| In other words, what if your "trial period" concerning anime ? I'm not talking about the one that you fell in love with in the first episode. It concerns more anime than, when you start watching them, you think "meh..." but you know to have to give a try. Usually, if by the 3rd episode I'm still not enjoying the anime, I drop it. What about you ? |
| It really depends on how much potential I feel the show has. The first episode plays a huge factor though. I have been dropping shows like crazy recently, but I usually give shows a few episodes before I do so. |
| Well I'm still making my system as I go but right now I don't start judging until after episode 3(not an actual grade but a rough estimate, I do wait til the end to do that.) and I won't drop the anime until episode 6. If I don't get half way either I will not give the anime a grade. Since I have 10 animes I plan to watch in the spring season I might move my drop down to 4 or 5 until it back to manageable number(maybe 8). |
HibbingtonMar 23, 2014 6:32 AM
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| it deppends but mostly 5, if in five episodes l dont see anything good or just doesnt entertaint me..dropped. |
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| all of them, you cant truly judge something till you see it to its end, you can only judge what you have seen |
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 |
| Unless there's an arc that needlessly slow and uneventful, I try to watch an anime all the way through. I normally get a feel of things by episode 4 or 5 though. |
| Feel free to message me if you want to chat! What I Look For In Anime: 1. A good atmosphere. 2. Great music. 3. Well-written characters. 4. Actual entertainment. 5. Awesome visuals. |
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JizzyHitler said: all of them, you cant truly judge something till you see it to its end, you can only judge what you have seen Well, okay maybe it was a poor choice of words. Let's say it is more "how many episode do I watch before judging if I want to keep watching it or no". |
| I usually try to get at least 1/4th of the way through a show before I come up with an opinion on it for myself. I'd never give my final judgement on a show unless I finish it though, endings are usually the most important factor for me in determining how much I like a show. |
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| If its the first episode or two, I would get them done before judging on the entire series. If one recommends me to watch a scene from anime though, that scene would be enough if its bad. |
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| One. The first episode is always the one that will decide if I am going to watch it or not. |
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Hulmy said: I watch the whole anime before I judge it. Judging it before I finish it? Ta, that would be quite silly-dilly of me. Unless it's a long runner with no end in sight, that's what I do as well. I would have missed out on so many great watches if I followed a ~3 episode rule. Of course there's always speculation throughout watching it, such as my speculation that Samurai Flamenco is shit, but final verdicts are reserved for final episodes. |
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| I don't like to judge an anime before it ends, because some of them tend to get better after the middle of it or the last episodes have a good plot twist that makes up for the previous episodes |
Keitea said: thats what i was saying, im saying i dont drop anything, the only thing im ok dropping would be something like gintama or one piece where its hundreds of episodes longJizzyHitler said: all of them, you cant truly judge something till you see it to its end, you can only judge what you have seen Well, okay maybe it was a poor choice of words. Let's say it is more "how many episode do I watch before judging if I want to keep watching it or no". |
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 |
| One. If the first episode fails to interest me, then there is no point in continuing. First impressions are important. |
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| The first episode should interest me so I can go on. |
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| I judge an anime roughly 10 seconds into the first episode. I am only willing to drop the series but still maintain my judgement from what I have watched after seeing at least 1/3 of the series. |
| I can drop at one episode. I mean, I'm aware that an anime can get better after the first episode, but if I come away from the first episode and find it lacking I don't think I owe it to the anime to keep going to see if it gets better. |
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| Endurance is the key here. I watch the whole anime through pain and suffering. Everytime I finish an awful series, I feel like a generic shounen hero who somehow overcomes all the odds stacked against him through guts, power, determination and the will to survive. Also by the power of friendship |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
| For starters, the 1/5 thing is stupid. You don't need to watch a 100 episodes to judge a 500 long one. But that said, longer series do need more episodes in general... and it depends from one anime to the other. As far as episodic anime go, 1 is enough no matter the length. For 1/2/4-cour non-episodic, 1-5 episodes Longer series: 10-20. Give or take. |
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| I usually try to stay in until the 6th episode on 1 cour series and 12 episodes on 2 cour series, but some anime are just to dull or cliche that I might not make it to the halfway point before dropping. There are some instances where I drop halfway through the first episode or after it. |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
skyzblue said: it also makes the next show you watch feel way betterEndurance is the key here. I watch the whole anime through pain and suffering. Everytime I finish an awful series, I feel like a generic shounen hero who somehow overcomes all the odds stacked against him through guts, power, determination and the will to survive. Also by the power of friendship |
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 |
| It really varies. It can be 1, it can be several. |
| Definitely the first episode. |
| Two I would have dropped some anime that I ended up enjoying if I judged it only by the first episode. I give it a second chance to entertain me. Of course, I haven't dropped anything yet sooooo. |
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| All of them. |
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| One/two for dropping, four for scoring. |
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| I watch the whole thing before making a judgment coz the final episode can make or destroy an anime. |
"I have been wielding a blade since before your were swimming around your father's scrotum." - Kurou |
| Two. I try to give the first episode a little benefit of the doubt, so i watch the second one to make a final assumption. |
| 1 is all I need. Either it sweeps me in it or it doesn't. |
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| It varies. For example, i dropped Kuroshitsuji after episode 2 and Ao no Exorcist after 14. |
| It really depends. If I see/imagine 'potential' (might be simply me liking the setting despite everything else being bad, like in Coppelion or SAO) I might drag out the drop until I finish it (for 1-cour shows). Some shows give me no impression of any potential to develop into something I'd enjoy, so those may get dropped after 1 or 2 episodes. Usually if I don't drop a show by episode 7 or 8 I'll finish it (9-12 for 2-cour shows) and most drops happen between 3 and 6. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Most of the time I watch the entire thing. If it's so bad I can't bear to watch anymore I just drop it at whatever episode I get tired on, so it depends really. |
| I try not to drop anything, and I wait till I'm halfway before making any sort of overall judgement of it. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| usually by the 2nd or 3rd episode and the anime remains uninteresting to me, i dropped it.. however recently i've started giving them a chance. i've been finishing them till the last episode before judging.. |
| All of them. |
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| I don't do that because a prime example of what you do would be me dropping Katekyo Hitman Reborn when I was watching it. The first 15 or so episodes weren't that good but damn it got amazing at about episode 30. That's why I don't really judge anime on the first few episodes. |
| Raise it up, raise up the happiness. |
| Ill start by watching the first 3 episodes. If Im still not interested Ill throw the anime on hold for a while. I hate dropping series so the only time I have dropped anime is either when I feel offended by the content material or if it royally pisses me off. I try not to pass judgement on a show until I finish it. |
| But that's just one opinion. |
| I watch the three episodes. And based on how each of those episodes go I'll watch another, but if it don't get straight to the point in those episodes I don't bother looking at it again. |
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| if I don't like the first episode I usually drop it right away unless it's highly recommended anime :s |
| I usually judge depending on how many episodes the series has and go on from there. If it's a 13-26 episode anime, then the first 3-6 episodes should be good enough to get an idea of things. If it's longer then that, I usually don't say anything about a series until I've watched around 20% of it to get a good feel for how it is (mainly applies to long runners). |
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| If I watched only 1 or 2 episodes, I would've never finished Steins;Gate and Madoka and that would've been a huge mistake. If the question is "How many episodes before you drop an anime?" it would depend on the anime length. If the show is 25 episodes long, I would watch 4 episode. If its 50, then I would watch atleast 8 episodes. If the question is "How many episodes before you rate an anime?" the answer would have to be the whole thing. You shouldn't rate a show or anything for that matter before finishing the whole thing |
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