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Jan 25, 2019 1:51 PM
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For me, a 10-15 episode show takes about a day. A 20-30 episode show takes about a week. And a 100 episode show takes around a month. What about you?
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Jan 25, 2019 1:53 PM
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It took me five years to watch the last episode of Death Note.
Jan 25, 2019 1:53 PM
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Nowadays i'm quite lazy to binge watching, so i quite take a while.

Let's say 2-5 Episodes a day(not everyday tho)
Jan 25, 2019 1:58 PM
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In the past I could binge watch around 10-15 episodes a day too. Now I can only watch 1-3 episodes a day.
Jan 25, 2019 1:59 PM
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2 - 3 days on avg for a 12 episode show. 24 episode usually around a week. One Piece, about 2 years.
Jan 25, 2019 2:00 PM
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Another thread like this, hmm. My answer is - it doesn't matter because it's not a competition.
Jan 25, 2019 2:09 PM
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Depends...
If the anime is on airing, then usually about some months.


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Jan 25, 2019 2:10 PM
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When I started watching anime I would watch 20+ episodes a day so I would finish 2 ,12 ep series or a 24ep series. But now I only watch 5-6episodes a day . So 4days for a 24 ep series I guess.
Jan 25, 2019 2:12 PM
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lol 1 month? 100 episodes usually 5-6 months for me.
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Jan 25, 2019 2:13 PM

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Probably 2-4 weeks if it's the only one since in 2018 was my first time watching animes i missed due to personal issies. Plus 2011 to 2015 animes was shit and i'm glad to pick it up now.

I've only watch Yugioh and Toku.
Jan 25, 2019 2:14 PM
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Sometimes it takes a single night; other times it takes forever.
Jan 25, 2019 3:27 PM

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Probably 2-4 weeks if it's the only one since in 2018 was my first time watching animes i missed due to personal issies. Plus 2011 to 2015 animes was shit and i'm glad to pick it up now.

I've only watch Yugioh and Toku.


Really? 2011 is considered one of the best years for anime in recent years. 2014 was also pretty good.
Jan 25, 2019 3:30 PM
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For me it depends on the anime, if the show is good, doesn't matter how long it is, I will watch it in a day, like a 26 episode anime. I finished Hajime no Ippo in 3 days, it had 75 episodes... Hahahah it was that good, I didn't expect it to be that good, since come on it's literally about "boxing" I was like *hOw CaN tHaT bE gOoD?!* well yeah it got me off guard...
Jan 25, 2019 3:31 PM
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I've been watching Bleach now for about 5 years.
Jan 25, 2019 3:39 PM

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Depends on interest in the series. A good twelve-episode show takes me a couple days to finish while a boring one takes me a couple months if I don't just decide to drop it.


What's the difference?
Jan 25, 2019 3:40 PM

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12/24 episodes is usually a week or 2. Shows like FMAB and Soul Eater took a month

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Jan 25, 2019 3:49 PM

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If it's really interesting, 1 cour shows usually take less than a day and 2 cour shows take around 2-3 days


But if it's meh then it could take weeks to finish
Jan 25, 2019 3:50 PM

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A few hours - a year. I adjust the pacing in order to maximize my enjoyment.

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Jan 25, 2019 3:55 PM

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I can finish a 12/13 episode series in a day. But, for 24/26+ I like to take my time.

6-10 episodes a day depending on how busy I am.
Jan 25, 2019 3:55 PM

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It depends. One cour would be 3-5 days, two cour would be 5-7 days, and a multi-cour would be a week to a year, depending on it's length.
Jan 25, 2019 4:01 PM

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I would say 3-5 episodes per day. Sometimes I watch more, I watched for example One Piece in 5 months I think. Im currently about to finish Gintama which took me like a little more than one month
Jan 25, 2019 4:11 PM

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A week to a month. If I'm able to watch non stop, I can finish a 13 ep anime in 2 days, but that's not normal. Work and school, you know
Jan 25, 2019 4:11 PM

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It depends on how invested I am, really. If it's a series I get passionately into, say around the 12-24 episode mark, then I'll binge watch it in a day. More realistically, however, usually around a few days to a week for anime that I enjoy, but am not super into.
Jan 25, 2019 4:31 PM

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if i like it, a 12-24 episode show will go in about half a week
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Jan 25, 2019 4:34 PM

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Depends on how much free time I have, how much I like the show, where I'm watching the show, whether it's subbed or dubbed, how much of it has been translated into English, how long the series is, and whether it's finished airing.
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Jan 25, 2019 4:45 PM

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I don't watch more than 1 ep a day, sometimes none so it does take a few weeks to months for complete series. I also never watch movies in one go, so they take several days too.
Jan 25, 2019 6:08 PM

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I don't watch more than 1 ep a day, sometimes none so it does take a few weeks to months for complete series. I also never watch movies in one go, so they take several days too.


I understand the first bit but movies? Isnt that better to finish in one go?

Edit: For such a slow way of watching, youve completed a lot of anime still
Jan 25, 2019 6:29 PM

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Depends on how much I enjoy what I'm watching. When I first started watching one piece people kept saying "it gets better later on" so I breezed through ~200 episodes in one week during my vacation.
If I'm really liking it I'll devour everything and finish as fast as I can.
Sakamichi no Apollon, Zankyou no Terror, fate/stay night and Haikyuu are some animes that I finished in one sitting.
Jan 25, 2019 6:29 PM

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it should take me 2 days for a regular 12 episode show but I procrastinate around the 7 episode mark so it takes me a week ngl


Jan 25, 2019 6:34 PM
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for me it depends on how much time I have, if I'm free all day I can just watch episode after episode.. so on so on.


If it is airing, as you can see/read I can keep up to date with every episode but breaks/weekly etc can take months.


summary maybe 15-20 episode a day/night. (if I am truly invested)
Jan 25, 2019 6:35 PM

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Depends on the show. Some I want to finish quickly others I want to take me time with.

The fastest I've finished a show longer than 12 eps was all 26 eps of Gungrave in one day.
Jan 25, 2019 7:35 PM

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It depends on the anime really, if it's an anime that i just casually enjoy i may take 2 or 3 months to finish (maybe more an extreme case 1 year+), for example i found an anime called Arad Senki Slap up party and it took me like 2 months to finish it but Baki (2018) it took me one week because i was really digging it, both have 26 episodes.
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Jan 25, 2019 8:11 PM

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depends if its Sunday then i'll easily finish 1 even 2
others needs 2 days for me to finish one

Of course also depends on the enjoyment of the show



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Jan 25, 2019 8:21 PM

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It really depends on the anime and the ammount of spare time I have. On average I can watch nowadays only an episode a day.
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Jan 25, 2019 8:52 PM

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depends, if it's the primary show I'm watching, a 24/25 episode season will take a week. If it's one of the secondary shows I'm watching concurrently, anywhere from a week to a month. Most days I can watch 3-4 episodes.

Jan 25, 2019 9:14 PM
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I mean, it depends. If it's a SOL or comedy then il just watch at my own pace/whenever I feel like it. If I really like a show and get invested il have it done in a day or 2 (12 and 24 episodes)
Jan 25, 2019 9:57 PM

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really just depends on time I have to blow. I've finished regular 12/13 episode anime in a day or 2 but I've also had times where I don't finish short anime for a couple weeks lol.
Jan 25, 2019 10:01 PM
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I completed all of HxH in one week at my peak of watching anime...
Jan 25, 2019 10:02 PM
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I'm not a binge watcher so it really depends on the series. If it is some light hearted comedy/ slice of life, I finish it really quickly. If it is a plot heavy show, then I like to take my time thinking about it, making theories and stuff.
Jan 26, 2019 11:46 AM

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Eh, it really depends on the type of show it is and when I have the most time to watch it. Back when I first got into anime, I was binging whole seasons in the span of a few days and completing the rest of a series in the same week; nowadays I barely have enough time to watch more than 1-3 episodes of anime a day if I even get to watch at all.

It doesn't really matter how long the series is in particular, just it's relation to other things I've watched.

I get through sequel seasons the fastest but it still takes me at least 1 week per cour. New anime I've started will usually take me twice as long with around 2 weeks per cour - slice of life and romcom series in particular I watch pretty slowly, taking a little over a month per cour. Seasonal anime I can't really watch faster than they air, of course. Anything else that doesn't fit those categories gets put on the back burner and I'll watch them at a pretty slow pace - 3 months per cour at the minimum, with some series taking me me over a year or two to finally complete (especially if it's something I picked up from my Dropped)

Over the summer or winter break however, I have more time to binge and try to get through as many shows as I can.

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It took me five years to watch the last episode of Death Note.

My god I feel that, man. That show was a lot.
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Jan 26, 2019 5:26 PM

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Depends on the anime. Some 12 episode anime I can binge watch in a few days while others may take weeks to finish.
Jan 26, 2019 7:40 PM

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Jan 26, 2019 7:53 PM

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One or two months because I watch anime on the weekends just like how the shows' episodes were originally released. Not that I think watching this way is authentic, rather I have some free time only on the weekends.
Jan 26, 2019 8:16 PM

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Anywhere from days to years. I started Hamatora when I was 17 or 18 and now I’m 22 and just now starting to finish it up. I haven’t touched Log Horizon in years, either.

It took me two days to finish Unlimted Bladeworks.

I usually watch anywhere from 1-3 episodes a day, depending on my mood and how invested I am in the series or if it ends with a cliffhanger. Sometimes I will watch one episode from three different shows in one day.
Jan 26, 2019 9:48 PM

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It depends, but it took me two months to watch Armored Trooper Votoms. After I got through with Armored Trooper Votoms, I spent another three weeks and a half to finish Witchblade.
Jan 27, 2019 12:09 AM
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I generally binge so literally whatever the run time is minus the openings, endings, and previews plus depending on the show I may tweak the playback speed which can cut down the total watch time by quite a bit and is really nice for getting through the filler you often see in some of the longer shows like big shonen ones)
Jan 27, 2019 1:21 AM
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Depends on the show, but if I’m into it is takes me about 4.5 hours to watch 12 episodes
Jan 27, 2019 1:21 AM

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It takes me 21-23 minutes to finish an episode. Now you can proceed with the rest of the calculations~
Jan 27, 2019 1:49 AM

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For me personally, there are a lot of factors that determine how fast (or slow) I watch an anime. From pacing, to enjoyment factor, to nuance, a lot of things dictate how quickly I can watch a show.

For example, I binge watched all of Violet Evergarden in about eight hours yesterday. It was such an emotionally gripping show that for me personally, I just couldn’t wait to start the next episode as soon as I finished.

I could say the same right now for A Place Further Than The Universe. I’m taking this one a little slower (I watched about four episodes tonight and I think I’ll try to finish the rest tomorrow). This show is a little more challenging since there isn’t as much dramatic tension pulling me in from episode to episode, but I still find it to be an enjoyable watch that I can binge.

However, it usually takes me a while for the shows that have a lot more depth and nuance. I think it took me about 10-14 days to watch all 26 episodes of Steins;Gate. That show requires so much viewer attention that it’s difficult to keep a fresh mind from episode to episode if you try to binge. I ran into the same problem with Monogatari Series as well as From The New World. Steins;Gate and From The New World are my two favorite anime of all-time, but I have to admit that I just couldn’t binge them. They both took a lot of time to watch and digest.

Then, there are the anime I just don’t enjoy that much. What I’ll usually do is watch a bunch of episodes at once and then just put it on-hold for a while. Two examples that come to mind using this approach are Fairy Tail and Gintama. I’m not trying to imply that I hate these shows and that’s why I “dropped” them or put them “on-hold.” They are more or less shows that I enjoy for a while, but due to length and repetition, I get bored of them. That’s part of the reason why I prefer the one or two cour shows. It’s so much easier to watch all the episodes in a short period of time and the writing is more concise, to the point. Whereas, a show like Gintama or Fairy Tail gets dragged out because there is a lot of content and production studios want to drag it out because they know they will make more of it.

About 70% of the anime I watch is seasonal regardless, so I mostly just watch them on the “one episode per week,” basis. However, in the occasion I do watch a fully aired series, this is how I generally go about it. Timing is a factor as well. I work in a busy career field so I don’t get a ton of time to “binge” on anime, so I’m very selective about what I will watch and when.
Jan 27, 2019 2:16 AM
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Roughly 5-7 days per cour for me, or less if I binge it (which is quite rare for me)
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