| It seems like I reached my lifetime goal of 1k anime. Time to stop watching I guess. |
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| If I add all of the OVAs and movies along with all of the other stuff I watched years ago, I can probably hit 400, but I'm pretty selective with my anime now, so I can see myself peaking at 700 if I continue watching for the next 10 years. |
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| I've already surpassed 1000 quite some time ago. I've been watching anime 30+ years at this point though. As long as anime can keep your interest it's entirely possible over time. |
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| I've started watching anime 4 years ago and i am already on 500 so... |
| Uh, maybe I guess. It'll be awhile though. I think it's pretty possible. |
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| I'm already way past 1k so yep, pretty sure I will unless I'm already a ghost and I don't know it. I've just been watching anime for around 10-11 years, not sure how to explain how I got here. I just like the medium and I've been constantly watching anime since then. |
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| Well, counting only distinct series (so no films, no secondary follow-up seasons or specials or bonus OVAs or anything of the sort), on my profile page, I created a section precisely for keeping a running tally of that. It is rather uncreatively titled, "Keeping Track of the Series I've Watched to Completion in Order" and it's where I...exactly as it sounds, keep track of the series I've watched to completion in order (I also count series for which I've only seen one or multiple seasons but not all if it's one where I'm not planning to watch any more later seasons in the foreseeable future). And on that list I'm only up to 113. And currently watching five more distinct series. So it'll be a substantial period of time I say, rather something to look at as only playing out in the space of quite a few years or maybe even decades. What also slows me down is that it takes me a while to really become enamored with a lot of new series and I seem to derive a lot more enjoyment sometimes from just rewatching what I already know and love - if not the entire series again then select episodes or scenes/moments. I'm usually more in the mood to rewatch anything from my Top 20 or 30 than most new stuff. |
| Probably not. I’ve been watching anime pretty regularly for about 7 years and I haven’t completed even 200 anime. |
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| Without counting ovas, movies and sequels, probably i will reach it in 5 years |
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| Why won't you count ova, specials and movies? You have TV anime of hundreds of episodes which count for only 1 entry. Watching short entries even out the number of episodes completed. I have 1000 anime completed and 15 000 episodes watched. By counting everything, the average number of episodes I watch per entry is 15. So counting short series isn't screwing with the statistics unless you watch more short entries than regular series. |
| You know, I finally made a MAL account yesterday to count how many anime I've watched. I'm already past 1k, and I know I've forgotten to add some series. It's amazing what you can do with 15 years of your life. |
| I think i will be able to reach this goal within the next 10 years |
| 1000 Franchises (Without Sequels, Special-OVA, Movies or spin-off of its series) sounds like a challenge, Let's see It's possible for me. |
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| If you are into milestones and keep track of everything then I guess its something you'll cherish. Personally I just like watching anime, I dont pay too much attention to the number of shows in the long run. I guess it really depends how many of the ones you watched you really liked. Odds are not too many. The more you watch the more your perspective shifts, you get context for some shows that are similar, comparing shows that have similar themes or settings is a regular occurrence. At least for me ^^' tl;dr if you keep track of milestones, its an achievement otherwise it'll just happen and it changes your perspective and probably scoring |
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shiroha said: I just noticed you already hit 2k. Congrats lol. I'll soon reach 1k and I think it's enough. I've sacrificed my youth way too much.1000 Franchises (Without Sequels, Special-OVA, Movies or spin-off of its series) sounds like a challenge, Let's see It's possible for me. |
| I just did, last year. Now I'm going for the 2000 completed series mark. |
Don't talk to me about character development if Kaizuka Inaho or Slaine Troyard are in your favorites. |
| well to be honest i m not really sure , i ve been watching anime for about 5-6 years now and my most anime watched year was 2019 i think that i ve kinda burned out this year having watched 127 last year and just almost a week ago reached 200 anime , so i think if i ever come back to a binge watching frenzy i guess i might reach 1000 in some years |
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Edocchi said: shiroha said: I just noticed you already hit 2k. Congrats lol. I'll soon reach 1k and I think it's enough. I've sacrificed my youth way too much.1000 Franchises (Without Sequels, Special-OVA, Movies or spin-off of its series) sounds like a challenge, Let's see It's possible for me. Well, If you put it that way. You're definitely can do it... Good Luck lol |
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| I never paid much attention to it, but I guess I'm soon approaching the 1000 mark. It's actually not a fun achievement, because for the first time ever I am having to dip into the mediocre titles. The closer I get to 1000, the more I find myself digging in the trash. |
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| Yes, I’m getting close to that mark. |
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| That's easy, I'm already at 487 and I've only watched anime actively for like 3-4 years. Currently I'm concentrating on longer series so this year the number hasn't gone up much but I think it will take only maybe another 3 years the speed I'm watching. |
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| Yes if I have the motivation of keep watching anime Let's say I'm 18, having around 150 anime completed in 2 years, means 1500 animes will be completed by 20 years time By 28, I will have more than 1500 animes completed, so if I can find my motivation I can easily do that, not to mention I have my 30s, 40s waiting for me (if only I still have the motivation to keep watching anime, and for me I don't really like watching not popular anime because how poor the quality are [most probably, not all] and how less I can talk about it with someone. |
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| No, but that’s a great goal. I watch anime reeeally slow I put Shippuden on hold for months and it took me nearly a year to finish it- without the filler mind you. Even though I put it on hold because the Five Kage Summit was so boring and the only redeeming thing about it was that it was constantly getting saved by Tobi |
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| Barring some tragedy leading to my early demis, considering I am already well over halfway there, only 17, and still love anime just as much as when I started back when I was 9 I very much doubt I won't pass the 1000 mark at some point. Of course, anything can happen, and I don't ever want to prioritize completing anime above enjoying the anime I am watching but I do think it's a milestone I will reach at some point in the future. As of now I honestly just hope it's before I'm out of college, not because I don't think I will watch anime after, I do, I just think I am going to have far less free time then than I do now. |
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| Anything is possible if I don't have anything better to do, but I can't imagine having 1000 anime watched under my belt. |
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| I've been watching anime for around 5 years, and I've watched around 450 animes. I think I'll need another 6 or 7 years to reach 1000. My truly goal is reach 10000 |
| I've done 200 in a year and a half so I think I could do it in 5 years as long as I don't die. |
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| I'm currently at 468 TV Anime. Probably in another 10 years I reach 1000. |
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| At some point probably. I mean, there's just so much to consume.. |
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| It's one of my goals since I entered this life, 6 years already, with fully series (no counting OVA, etc) I've watched 240 anime, on MAL I have 612, so if I go through the MAL way, it's not going to take long to reach 1000 anime or something like that huge. Tho I think my goal for now it's to watch the most popular series. |
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| I've always thought it was possible, but as the years go on it seems less and less likely. I've been watching anime since 2015, and right now I'm just 5 short from 500 anime completed. But my pace has definitely gone down every year. I used to be able to binge whole series in a single sitting, and now I'm lucky if I can even have enough time to watch 1 episode a day. I'm not actively trying to reach 1000 Completed or have any specific milestone; more just that I've accepted that I'm going to continue to watch anime all the time as it's currently my main hobby. My only real goal is just to not take longer than a year to finish shows I've started. Only counting TV series, my first year watching I had completed around 50 shows, and last year it slowed down to 25, not including seasonal. Mathematically speaking, I'll probably get to 1000 eventually, but it will take considerably longer than it has just to get me to 500 PrOxAnto said: That is very true. If I just go off of individual entries in MAL, I'm already at ~500 entries and I can probably get to 1000 within a handful of years.1000 anime entries or 1000 different anime series? For example, One Piece has like 50+ entries on MAL iirc. If judged by entries alone, I'm close to 1000, you get there pretty fast considering there's enough entries that are just OVA's or specials for series you've seen already. If judged by separate anime series, I have a LONG way to go probably. I don't know how many anime series exactly, but I'm probably around 200 to 300 different series. If I ignore OVA's and Specials and only count TV series and Movies by looking at the stats on Completed, then my total is only 341, and it will take considerably longer. And only counting TV entries doesn't even get me to 300 (241). Probably the most difficult thing to do though would be to get to 1000 individual series. According to my own calculations, I've watched ~170 separate series, only counting TV entries and ignoring sequel seasons. According to my MALGraph (which considers franchises as having at least 2 titles), I'm only at 119. So like, I'm very far away from 1000, depending on how you look at it. nyugvo6 said: I love your response so much. It's very well put together and seems very thought out. Even for people not actively trying to reach any particular milestone, this is very good advice.1000+ entry guy here. I have a lot to say so I'll try to keep it short. it took me 10 years to get here. I can finish 200+ anime per year (I've tested it. this includes shorts, ovas and movies btw) the mal challenge is a very good way to motivate yourself and to broaden your taste. I wouldn't have come this far just by casually watching anime, like turning on the tv. I have goals in mind. stuff like: I want to finish this series today. I want to watch all the extra stuff related to this series. I want to complete the anime challenge. I want to complete 200 anime this year. currently it's: I want to finish everything I've downloaded. then to watch every anime by gainax. then by satoshi kon. (almost done with this one unfortunately) my greatest goal of all is to find something better than eva. that show was the one that turned me from a casual watcher into someone seriously interested in anime. the more anime you watch the lower your average score will get, this is natural and you have to accept it. you're not becoming jaded, or started hating anime. you just have a better perspective and you're a better judge now. you must learn to drop shows. watching things you're not interested in will set you back more than it's worth. you have to step out of your comfort zone sooner or later. (mal challenge helped me a lot with this) you will be able to find shows you like in genres you dislike overall, trust me. if I sticked to my personal preferences: horror, psychological, gore, tits, postapocalypse, swordfights, cyberpunk, I'd be around 200 entries or so. if you're stuck not knowing what to watch, try the reccs at the bottom of your favorite entries. I try to keep my plan to watch list around 100. but it just gets longer this way. if it doesn't help, look up the studio that made your favorites, favorite directors or the artists if you loved the art aspect. every decade has it's dominant genres and you'll find a lot of clones and different takes on the same subject. the key to watching a lot of anime is to jump around in time, so it will feel less same-y. even if it feels all bad sometimes, after every 50 entries I find a new gem I will treasure forever. it's a journey worth investing into. hold onto series that you know you will like, and watch those as a treat if you feel like you've only seen bad shows for a while. don't buy into mal scores, the only thing they represent is how popular a show was. I find 7/10 shows to be way more satisfying than some higher rated ones. it's not a race, take your time. you're here to have fun and enjoy yourself. if you can, read up on the creators and studios and the influences. it's not necessary at all but you might gain some insight and appreciate certain things more. a note to myself if somehow my past version gets to read this some day: don't bother watching anything I've rated 5/10 or below. if a show is just okay, you can spend your time watching something else. I don't regret watching most but I know I could've spent my time with better things. and trust yourself, rebuild 3 is THAT bad. I definitely agree that challenges and stuff is a good way to broaden your interests. MAL by itself is a very good platform for being able to discover new shows. I wouldn't have found nearly the number of anime I've watched if I just stuck to the stuff airing on Toonami and [AS]. Looking at Recommendations and Reviews also helped whenever I needed something interesting to watch. Also: "you must learn to drop shows. watching things you're not interested in will set you back more than it's worth." Definitely. Though I follow the 3-episode rule I don't generally push myself to watch things I don't like. I could care less about padding my completed. There are so many other good shows I could be watching xiGremory said: Welcome to MyAnimeList, man. I hope you find a lot of good shows to watch. Lowkey kind of scared that you have a plan to go from 60 to 1000 completed in 2 months. Don't know if that's physically possible, but godspeed to you. Let me know if you ever want some recommendationsI am getting close. I don't have much on MAL as I just recently made an account, but if my calculations are correct, then I should reach 1000 by the end of this year. Getting ready for this weekend where I can spend some time figuring out what Fall 2020 anime I want to watch first. Already watched the first episode of Noblesse, and that looks pretty good. By far though, I'm most looking forward to the last season of AoT and season 2 of YNN. Might hold off on watching and make one of those number 1000 |
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| No. To be honest, I doubt I'll reach at least 300. |
| Imagine how boring this world would be without Japan - a comment at youtube |
| Well considering I've completed 259 shows, I'm currently watching 9, I have about 27 on hold and I plan to watch 707 shows (with more being added every season)...... Yes I do think I'll be able to achieve that lmao. |
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| Yeah sure, that's one of my objectives in life, i expect to reach that number in 3 or 4 years maybe less. |
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| I already have reached 1.000 entrys. After 4 decades watching anime (90'-00'-10'-20') 952 Complete, 538 tv anime (not included 2020) at least 200 movies, etc. Voy a escribir en español porque no se me da tan bien el inglés. Es una cuestión de saber hacia donde apuntar, si preferís los dibujos más simples pero con argumentos más experimentales del 00', la animación en HD con animaciones mejor desarrolladas del 10', o el estilo clásico de la animación con celdas, y con historias con conceptos simples y tramas complejos del siglo XX. Lo bueno del anime es que tiene un marco tan grande, que es difícil no encontrar algo de tu gusto, ya sean series raras como Texhnolyze, Kaiba o Cossette, las grandes franquicias como los Jojo's, Monogatari o Fate, a lo más grotesco, como la época de las OVA's de finales de los 80' a principios de los 90' |
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