andrewanime said: Do people actually do that? I fell like I should but I fell like I don't need to. it'd be nice if the site did that for you lol thats if it doesn't i wouldn't know |
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| some people might, but for me a few entries yes but i dont put it anymore |
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| Most people don't, and it's not automatic either, so... RIP feature |
| Be thankful for the wisdom granted to you. |
| I do mostly just to keep track of how fast I'm watching anime. The anime challenge requires you to put the dates so that's another reason. For some reason it uses MAL's time to determine which day it is but it uses your computer's clock to put in today's date which means that often I will say that I started an anime that day and it says that I've been watching it for two days. When I put in the completed date it fixes this. |
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| I always do. If it's a series I add it to my currently watching after the first episode with the starting date so it adds the end date automatically once you reach the last episode. For movies and stuff I always just put the date as well. Since the 'Insert today' button exists it's not really much effort. And it makes me able to check which anime I finished when going back all the way to early 2010, making it 95% of my list. Since I love stats the extra utility you get out of MALGraph is definitely worth the small effort. Though I already entered the dates before I know of MALGraph just because the option was there and it quickly became a habit. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| I don't, since by the time I made this list I already had 1,000+ titles and didn't keep track of when I watched them over my 20 years of being a fan. It would be way too much work to go back and plug dates in for everything. |
| "Laws exist only for those who cannot live without clinging onto them." -Souske Aizen "Bleach"  |
| I use MAL updater so it automatically sets the date for me |
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| if i can remember, then i do it, but if i cant remember, e.g. pokemon (watched when i was really young) then i dont. |
| My hot seat: https://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=1582823 watch me be a huge noob: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Vav-Cb1biI megaminx+pyraminx :) |
| Nobody got time for dat shiet.. I usually remember what I watched & when. I don't really remember the exact dates but I still have a rough idea.. |
| I always do. And I joined the site about 4 months after I started watching anime, so most of my entries have exact dates (and even the most of the ones that don't, have at least the month and/or year). |
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| I try to.. As much as I can remember :P |
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| I always does that and it's very easy to put a date, But If I don't remember the exact date that I watch then I leave it blank but most likely I remember the year when I watch but forget about the month and day. |
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| What do you mean it doesn't do it automatically? For me it does O_O |
Gator said: What do you mean it doesn't do it automatically? For me it does O_O What... its not automatic , you have to do it manually for each anime |
xRhai said: What... its not automatic , you have to do it manually for each anime Yes it is. I never put the date in Walkure Romanze I finished yesterday, only pressed the episodes buttons with + and - to start and end the anime. Start Date: Feb 29, 2016 End Date: Mar 3, 2016 |
| i always do (or rather, taiga does it for me), because i like checking on malgraph how many anime i completed in specific months. |
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| No, never. I don't see the point doing that |
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| I used to but now I'm just too lazy to do it |
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| I don't. It isn't done automatically and it's not something that I particularly care about. I also won't be able to do it for the series that I had already seen before I joined MAL; I'd end up with a lot of series missing the start and end date. I'd hate that to happen - either everything must have the dates or nothing will have the dates. |
 It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether! It's an entirely different kind of flying. |
| Nope. If it was automatic, it'd be cool. |
| Some people do, but not all. I don't care about it. I don't have any use for adding the date I started/finished something, so it's pointless. |
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| No not really. I may start doing it in the future, only for anime that i remember when i started and finished watching, but it's not at my plans. |
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| I usually do. Not for an specific reason, I just like to |
| I just do it. Too bad that the new "modern layout" makes starting/ending dates look terrible. |
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| I never do. Too much work. Looking at my list, it seems it records them automatically half the time, and doesn't the other half???? idk. Angel Beats had no date recorded. Akame ga Kill had the start date automatic, but the end date was blank. Akuma no Riddle had the finish date automatic, but the start date blank. Aku no Hana had both automatically recorded. Hypothesis time: based on how I remember watching these shows, if you record one ONE episode at a time, it does it automatically. When I started watching Akame ga Kill, I recorded only the first episode as watched when I put it on my list. In contrast, I watched the first few episodes of Akuma no Riddle in a chunk, then followed it as it aired and put the last episode in by itself. Aku no Hana I followed it as it aired, so it has both recorded. Angel Beats I just marked as complete, as I had watched it before I joined this site, so it has neither recorded. Interesting. |
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| Laziness prevents me from doing that XD |
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| Yes. People do. But you don't have to. ^_^ |
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| I write down my thoughts on various shows into a journal, so it happens anyway. I also keep the date of when I added it to my list and when I finish it to my spreadsheet. |
| Yup, I do if I remember to. Sometimes its funny/weird to go back to the list years later and get nostalgic about time. It kind of amazes me also. |
| Would be nice if that feature would be automatic, otherwise, meh. |
Robiiii said: Most of my shows starting and finishing date got added automatically. Dunno how tho.Would be nice if that feature would be automatic, otherwise, meh. I'm guessing you have to use the +1 button for all the shows. ( or use a good MAL app / client ) |
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Z-Dante said: Robiiii said: Most of my shows starting and finishing date got added automatically. Dunno how tho.Would be nice if that feature would be automatic, otherwise, meh. I'm guessing you have to use the +1 button for all the shows. ( or use a good MAL app / client ) That def doesnt apply to me >:( *sigh* |
| I started to do it, because when you take years to finish an anime or something, it's pretty cool to know when you started it [so you can calculate how many years you took (as a person) meanwhile :'( ] but it's something really annoying to do. I also wish it'd be automatic. |
| That's the main reason I started a list in the first place. Got tired of going "did I watch that in 2007 or 2008?" |
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Ratohnhaketon said: That's the main reason I started a list in the first place. Got tired of going "did I watch that in 2007 or 2008?" Considering the amount of anime you've watched, better have a good memory to do that indeed! lol |
| I've done that with the last two animes I've started watching. I wish I had remembered to do that with the rest of animes I've watched since I registered on MAL since I like to take note on this kind of stuff though. |
| I put. Sometimes I want to know how long has passed since I last watched it. |
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| When I joined MAL, I had already watched circa 70 anime (and a lot of us have been watching anime before MAL existed) and as such it would be impossible to remember the starting and finishing dates of all the anime I have watched... so what's the point filling in this field for the new ones only... |
 ~Appilesh~ |
| I do because sometimes i wonder when i watched a certain series or movie etc.. i think its a nice feature. |
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| When I first joined MAL I had already seen somewhere around 200-300 series which I didn't remember all the dates for. Everything after those initial entries I've always added the dates. |
 ...even a saint needs a soldier to do the dirty work. |
Gator said: xRhai said: What... its not automatic , you have to do it manually for each anime Yes it is. I never put the date in Walkure Romanze I finished yesterday, only pressed the episodes buttons with + and - to start and end the anime. Start Date: Feb 29, 2016 End Date: Mar 3, 2016 Like I explained in my prevous post it only puts in the end date automatically if you manually add the starting date before and then complete it via the + buttons. Most people just add the whole series when they finish it and in this case it doesn't automatically add anything. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
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