| It is definitely big brain from you. You might loose some value (but you're not loosing enjoyment you don't get anyway) and you don't have to leave with a feeling "Man, I couldn't get through it so I can't talk about this show." Of course, it is your decision to make whether it is worth to continue watching and whether the part is not important. I didn't skip through the infamous endless eight of Haruhi's just to get the same feeling as others watching. |
| I only do that if the series turns out to be boring. Luckily, this haven't happened often. Last time I set the speed to 2x that was when I had to watch Beyblade ๐คฃ I started that series like a decade ago and like many people I hate leaving things unfinished, no matter if it's a movie or a series. So to ease my pain I increased the speed. |
| I speed up the dialogue scenes when they're too slow. |
| I always watch anime at 2x speed. I just feel like the characters are all speaking to slow. I have a really high reading speed. To me, watching at 2x speed is basically the same as watching at the original speed. I can auto-tune the mood, I can feel the music, I can notice the details in the drawings. It's just more time-efficient watching at 2x speed, while not losing anything, at all. But that's just me taking advantage of my ability to read very fast. |
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| U r lik bay bee. I watch 3x speed on VLC. |
| I skip to the last episode get on my level |
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| My opinion is litterally "Not this shit again"...*clicks the back botton* |
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| I did that for a couple anime that I didn't really care about that much but honestly if something is so boring that you watch it in 2x speed it might be a better idea to just watch something else |
| I watched One Piece at 2.4x, seemed ok to me, i understood everything what was going on and even was able to read subtitles at that speed. |
| don't reveal that you speedwatch if you want to reveal it, for your entire life you must never tell that you don't understand the storyline |
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| About as pointless as arguing over subs and dubs. |
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| What's the point of watching it if you're gonna watch it in 2x speed ? If you don't want to watch it just drop it or skip the episode lmao |
| This is something I wouldn't enjoy at all. |
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| Watching anime in 2x speed is crime, it shouldn't be done |
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| it really depends on the show. i find 1x speed anime to be frustratingly slow - usually 1.5x is about the right level to speed it up to a normal conversational speed. however, some shows like One Piece feel about right at 1.3x (interesting that many think this is the prime candidate to speed up), many others can be 1.7x and still be fine. some of this isekai crap i'm more than happy to blast through at 2.5x because its pretty shallow nonsense mostly |
| Bleach is best consumed with your ears open and your eyes closed. |
| usually only watch on 2x speed when it's an airing show i don't like, but still don't want to drop. |
| No why? You can't like a show as much if everything is going faster. It is all for fun, after all. |
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| When I first taught myself how to speed read to help me get through schoolwork, I couldn't watch anime at normal speed for months. Different people process info at different paces. It's dumb to say "watch at 1x or drop it" cause everyone is different. That would be like requiring someone to have a timer when they read manga to ensure they don't read "too fast". I never would have been able to experience older shows like Mazinger Z or Mobile Suit Gundam without the help of 2x. I also never would have had the time to watch all of HxH 2011 TWICE without going through it the first time at 2x. Requiring people to experience a show in a certain way is just dumb gatekeeping. |
| But why? You are supposed to enjoy anime, not finish it in order for it to feel like a chore. |
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| Seems really unnecessary to me.. what would the point of that be? |
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| It's feel like you're watching anime for the sake of watching it if you watch it with x2. It's meaningless to boost the number of anime you've watched without enjoying them. |
| To me, if you have to resort to watching at higher speeds, then you are clearly not enjoying the show and should probably just move onto things you do like. I would rather just not watch anime than watch something in a way other than the creators intent. The exception I can think of is if you are watching it specifically because you don't enjoy it, you know it's terrible, and you just want to see how much of a train-wreck it becomes. In those situations, where it's a 1/10 type of anime, then I think watching at higher speeds is probably fine. However, I would hesitate to be vocal about opinions on that show since you didn't watch it as it was intended. Meaning: you wouldn't have much right to complain about the music or voice acting, since your experience of those things was completely different from the intent. |
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| Watching at 2x speed would ruin the music and Voice acting for me. Not to mention it would hurt the story and dialogue significantly. People underestimate the importance of a pause or even just silence in a conversation. If I got to the point where this was the only way I would continue a series, I would just drop it. Never had that feeling though. |
BurstmobFeb 28, 2021 1:50 PM
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toastyloafers said: When I first taught myself how to speed read to help me get through schoolwork, I couldn't watch anime at normal speed for months. Different people process info at different paces. It's dumb to say "watch at 1x or drop it" cause everyone is different. That would be like requiring someone to have a timer when they read manga to ensure they don't read "too fast". I never would have been able to experience older shows like Mazinger Z or Mobile Suit Gundam without the help of 2x. I also never would have had the time to watch all of HxH 2011 TWICE without going through it the first time at 2x. Requiring people to experience a show in a certain way is just dumb gatekeeping. Have to hard disagree here, 2x speed changes pitch of voices and flow of music. Not to mention dialogue needs to have pauses and even silence at times. Little moments like that are important for a story and would no doubt be ruined by speeding through it. Also if you watched HxH twice at 2x speed, you could've just watched it once at normal speed lol. This is probably the only post that I can't find a middle ground on. Sorry normally I'm pretty agreeable but I honestly can't see your side of the argument here. |
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FacelessVixen said: About as pointless as arguing over subs and dubs. Sub and Dubs are much closer to an opinion question and for some people there is an actual reason they can't watch subs due to eye sight issues. I can't think of a single excuse to watch 2x speed. If you don't have time, its a tv show, just watch what you can and put it down when your busy lol. If you aren't interested in the show, I can't even fathom how 2x speed would make it better. |
BurstmobFeb 28, 2021 1:51 PM
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Burstmob said: toastyloafers said: When I first taught myself how to speed read to help me get through schoolwork, I couldn't watch anime at normal speed for months. Different people process info at different paces. It's dumb to say "watch at 1x or drop it" cause everyone is different. That would be like requiring someone to have a timer when they read manga to ensure they don't read "too fast". I never would have been able to experience older shows like Mazinger Z or Mobile Suit Gundam without the help of 2x. I also never would have had the time to watch all of HxH 2011 TWICE without going through it the first time at 2x. Requiring people to experience a show in a certain way is just dumb gatekeeping. Have to hard disagree here, 2x speed changes pitch of voices and flow of music. Not to mention dialogue needs to have pauses and even silence at times. Little moments like that are important for a story and would no doubt be ruined by speeding through it. Also if you watched HxH twice at 2x speed, you could've just watched it once at normal speed lol. This is probably the only post that I can't find a middle ground on. Sorry normally I'm pretty agreeable but I honestly can't see your side of the argument here. I usually mute the show when I watch at 2x speed so I don't hear the weird sped up sound. I'll unmute and and go to 1x during particularly tense moments or interesting battles so I get the full experience. Characters just standing around talking? Back to 2x. Pauses in dialogue are still there, theyre just shorter. When a character pauses for dramatic effect its pretty obvious no matter how fast it is. Again, during particularly impactful moments I always slow it down or go back and rewatch at 1x. Also to clarify/correct myself the 2nd time I watched HxH I watched it all at 1x cause it was just that good :) |
| If you're watching garbage at 2x speed just to get through it faster, I've got some advice for you: Stop watching garbage. |
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| I personally don't like it much. Speeding up the ost's and voice acting and what not really rip away from my enjoyment |
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| I watch a lot of seasonal anime and there are times where you can't watch every day the newest episodes. If it happens a few days in a row it could lead to having to catch up 30 episodes. 2x speed is a great way for me to close this gap because I can watch two episodes in the time of one episode. That way I don't have to force myself to find time to catch up. |
| Lmao I did this in Black Clover not because I’m bored but the pace is so slow at the start and I’m a fast reader so I can actually understand it even in 2x speed. I only watch it in normal pace if the animation will be amazing and actually interesting, if my best girl in black clover shows up or my favorite ost was played. |
| I do something similar due to my no-drop policy, but mostly, the highest I'll go is 1.5x. Any further and the audio starts getting weird, not because of the pitch, but because of the refresh rate. 2x is rare, but it has happened with a few dozen shows like Conception and Gibiate. Mostly, these shows are 4/10s or 3/10s that just got the short end of the stick in animation and story. The highest I ever went was 3x, which only happened once, and it was on the final episode of Medaka Box Abnormal. Dear god, do not watch that show. The lowest I'll go, even for shows I consider masterpieces like Steins;Gate and Re:Zero, is 1.3x. Any less and the conversational scenes get way too slow. Speeding up a few shows has actually improved my experience on more than a few occasions, especially for anime like Soukou Musume Senki and Hortensia Saga that just need a little boost in their pacing; it doesn't make it worse most of the time. The only show I watched recently at 1x was Hetalia, because those flashing text walls are a bitch to pause on. Also, to everyone who still thinks that pitch changes when you speed a video up: we got past that years ago. It doesn't happen anymore on YouTube, any other streaming site, or even VLC Media Player, which is what I use. No sensible, respectable video player doesn't lower the pitch proportional to the speed of the audio clip these days. |
SAT0riiApr 12, 2021 1:15 AM
| Just drop it. Why watch something at 2x? You are still wasting your time. |
| "he has it big as a cactus but he won't let go of my head and I puke on his cock bitch" - Boy by Fishball |
| I watched a movie at 2x Speed once because I was already halfway trough and just wanted to finish it. If you're watching sub and are a fast reader like me, it shouldn't be a problem imo. It sucks that the soundtrack sounds like shit when you do it though |
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| I don't imagine myself ever having to speed up an anime to get through a boring arc. However, it would be better to speed it up than to give up and drop the show ig. |
| Ye no way I'm doing 2x speed for an anime. |
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| Only did it for Redo of Healer... It's garbage anyways I was just curious how garbage it is. |
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