Too many anime, not enough time.

JJustinWang said:
I stopped myself from adding too much anime to my Plan To Watch list and even deleted many because I knew I wouldn't be able to make time for them lol.

Swagernator said:
Rest assured, you can't become otaku, you just became weab.

wolfwing said:


hehe my crunchryoll list is like 140 episodes of qued, and that with havin to stop myself adding every thursdays presents hehe.

wolfwing said:
what is the difference between the two, and how do I upgrade? :>

JJustinWang said:


I've been using Crunchyroll to watch animes that are on my Plan to Watch list and Gogoanime for animes that Crunchyroll doesn't have

Yesher said:

I dont think anyone can help you with arranging your schedule for you. You will be entertained regardless and being entertained is the point. As long as you dont neglect your responsibilities you are a functioning human being.

P. S. Are you really born in 1975? I usually did that when I was little to bypass age restrictions lol

pgmhecateii said:
I´m planning on watching all the anime on MAL with over 30k members. I´m probably having a bigger problem than you.

Yesher said:

I dont think anyone can help you with arranging your schedule for you. You will be entertained regardless and being entertained is the point. As long as you dont neglect your responsibilities you are a functioning human being.

P. S. Are you really born in 1975? I usually did that when I was little to bypass age restrictions lol

wolfwing said:
I'm turning into a otaku trying to get 10-20 episodes a day watched. But it seems like the more I watch, the more I find other series.

Like right now my currently wathching is 107 episodes, and only about 30-40 of wich are currently airing stuff, rest is shows I'm watching together with other anime, and stuff that my ad/os kicked in and got watching another show.

Anyone else ever feel this way? :> My currently watching, and plan to watch keep growing every day as I find more series and things I want to watch. And thats not even counting the daunting task of some of the bigger anime like.

Naruto
case closed
fairytale

And so on.

Yesher said:

Now I never tried this gaming anime combo but it sounds like a recipe of not enjoying either, have you tried to dial it down, you may be 42 but you have a lot of time still.
Moving on to the original point I recommend sorting out your list by taking another look and seeing what you are most skeptical about and trying it to see if its any good. Thats how I ended up clearing most of my list anyway. That may work for me but you are you, not me. Tell me what you think about this?

romagia said:
the answer starts with 3.5 and ends with x

Isley_ said:
Why do you watch Anime? Because you enjoy it? Or because you just want you to say "I've watched xyzn anime"?
You sound like you are forced to watch, just enjoy the series, don't push yourself that much.

JFuji said:
Welp I guess you gotta make some adjusments and now watch anime while you bathe and eat.

wolfwing said:
I'm turning into a otaku trying to get 10-20 episodes a day watched. But it seems like the more I watch, the more I find other series.

Like right now my currently wathching is 107 episodes, and only about 30-40 of wich are currently airing stuff, rest is shows I'm watching together with other anime, and stuff that my ad/os kicked in and got watching another show.

Anyone else ever feel this way? :> My currently watching, and plan to watch keep growing every day as I find more series and things I want to watch. And thats not even counting the daunting task of some of the bigger anime like.

Naruto
case closed
fairytale

And so on.

GlennMagusHarvey said:
I find that I can't really enjoy more than, at most, about 10 episodes in a day, and generally speaking, I'd rather watch only as many as 1 to 3 episodes a day.

Meanwhile, for me, it's the more I talk anime with people, the more anime I discover. I've basically told my friends to not rec me anything anymore. My Plan-to-Watch is basically the result of way too much of browsing, recs, and just generally finding things by accident.

CtrlZED said:
Oh man, I hear ya! Currently have over 500 on my PTW. I'm watching about ten this season, three from previous seasons and dropped seven Summer 2017 shows so far. I've worked out a loose priority system were the series with upcoming sequels take precedence. This is how I don't understand how people don't drop! But I've some to understand my own taste better, so that helps with editing which shows to watch.

Pullman said:
Well if you can't finish what you start it can get pretty annoying to have millions of currently watching titles. Seems more like an issue of attention span tho if you can't stay interested long enough to finish something and instead just start one thing after the other. Not a very enjoyable way of watching things imo, and that's coming from someone who also likes to watch multiple series but I can't watch more than a handful of non-airing shows at the same time before it stops being enjoyable and I just want to finish some of them. I usually just decide to not start any more when I start feeling overwhelmed. Which would have been like 60 entries ago, looking at your Currently Watching.

When we're talking about Plan to Watch stuff the fact that I keep finding interesting stuff always motivated and reassured me. I don't plan on quitting this hobby and having stuff to watch for years on end is a great feeling. I feel much more comfortable with 60 shows on my PTW than on my Currently Watching.

wolfwing said:

Part of it is, AD/OS wich I have.

one thing that causes me to pile up my watching list is shows like xross wars, narutio, yugioh and such that have 100+ episodes or around, and i enjoy them, but I find a new 13 episode series and get thinking, "I can finish that quickly and get back to other series." and then it takes weeks because other shorter anime pop in.

tennoyed said:
Just take your time and remember that the main reason you watch anime is entertainment. You are not obliged to watch everything in a short amount of time, so don't allow numbers and lists to temper your enjoyment. Otherwise you might not even recall anything you watched so far and then you'll be like: what was the point? If you waste your time anyway you should not waste it any more by hurrying and worrying about too many anime in your plans.

Also think about it from a positive side, you'll definitely won't be bored for another couple of years (or decades). You know, a lot of people have problems finding what to do or how to entertain themselves, so you can even consider yourself lucky.

Pullman said:


Yeah I limited myself to one 100+ episode show at a time (non-airing) and it can take me a year or two to finish them (or much shorter depending on the show). I'd feel overwhelmed if I was watching a bunch of those at the same time.

jal90 said:
Don't think about having a growing ptw list as something bad. It means that you get invested in the medium and you have expectations. There is no rush to complete it, pace yourself and watch at will.

I have a lot more titles in my ptw than you and I don't see the big deal. I haven't been able to watch anything in a long while and my pace is slow, so I don't expect to complete it soon. I know some people like to keep a dynamic ptw and only list the shows they want to watch soon but for me it's more of a reminder of everything I intend to see.

By the way, if you are stressed by the size of your ptw, check my movie watchlist that is reaching 8,000 titles and growing...

wolfwing said:


oh god...don't get me started on films :> I could spend years adding movies and never remember all the ones I've seen hehe. Days when our local movie rental let you rent unlimited movies for 50$'s a month, and I would rent 10 at a time from singles, old you name it hehe.

jal90 said:

That's quite cool, I've always been kind of inconsistant with my will to watch stuff, and I like to take my time. With watchlist I mean those I plan to watch, by the way. At my current pace watching 8,000 would take me... 30-40 years maybe?

jal90 said:

That's quite cool, I've always been kind of inconsistant with my will to watch stuff, and I like to take my time. With watchlist I mean those I plan to watch, by the way. At my current pace watching 8,000 would take me... 30-40 years maybe?