| It's insane to me to think about that there are actually people who watch anime on their phones I watch it on TV when I get the chance, but mostly on PC also forum posting from the phone just doesn't have the charm for me, I must do it from PC |
| I bought a phone with a large and great OLED screen just for the sake of watching anime. But in the end I never watched anything on it since watching it on a big screen like my TV is much better xD I watch on computer when what I want to watch is not on crunchyroll. |
| If I had the choice, I would watch everything on TV, but the TV is almost always being used by my family, so I have to settle for watching on my phone. |
| I used to watch anime on my phone while on break at work a few years ago, but 99% of the time I watch on my laptop |
| I have a 70" tv with 7.1 surround and a couch, I'm never watching anything on my pc monitor and the only time I'd watch anything on my phone or tablet is if I'm out-of-town |
| 98% of the time on my ipad, and occasionally on my phone. i rarely use my laptop to watch anime |
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| Never watched anime on a phone. I hate phones in general. The screen is too small and I hate the touch screen system. I know it's a question of habit, but I got my first phone very late in life (late teenage years) so by then I was so used to PC that I never made the switch. The first thing I do when I arrive home is to drop the phone on a corner of the house and proceed to forget about its existence. |
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| Either on my TV or computer. I'll only use my phone when I don't have access to either of these. |
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| I used to main my phone, until, I realized I can use my PC. Ever since I have been watching on my PC for a years or so. It kind of made me watch less anime because of that. That is why I am going back on my phone sometimes to not get distracted on games. |
| The poll question should be rephrased as "What screen do you primarily watch anime on?" With so many options available, watch patterns can vary quite a bit. Many consumers are multi-screen users. I primarily watch anime on my 55-inch TV in my living room. I use the Crunchyroll and Hidive apps on an Apple TV device to do this. (The Hidive app is crap but what can you do. I've asked their Tech Support to encourage their developers to rewrite it, but I won't hold my breath.) Controlling the experience with the Apple TV Controller took some getting used to, but I got there. Watching from the couch or recliner is the best! I use MAL on my smartphone while watching anime to keep track of progress through each series. I must do this when using Hidive because the app cannot track progress to save its life! Crunchyroll is better, though every once in a while it has issues. When traveling I watch anime on a tablet, or my smartphone (iPhone 13 Pro Max) if the Amazon tablet has Wifi issues. Same apps. The smartphone screen is too tiny to catch all the details so I usually rewatch those episodes on my TV after returning home. Someone should poll MAL users about which SOURCES they use to DISCOVER anime to watch, and manga/LN to read. There are so many, and the ones preferred by the masses aren't clear. I wish there was a clear winner so I wouldn't have to ping so many. Currently, I primarily rely on YouTube Anime reviewers for discovery, but you can't Search them so easily. MAL comes second; its Search works fine but I cannot then watch a sample episode via MAL. I'm wondering if there's a better, more unified solution. I don't want to derail this poll, though, so no extended replies here please. It's just something I'm musing as a relatively new user. |
| I use all 3, http://taiga.moe downloads them for me onto my plex server so I can stream them from anywhere/anything, also according to MAL its traffic is closer to 50/50 https://myanimelist.net/advertising |
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| I have a large smart TV connected to a surround sound system, so I usually watch through that, using legal aps, DVD/BD players, or connecting my laptop. |
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| "What screen do you watch anime on?" PC Monitor Screen mainly. |
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| Most often I use my phone. Watching on PC isn't private enough, my laptop is usually far away, and setting things up on my tablet is a real pain. I still try to use the tablet when I'm not dead tired (or lazy) as it's much larger than a phone screen. |
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| PC monitor and very rarely TV screen. |
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| PC. I got pretty bad experiences watching anime on TV. |
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| I watch anime mostly on my PC and sometimes on my TV or IPad |
| I watch most anime on my samsung tablet and large tv. |
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| I can watch anime on my cell phone, smartphone, computer, or TV, but I like to use the double speed feature, so I often watch it on my computer. Also, sometimes I use pads. I watch it on my smartphone, but the screen is a little small, so I use my computer when I have one. |
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| My 42" Panny plasma is the only way although I'll watch it on my 4K monitor to quality check subtitles that I rework for accuracy. |
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| Mostly my TV, sometimes my laptop, depends on how I'm feeling and if I want to wear headphones or not. |
| My laptop in general, more rarely on tv or my phone. |
| Always PC, as I feel most immersed when watching on PC. |
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| PC since i don't have a TV and i hate watching stuff on the phone. |
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| laptop>> since you can just rest it in front of you and not hold it up like we do with a phone. also my tv screen qualitys bad so... although i miss when times when there was barely and internet and anime used to air on tv stations. |
| Used to be my laptop, then my speakers fucking broke so now it's on my tv. |
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| Mainly on my laptop. Either streaming or DVDs. |
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