| So I have a ton of anime on my plan to watch list that I know nothing about, most of them end up on there because of vague recommendations. Whenever I start an anime I randomly choose one from the list and check it out. This time via random selection I got Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-Kun and man this show is a GREAT time and I adore all that I've seen so far. Anyway, is there an anime that you've jumped into completely blind and ended up loving? |
CrimsonGiantAug 27, 2015 12:58 AM
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| Oh yeah I also watched Anohana completely at random last year and thats one of my all time favorites. These risks can pay off big because I'm not sure I would've watched either of these shows on purpose. |
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dboy13 said: Midori no Hibi best shit i've watched at random I'll add that to my list, this is how my arbitrary process works. |
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| Record of Lodoss war. |
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| Most of the anime I watch are picked at random, including my favorites. Anime like Death Note and Code Geass are the only ones that I already had strong opinions of beforehand, yet I didn't even like those as much as other anime. I often add anime to my PTW for little to no reason, but some of them are great and I'm glad that I don't stick to watching stuff that a lot of people have already watched. If you're looking for recommendations, all five of my favorites are great anime that I jumped into blind. |
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zombie_pegasus said: Most of the anime I watch are picked at random, including my favorites. Anime like Death Note and Code Geass are the only ones that I already had strong opinions of beforehand, yet I didn't even like those as much as other anime. I often add anime to my PTW for little to no reason, but some of them are great and I'm glad that I don't stick to watching stuff that a lot of people have already watched. I have shows like Code Geass and FMA Brotherhood on my list because I've heard nothing but spectacular things about them, but I won't watch them unless they're randomly selected. Luck of the draw. |
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| Kind of like going in raw. It can be 'totally worth it' or the other way around. |
CrimsonGiant said: Are you saying that you use a random number generator or something like that? I've never tried that method before.zombie_pegasus said: Most of the anime I watch are picked at random, including my favorites. Anime like Death Note and Code Geass are the only ones that I already had strong opinions of beforehand, yet I didn't even like those as much as other anime. I often add anime to my PTW for little to no reason, but some of them are great and I'm glad that I don't stick to watching stuff that a lot of people have already watched. I have shows like Code Geass and FMA Brotherhood on my list because I've heard nothing but spectacular things about them, but I won't watch them unless they're randomly selected. Luck of the draw. |
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| I actually rarely use my ptw, there realy hasn't been a show like you what described to me~ |
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| all the time.. i liked Boys Be, Piano, Snow Fairy Sugar, Chocotto Sister.. all of those i picked not knowing much about the series, just saw the name once with random function on various sites, i also found some nice stuff, like Someday's Dreamers, Nougami Neuro and Stellvia |
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| I watched Acchi Kocchi because one of the episodes was suggested to me on Youtube. I think that's pretty random. I enjoyed it. |
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zombie_pegasus said: CrimsonGiant said: Are you saying that you use a random number generator or something like that? I've never tried that method before.I have shows like Code Geass and FMA Brotherhood on my list because I've heard nothing but spectacular things about them, but I won't watch them unless they're randomly selected. Luck of the draw. Lol nah I wish my method were that efficient. I go on my list, close my eyes, and start scrolling up and down while moving my mouse around like crazy. I stop and whatever my cursor is on is the anime I'll watch. Its such a dorky thing to do but it gets the job done. |
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MrHawkeye said: I actually rarely use my ptw, there realy hasn't been a show like you what described to me~ Everything I watch is dependent on this site really. Every since I've joined I've tried to find more ways to incorporate it into my viewing experience, and its made me more inclined to watch anime than ever before tbh. |
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zombie_pegasus said: I watched Acchi Kocchi because one of the episodes was suggested to me on Youtube. I think that's pretty random. I enjoyed it. That totally counts. |
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| Saw a OP for Blood+ ages ago and decided to watch it. No regrets. |
hoopla123 said: Saw a OP for Blood+ ages ago and decided to watch it. No regrets. Lol nice. Pure instinct. |
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| I haven't seen a lot of movies where it didn't come from a show, but recently I've been watching Shinkai's works. Never have I seen art made so realistically beautiful. (kotonoha no niwa or the garden of words, his most recent work) |
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| Initial D First Stage was a pretty random pick for me and it ended up being a really nice ride. It didn't have animation that was anything to write home about and the same could be said about the art, but boy, did it have great atmosphere helped by the music making the races in the show a real blast. |
| I didn't expect anything from Ergo Proxy, but DAMN! The show may not be for everyone, but I hella loved it. |
AltoRoark99 said: I didn't expect anything from Ergo Proxy, but DAMN! The show may not be for everyone, but I hella loved it. Hehehe, nice pick :p. After watching Shoujo Kakumei Utena, I decided that one lesbian anti-patriarchy mindfuck was enough at a time and picked a show for the action and titties. And I watched... DUMDUMDUM... Kill la Kill !!! Needless to say, 3 episodes in I was like "OMG this char is totally X from Utena ! Wow there's also a phallic tower ! NEED TO FIND ALL THE SYMBOLISM RAAAARGH !" |
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| When Marnie Was There. I started playing it just to check the animation quality, and ended up watching the whole movie. I couldn't stop it. It was great. |
Disonata said: Kind of like going in raw. It can be 'totally worth it' or the other way around. thats the most retarded but amazing quote ive heard in my life... <3 |
| I pretty much jumped into anime randomly, so there's that. Recently I watched Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun and Noragami quite spontaneously. I loved both of them. AoT, Kokkuri-san, Gintama, Hyouka, Monogatari series were all random titles I saw on anime sites that I watched just for the heck of it. I don't regret a single episode of them. ^_^ |
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| Steins;Gate, Ergo Proxy and Durarara for me. Loved these 3. |
| The World God Only Knows. I expected some crappy generic harem but it turned out to be way more entertaining and interesting than I thought, despite not having much of a story for the first 2 seasons. Season 3's story was a fail though, with how they rushed everything and left plenty of plot holes everywhere... I'd rather they either kept the whole thing formulaic like in previous seasons or made it 2 cour. |
IspanoGuymelef said: The World God Only Knows. I expected some crappy generic harem but it turned out to be way more entertaining and interesting than I thought, despite not having much of a story for the first 2 seasons. Season 3's story was a fail though, with how they rushed everything and left plenty of plot holes everywhere... I'd rather they either kept the whole thing formulaic like in previous seasons or made it 2 cour. hey dude, totally off-topic but if you know where I can find some Area88, I'd be glad to know. Searched a lot but found nothing, and Area 88 SNES is probably my favorite shmup ever :3. |
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| White Album 2 surprisingly great and I was addicted. Felt like School Days done right |
| Hitsugi no Chaika was the best recent anime I've watched randomly. One of the few anime I watched where it has an all around likable cast. |
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| Record of Lodoss War. I watched when it was on AZN Television. (It ended up being on of my fave shows.) |
LarieliaAug 27, 2015 8:40 AM
When I read the synopsis, I was like mehhhh....another vampire anime... but damn, it was like boom kacha chaka !!! Epic |
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| I discovered what Madoka Magica was after witnessing a Kyubey demot now PMMM is my favorite anime. |
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royaldocks said: White Album 2 surprisingly great and I was addicted. Felt like School Days done right I've never heard of White Album 2, I'll add that to the list. |
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| Steins;Gate I knew nothing about it so the story plots were much more immersive. Now its one of my favourite anime of all time.But there are also many others like FMA:Brotherhood,Nichijou,Mirai Nikki or K-Project. |
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| Toradora I clicked on that 'random' button on a web site I use to stream anime and watched it. And I'm glad I did. |
Rebel_Roo said: Toradora I clicked on that 'random' button on a web site I use to stream anime and watched it. And I'm glad I did. Neat that they have a random button, need that in my life. |
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| I watch a lot of anime randomly... what comes to mind though is Zegapain. Never even heard of it, totally worth the watch. |
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| I seldomly read synopsis' anymore before watching a series, lol. Most recently, I'd have to say Princess Tutu. I literally knew nothing about it aside from the fact that it would be about ballet. Loved it. |
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| I loved Chuunibyou Koi ga Shitai, it has a special place in my heart for anime that will make me cry. |
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| I watched Mawaru Penguindrum because the name sounds funny and now it's one of my all time favourite. |
| Naruto - 7-8 years back when i first saw it's ad i thought it was just a boring show but after watching it... *_* |
| Gakkou Gurashi is twice as good if you don't look up anything about it beforehand. As an added bonus, you'll only need one episode to know whether you want to watch more or drop it. |
| Now you're wondering if there's white text in any of my other posts. Over there, I'm everywhere. I know that. |
Gholy said: Heard so many great things about ergo proxy.I had no idea what to expect from Ergo Proxy or Mawaru Penguindrum. Needless to say I had a great time watching both shows, especially Penguindrum. |
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| Ben-To, it turned to be epic... while I was just looking for another comedy. The same goes for Kill la Kill and Punch Line. No regrets. Mmm, at the current season I'll say: Monmusu and Jitsu wa... I just saw one episode and ran to read the manga to keep laughing. And... I can't remember any other totally random choice that worth mentioning at this moment. |
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| Its nhk ni youkoso i didnt know the story but a post in a forum says nhk ni youkoso has a different view of the main character from seeing the world so i watch it and it was great |
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