Do you guys and gals tend to watch anime based on the scores here on MAL or through your'e own searches?
| I know my list is pretty limited right now, but I find myself looking more on the "top anime" list rather than searching deeper for some shows that might fit my particular interest, not really that I don't know what to watch but rather that I'm too lazy to go back into the history of anime lmao |
| "When you've got a problem you can't fix by yourself, like today, theres a good chance that if you work together with someone else, you can overcome it" - Hayashida to Rei Kiriyama (3 Gatsu no Lion) |
| I generally go by recommendations of shows that are like what i've seen, random searches, and then some seasonals tossed in. The rating doesn't need to be high for me to watch it (anything over a 6 is fair game for me), as long as the synopsis is intriguing. If the rating of the show is high, well that's just icing on the proverbial cake. |
| What's your rush now? Everyone will have his day to die. |
| For me, if I want something new to watch or read, I tend to pick a genre first based on my mood at that time. Then, I usually sort by score, and to a less extent, sort by most members/popularity. I go into most things not having a score already in my head though (such as, if show X has a rating of 9 on MAL, it must be really good) as opinions differ from every person over how good a series is. |
| I tend to avoid shows below 6.0 but I do watch my anime based on my own searching. |
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| Oh hell no, MAL scores are like FFFFFFFFFFFFFF XD For seasonal anime I check LiveChart. If I see one that looks interesting to me, I may go to the website of the series. When it comes to older titles, friends either SHOVE them at me or.....actually quite a few AMVs have made me decide to watch the respected show. |
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| Usually I just watch whatever looks interesting regardless of the rating but of course there are a few exceptions. For example everything below a 7 is likely to be average at most and everything below 6 nearly unwatchable, so it is a good indicator to tell where it stands. On the other hand high rating =/= good, so you should always make sure that it lines up with your own interests rather than the interests of the majority of the community. |
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| Yeah, mostly watch base on score first. |
| 'America is a stolen country' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SM8WZ0ztMuc Zapredon said: It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person. Totally agree! |
| Back in my day, when we rode horses instead of drove cars, word-of-mouth was usually how I decided. That and what was available for rent at the video store. Nowadays, I pretty much go by genre. I spend more time watching all the old shows I missed way back when than I do watching new stuff, honestly. There's not a lot of science-fiction today and although I like fantasy, I'm pretty much tired of isekai. |
| I mostly find anime to watch through recommendations, or scrolling through anime in the genre search page. If it looks interesting I'll watch it even if it has a low score. |
| I'm willing to watch some 5s and 6s depending on how it looks since I don't trust MAL's taste that much, but usually not below 5. I sort by year and genre rather than scores. |
| I choose what to watch mostly on my own searches and recommendations (the ones I asked for mainly on Facebook groups, not some random ones). It's much more effective for me because I like to watch older and unpopular anime too, and they're often rated 6-7 here. I also just use the top list sometimes, but I don't trust it too much. |
fuyukiJan 16, 2018 11:16 PM
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| Scores affect but I usually watch it on my own judgment. Although School Days scores around 6.05, I am in love with it. I go for what I like, oh and covers affect me too much! Art style has to be good. |
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| Genres and fujo/gay level are deciding factors for me. |
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| All of the above? I will literally watch anything that isn't torture porn, and I like to keep a variety of anime on my watching list at all times. I don't really care what it's rated usually, although I'm currently trying to watch the top 100 in both rating and popularity just for fun. Anyways, I frequently watch anime completely blind without knowing the MAL score or synopsis, and I find my enjoyment of series to be generally higher when done this way, so I'm trying to do it more often. Basically I watch knowing only the title and possibly having seen the MAL thumbnail or some other artwork (but sometimes not even that). In this way, I never know what I'm getting, and it helps me to discover new anime I've never heard of. One way I do it is just check Nyaa recent uploads and download the most recent uploaded batch that I haven't already seen. It's like Russian roulette, and I derive pleasure from it. [Luckily I haven't accidentally downloaded torture porn in this way.] |
| Controversy and cute girls are my main deciding factors these days. |
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| Ofcourse not i dont watch anime according to those stupid rankings...... |
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| Score matters much to me honestly, not just in MAL though, I sometimes search for rating in other sites ... I also don't really care about recommendations, I am not interested in watching similar shows, I rather find another greats in another genres ... |
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| In terms of seasonals, I do minimal research. When looking at a seasonal anime chart, I just try to determine if any are sequels. If there are sequels, I try to watch the previous seasons prior to the start of that season. Sometimes there are shows that get through the cracks. This season, I somehow missed that Basilisk : The Ouka Ninja Scrolls is a sequel. I've put that on hold so I can soon start watching the first season. The second season of Gin no Guardian and Hitori no Shita are airing. I've dropped the first season of those shows, but I'm somewhat intrigued to give them another look. As for the rest of the seasonals, I pretty watch everything offered in my subscriptions. I continue or drop a show depending on my enjoyment. Currently at 46ish seasonals. I would be surprised if I still have over 40 by the end of the season, but mid 30s would be my guess. I do watch non-airing shows too, but those I pretty much pick at random; unless its preparing for an upcoming sequel. |
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| Read the reviews, some of them are pretty accurate. |
| Well, I don't believe in scores that much, some of my most disliked anime have +8 and +9 scores, and some of my favs have -8. But I'll admit I haven't gone as far as watching -7 anime. But yes, I use the tools on MAL to find anime. Of course you have the recommendations section, which I only looked up once. Trolls_Bane said: Read the reviews, some of them are pretty accurate. I'm not sure about that, if I were by the reviews I would probably end up watching nothing. Some of them are just so negative. And some of them are just, well, not to contradict you, but innaccurate, or just miss the point of the anime altogether. |
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| if my only or main indicator would be MALs score I probably wouldve dropped the medium by now lol I go by trusted friends opinions most of the time or if something unusual peaks my interest. |
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| Mal scores + search I tend to avoid anything rated below 7.5 Also even if it's rated high it doesn't mean i will watch it Some genres are insta avoid |
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| By my own searches. Heck, I did a massive search by checking season anime per year in descending order because I was so desperate to watch more anime that time. |
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nose1234 said: I'm not sure about that, if I were by the reviews I would probably end up watching nothing. Some of them are just so negative. And some of them are just, well, not to contradict you, but innaccurate, or just miss the point of the anime altogether. I know some are written pretty vindictively and some downright worshipping the anime, but those who rate it at around 6-8 usually give a pretty good run-down of what you might be met with in the anime. |
| Pretty much exclusively personal searches. Most of my PTW list was built either from second hand discussions, images and gifs, random videos and clips, etc. I'll also go through recent seasons and try to chip away at any shows that I missed or need to finish when I have a notable opening. There are some days where I just felt in the mood for a specific genre or type of series so I'll do a vague search, choose say 5 that catch my interest and add them all to my PTW but pick the one most appealing at the time to watch. Outside of that I just follow whatever watching challenges I want to pick up and build a schedule around those. Which has led me to entire franchises or encouraged me to watch things I would normally put off. But I pretty much never use Top Anime or Most Popular to choose. If I had to resort to those 2 though most popular would be the easy choice. |
| For me, it’s always through my own searches. I sometimes don’t like to judge my own score on the basis of others. Doesn’t feel genuine to me. |
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| at times i watch something just because of high rating, but most anime i pick for other reasons i dont need to make searches i already know every anime that exists at times i picked up anime just because i never heard of them until that point but it's not such a good idea especially after you find the places these anime hide |
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| Through my own research. MAL scores aren't reliable. But there are times that I watch because it's highly rated, but yo see what's it's about. |
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| Anikore, so through "my are own" searches, I suppose. Lmao. |
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| Yeah sometimes if i just want to binge watch something thats good i will go by the MAL rating but most times i just kind of watch whatever looks good to me,no matter the score. |
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| A bit of both... Depends on what I'm doing. Like, usually when I make food, I forget to find something to watch until AFTER I have it ready to eat, so at that point I just watch whatever has the highest rating/popularity at the time. Otherwise, I tend to search for very (unnecessarily so) specific genre and character archetypes. So basically, I'm really picky, unless I'm hungry, cause I can't eat unless I'm watching something.  |
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| I do not give a fuck about score Make your own damn decisions |
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| mal scores are painfully inaccurate when we have garbage like kimi no na wa as #2 because normies love pretty colors. please replace it with steins;gate or hxh 2011, something that i can respect at least. anyway, i decide what i want to watch based on what seems interesting to me. i'll watch anything, really. |
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| Find users with high affinity (around 50% or more) and watch their favorites or high scored anime. |
zalJan 17, 2018 4:56 AM
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| When I was still new and just discovered this site, scores were everything. I tried to watch every anime that interest me that is on top 100. I guess that's the reason why I've already watched most anime in top 100 (rough estimation is 75/100). I'm changing that habit of mine now bit by bit. I watch what I want to watch and what piques my interest. |
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| The overall rate on MAL only helps me to expect something huge or "just ok"... I choose something to watch for different reasons. |
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| lol, I looked into the "top list" only once, to see what the fuzz was all about, with these regular whining topics how this is not #1, or that is #2. But to find anime to watch - heck no. Until I'll have - don't know … 500? - titles watched/ dropped, to me there is more anime that may be interesting to me coming to my attention from all kinds of sources than I can possibly watch in the same time. There are so many interesting things that - deservedly or not - will never make it into some top lists, why should I want to make myself miss them? |
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zal said: Find users with high affinity (around 50% or more) and watch the their favorites or high scored anime. This is a good way to watch a bunch of shows at first without putting much effort into searches. Doesn't mean you'll like everything, but after a while you should have a good idea of what you want and don't want to watch and be able to search on your own. Thx @Imaishi and @galimx for having great lists (^: |
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| My own. I don't "research" though. I either watch without prior knowledge or I know the source. |
| I find anime through my own searches. If I would search by MAL score I would've atleast missed 2 to 5 anime from my favourites. the thing about users with high affinity looks like a smart way. Never found someone above 40% do... |
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| Neither, To narrow stuff up with quick judgment you still need score, I actually haven't found anything below 7 to be enjoyable/memorable/unique at least for now. So picking up things below 7 especially 8 would be the option. It still count with manual search because you have to find a good one in the running season or past. |
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