Why do you rewatch anime?

Because i like looking at naked anime women's bodies.

@mrBored0m Splendid signature, i love that girl's butt.

@tchitchouan for some reason the gif isn't shown fully (I never tried to fix that and to understand how everything works), so the focus is on butt, kek.

Either because I really liked the anime, or because I need to refresh my memory when a sequel comes out.

I always find this kind of statement funny. People can't afford to waste time? I mean, they're not researching the cure for cancer or training for the Olympics, they are watching anime.

@Morphun Same thing for me. I mean, why should you be supposed to watch every anime only once? Furthermore I would rather rewatch a show I really like than look out for something new if I don't have something to watch.




It's not our fault if you basically add every second show to your PTW-list in the first place. 5k entries is just beyond good and evil, but I guess your whole tracking management is a whole mess or are you really watching 266 different shows and have 358 different shows on hold atm? Let me give you an advice: finish a show instead of starting with a new one midway through

Well I don't have as long a PTW list as you do, which is impressive. Man I felt guilty having almost 1k on my PTW lol. Still in the end, I just added anything I thought was interesting to that PTW. How many of those series are actually going to be better than some of my favorites? If you are lucky maybe 1/20 of my list, and it's probably lower than that.

So in the end, I could just rewatch an absolute classic, I love, or just a show I had fun with, even if it had problems, or I could roll the dice again, and usually just get a decent show. And again, that's fine, when I hadn't seen as much, I felt I needed to expand my knowledge and reach, and it allowed me to find tons of new favourites; however, that has declined over time. I still do largely prioritize newer shows, however, I have been enjoying more rewatches of late, and I am going to start tracking them for once, too, since I plan to do more.

Entertainment is comfort, and honestly, picking up a series you know will be good, can be more comforting than jumping off into the deep unknown, and watch a series that isn't grabbing you as effectively as a favorite.

@BilboBaggins365 I think PTW list it actually doesn't matter, because my point is that in the world of anime there's at least more than 1000-5000 good anime to watch and whether you have them on your list that doesn't matter. I'd just encourage other people to try find better anime they haven't seen yet instead of rewatching stuff because that time you're spending rewatching anime takes away from the time you could be enjoying masterpieces you haven't seen.

Overall here's the single reason I understand rewatching anime, you may be watching a good anime or a mid anime idk what you're watching but to choose to watch a good/mid anime over a masterpiece that doesn't process in my brain as a logical thing to do. Even if it's your favourite anime I still don't understand that mentality because you may think an anime is your favourite but you won't know for sure that new anime can replace that because you're not watching other anime. When I started watching anime naruto and dragonball were my favourite, well thank god I started watching different anime because my favourites change almost 5 times per year based on new anime I always find. Shouldn't rewatch an anime just because you like it or because it's your favourite, I guarantee you'll find new favourite anime that are a million times better than what you're already watching

Well that is your opinion, and again I think the reason you don't understand people who re-watch is you have a more overtly positive view of the mass of entertainment in this medium, more so than the average well watched fan.

Honestly, even though I still find good shows, the amount of absolute amazing works, I have found has gone down, over time. A lot of solid works, however, nothing mind blowing, and I think that will increase as I see more well known titles. Of course, yeah you can find nicher works that have gone under the radar, however, that doesn't happen often.

Like nothing is likely going to be beat out my top 2, I know that, due to browsing through the anime/manga industry's history, and knowing the kinds of stories I like. I like military/political dramas, with a huge scale, how many anime/manga do that concept better than Kingdom or Legend of the Galactic Heroes? I have scanned, I know what is out there, and there is stuff, though not a lot. I will run out of those kinds of works eventually.

Like of course, it's always interesting to check out something new, however, I don't feel I am surrounded by an endless amount of masterpieces, compared to when I was watching a lot of new anime, say in 2018. I was a less experienced fan than now. And again, new works don't have to be masterpieces, however, it does encourage you to take a break, from the average new solid thing, and go back to why you fell in love with the medium, in the first place.

Most new shows you are going to watch aren't going to be masterpieces. So if anything this supports doing rewatches. You get tired of watching 10-15 new 7 or 8 out of 10s, or maybe even hitting a few duds, and you want to go back and watch that 10/10 show you loved or maybe something nostalgic (why I am re-watching Food Wars right now, that and I want to actually finish the last two seasons, that I never got to, regardless of how people feel about them).

Yeah nothing is topping LOTGH for me lol. I have looked through the medium, for equivalent works, and there are only like a few shows, and a few manga, that tackle the same concept, and sure, I will get around to that, however, there is a reason it's praised. Ultimately, I don't actually change my favorites often, LOTR, has still been my favorite story, since I was a kid. LOTGH has been my favourite anime for 7 years, and I don't think that is going to change anytime soon.

Anyway, of course I am still watching new shows, I am still interested in new experiences, however, I don't expect that any new work is going to be the next best thing, and I am fine with that because I can both watch new shows, and rewatch. I can do both in fact, and it's not a "waste of time" cause in the end, I was entertained, which is the point. I don't watch anime to add more entries on my MAL list. Even when I created this list, my goal was to watch a lot more, because I thought I would have a lot of fun. Fun is the goal though. And when I need fun, I can go back to my favourites when I feel a bit tired/jaded with the industry, and when I want something fresh, I can check out something new.

a) I really like it, enough to want to see it again and notice new details
b) It works really well as background noise while making things
c) All of the above