Death Note, is because I haven't seen that many. In my opinion, if I ever get to the point where I've seen 200+ animes, I won't even remember some of the biggest moments in some of them. 200 is so many episodes and moments that the vast majority of them will be almost forgotten except for the true outliers that were fantastic. Top tier anime. What about the mediocre ones that had their moments that you cherished but weren't part of the top 1% of best anime? You'll probably forget them. The most emotional moments loses their intensity because you've seen so many and they were expected. "Oh, that's how this anime kicks off the viewers emotions. Cool." But me, having seen only a few animes, I get devastated at sad parts. Same goes for epic parts that blow your mind. Again, I would love to hear from someone who has seen a very large number of anime series and how this has affected them, if at all. I just feel like watching so much anime will eventually jade your reactions to any given series, and making you forget some of the moments you enjoyed most while you watched them. I don't know if you consider 2.5K completed as a large number, but yeah over the 8 years that I've been watching anime now my interest has dwindled slightly, but also been renewed in many ways. When you discover a director you can check out all their past works and I've been really impressed with a few (Osamu Dezaki, Satoshi Kon, Masaaki Yuasa) I guess it also depends on your circle of friends and if you have friends that talk about anime often and are fairly knowledgeable on the subject you want to be able to stay "on their level". I remember when I first started I used to be able to binge watch 13 episode anime in a day, my watching speed has really decreased though. I usually only just watch seasonals (usually about 8-12 every season) and maybe 1 or 2 completed series at the rate of maybe 1-2 episodes a day lol and sometimes throw in a movie or OVA. I've also binged on shorts/music videos/commercials in the past and those made my list grow exponentially. I don't really feel like I have as much drive to complete these nowadays though, but maybe I will go on another binge if some of my friends start taking a deep interest into them. So I guess it's a combination of community and habit and that keeps me watching. I like to discuss about anime and not being up-to-date or not knowing key players in the industry is really going to hinder your ability to do that depending on the circles you frequent. As for your sentiment about forgetting pivotal/emotional moments in shows you watched it the past I still remember them, but perhaps not with as much awe as I used to. I've seen a lot of shit at this point and I'm not extremely impressed that often. I mean there is usually atleast 2-4 anime that impress me every season, but I very rarely see any "masterpiece" shows you speak of. I'm also fairly nostalgic about some of the anime that I started with like Berserk, Perfect Blue and Rurouni Kenshin. So I can't really say I'm completely objective or anything. |
LoneWolfJun 1, 2015 10:28 PM
 "The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. If you try it, you will be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself." -Friedrich Nietzsche |
| I could never imagine myself watch a lot of anime at the same time. |
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| It's possible, but.... Kagami_Hiiragi said: Dumb thing to lie about, but if they decide to lie then no reason to care. ^ I don't know why you're so caught up with this. LashLethal said: They obviously have no responsibilities in life, no job, no bills to pay, no girlfriend or boyfriend to please, no family to look after. Right....you know them all so well. |
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cipheron said: http://myanimelist.net/profile/FGAU1912 ^ This one. 1685 days of anime (= 116673 episodes), and 12146 completed manga. A lot of the series are older, so maybe he's a veteran and has watched anime non-stop for 30 years since 1985, which is 10950 days. Assuming he sleeps 8 hours a day, he watched anime for about 6 hours every day since 1985. That's doable. He completes 404 mangas every year, so he's finishing > 1 manga a day on average. We can assume he reads manga for another 4 hours a day. Still doable. He's also made 17338 forum posts in the last 4 years, so he keeps this average up while posting about 12 comments on MAL forums a day, seven days a week. Assuming he reads the forum and posts once every 5 minutes, that's another 1 hour a day posting. It's still doable. That guy lives in Japan (i'm pretty sure of it) so its readily accessible on the boob tube. Also, 7k + seems insane, and unreal. I just think to myself 'are there even that many enjoyable anime out there?' I've only come across 1500 anime that look decent. Good luck with the rest. I bet the guy watched like 2000 music videos, 1000 ovas (hentai included), 1000 shorts, and 3000 shorter anime (10-15 episodes). Not a single one is a long one. |
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| If you don't believe it, you are probably just jealous. :( |
| I believe they have no life |
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| I don't really care about anime views I dislike this post farmers who joined like a month ago but have over 7000+ posts. not sure what they hoped to achieve beyond looking like an idiot. |
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| I don't really care enough to question it, lol. |
| Honestly, it surprises me how fast I can get through 100 shows/100 unique titles if I really want to. If I had a way to watch anime on my phone or something like other people can, then I'd get so much more anime done. So 2k unique titles doesn't seem too far off, especially if you work a job (or no job) which doesn't require much of you. Then after your not-too-demanding job, you can go home and watch even more shows. 7k and 8k are a stretch, but it's still possible I think. You can watch and post on MAL at the same time if you really want to. That's not too hard-- especially if a show's dubbed. You can even watch two shows at the same time if you really want to. The only thing I kinda raise a brow at is when people have a lot of anime while also having a lot of manga. I know some people read really fast, but I dunno... You can also read manga while watching anime though, so hey. |
Swiggy said: Honestly, it surprises me how fast I can get through 100 shows/100 unique titles if I really want to. If I had a way to watch anime on my phone or something like other people can, then I'd get so much more anime done. So 2k unique titles doesn't seem too far off, especially if you work a job (or no job) which doesn't require much of you. Then after your not-too-demanding job, you can go home and watch even more shows. 7k and 8k are a stretch, but it's still possible I think. You can watch and post on MAL at the same time if you really want to. That's not too hard-- especially if a show's dubbed. You can even watch two shows at the same time if you really want to. The only thing I kinda raise a brow at is when people have a lot of anime while also having a lot of manga. I know some people read really fast, but I dunno... You can also read manga while watching anime though, so hey. Sorry but watching two shows at the same time or watching while posting or browsing the internet is NOT watching. Is pretending of watching. When you do such things you ain't paying attention on what you watch and you are hardly into the show. Later you will probably post in the episode discussion asking stupid shit that were obvious if you actually saw the episode instead of just using it as background noise. You might as well not click play at all and just add it to the list. At least you are more honest to yourself about your watching list being lies. |
| Not counting shorts, I don't believe anything above 600. |
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| I look at my 260+ and go "dear lord what have I been doing?" before I realize that I wouldn't take back any of it. I love anime. |
| There are a few accounts out there that don't even pretend to be legit. For instance, http://myanimelist.net/profile/d00t uses a script that instantly adds every new manga entry to their completed manga list, and their completed anime list is basically a list of every single completed anime in the database. |
| There is no such thing as shit taste. Only idiots who think everyone should have the same taste as they do. |
| My manga list could reach 10,000 if MAL allow doujins to be added. I can't count the number of yaoi doujins that I have read already. |
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tsudecimo said: Not counting shorts, I don't believe anything above 600. Well, that's dumb. |
FGAU1912 said: damn dont you get tired of talking like thiskeldeokun said: lol bro, anyone who isn't a completely naive idiot knows you're full of horse shit. your list is as fake as Tara Reid's tits. it's honestly sad that there are people pathetic enough to do shit like this for bragging rights. keldeokun said: lol bro, anyone who isn't a completely naive idiot knows you're full of horse shit. your list is as fake as Tara Reid's tits. it's honestly sad that there are people pathetic enough to do shit like this for bragging rights. is indeed i was lying would i not make my list the biggest yes i would but i only have the 3rd most completed anime by a disant amount by around 3000-4000 from 1st so right im not a bragrt |
| I don't know why anyone would lie about that lol He won't get more "respect" |
| i don't really care about that.....so if he/her watched anime 7/8K did he/her get cookies..... |
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FGAU1912 said: dakotasapphire said: boThat guy lives in Japan (i'm pretty sure of it) so its readily accessible on the boob tube. Also, 7k + seems insane, and unreal. I just think to myself 'are there even that many enjoyable anime out there?' I've only come across 1500 anime that look decent. Good luck with the rest. I bet the guy watched like 2000 music videos, 1000 ovas (hentai included), 1000 shorts, and 3000 shorter anime (10-15 episodes). Not a single one is a long one. im only 3rd i hope you know space cowboy is mlies ahead http://myanimelist.net/profile/spacecowboy But his list is fake. |
Zyqs said: Who would lie about this stuff? I would just think he's some no life person. :D |
| http://myanimelist.net/profile/spacecowboy MALgraph achievement: This is it. (higher than database breaker) Two years ago when I checked his profile it was still below 10000 level I remember |
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| I'm telling you. In someway or another those people might be in touch with the illuminati. |
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bunny1ov3r said: is this legit?http://myanimelist.net/profile/spacecowboy MALgraph achievement: This is it. (higher than database breaker) Two years ago when I checked his profile it was still below 10000 level I remember |
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Unyilkdr said: It is. He had a lot 3 years ago.bunny1ov3r said: is this legit?http://myanimelist.net/profile/spacecowboy MALgraph achievement: This is it. (higher than database breaker) Two years ago when I checked his profile it was still below 10000 level I remember |
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bunny1ov3r said: but he still active until now. his list still growing up.Unyilkdr said: It is. He had a lot 3 years ago.is this legit? |
"If taking responsibility for a mistake that cannot be undone means death, it's not that hard to die. At least, not as hard as to live on." |
| I dunno.... Im not a seasonal patron and I avoid myself to watch too many ongoing animu so I think I will never go up to that watched count |
| Twitter and it's consequences had been a disaster for the human race |
| mostly true, though i doubt they've seen 100% of those really long/old series |
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FGAU1912 said: tsudecimo said: Not counting shorts, I don't believe anything above 600. iv beem watch for most of my life as i ca remember You are the exception to the rule :] |
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JD2411 said: I have a hard time believing anyone with 500+ completed series a lot of the users who have seen 1000+ very rarely talk about many series other than a select few. Yup, and it's not hard to fake a couple of one liners to 'prove' you watched it, i.e : LucasRTS |
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tsudecimo said: FGAU1912 said: iv beem watch for most of my life as i ca remember You are the exception to the rule :] me too you believe me? |
| I don't believe people who have 2000+ completed, generally. I do believe lanblade and the rest of the 1500 club, but that's it. It's very easy to fake a list and most people who have seen 9000+ anime somehow all have terrible taste or their favorite anime is some random children's anime. bunny1ov3r said: Unyilkdr said: It is. He had a lot 3 years ago.is this legit? It's not legit in the slightest. He uses a bot. He was using one back then, too. |
| Who cares? |
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tHe-OTAKU- said: Who cares? you |
| First of all, I think it doesn't matter if they have a real or a fake list since most people will never know for sure and they usually don't even care. But as the others already said, I don't really see point in making a fake list since you can't be honestly proud or happy if someone praises your list, you won't be able to help those that will come to you for some recommendations if you don't even know what is in your list and you will just embarrass yourself sooner or later. And now to the main point I wanted to make when I read this thread. I don't like how people call those with a long lists automatically "no-lifers". I beg to differ because you can accumulate hundreds or even thousands of anime just in a couple of years by watching few hours every day for several years which is my case. I have seen vast majority of my anime in last 6 years since I have been working. I can only watch anime between 18:00-23:00 during weekdays and I have been doing so for the past 6 years averaging around 4 hours of watchtime everyday including weekends. This makes total of 365 days worth of anime in just 6 years and by watching only few hours everyday and leaving tons of time for work, family and other activities. So no, you don't have to be a no-lifer to watch tons of anime, it's all about time management and dedication. You would be surprised how many hours people spend on facebook, playing games or watching TV but no one keeps the track of that. So saying you don't believe in list with "X" amount of anime and more is just idiocy and you probably never did your math or really suck at your time management. Well that was longer than expected. |
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| Maybe they watch at 2x speed or something. I can't even imagine myself getting 1k, not for a decade at least. |
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