| I just avoid anime that is too mainstream sometimes because I'm an edgelord normie-hater. |
| The majority of shonens after 2010. |
| Pick any famous shounen fighting anime with hundreds of episodes. I haven't seen it. |
| if im interested in it then ill get to it eventually, my priority isnt based off of how popular it is. unless i just want to get it out the way. anyway to answer your question, haikyuu is one. as for why, im just not that interested. i wouldnt mind if it was just one or two seasons, but thats not the case - i dont like dropping or putting anime on hold. i might watch it one day tho who knows |
 Migi... Handle the defence. |
| Naruto & Dragonball. Both these I think I may have liked when I was younger, I might eventually read the Manga of them though, as that might be more doable than watching. One Piece. The length terrifies me and I just don't think it would be something I'd enjoy. |
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| I think I am caught up with things until 2017 or so. Starting a new anime gets discouraging if you get a dozen awful ones in a row. |
| dragon ball (don't think I ever will) konosuba (never will) pet kanojo thingy (never will) maid dragon thingy (never will) rent a girlfriend (never will) monogatari series (on the fence) btoom (on the fence) great teach onizuka (on the fence) monster (intend to) natsume book of friends (intend to) |
can't yuck my yum  |
| Dragon Ball probably. It's such a cultural phenomenon yet I've never cared to watch an episode from it. I've pretty much seen almost every famous anime but have dropped a few due to no interest in it or I forgot about it. |
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| All of Studio Ghibli. All. Of. It... with one exception. Nothing against the studio, I just don't feel like it. Also most battle shonen anime, since very few battle shonen interest me to any extent. |
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| Majority of popular shounen anime. Too long if u ask me. This includes Attack on Titan, Bleach, One Piece, a few more. |
| "We didn't realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun." - Winnie the Pooh “No one knows what the future holds. That’s why its potential is infinite.” -Okabe Rintarou “You will never be able to experience everything. So, please, do poetical justice to your soul and simply experience yourself.” -Albert Camus “The purpose of a story is that it's a story. It can be more, but it can never be less.” -Jade Ring “Sometimes I want to go back in time at certain points of my life, not to change anything, just to feel the experience once more.” -I Don't Know "When we reduce people to one or a few characteristics, they hear all the time, we remove their humanity." -CinemaWins “As kids, we love the heroes. As adults, we understand the villains'' -Abhysheq "Everything will be okay in the end. If it's not okay, it's not the end" -John Lennon “If you know exactly where you're headed, it’s no fun at all” -Soma Yukihira |
One Piece and Detective Conan. Too long. :( |
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| There's a shitload of really popular anime I haven't seen. I'm missing some old classics (mostly Gundam and Saint Seiya), but I'm missing like 95% of the modern (2000+) popular shows. Mostly because I don't touch battle shonens, but also because I've tried a bunch of MAL top 100 shows when I joined, and was massively underwhelmed. And the tendency of new watchers to 10/10 whatever's hyped, and bot it up to the top spot isn't encouraging me to change my ways. @Davidjoe193 Go watch Grave of the Fireflies ASAP! |
Prophetess of the Golden Era  |
| One Peice, I plan on checking out the Wit Studio remake though 🐥 |
| I'm like 90% sure I won't like Demon Slayer, so I don't think I'll ever watch it. From the amount of it I've been exposed to, it seems to be mostly eye candy and not much else. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, but it's just not what I'm looking for in a show. I'll probably never watch MHA for the same reason (just being confident that I won't like it). One Piece is another show I'll never touch just because of how many episodes it has. I don't care how worth it the fans keep saying it is lol. I don't really understand people who watch things they know they'll dislike, it just seems like a waste of time lol. Talking about how bad you think it is online can't be worth it. |
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I'm like 90% sure I won't like Demon Slayer, so I don't think I'll ever watch it. From the amount of it I've been exposed to, it seems to be mostly eye candy and not much else. Not that this is necessarily a bad thing, but it's just not what I'm looking for in a show.
I'll probably never watch MHA for the same reason (just being confident that I won't like it). One Piece is another show I'll never touch just because of how many episodes it has. I don't care how worth it the fans keep saying it is lol.
I don't really understand people who watch things they know they'll dislike, it just seems like a waste of time lol. Talking about how bad you think it is online can't be worth it.
I'll probably never watch MHA for the same reason (just being confident that I won't like it). One Piece is another show I'll never touch just because of how many episodes it has. I don't care how worth it the fans keep saying it is lol.
I don't really understand people who watch things they know they'll dislike, it just seems like a waste of time lol. Talking about how bad you think it is online can't be worth it.
| @DeadBored I guess this goes for most of those really long shounen |
| I only watch anime I'm interested in and I'm not interested in action, for one. Most shonen. Isekai. I don't watch a lot of anime. |
| 7DS, Konosuba, Fairy Tail, plot armor fantasies isn't my thing (those 3 shows are supposedly mediocre anyway) One Piece but I truly think it's something I'll get into. I just need lots of spare time to binge.. maybe in 2026 summer lol |
| Naruto, I don't think I will ever watch this. Same with Fairy Tale, Black Clover and Soul Eater. Unlikely I will watch these. Bleach, may watch it but not sure. Haikyuu, I need to watch older sports anime before picking this up. Clannad. I have to watch it but my watch list is too big. Grave of the Fireflies. Every other week this pops into my head. I've been putting this off for 7+ years now because I know I will cry watching this. |
| Going in terms of MAL most popular shows it would be AOT because of spoilers MHA I'm just not interested in the slightest Naruto/One Piece they are just too long even though I watched a few episodes in the past FMA/HxH I just can't get in the mood for some reason SAO one day I'll probably watch it |
| i've already seen all the really popular stuff. i guess the level of stuff i'm left with is toradora, soul eater, food wars, overlord, elfen lied, nisekoi, deadman wonderland, ouran highschool host club, golden time and rent a gf lol. |
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| Code Geass Steins;Gate Gintama Hunter X Hunter ..To name a few. I just know I won't enjoy it. |
| There are a lot of big anime I'm simply not interested in watching at all. Neon Genesis Evangelion- Most of what I hear is that the characters are awful and annoying, characters are the most important thing in a piece of media to me. Why would I watch it? In any case I like my mecha with a larger dose of charming goofiness. I like serious things that acknowledge the ridiculousness of life and being too serious. Legend of The Galactic Heroes- Like, I'm sure it's great but how many super long anime am I gonna be able to watch in my lifetime? It is just very low on the totem pole for me in terms of appeal. Would rather watch Maison Ikkoku. Bunny Girl Senpai- Seems like a very male-aimed romance and just kinda looks a bit cringe. It is a possibility still though. My Hero Academia- I borderline hate superhero stuff Konosuba- Girl in college showed me a clip and I was disgusted. Old ecchi is funny because it's usually bad, lacks self awareness, and mainly only weirdos/tweens watch it. The fact it is popular and a girl my age was watching that, showing it to me- a fellow girl, just made me feel extremely awkward. Doesn't look funny in a non-gross way, not gonna try it. I'm not totally disinterested in Attack on Titan but honestly for series like that, Naruto, Black Clover etc. it would be faster and probably more aesthetically appealing to me to just read the manga. |
TeirayoOct 26, 2024 6:19 PM
No watch list sig cuz "You watch anime in 3 days or 3 months! Such is the proper way!" |
| I'm still holding off on Attack On Titan, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, and Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood for their lengths. |
| Plenty of really long "battle shounen" I have no intention of watching (Dragon Ball, HxH, One Piece, Jojo, Bleach, etc.) Also not interested in Death Note, Monster, Ping Pong or Vinland, A Silent Voice, either. At best I might watch a few episodes out of morbid? curiosity. But regarding the OP there's stuff that's been in my PTW for a million years that I just haven't gotten around to for whatever reason, like: Akira Code Geass FMAB Redline GTO Fate series SnK various Ghibli's -- I've only seen Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle. Azumanga Daiou Captain Herlock -- In the meantime there's been a reboot :) Fushigi Yuugi Hajime no Ippo Kill la Kill -- I got a couple episodes in but then put it back into PTW. Kingdom Princess Jellyfish Sailor Moon -- Also watched a couple episodes before returning it to PTW. Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica -- For context I want to get in some earlier magical girl shows in first. Maison Ikkoku Naruto -- Actually I just want to watch 1st 40 episodes 'cause of a yuri ship between 2 of the girls ;) Gintama -- Another one I don't intend to watch end-to-end but I'll cue up an episode when I need my Rie Kugimiya fix :) I'm sure there's a few more but I don't know if they really qualify as "famous" or not but ^^ are good enough to list for now I'd say. It took a long time before I got to some other famous ones like NGE, Tatami Galaxy, Mushishi & Steins Gate. Whatever... |
8oomerOct 27, 2024 9:21 AM
| Avatar: Anzu Kadotani from Girls und Panzer. XMas awesomeness version by Charenji :) Sig by MissIntrovert.  |
| A lot, actually. I haven't seen a single episode of Bleach, Gintama, One Punch Man, Jujutsu Kaisen, SpyxFamily, Code Geass, Hajime no Ippo, Hunter x Hunter, Steins;Gate, and of the Fate series, Haikyuu, Fairy Tail, My Hero Academia, or Naruto. I have seen an episode or two of One Piece on TV in Japan, but that's it. Most of what I've watched is from the 80s and 90s. |
| Natsukashii Anime, reviewer of anime old and new, with an emphasis on nostalgia. Natsukashii Anime Reviews |
| Naruto Bleach Dragon balls Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Attack on Titan Neon Genesis Evangelion 7 deadly sins Hunter x hunter Monogatari series One piece (watched the first 100 eps as a kid, but decided to hold off because of length...it's good though, maybe I'll watch it if it finally ends someday) Detective Conan (same reason, length) My hero academia (halfway through the third season and got lazy but this series has kinda always just been basic milktoast and "ok" to me) |
| https://myanimelist.net/anime/918/Gintama because it's too long for my liking, but maybe I'll watch it some day. |
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Plenty of really long "battle shounen" I have no intention of watching (Dragon Ball, HxH, One Piece, Jojo, Bleach, etc.) Also not interested in Death Note, Monster, Ping Pong or Vinland, A Silent Voice, either. At best I might watch a few episodes out of morbid? curiosity.
But regarding the OP there's stuff that's been in my PTW for a million years that I just haven't gotten around to for whatever reason, like:
Akira
Code Geass
FMAB
Redline
GTO
Fate series
SnK
various Ghibli's -- I've only seen Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle.
Azumanga Daiou
Captain Herlock -- In the meantime there's been a reboot :)
Fushigi Yuugi
Hajime no Ippo
Kill la Kill -- I got a couple episodes in but then put it back into PTW.
Kingdom
Princess Jellyfish
Sailor Moon -- Also watched a couple episodes before returning it to PTW.
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica -- For context I want to get in some earlier magical girl shows in first.
Maison Ikkoku
Naruto -- Actually I just want to watch 1st 40 episodes 'cause of a yuri ship between 2 of the girls ;)
Gintama -- Another one I don't intend to watch end-to-end but I'll cue up an episode when I need my Rie Kugimiya fix :)
I'm sure there's a few more but I don't know if they really qualify as "famous" or not but ^^ are good enough to list for now I'd say.
It took a long time before I got to some other famous ones like NGE, Tatami Galaxy, Mushishi & Steins Gate. Whatever...
But regarding the OP there's stuff that's been in my PTW for a million years that I just haven't gotten around to for whatever reason, like:
Akira
Code Geass
FMAB
Redline
GTO
Fate series
SnK
various Ghibli's -- I've only seen Princess Mononoke and Howl's Moving Castle.
Azumanga Daiou
Captain Herlock -- In the meantime there's been a reboot :)
Fushigi Yuugi
Hajime no Ippo
Kill la Kill -- I got a couple episodes in but then put it back into PTW.
Kingdom
Princess Jellyfish
Sailor Moon -- Also watched a couple episodes before returning it to PTW.
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica -- For context I want to get in some earlier magical girl shows in first.
Maison Ikkoku
Naruto -- Actually I just want to watch 1st 40 episodes 'cause of a yuri ship between 2 of the girls ;)
Gintama -- Another one I don't intend to watch end-to-end but I'll cue up an episode when I need my Rie Kugimiya fix :)
I'm sure there's a few more but I don't know if they really qualify as "famous" or not but ^^ are good enough to list for now I'd say.
It took a long time before I got to some other famous ones like NGE, Tatami Galaxy, Mushishi & Steins Gate. Whatever...
| @8oomer Akira + Redline is like, 3 hours of your life, and your eyes will thank you. The animation alone makes them worth your time, even if you end up hating everything else about them ;) |
Prophetess of the Golden Era |
| Many: - Fullmetal Alchemist and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Gintama - Hunter x Hunter (either the 1999 or 2011 iterations) - Bleach - Kaguya-sama - Clannad/Clannad: After Story - Re:Zero - Monogatari - Violet Evergarden - Mob Psycho - Kingdom - Bocchi the Rock - Haikyuu - Kimetsu no Yaiba - Hajime no Ippo - Ashita no Joe - One Piece - Naruto - Dragonball - Great Teacher Onizuka - Fate/Stay Night - Bungou Stray Dogs - Oshi no Ko - Jujutsu Kaisen - JoJo's - Kimi ni Todoke - The Tatami Galaxy - Slam Dunk A lot of the big name and popular romance and sports series, most battle shounen, etc. |
| I have yet to watch Gintama, Fate, and Monogatari though those franchises are on my radar. |
| Dr Stone maybe? A lot of the isekai from the last few years I haven't watched. I never finished Attack on Titan. I keep getting stuck on season 4. I know how it ends, and that's good enough. I want to get around to watching Ranking of Kings. |
| With few exceptions, I'll probably never watch anything over 120 or so episodes. I tried to watch Sgt. Frog and Fairy Tail and gave up on both. I also don't really care for the big anime that are marketed toward children (Pokemon, Dragonball Z, etc...). |
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| I think I haven't seen most of the anime who are considered 'very famous', simply because I'm not interested in them :) The majority of the series I've watched are still fairly well-known I would say, it's just not in the top 50 or top 100 of Mal. |
| Gintama... I haven’t watched it yet because I’m saving it for later. I dont wanna finish all the big series too fast...im still regretting watching One Piece so fast. |
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| It's a long list. I haven't seen stuff like 100 girlftiends because it's harem, for instance. |
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Considering MAL's 100 Most Popular:
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| I don't pick a series for its popularity. It's simply depending on my mood. I have some popular series that I am currently reading/watching and some which I have already finished. There are some which are in my PTR/PTW lists. |
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| Looking at the top of the MAL popularity ranking: - Boku no Hero Academia - Naruto - Steins;Gate - One Piece - Code Geass - Mob Psycho 100 - Noragami - Akame ga Kill! Some because they are too extensive, others don't call me, others didn't get the opportunity (?). |
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| I haven't seen Naru-toe , Bleech, or Won Peace |
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