| Many people have different views on this subject. Some people say that, if you re-watch an anime that you like, it takes all the magic, and doesn't make it special. Others say that, when you re-watch it, its good to get a deeper look into it, and just increases how much you like it. I am on of those people who, when re-watching anime that I like, don't make it special anymore. I troubled, because, I want to re-watch anime that I liked/love, but I know that if i do, it will not make it special anymore. Any suggestions? |
| I have rewatched a few anime before, and some of my opinion different from the first time watching it. But my love for the show does not waver. Despite of her flaw, I still love her. xD |
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| I rewatched anime a lot before If that anime makes me want to rewatch it in the future then I consider it to be special |
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RedTie said: I've rewatched a few before and I had a great time, maybe even more than the first time. I say definitely give it a go. This. People who don't rewatch are missing out. |
| I don't rewatch anime because there are too many anime I want to see that I haven't yet. There are a lot of anime that other people want me to see and it wouldn't be fair at all to disregard those anime while watching anime that I've already seen. That would be pretty bad prioritization. I've only seen about 130 anime and there are hundreds more out there, some of which may be much better than any of the anime I've seen so far. |
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| I find you get better chances to really explore a story and learn something new when you rewatch an anime. I've never felt that rewatching something has taken something special away or made my experience less meaningful. I'd say if there's nothing else you're desperate to see, pull out an old favourite and give it another go. |
| I'd rewatch anyway. Watching it a second time around may or may not change my opinion on it but isn't that a good thing? If you still like it, it means that the show has stood the test of time & if you don't, it means that are more mature, evolved than when you last watched it.. |
| I re-watched plenty of anime, some I regretted, some I didn't. But overall, it gives you more insight about a show so I guess it is good. I know someone who re-watched Sakurasou 18 times completely. |
| Not sure where this fits it, but for fansubbing I have to go through each episode at least three times (scripting, timing, perfecting the timing), while I'll actually spend a good 20+ times the length of each episode to actually complete subbing it. I guess this would count as just watching it three times, but my total time spent on the series is quite high. I tend to sub in the day and watch anime normally at night so it's not cutting into my anime watching time. For whatever reason I find this to be quite enjoyable. |
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| Indeed, I don't like to rewatch shows because I remember everything so clearly the first time through, so it does take "the magic" away from it. However, the shows that I've enjoyed THE most (9 or 10 on the scale) are exceptions. Those are the shows I'm willing to rewatch so I can get a deeper look into it to see if I've missed anything. It's cool to pick up new things the second time, like moments of foreshadowing or little symbolic details and the whatnot. |
| I'd try rewatching stuff more if my own looming sense of mortality didn't tell me I'll never see everything on my ptw before I die. |
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| I've rewatched over half the anime I've ever seen, and some of them I've seen 3 times, and a few I've even seen 4 times. I feel like rewatching helps you completely understand a story well, also I just like rewatching anime I like with new people since I find their reactions interesting. |
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| In this regard anime or manga is no different from other media. I don't know anyone who hasn't re-watched their fav movie at least once or twice. Who reads Lord of the Rings only once? Also, other than a couple of very memorable scenes and remembering how the story ends, after a year or so you forget 95% of an anime's middle content anyway. If I absolutely want to be entertained with something good why risk being disappointed with an unknown when I can dig up something I scored high but haven't seen in 18 months. Obviously I want to watch new stuff too but after a disappointing or meh experience it's often nice to re-experience a known good experience rather than become disenchanted. |
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| I don't rewatch anything, as it doesn't give me anything new. |
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| Well, most of the time you will have other anime to watch :) But from my experience, whenever you miss an anime a lot over the time, it's worth it to re-watch it. Anime that you miss will most likely be good (in your opinion) and re-watching it will definitely give you a deeper look into the story/better understanding of certain things happening. I remember when I rewatched One Piece for the first time, only there I truly grabbed the sadness of the background stories, because I saw like 10 or 12 when I first saw the episodes. To make it short, I cried dozen of times on the crew's background stories. Same for the monogatari series. I definitely recommend re-watching some series, because only then you truly understand its greatness as you've grown and changed your mindset. |
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| I'll definitely rewatch my favorite anime. Not soon - I want to put enough distance so I will change and they will look different me. Why not, though? The anime proved to be brilliant. That means there may be more underneath. |
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| I rewatch when I forget something about the anime or when I feel like rewatching my favourites, to me it brings back the 'magic' of first watching it. |
| I've rewatched a total of 12 times, according to my MAL stats. None of them have really lost the magic the second time round; it merely reinforced my opinion of them. Detroit Metal City and NouCome were both still freakin' hilarious the second time around. MonMusu was still a great ecchi series and Rokujouma no Shinryakusha was still a great harem series the second time around. There are a few other I'd like to rewatch because I missed out on themes and ideas the first time around - Kill la Kill is the biggest example of this. I wanna watch the Monogatari series again because a lot of the dialogue flew right over my head the first time around. None of these will have the magic ruined; I've chosen to rewatch these ones specifically over all the others I've seen. |
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| Okay so, you're asking about rewatching an anime. It really depends on the person who wants to rewatch, really. I'm always thinking "Damn, I wish I could rewatch Fate or Angel Beats or Highschool DxD or etc." BUT... Why I don't rewatch is cuz I simply can't, it would be boring for me to rewatch smth I've seen already... It depends on how you watch an anime, do you watch it for the story, do you watch it for fanservice, do you watch it for ecchi and etc. I simply can't rewatch, cause I know what'll happen next in that anime, which makes it more boring, when you know what'll happen next, it's like your real life, you know what'll happen next and you'll simply be bored. However, my friend rewatches a lot and he told me "Don't think about the outcome. Watch the moment", but I can't watch a single moment and enjoy it, I enjoy the stories. If you watched the two I mentioned in spoilers for ecchi (You can open the spoiler and to read the first few words for the anime names).. Then you can rewatch it for the story, but if you watched it for the story.. You can watch it to simply fap. In the end, you're the one to decide wheter you want to rewatch or not |
| Don't think I ever changed my opinion for worse or lowered my score for a show during a rewatch if anything I enjoyed it even more then the first time now that I think about it. Just rewatch it if you feel like it honestly, if you don't enjoy it as much during a rewatch you probably didn't like it that much in the first place. |
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| If it's been a reaaally long time, like 2 years, it's definitely worth it. Because you forgot most stuff, it'll give that experience again. I've watched Ouran for the fourth time now, and only the fourth time I feel like it's becoming a bit less special than the first time. |
| I'm the type who can rewatch things, and it's rare I don't enjoy it. My father, can't see a movie twice so he just watches it when he hardly renember anything. So maybe you should go by that line |
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| @Nightmare21st oh hey, I remember you! :D ot: just rewatch if you want, Angel Beats was still special to me a couple months ago although Id say that if I were to rewatch it again, I probably wouldnt feel the same about it Noucome isnt as solid as I thought it was before but Baka to Test may have been twice as funny; it all just depends on you and which anime you choose to rewatch |
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| no , i dont rewatch i feel is just waste of time because i know what will happen |
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| You should definitely re watch shows you like. i thought Parasyte was alright and when i re watched it it became one of my favourite anime's. Re watch all your favouites, its definitely worth it. |
| I've rewatched my favorite anime multiple times. A lot of times, I'll think, when rewatching it, "This scene wasn't as epic as I remembered it." But then I'll also think, "Wow, I never noticed the symbolism in this before." Rewatching anime has both its positive and negative traits. |
| I've rewatched my all-time favorite anime 4 times and I just love it more every time. There always seems to be something that I didn't notice the previous time watching. |
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| I watched No Game No Life 7 times and i still like it. so i'm the type of person who when i rewatch it, i still like it or maybe liking it more than before and sometimes makes me realize many things which i didn't realize when the first time i watched it. |
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zombie_pegasus said: Not sure where this fits it, but for fansubbing I have to go through each episode at least three times (scripting, timing, perfecting the timing), while I'll actually spend a good 20+ times the length of each episode to actually complete subbing it. I guess this would count as just watching it three times, but my total time spent on the series is quite high. I tend to sub in the day and watch anime normally at night so it's not cutting into my anime watching time. For whatever reason I find this to be quite enjoyable. this. plus if you do quality check, besides editing, translating, typesetting etc, you get to watch the same episode more than once. i've also watched all DB, DBZ and DB GT at least 3 times, samurai 7 4 times, death note 3 times, chobits twice, classic naruto 2 times, and many other, because sometimes you pick up stuff that you missed the first time you watched it. |
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| I rewatch shows all the time. I do it a lot when i watch something new and find it very disappointing and need to watch something that i know is good. |
| This is really troublesome for me too. I don't want to ruin my aspect of a show, which i enjoyed watching. I would say, just give it a try. I did it with One Piece (Watched 3 times until 489). I am still in love with it, but everyone has his own feelings about rewatching an anime. Doing it once will help you out more than just struggling with it. |
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| I have no problem in re-watching the anime I've already seen, but I usually do it after some time in order to fully enjoy the experience. Sometimes I re-watch them just for fun, other times to get more insight. It also depends on the anime.. some are suitable to a re-watch, some aren't. |
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| I'm a little like you when it comes to rewatching shows, I guess. I haven't rewatched a lot. Like a user above me said, I don't generally rewatch because there are a lot of shows I want to see and haven't yet. When I sit down to do a rewatch I can't help but think "I've seen this before, maybe I should watch something new". I'm not really worried about it 'ruining' the show for me. The show that benefited the most from a rewatch (for me at least) was FLCL. I didn't really like it the first time I went through it but when I watched it again, I appreciated it a lot more and picked up on details I didn't notice previously. FLCL however, only has 6 episodes.. it's not really hard to rewatch. |
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| I've rewatched all my faves and it certainly didn't take any of the magic out of them for me. |
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| I have rewatched some of the series only because of watching something with family or friends together. I will probably rewatch my favorite and highest rated series at some point but maybe when I will be really old, or maybe when I will feel sick and know that there isn't much time I have left in this world. For now, I'm just enjoying stuff I don't know yet ^^ |
| Re-watching makes you see an anime true worth. If you don't like it as much when you re-watch it just means the anime fulled you into liking it because of show factor or by playing with your emotions. I liked AnoHana way less when I re-watched it because the only reason I liked it in the first place was because it played with my emotions and now I was able to see that the anime is not that good beyond that. My re-watch of Neon Genesis Evangelion was the complete opposite, I was able to see how good the anime is because I was able to see how well the story was crafted full of underlying messages and foreshadowing and how brilliant and complex the characters were. So yes, I think re-watching is good because it will let you appreciate good anime more even if you will stop liking bad anime, which isn't a bad thing for me. |
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| i rewatch series very rarely, because i always want to watch new stuff instead, but i definitely didn't regret the few rewatches i did. it's just great to relive the feelings and emotions you had when watching it for the first time. |
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| ive only rewatched Sword Art Online but that was when i started watching anime and had seen like 5-10 and didnt know how to find new shows (was watching anime at youtube) but after that i havent rewatched anything |
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| Well, I rewatched a little of anime of all that I have in my completed list. I didn't regect it because I saw details that I missed in the first timer like music, the scenario or some dialogue of charcters. Actually I dont want to re watch some anime because I discover new anime or like this time of the year, a new season is beginning, so it means new anime that I really want to watch. Also, I do not also watch anime in my free tome, sometimes I do other things. |
| Hey everyone~ There are few times I re-watched some series because: -I forgot them. -Planing to watch season 2 after. Looking for a deeper meaning or noticing other details isn't enough to encourage me, but it's interesting nevertheless >I try to make the most out of my first watch x) |
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