| Has this happened to you, where you've watched a lot of anime, and start to get dis-interested in them? And maybe you try to find a different medium to entertain you and it's not working? What do you do to mitigate (mend it) it? I'm just wondering because I've been having this issue for awhile where most anime are starting to just bore me and I can't get any further with them (hence my freaking huge watch list) and most were considered decent by my standards. Do you think I should start reading manga/play video games/read books for a long time and go on hiatus from anime? Or just drop any shows I find boring atm? |
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dakotasapphire said: Has this happened to you, where you've watched a lot of anime, and start to get dis-interested in them? And maybe you try to find a different medium to entertain you and it's not working? What do you do to mitigate (mend it) it? I'm just wondering because I've been having this issue for awhile where most anime are starting to just bore me and I can't get any further with them (hence my freaking huge watch list) and most were considered decent by my standards. Do you think I should start reading manga/play video games/read books for a long time and go on hiatus from anime? Or just drop any shows I find boring atm? Nah I'm the type that can be overjoyed watching the anime I already watched besides watching new ones :3 |
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| That's what you called fatigue. Go out, socialize and have fun with others. You just need a change of pace, that's all. |
| "This (anime) industry is weird" - Chitose Karasuma, Gi(a)rlish Number I hope someday someone in an anime would say, "The (anime) viewers are weird." |
dakotasapphire said: Has this happened to you, where you've watched a lot of anime, and start to get dis-interested in them? And maybe you try to find a different medium to entertain you and it's not working? What do you do to mitigate (mend it) it? I'm just wondering because I've been having this issue for awhile where most anime are starting to just bore me and I can't get any further with them (hence my freaking huge watch list) and most were considered decent by my standards. Do you think I should start reading manga/play video games/read books for a long time and go on hiatus from anime? Or just drop any shows I find boring atm? Lel... The reason why my profile is not updating any series is because I'm busy playing some pay-to-win android game... |
dakotasapphire said: Has this happened to you, where you've watched a lot of anime, and start to get dis-interested in them? And maybe you try to find a different medium to entertain you and it's not working? What do you do to mitigate (mend it) it? I'm just wondering because I've been having this issue for awhile where most anime are starting to just bore me and I can't get any further with them (hence my freaking huge watch list) and most were considered decent by my standards. Do you think I should start reading manga/play video games/read books for a long time and go on hiatus from anime? Or just drop any shows I find boring atm? Obviously if all you do is the same thing you'll get bored of it eventually. Stepping out of your comfort zone really helps but the 1 thing that helps the most with this is surprisingly friends. Just go call up some friends and hang out. When you're socially tired anime will feel so much better. @_Ako_ At least play good games. Get some Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel up in that system. |
| That happens to me too when I feel like watching anime feels more like a chore and less like something fun to do. When this happens, I give myself voluntary 'anime breaks', where I don't watch it for a few days, I find other things to do then go back to anime after a few days. |
TitanAnteus said: @_Ako_ At least play good games. Get some Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel up in that system. Lel dude, my Windows 97 can't handle that game... I've tried Runescape but doesn't actually plays it very good, thus I deleted it... I've been playing this game for almost two weeks now. I'll get off it when I feel like, I should. Don't worry, I still love anime. dakotasapphire said: Do you think I should start reading manga/play video games/read books for a long time and go on hiatus from anime? Or just drop any shows I find boring atm? Depends in what you really feel. You can do different "hobby" if you don't feel like watching anime, and if you feel like it, then do watch some... |
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| I started to kinda get bored of it since I can only watch on my phone, so I just started getting more into mangas. |
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SkyWing0 said: That's what you called fatigue. Go out, socialize and have fun with others. You just need a change of pace, that's all. Well I work 5 days a week. I'm just trying to figure out what to do in my free time after work. I really do need to socialize but all my friends live far away now. Kind of not easy to just hang out with people I just met or anything. But maybe sooner or later someone will invite me to hang out. TitanAnteus said: dakotasapphire said: Has this happened to you, where you've watched a lot of anime, and start to get dis-interested in them? And maybe you try to find a different medium to entertain you and it's not working? What do you do to mitigate (mend it) it? I'm just wondering because I've been having this issue for awhile where most anime are starting to just bore me and I can't get any further with them (hence my freaking huge watch list) and most were considered decent by my standards. Do you think I should start reading manga/play video games/read books for a long time and go on hiatus from anime? Or just drop any shows I find boring atm? Obviously if all you do is the same thing you'll get bored of it eventually. Stepping out of your comfort zone really helps but the 1 thing that helps the most with this is surprisingly friends. Just go call up some friends and hang out. When you're socially tired anime will feel so much better. @_Ako_ At least play good games. Get some Legend of Heroes Trails of Cold Steel up in that system. Read my above message. My friends live too far away now and I'm too shy to just ask someone from work to hang out, and I don't think it'll be as fun with people I barely know yet. |
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dakotasapphire said: Has this happened to you, where you've watched a lot of anime, and start to get dis-interested in them? And maybe you try to find a different medium to entertain you and it's not working? What do you do to mitigate (mend it) it? I'm just wondering because I've been having this issue for awhile where most anime are starting to just bore me and I can't get any further with them (hence my freaking huge watch list) and most were considered decent by my standards. Do you think I should start reading manga/play video games/read books for a long time and go on hiatus from anime? Or just drop any shows I find boring atm? Read the source material of an anime before watching the anime. Manga is basically a sketch of anime, so you won't feel very rewarded watching an anime of a manga that you already read, and you might even feel as if you're "rewatching" it. But try reading novels/light novels and visual novels(especially those without voice acting), and only then watch their anime adaptation. And then like most people, even if in the end, after finishing the anime you think that the source material was much better than the anime adaptation, I can assure you that "while" you're actually watching you won't feel bored at all. |
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| NOPE, NEVER anime is one of the very few things that never bores me, that includes drawing anime as well LOL only days i may not watch anything are the days theres no new episode out, but as far as this season goes, i have something to watch every day, so as long as i don't have any keeping me from it, i will watch at least one anime episode every day until this season is over lol |
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| This is why I always switch up my genres after I finish a series. When you watch all the good stuff, you're only left with the bad stuff. Anyway, if you feel that you have to take a break from anime, take the break. Anime isn't going anywhere, and you can always come back to it. As for that watch list of yours, unless you got a really good memory, never try to watch too much anime at once. I think that's the reason why you get bored easily because you can't stick to one anime. If you can't finish them, you might as well drop them (and that's a lot of dropping...). Also... GangsterCat said: cross ange!!!!!!!! won't make you bored ^What this guy said. |
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| Just smoke pot and watch anime, it gets waaay more interesting. |
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| It's not me, it's anime. I rarely watch any of the newer shows. They're unappealing. |
Ezekiel said: It's not me, it's anime. I rarely watch any of the newer shows. They're unappealing. No one ever told you that it's wrong to blame others? :P |
| “Right is right even if no one is doing it; wrong is wrong even if everyone is doing it.” ― Saint Augustine |
| Well...For me, it doesn't happen often and it doesn't last long , but when it does, my best friend is Youtube...Just go to youtube and try search for funny videos, or just go wander on there until you find yourself on a video so strange that you ask yourself "How the fuck did I end up here?" I generally do that with videos related to anime, music and memes... |
| You are not your body, you are your brain, the "self" that emerges from within it. |
| Having variety in medias you experienced is always a good thing dince everyone would get bored of the same cliches with you limit your watching list to a certain kind of media |
| Yeah, I haven't really been in the mood so I've been reading instead, way more enjoyable ATM. Dishonest said: or do this, perfect combination.Just smoke pot and watch anime, it gets waaay more interesting. |
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I got a life, and then when the burnt out feeling went away I went right back to being a hikikomori until I got bored again. |
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| nope! maybe for now, no. but i never get tired of watching anime, cuz it seems become my hobby or everyday routine. |
The world is cruel, ugly and pitiful. Let's watch anime and make it colorful |
| After 2 hrs of work out and 4-6hr of studies, if you still get bored with all these entertainment, you should just go to sleep. |
| Do what I do, forget about anime for the rest of the season then come back and binge watch it all. Or become a normie, who knows. |
Kyandesu said: Are you losing interest in multiple things that used to make you happy, or just anime? Have you noticed any mood fluctuations or experienced any major life changes? I'm asking because anhedonia is one of the hallmark symptoms of depression. Losing interested in things you once loved, unable to find pleasure/happiness in anything around you that used to bring you joy. Of course, it could be much more simple: you could just be burnt out on anime. I suggest taking a break if you think that's the case. Yeah I've thought about how I could be depressed. Which is unfortunate but people get depression from moving away/starting a new chapter of their lives you know? |
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| @dakotasapphire Personally, between anime, video games, tabletop RPGs, internet arguments, learning new stuff and work, I never feel I am out of things to do. Sometimes I feel I have run myself into the corner, and have to re-watch something that I'm sure is good. Instead, I am more likely to feel I'm forgetting what I am and what free time is like. I'm sure you've seen this answer many times, but taking a break from anime is always an option. Don't let the pace of modern life get the better of you. Lie down on your bed, and think about what you would really want to do. The answer is usually easy to find. On the other hand, given the length of your list, you might have really watched everything worthwhile, and you might want to consider ongoing anime, manga, LNs, VNs, or some other form of entertainment altogether. |
| The more you watch, the more everything seems like the same thing over and over again. |
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| If you mean "do you not want to live anymore because you have no motivation in life and everything feels like a waste, because either you feel like you are wasting time, by doing non-productive things or you feel like everything you have to succeed at fails" yes. if you mean "you don't feel like watching anime or doing any other of your hobbies or studying," not exactly, since i still need escapism and be of use to others. |
| And here I am with no time to even watch animu anymore... =( You said it brother.. Amen! |
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| I have a lot of hobbies so that I don't just get bored because I'm doing the same thing every single damn day. If that still doesn't work, maybe try and explore other anime genres, something that you've not been exposed to. Who knows, it could be the next new thing that you love. Crap, this sounds cheesy. |
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| Oh look, a burn-out thread, not had one of these for a long time. But OP, if you are having problems with burn-outs, either take a rest and do something else, or plan your anime watching sessions, so you don't marathon a lot or something, idk. |
dakotasapphire said: Has this happened to you, where you've watched a lot of anime, and start to get dis-interested in them? And maybe you try to find a different medium to entertain you and it's not working? What do you do to mitigate (mend it) it? I'm just wondering because I've been having this issue for awhile where most anime are starting to just bore me and I can't get any further with them (hence my freaking huge watch list) and most were considered decent by my standards. Do you think I should start reading manga/play video games/read books for a long time and go on hiatus from anime? Or just drop any shows I find boring atm? I really don't get all these sorts of 'Help, I'm not enjoying anime any more, what do?' threads; I mean, it's a hobby. If you're bored with it, do something else. Forcing yourself to do something you don't enjoy is what work is for. |
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| Have always felt that way for many years ago actually. I found video game to be more fun than anime. Among all other entertainment hobby I have, anime is actually my least favorite one. |
ZapredonOct 14, 2016 9:56 AM
But it's important to remember that a movie review is subjective;it only gives you one person's opinion. http://www.classzone.com/books/lnetwork_gr08/page_build.cfm?content=analyz_media&ch=30 It doesn't matter if you like LoGH,Monster etc.If you are a jobless or college/school dropout living in your mom basement, you are still an unintelligent loser. Taste in anime does not make you a better person.If elitist don't exist, casual pleb and shit taste also don't exist. |
| I've been bored for over 10 years. Still bored. |
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Lord_Sithis said: You would be impressed with the huge amounts of people who do this just to keep up with all the seasonal anime or to brag about how much anime they've watched. Not so much impressed as confused. I've yet to encounter another fandom where such a noticeable (or at least, vocal) percentage treats the hobby as an obligation or work. Take the people who are proud that they've never dropped an anime, and instead sat through hours of stuff they didn't even enjoy: at that point, watching anime isn't a hobby or pastime, it's some kind of perverted addiction. I swear, I'll never understand anime fans. |
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| happened to me 2-3 times in the last 2-3 years just take a break when i took the break i read either wuxia novels or watched K-drama |
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Lord_Sithis said: waifuEqualslaifu said: Haven't watched hundreds of anime, but I can already tell this is true.The more you watch, the more everything seems like the same thing over and over again. Fasolt said: You would be impressed with the huge amounts of people who do this just to keep up with all the seasonal anime or to brag about how much anime they've watched.I really don't get all these sorts of 'Help, I'm not enjoying anime any more, what do?' threads; I mean, it's a hobby. If you're bored with it, do something else. Forcing yourself to do something you don't enjoy is what work is for. You're telling me. But I'm not really a seasonal watcher per say. I watch most of the stuff that I haven't from the past but one or two seasonal anime I was interested in I end up checking out that season (but usually don't watch the rest of it till its over). Regarding that 'it's a hobby' yeah it is. But The topic was about getting bored with EVERYTHING. Hell I bought the sims yesterday and that used to be the most fun game in the world to me and now it was mind numbingly dull. Also movies are boring. Games aren't AS fun as i'd like them to be. (like league of legends, but I heard that game ends up being boring eventually for everyone) Books I can hardly have an attention span for (maybe I need to read something non fiction). |
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Lord_Sithis said: dakotasapphire said: I bought Dark Souls and Dark Souls 2 because I felt like buying them, since I pirated them in Cuba and I felt bad. But I haven't played them for more than 7 hours. Mostly because I'm lazy, because I really like those games. And because I paid those nice $60, I now have no money to buy Ikaruga, a game I really want to play... So yeah, I guess I also have lack of attention span with most games.You're telling me. But I'm not really a seasonal watcher per say. I watch most of the stuff that I haven't from the past but one or two seasonal anime I was interested in I end up checking out that season (but usually don't watch the rest of it till its over). Regarding that 'it's a hobby' yeah it is. But The topic was about getting bored with EVERYTHING. Hell I bought the sims yesterday and that used to be the most fun game in the world to me and now it was mind numbingly dull. Also movies are boring. Games aren't AS fun as i'd like them to be. (like league of legends, but I heard that game ends up being boring eventually for everyone) Books I can hardly have an attention span for (maybe I need to read something non fiction). Yeah that's me too, I own all the bioshock games because I enjoyed playing the first one but yet to actually finish it and the second and third... _o i'm sooo bad about playing games to the end. |
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