Do you drop any anime? If so, why?
| Curious how many people drop anime and the reasons why. The only anime I've dropped is Bleach. It's gotten ridiculously boring past the aizen arc and the fillers don't help. The manga is pretty terrible now also. - As of 5 months after making this post ( 8/19 ), I've ended up dropping a handful of shows and actually completed Bleach since the anime ended. What a turn of events :P EDIT: Updated the post. |
YveseAug 19, 2012 10:32 AM
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| I've dropped anime before because it's boring and I just can't stand watching it anymore. |
| last choice. I never drop any anime before. I'm still watching anime even that anime is purely crap like GC, just skipping all pointless scene and only watch some important scene. just want to know how it's gonna end... that's why I usually trying to find some info before watch anime (mostly from spoilers). if I think that anime is really bad, I won't watch it. |
IZUMI64Mar 16, 2012 4:37 AM
| No. I don't drop anime even if I don't like it. I finish what I start. |
| When I drop an anime...the only reason is that I just don't like it, simple as that. Why would I try and force myself to sit through an anime that I dislike, when I could be enjoying something that I actually like...I just don't see the point. |
SevenMar 16, 2012 12:02 AM
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| 1) I'm bored with it 2) I'm just lazy and its not good enough for me to keep watching. That is all. Or character's voices are so unbearable I want to tear my eardrums out I just drop it. |
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| Hmm. Some reasons. -too much characters at the start -too much fanservice (of course if the story is getting destroyed by this) -some ideas are just plain stupid and did not give much impact. Why torture yourself to watch a show you don't like when you can watch other shows you might like? (probably some people don't drop it for the sake of stats and completion) |
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| Usually one of three scenarios: 1. Really long anime and not worth the time it takes to catch up on missing episodes. 2. 90% of the way there, but for some reason just don't have the willpower to sit through the last few episodes. 3. I just get a bad feeling. |
| Generally, I don't drop anime. But that doesn't mean that I watch everything either, meaning that I try to pick shows that interest me. I have dropped a few though, mostly comedies that got too stale or I just didn't find funny to begin with. Those and the battle shows that have run for way too long already while constantly dropping in quality too. I guess I just drop when I see no reason to watch anymore and there is nothing to look forward to. |
| If I feel like it's gonna be a waste of my time to continue then I drop it. I usually start out watching several anime per season, but end up dropping over half of them after the first episode if I personally don't see any potential. i.e. Inu x Boku from this season. |
| I drop an anime if I have to struggle to sit through an episode, though it's only happened twice so far, Ouran Highschool Host Club and Kill Me Baby. |
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Rawrol said: No. I don't drop anime even if I don't like it. I finish what I start. Great mentality. I also think this way as well regardless of dropping an Anime before. I have only dropped 2/260 Animes in my life time but I'm planning on finishing both of them soon. (was almost done them anyways) xD |
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| I drop anime that is terrible. Like, true terror terrible. |
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| I've never dropped one, but I'm not opposed to the idea of it. I'm just really cautious when I pick an anime to watch, so I don't end up wasting time. i don't take many anime risks. It's paid off so far |
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| If I don't like something why the hell would I keep watching it? The reason is going to vary but if I find the anime bad i'm not going to force myself to watch it for the sake of completion. Its entertainment after all... |
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| No, i don't drop! So far my dropped list is equal to zero! |
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| Nope. I like to see how writers make stories end. |
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| Yes I drop anime incase one of the following happens: If someone spoils it for me It gets boring |
| I never drop an anime. If I do, it'll haunt me until I pick up on it again. |
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| If it's bad than I drop ok not bad as in terrible abomination spawned by some moronic mind - like Boku no Pico, whan it's even fun to see what they created but if it's boring and unappealing to me than it just goes away. |
| In the end I will finish everything that I started, so simply I don't drop any anime. |
"A half moon, it has a dark half and a bright half, just like me…", Yuno Gasai |
| I've only dropped the "big 3" Otherwise, I'm always curious as to how things end. |
| I drop anime if the plot is really bad (UN-GO for instance) or the characters are trying to eat my brains (Clannad, Air..). Or just if I think theres something better for me to watch. There are so many anime I will never be able to watch, so I wont force myself to watch the bad ones. |
| Yes. Especially if it's still airing, because if I don't like it it's a pain to always have to watch it every single week.And since I tend to forget when episodes are out for those shows I don't care for, the episode length grows even more forcing me to catch up, which makes me drop said anime even faster. |
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| the only time i really drop an anime is when it becomes a task to watch, when im not looking forward to the next episode its usually a sign that i need to drop it, that being said i try to stick around for as long as i can |
Liloute said: I drop anime all the time. There is no way on Earth I'll force myself to watch something I don't like. O_o When I start an anime, I have no idea if I'll like it or not, I usually go by the five episodes rule. If by the end of the fifth episode, I'm getting no satisfaction from the show, I drop it. Sometimes, it happens earlier, sometimes I can't even finish the first episode. Anime is a hobby, something I use to relax in my free time. Time is not limitless so I'm not finishing shows just for the sake of it. As for why I drop. Tis a mix. Bad writting, too much stereotypes, too much fanservice, a story or characters that just don't appeal to me, bad direction. Can be many things. :) 5 episode rule is good |
| When an anime loses every single bit of appeal to me, it becomes dropped. The only slight exception was Junjou Romantica. Of course most people who hated yaoi would've just avoided it but I don't judge books by its cover so I decided to see why I would hate it and well, two episodes was enough to throw me off and make me drop it and avoid any yaoi anime in the future. |
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| I drop when i lose all enthusiasm watching something and becomes an obligation. Other times when I'm insanely bored and I think my time could be better spent watching something good. All in all I hate to drop anime, but I have done it. |
| I usually find it has to do with the characters, because good characters can make even a cliche ridden plot look decent and most of the "romance in high school" and "slice of life in high school" genres (among others) don't really have much of a plot to begin with so then it's all up to characters. On the other hand, bad characters can make a good plot difficult to sit through. I don't think I've ever dropped due to poor animation, perhaps because my standards are low in that department. My standards are much higher for music, but even then I didn't drop "I stole my music from an elevator soundtrack" Shingu for it (because the characters were awesome). So yeah, characters are easily my number one reason. |
| I think I would drop an anime if the characters suck, the story sucks, the animation sucks and I realized it at the beginning of the anime. I also won't drop it if a friend keeps telling me it gets better, but they've been wrong before! =((. |
 "I like to expose what people hide. I'm an intellectual rapist." - Furudo Erika |
| I drop anime when i feel that the story won't get better even if i continue watching it. |
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| I rarely drop shows but when I do...damn I don't wanna sound like a meme. So I drop shows when I simply don't feel like finishing them. Kinda simple, I know, but that's how it is. |
| I drop something if I'm not enjoying it. Why waste time on something you don't like? |
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| The only ones I've dropped is because the story got overly repetitive and boring (the shounens), or because the character's weren't appealing and it was aalso boring from the start. I don't drop anime anymore, because I like to watch short ones (12-26 episodes) and dropping something this short is perhaps a waste. But I have no intention at all to pick up the ones I've dropped. |
| 「レミ咲が今日のティータイム。」- RemiSaku ga kyou no tea time! |
| When I drop an anime it's usually because of these factors... -Unappealing characters/character progression goes to hell. -If it is a sequel series, and repeats the same crap from the prequel that everything becomes predictable. -Overuse of fanservice and fanservice placed in scenes just for the hell of it. -Crappy VA performances. -Enjoyment factor is nonexistant. |
| Yes I drop any anime I don't like for a variety of reasons. Probably first is if I can't stand the voices next is the plot/story. I'm not going to force myself to watch something I don't like. But just because I drop an anime doesn't mean I entirly gave up on it, I usually give an anime at least 2 chances before I entirely say that I hate it. One good example is Toradora, I dropped it because I didn't like the first epsiode, waited a year rewatched and liked it. |
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| When I consider dropping an anime I ask myself a few questions, Is there something about this anime I cannot stand? Am I enjoying this anime enough to overlook it's flaws? Is this anime good enough to be worth my time? If the answer is no to two or more of these questions, I drop the anime. Aside from the music being bad, I have dropped animes for all of the reasons polled on. Usually, when I drop an anime, it has a combination of faults that I cannot over look. I have explained why all my dropped animes were dropped in my anime list. |
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| I tend to never drop anime even if I don't like it much UNLESS it only relies on excessive fan service and doesn't have much of a plot at the same time. |
| I usually try out majority of every Anime that airs each season. I usually end up only finishing ~5-7 of them. So yes I drop series, if that counts. Most of the time I drop Anime because: -It gets boring/lost interest. -I simply don't like it. -Apparently I don't want to watch it on the computer. It's funny though, I find myself able to watch more Anime on my TV than on my computer. Maybe its because the screens bigger and better sound... lol. |
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