| If you watch ongoing anime, which way do you prefer, watch it every week or wait until the series is finished? Both have pros and cons. |
| Bit of both, although I mainly pick them up whilst they're still airing. For the current season, I only watched Kabaneri as soon as it started. For everything else, I've been picking them up since 3-6 episodes have came out. So I did a bit of waiting beforehand so that there'd be a couple of episodes out; this way I'd be more easily able to remember the specific events of each anime. I'd noticed in the last season when I picked up next to everything in the first week that I'd forgotten a few of the anime completely and was somewhat confused at the second episode. |
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| Weekly as it helps me get through the week. |
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| Depends If its something anticipated then yes. I'll definitely need to watch it weekly since I don't want to miss out on discussion in MAL for every episode other than that I don't mind waiting and then doing a marathon. |
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| Normally weekly, because I like the feeling of waiting for the next week to watch the next episode, and also because it makes me enjoy more the anime, as marathoning it can make me finish the series qickñy if I find it interesting. |
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| Weekly if I want to keep up with the discussions. |
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| I don't feel like typing something this elaborate again, so here's a repost. zombie_pegasus said: I don't usually bother with new stuff unless I watch it while it's airing. If I want to watch anime that's already complete there are plenty of those already so I don't need to wait for airing anime to finish before I can watch it. Watching anime as it's airing gives a sense of community, like how we all complained about One Punch Man being overrated. There are several moe anime airing this coming season and although there are plenty of completed moe anime that I haven't seen yet, I still want to watch the new ones while they're airing because that's part of the fun. You can brag about having watched masterpieces while they aired or complain about watching the sludge from the bottom of the garbage can while it aired. If you watched it right after it was done then your experience will be similar to someone who saw it a year after it aired. I had another interesting conversation around this topic, but I can't find it (I wish MAL organized repeat threads for easy access to the information contained within them). |
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| I watch anime when it's already finished because otherwise I easily forget aspects of the show and how I feel about it and I can't score it properly when it finishes airing. 3-6 months are too long for me to watch one anime. Episodic comedies are exception and I sometimes watch them weekly (but usually I just can't keep up because I forget to watch episode every week). Sometimes when a show is really hyped and I'm curious about it I will watch it weekly too, but I will probably wait until there is already 3/4 or 2/3 of it out. |
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| When you've still got plenty of old must-watch anime left on your to-do list, focus on those instead of bothering with weekly stuff. Once you've gotten that out of the way, transition to watching weekly instead My two cents |
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| 3 months for 4h watching? nah.. I always wait for the anime is finished, so i can watch it and notice every details that can be lost in weeks of waiting.. |
| Depende what type of anime it is, if its like re:zero with clifhangers every FUCKING time them i Wait until the arc he is now its done. The others i watch weekly |
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| I watch them weekly. I find it easier as I can judge the bad from the good. |
| I like to see myself suffer so I watch them weekly. |
| It's meant to be watched weekly so I do so, but especially in originals discussions here or anywhere are too good to not watch them weekly Having said that I usually don't participate in fights on episode threads here but still yeah |
| If its an anime I like i cant wait until the anime is finished i have to watch it every week ! :c |
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| If I can't watch it weekly chances are I wont be able to marathon it all. Watching it weekly helps me finish even mediocre stuff. |
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HaXXspetten said: For whatever weird reason I tend to avoid watching must-watch anime and instead gravitate towards anime that no one gives a shit about. It might have something to do with either my ADD, my OCD, or my autism that makes me avoid stuff that other people hate on which makes anime that no one talks about more appealing to me, whether consciously or subconsciously. I've also generally had bad experiences with must-watch anime so naturally the ones I haven't seen yet will not get a high priority on the plan to watch, if any at all. I have Attack on Titan in my PTW but I've been somewhat planning to watch that since before I even got into anime so it's been collecting metaphorical dust for about two years now. I don't know if I'll ever watch it but if I do I probably won't be going into it expecting to enjoy it. I prefer run-of-the-mill moe seasonals over high prestige anime partly because I won't feel like I'm losing anything if I don't enjoy them while I will have everything to gain if they happen to actually be good.When you've still got plenty of old must-watch anime left on your to-do list, focus on those instead of bothering with weekly stuff. Once you've gotten that out of the way, transition to watching weekly instead My two cents |
zombie_pegasusMay 20, 2016 2:32 AM
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zombie_pegasus said: Well must-watch for you specifically I mean. Like if there's a show airing in the current season that you're interested in, but there are also 10 other really similar ones that you're also interested in that have already finished... why bother spending your time on having to wait a whole week between every episode by picking the new one first instead of starting with the older ones? Then by the time you've gotten through those, the new one might have finished airing as well. Etcetera. It's just a lot more practical that wayHaXXspetten said: For whatever weird reason I tend to avoid watching must-watch anime and instead gravitate towards anime that no one gives a shit about. It might have something to do with either my ADD, my OCD, or my autism that makes me avoid stuff that other people hate on which makes anime that no one talks about more appealing to me, whether consciously or subconsciously. I've also generally had bad experiences with must-watch anime so naturally the ones I haven't seen yet will not get a high priority on the plan to watch, if any at all. I have Attack on Titan in my PTW but I've been somewhat planning to watch that since before I even got into anime so it's been collecting metaphorical dust for about two years now. I don't know if I'll ever watch it but if I do I probably won't be going into it expecting to enjoy it.When you've still got plenty of old must-watch anime left on your to-do list, focus on those instead of bothering with weekly stuff. Once you've gotten that out of the way, transition to watching weekly instead My two cents Only real reason to watch airing anime if your backlog is still full is if you really like discussing the new shows with your friends and stuff |
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| Pretty much 99% of the ongoing anime that I do watch, I watch weekly, although there are exceptions. |
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| I wait until it is finished and binge-watch/marathon it. I find that the best way to watch stuff. I won't sacrifice that for the sake of discussion(which is the only thing going for watching weekly) . |
HaXXspetten said: Ok, that makes sense. However, you're still spending the same amount of time on them so you could just as easily watch the finished ones while also keeping up with the seasonals (provided you didn't pick up too many; 3 or 4 seasonals is easy to keep up with). The type of show is important, slice of life anime are much easier to watch seasonally while action shows are quite obviously intended to be watched once a week but are easier to take in at a faster pace. There are some anime that would feel weird to watch once a week, though. I can't imagine watching Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 over three months seeing as the story takes place over four days.zombie_pegasus said: Well must-watch for you specifically I mean. Like if there's a show airing in the current season that you're interested in, but there are also 10 other really similar ones that you're also interested in that have already finished... why bother spending your time on having to wait a whole week between every episode by picking the new one first instead of starting with the older ones? Then by the time you've gotten through those, the new one might have finished airing as well. Etcetera. It's just a lot more practical that wayFor whatever weird reason I tend to avoid watching must-watch anime and instead gravitate towards anime that no one gives a shit about. It might have something to do with either my ADD, my OCD, or my autism that makes me avoid stuff that other people hate on which makes anime that no one talks about more appealing to me, whether consciously or subconsciously. I've also generally had bad experiences with must-watch anime so naturally the ones I haven't seen yet will not get a high priority on the plan to watch, if any at all. I have Attack on Titan in my PTW but I've been somewhat planning to watch that since before I even got into anime so it's been collecting metaphorical dust for about two years now. I don't know if I'll ever watch it but if I do I probably won't be going into it expecting to enjoy it. Only real reason to watch airing anime if your backlog is still full is if you really like discussing the new shows with your friends and stuff |
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| I used to be a weekly watcher until I became a binge-watcher. The problem with watching an ongoing anime is that you have no idea if the show is going to be any good so it's a bit of a crap-shoot. For the past year or so, I've been just waiting until the seasons finish, then I add all the best titles to my plan to watch list. That way I don't end up dropping so many anime like I used to. |
zombie_pegasus said: Yeah of course, it depends on how much time you're willing to dedicate overallHaXXspetten said: Ok, that makes sense. However, you're still spending the same amount of time on them so you could just as easily watch the finished ones while also keeping up with the seasonals (provided you didn't pick up too many; 3 or 4 seasonals is easy to keep up with). The type of show is important, slice of life anime are much easier to watch seasonally while action shows are quite obviously intended to be watched once a week but are easier to take in at a faster pace. There are some anime that would feel weird to watch once a week, though. I can't imagine watching Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 over three months seeing as the story takes place over four days.Well must-watch for you specifically I mean. Like if there's a show airing in the current season that you're interested in, but there are also 10 other really similar ones that you're also interested in that have already finished... why bother spending your time on having to wait a whole week between every episode by picking the new one first instead of starting with the older ones? Then by the time you've gotten through those, the new one might have finished airing as well. Etcetera. It's just a lot more practical that way Only real reason to watch airing anime if your backlog is still full is if you really like discussing the new shows with your friends and stuff |
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| I like watching airing series and somehow I feel more motivated to watch weekly episodes since I'm not always feeling like binge watching an entire show. |
| Seems like most people who don't want to watch weekly don't have the memory to do so. Is it really that hard for some? Weird. |
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| Tv series are different cause there are many seasons but an anime is better to watch it in one go.. It s like a film.. 4h you can do it in 2 days max |
| Weekly, it makes my days so much better...And when it's over it hurts more too... |
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| Since I don't pick up more than 2-3 shows at once, I prefer to wait for the sake of watching them in one run. So I'll wait until it has finished. |
| I watch maybe one or two airing shows weekly and wait for the rest, but usually I forget about them and they go on-hold for eternity |
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DmonHiro said: Seems like most people who don't want to watch weekly don't have the memory to do so. Is it really that hard for some? Weird. is not about forgetting the events is just boring to wait 1 week for 20 min |
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| I do a bit of both really. It depends on the type of anime AND number of episodes. If it's a thriller/mystery, I tend to wait for it to finish (kabaneri is an exception for this since it got me very hooked). If it's a comedy or any type that doesn't really end with cliffhangers I watch weekly For the number of episodes, I can only wait for anime that have 13 or less eps to finish, I can't wait 6 monthes for a 25 ep anime to finish so I can binge it, a perfect example of this would be jojo. As much as I loved binge watching the previous parts, I can't imagine myslef waiting for about 39 weeks |
| Always weekly. That's why I can watch a lof ot stuff. Watching 6-10 series most of the time each airing season. (Sometimes even more.) I know for some hardcore otakus who watch even more this seems not a lot. But for me it is a lot. And I try to select only the stuff I might like cause of limited time and I don't want to waste my time. (That's why I score the shows high often.) If I waited until it was finished and tried watching all the episodes of some shows in 2-3 days (per show) I might get really bored with most of the 7 ... even some 8 (my score) shows. There might not be much left - only the 9 and 10 which are rare. I'd probably watch only max 2-3 shows each season. And I might do this if I have less free time and not feeling bad about it but for now I have enough time and that's why I want to use it every day when I have that time to watch weekly when the episode are gettin aired. But since most shows get aired Friday till Sunday (only 2 showas I watch are available with subs at Monday, Tuesday) I don' always watch all of it immediately at the weekend. Watching it during the following week during weekdays. |
| I binge shows with too many cliffhangers.That or I think the show is really good after a few episodes since I prefer waiting for them to end. (of course there are shows I watch weekly though) |
| I'll wait until it's done and binge watch. Watching an episode a week knocks me out of the plot. |
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| Usually weekly though some series like Sakamoto I prefer to binge watch while others like Mayoiga I need to watch weekly otherwise my IQ will drop if I watch too may episodes in a short amount of time. |
| Big Order (TV):great anime or greatest anime? |
| I'm suffering so i don't get spoiled. I prefer to watch it at once but the half of my class watches anime so i have pretty much no chance since i get spoiled every time at school. |
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| I usually have 8-9 airing shows I follow on a weekly basis, while I have some others for when they finished airing. Btw don't we have this thread every damn week? |
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| I watch 15 to 20 shows a season, if I waited itd be a bitch to catch up lpl I do sometimes marathon a few that I didn't watch weekly once the season is over tho |
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| Weeelllp, sometimes I watch an anime halfway when it's airing due to how lazy or exceedingly busy I can be, and sometimes, I can be really behind. I still need to watch 2 more episodes of Mayoiga, 1 episode of Joker game, All the episodes of Big Order (Except episode one), 6 episodes of Hundred, 7 episodes of Boku no hero academia, all the episodes of Tanaka-san and all the episodes of Re:Zero (I stopped halfway on the first episode because it was boring AF) Typically, I watch ongoing anime weekly, only when I've very free however. School is consistently distracting me from watching anime and my end of year exams are yet to come soon. Sometimes, when a lot of people are overhyping and constantly advocating me a popular ongoing anime, I tend to not watch it and leave it still it's finished, then when the hype goes down, I binge it so I can just get over it and see what all the previous "hype" was about. (Example being Erased and OPM) |
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| Mostly weekly, with the exception of ecchi, horror, or short series that are less than 8 minutes per episode. |
| I watch 1 anime at a time, and never watched unfinished shows. binge watching is the way of life. |
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| I think SoL anime are best watched weekly. But currently i watch all shows i picked up weekly too cause I don't mind waiting for a week and don't have a hard time remembering what happed previous episodes . Plus i feel more excited if it's weekly. I might get lazy and let some episodes stack up . |
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| Weekly. Tho it sometimes interferes with schoolwork ,so lately I've at least started being really picky about what I add to the weekly schedule... It's summer right now, so I went overboard, but last season I was down to one show! Progress. |
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| Rather marathon than wait. But I do both. |
| It depends on the anime. If its interesting, I prefer to wait. This for to watch 2 or 3 episodes in a row. But most of times, I can wait. |
| The last time I watched an anime week-to-week, it was goddamn Inuyasha. Never. Again. EDIT: Actually, I tell a lie--the last anime I watched week-to-week was Unlimited Blade Works. But that's because it's ufotable. ufotable are above reproach and adolescent trauma. |
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| i'm a forgetful person so i never remember to watch the next week. it's easier for me to watch them all in one go. As an example, I was watching Haikyuu which i was extremely excited for but then I forgot one week and now it sits in my currently watching list at 11 episodes tho i'm not currently watching it. (But now that I've mentioned it, maybe it's time to go and finish it since it's finished now...) |
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