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| Characters, easily. I find myself very character-driven. They’re the ones that pull me in and keep me watching, even if everything else sucks. I actually made a similar thread where people ranked all the elements they cared for in anime: http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=388617 But this poll is nice. ...but what's with the "fml, gtfo, idc..." option? |
| Story is one of the main reasons I watch anime, cause I find they generally have far better stories than american tv shows, but I picked characters because they really are what make or break an anime imo. |
| Visuals! When I find an anime I first check if it's animated by reputable animation studios like Ufotable or KyoAni. Who cares about story or characters if I can't look at the damn screen!? This is one of the reasons I can't stand at old anime; they are just so ugly to look at. |
| What do you think you're piloting? Great Mazinger? Dangaioh? For Pete's sake, this isn't some robot cartoon whose main character is an autistic kid or some punk. - Kiichi Goto, Mobile Police Patlabor |
toybox said: Who cares about story or characters if I can't look at the damn screen!? This is one of the reasons I can't stand at old anime; they are just so ugly to look at. Yikes, that's a pretty superficial way to treat anime. To me, older anime simply requires an imagination. |
| characters, also anyone who picks art.....i hate you |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Usually characters, though there are the rare series where the plot/story is more important (like Mushishi, because the characters, other than Ginko and the doctor, are always one shots and are thus perfectly fine being stereotypes so long as the story is awesome instead, which it is) |
| My vote - story. But no matter how good the plot is, character development is a must (with the exception of really short anime). |
| enjoyment.. picked characters too |
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| Story/Plot, and setting to some extent. Even if the characters are great, if the plot goes in a stupid way, I'm not going to keep watching. |
| Story/Plot of course, even if the characters are great, if there's no plot it's meaningless. However, if there's a plot, and all characters are girls, I'll immediately drop it, because they are obviously going for fanservice there, so that's a situation where I don't care if the plot is good either. Except, some stories. In other words, I love story and characters, but I hate "moe". |
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RingoPie said: That's my boy.However, if there's a plot, and all characters are girls, I'll immediately drop it |
| Story. I have to be into the story in order to like an anime. The plot MUST be enough to hook me, no matter how good the characters are or how great the soundtrack is. |
| "Aiming for the mark takes precision, balance, and patience." ....Screw that, let's shoot the damn thing! |
| So I had a hard time deciding, but picked story/plot. I mostly picked this, because I'm going to be weird about it and I personally feel that "characters" are an integral part and a derivative of the story/plot. |
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| Over all, I just want to have fun watching it, every thing has to connect, from the story to the sexyness lol |
| Story and more importantly execution. |
| Enjoyment, there are anime that I have rated a 7 that I watch more than ones I rated a 9. There are anime that have a well written story and everything but they just bore me, I hate being bored. |
     Short of the day: Monotonous Purgatory(MAL) ✰Public Domain Club | One Piece Club✰ |
| Story/plot. No sense in well created characters, great art, animation, sound, etc if the the story isn't even mildly interesting, well conceived and executed. Patticus1337 said: So I had a hard time deciding, but picked story/plot. I mostly picked this, because I'm going to be weird about it and I personally feel that "characters" are an integral part and a derivative of the story/plot. That's a good point. I agree. |
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| TBH, genre. Maybe it can be story/plot and characters. |
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| 1. Story/ Plot 2. Art (Sometimes--Depends on the story) 3. Characters ღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღღ |
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| Art and animation. Its the deal breaker and maker for me. |
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| I'm a mix of caring most about story as well as characters, but I ended up voting characters since they are usually the first aspect to really catch my eye. |
Of course it would be the Story/plot.You could have the best freaking characters in the universe! If there is no plot to put them in its pointless! Although if there were two choices,I'd probably also go with Art. Can't have no bishies! |
MathewfigglehornSep 14, 2012 10:00 PM
Codege-ass1 said: Of course it would be the Story/plot.You could have the best freaking characters in the universe! If there is no plot to put them in its pointless! This is going to sound stupid, but I've watched plenty of anime with terrible plots just for the characters. |
Valkyrie_Wings said: Codege-ass1 said: Of course it would be the Story/plot.You could have the best freaking characters in the universe! If there is no plot to put them in its pointless! This is going to sound stupid, but I've watched plenty of anime with terrible plots just for the characters. I wonder how you did that... :o |
| Good or bad stories is rather subjective IMO. Badly animated footages seem to be the biggest turn-off for me, not to mention most of the Japanese animations still stuck in its "limited-animation" trend. I'm still waiting for the next Akira-grade movie or anime with Macross DYRL level. :P |
PlusmeSep 14, 2012 10:55 PM
| I think I need there to be likeable characters, to me. If a character annoys me I'm put off the series a lot. But, that isn't enough to deter me. I suppose it needs to be either funny or exciting, whether it has a plot or not, because plotless stuff can be just as enjoyable, I suppose. I voted Story/Plot, but I also can be drawn to or put off of things by the art style. For example, the "bishie" style of most shoujo anime puts me off, or older, less fresh looking animation. Of course, as long as the story sounds good, I can ingnore how the art looks as a factor, I've just recently developed a tendency to be picky. |
izuleoSep 14, 2012 10:56 PM
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| It has to have a good story that's my opinion. Would you watch a boring anime for example ? And btw when I was reading the posts i saw someone who sad that older anime arent good at all. I don't think thats true is just my opinion but i watched some that I enjoyed more that modern ones. |
Codege-ass1 said: Valkyrie_Wings said: Codege-ass1 said: Of course it would be the Story/plot.You could have the best freaking characters in the universe! If there is no plot to put them in its pointless! This is going to sound stupid, but I've watched plenty of anime with terrible plots just for the characters. I wonder how you did that... :o Is it that hard to understand why somebody(like myself), would watch a show for watching characters interact with each-other, or for the comedy? Anime like : -Strike witches -Yuru yuri -K-on! -A-Channel -Lucky star -Candy boy RingoPie said: because they are obviously going for fanservice there. Thats not always the case. |
rederoinSep 15, 2012 5:49 AM
| Of course the story plot ! I mean, no matter how good the characters are,,it's useless if the story plot is terrible. For example.., K-On. |
| Aww only one? I'll choose character then, since that's what make anime unique. |
rederoin said: Codege-ass1 said: Valkyrie_Wings said: Codege-ass1 said: Of course it would be the Story/plot.You could have the best freaking characters in the universe! If there is no plot to put them in its pointless! This is going to sound stupid, but I've watched plenty of anime with terrible plots just for the characters. I wonder how you did that... :o Is it that hard to understand why somebody(like myself), would watch a show for watching characters interact with each-other, or for the comedy? Both baccano and durarara have hardly any form of a plot especially durarara, they end up so highly rated and so popular due to how amazing the chaarcters are. That right there is a perfect example of how characters can make a show regardless of a plot |
Immahnoob said: Jizzy, I know you have no idea how to argue for shit, tokiyashiro said: Jizzy as you would call yourself because youre a dick The most butthurt award goes to you And clearly you havent watched that many shows thats why you cant determine if a show is unique or not Or maybe you're just a child who likes common stuffs where hero saves the day and guys gets all the girls. Sad taste you have there kid you came up to me in the first place making you look more like a kid who got slapped without me even knowing it and start crying about it to me |
| Story, i find that even if the story sux i simply cant bear to watch it. Although characters to me are almost as important losing to story by that 0.(0xinfinity)1% since horrible characters can destroy an anime even if it has a good story/plot |
MiyatouSeishirouSep 15, 2012 7:16 AM
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| For me, it's the character and arts. I dont watch old fashioned anime (which I mean is, the one where the art is old fashioned). Then the plot follows :)) |
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| Good story + horrible characters = meh Good characters + horrible story = meh Both of them have to be good for me. |
| story or plot, but it's not good without characters either. there has to be something that keeps me interested. |
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| Music to be honest. I can endure a shit show (Guilty Crown) as long as it has good music. Characters probably come second and then story. |
| As a child, I was told that society is a melting pot of talents; knowledge and experience combined to form important alloys that will contribute to mankind. When I got to highschool, however, I thought that it's more like a river in which the water represents our peers while we ourselves are the stones in the river. Constant erosion by mindless majority sheeping has made us lose our unique edge. After I hit the age of 18, I realized that I've been wrong all along. Society is no melting pot. Society is no river. Society is a person, a very skilled rapist, and he has fucked us all. |
| Characters for sure. I can easily overlook a stupid plot, or lack of it if I like the characters, but if I dislike the characters, no matter how interesting the plot is, I'll have a problem with the anime. I'm really easy, though, I hardly ever hate a character. |
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