| I used to be able to watch an anime series a day and could never get bored of watching anime. Now I cannot seem to watch or have the attention span to watch any anime, like I'm finding it very difficult to be the god I once was. Anyone know how or what can I do to not get bored of watching? Any tips to be able to binge series since I have nothing to do as my country is on lockdown |
| I have this problem too.... I find it hard to just pick my episodes back up when I really do want to watch them but just have no motivation to do so. I haven't done it yet, but when this happens to me, I usually rewatch a favorite of mine because by doing so, it allows me to be in an anime spree mood, which allows me to just keep binging shows until it dies down |
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| Well, you could try watching shows that are actually interesting. A thing I noticed with a lot of fans here on MAL is that they feel like they have to watch every big anime, but no, you don't have to.If you want to, go for it, but it's just impossible to enjoy each big bug in the box. First you should figure out what kind of shows don't get you to be bored. After that, stop focusing on scores and ratings of shows, just because others didn't like one anime doesn't mean you won't.As an example, I loved Magical Girl Site and that show had a score of 6.50, plus many people tots didn't like it, even my friends. Once you find one show you enjoy, look for recommendations. Example, I totally loved Say I love you,found kimi no todoke or ao haru ride in the recommendations, also loved those to bits. Next, look out for bad apples.Another example, I basically said previously that I loved highschool romance drama. After looking for more, I found Peach girl and thought it might be just as good, and it was recommended to me in combination to kaichou wa maid sama/nana/bokura ga ita, and i liked all 3, so I thought I'd also like peach girl.But I ended up hating it soooooo much. In combination with the last statement, don't feel the need to watch a show to the end in spite of completing it. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH DROPPING/QUITTING SHOWS YOU DON'T ENJOY. I wish I started following that rule much earlier, it would've saved me time, energy and will with many shows. Hope I helped! |
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| i went through a fase like that too. i felt the need to complete a lot of shows even tho i couldn't find anime interesting anymore. what helped me was starting reading manga and stop watching anime for a while, u don't need the same amount of attention span as watching anime and, for me, it was even more interesting. if u don't like reading manga as i suggested i think it's best to just stop for a while, then come back. u don't need to force urself to watch. |
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| Take a break dude. Watching an ENTIRE series in a day often will make anyone bored of Anime.. |
| I've actually been on the same boat as you for quite a while now. I binge watched so many series throughout the first few years of when I got into anime. Nowadays, I have such a hard time finding a good series to watch because my attention span is so short. I'll be watching an anime for a minute, switch tabs, then continue the anime, and repeat. It's kinda hard, as for me, I'm still trying to "fully" get back into it myself, but when I rewatched one of my favorite series, I binged it like crazy without any problems. Since you've been an anime fan for 4 years or so, maybe nowadays your interests/tastes have changed? Looking through my list, I'm wondering how on earth did I manage to complete some of these series, because I'm sure that if I watched that same show today, I wouldn't be able to complete it LOL. So maybe now, there's some particular that you're looking for in what you're watching that you aren't really finding? Idk these are just suggestions haha. But if worse comes to worse, honestly, don't force yourself. Watch what you like, otherwise it just becomes a chore, and that's not what you want with an entertainment medium. |
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| you're probably burnt out. Try a different medium for a while , like gaming or sports. That's what I do |
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| hm? the more you grow, the less time you spend on your hobbies. right? I mean we work, college, married, children... |
allypsa said: i went through a fase like that too. i felt the need to complete a lot of shows even tho i couldn't find anime interesting anymore. what helped me was starting reading manga and stop watching anime for a while, u don't need the same amount of attention span as watching anime and, for me, it was even more interesting. if u don't like reading manga as i suggested i think it's best to just stop for a while, then come back. u don't need to force urself to watch. i did take a break legit i stop in october and just came back, even if it's shows i like it's still the same Rero33 said: I can't help you OP, I'm the same way. ;( Lil_hentai said: People make this thread every week and act as if anime just disappeared from existence, you are just burned out i dont get why this concept is so alien to people. im not even burnt out, i just back from like a 3 month break of no anime Zeroflamez said: Take a break dude. Watching an ENTIRE series in a day often will make anyone bored of Anime.. see above Stoorainclaire said: hm? the more you grow, the less time you spend on your hobbies. right? I mean we work, college, married, children... i dont have any other hobbies i like except writing, i got fired from work and cant work as corona, i also finished college. and chill bruv im only 21 i don wanna be married or have children until im 30 |
| Maybe take a break for a while? Watching too much can bore ppl i guess. Personally for me after i finish a series i go on a break, come back and set goals on how many episodes I wanna watch in a day |
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Konatose said: allypsa said: i went through a fase like that too. i felt the need to complete a lot of shows even tho i couldn't find anime interesting anymore. what helped me was starting reading manga and stop watching anime for a while, u don't need the same amount of attention span as watching anime and, for me, it was even more interesting. if u don't like reading manga as i suggested i think it's best to just stop for a while, then come back. u don't need to force urself to watch. i did take a break legit i stop in october and just came back, even if it's shows i like it's still the same Rero33 said: I can't help you OP, I'm the same way. ;( Lil_hentai said: People make this thread every week and act as if anime just disappeared from existence, you are just burned out i dont get why this concept is so alien to people. im not even burnt out, i just back from like a 3 month break of no anime Zeroflamez said: Take a break dude. Watching an ENTIRE series in a day often will make anyone bored of Anime.. see above Stoorainclaire said: hm? the more you grow, the less time you spend on your hobbies. right? I mean we work, college, married, children... i dont have any other hobbies i like except writing, i got fired from work and cant work as corona, i also finished college. and chill bruv im only 21 i don wanna be married or have children until im 30 I don't know what you expect everyone in here to tell you dude.. You've taken a break, you can't get back into again.. Only suggestion is watch a genre you don't normally watch or rewatch an old favorite. I don't know man. Maybe try manga out? It takes less time..and you don't need to pay as much attention.. |
FoxFire75 said: It didn't happen to me so far, but I jump from anime to manga and back a lot and also get the occasional game to distract me for a few days or 50 <.< Just do what you feel like doing, if that is not anime atm, don't force it. i just wanna do how people can watch so much anime like people with over 140 days |
| This happens to me so often and right now I would love to binge watch a tonne of anime, as we are currently on lockdown in my country, but I just can't get into anything. I go through stages where I binge watch anime after anime and then I won't watch anything for a few weeks/months. I find myself just watching seasonal anime now. |
| The trick is to only watch one show at a time. Or, if you're feeling brave, watch one long series (>100 episodes) at the same time as multiple shorter series. How are you going to get invested if you're always switching between things? |
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Konatose said: I used to be able to watch an anime series a day and could never get bored of watching anime. Now I cannot seem to watch or have the attention span to watch any anime, like I'm finding it very difficult to be the god I once was. Anyone know how or what can I do to not get bored of watching? Any tips to be able to binge series since I have nothing to do as my country is on lockdown Take a break from anime. Watch other things that isn't anime. I went on hiatus for like 2 years. And came back to watch only like 5 anime a year. |
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| Take a longer break, don't force yourself to watch anime or it'll just get worse. And if you really want to watch anime, try to look for that one anime that's gonna hook you in. Don't be afraid of dropping things if they start to get boring. |
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| I don't know.Earlier I was also able to do the same and never got bored of anime but after going into college everything.Being busy with classes, spending time with friends I have only 2 hr free time but still I am able to watch casually and now it has become difficult to get into a series than earlier |
| You probably have watched all of the "good" anime out there, so now it's harder for you to find something as good. |
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| You are probably just burned out. It happens to me as well. |
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| There is little harm in indulging in other hobbies. |
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| Binging anime form genres you haven’t tried in a while is a good way. If that doesn’t solve your problem take a break, it’s not bad to take a break and you can come back and actually enjoy anime. |
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Konatose said: allypsa said: i went through a fase like that too. i felt the need to complete a lot of shows even tho i couldn't find anime interesting anymore. what helped me was starting reading manga and stop watching anime for a while, u don't need the same amount of attention span as watching anime and, for me, it was even more interesting. if u don't like reading manga as i suggested i think it's best to just stop for a while, then come back. u don't need to force urself to watch. i did take a break legit i stop in october and just came back, even if it's shows i like it's still the same Rero33 said: I can't help you OP, I'm the same way. ;( Lil_hentai said: People make this thread every week and act as if anime just disappeared from existence, you are just burned out i dont get why this concept is so alien to people. im not even burnt out, i just back from like a 3 month break of no anime Zeroflamez said: Take a break dude. Watching an ENTIRE series in a day often will make anyone bored of Anime.. see above Stoorainclaire said: hm? the more you grow, the less time you spend on your hobbies. right? I mean we work, college, married, children... i dont have any other hobbies i like except writing, i got fired from work and cant work as corona, i also finished college. and chill bruv im only 21 i don wanna be married or have children until im 30 Take a longer break. If you burnt out you won't go back to normal in an arbitrary time. You'll recover when you'll recover. You'll notice when it happens. |
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Konatose said: I think it's important to not burn yourself out on one hobby by overdoing it.I used to be able to watch an anime series a day and could never get bored of watching anime. Now I cannot seem to watch or have the attention span to watch any anime, like I'm finding it very difficult to be the god I once was. Anyone know how or what can I do to not get bored of watching? Any tips to be able to binge series since I have nothing to do as my country is on lockdown I personally find myself preferring to watch only one or a few episodes a day, and spend the day doing something else. Maybe doing various tasks around the house or household, playing or writing music, maybe chatting, maybe playing video games, maybe even gardening. |
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| Asking for methods to stay glued to anime is harder than you think and the answer to your original question is that you're growing up. Blame the writers for mindlessly pandering to a specific audience with a subjective genre such as comedy, those fancypants Japanese don't know what entertainment is best for your time and money. |
Kurt_IrvingApr 3, 2020 8:34 AM
Well, you could try watching shows that are actually interesting. A thing I noticed with a lot of fans here on MAL is that they feel like they have to watch every big anime, but no, you don't have to.If you want to, go for it, but it's just impossible to enjoy each big bug in the box. B-But, what about the hype? One must have faith! Everything is the bestest masterpiece ever, and when the bestest masterpiece ever ends, another ones replace it right away!@*! Hah, yeah. If you wanna last as a consumer of the media as much as I, you better follow this piece of advice, and try to vary item watching a bit (in terms of year of production, genre etc), otherwise everything will seem so monotonous to you that you will fall out of love with the medium, eventually. Saw many going this way. |
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| Same problem dude...it's been happening to me a lot lately. Halfway through the episode, I question myself "when will this episode end..."  |
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| Sometimes a break is all you need. What I do is always pursue 2 of the 3 (anime, manga, games) at a time. If I don't feel like watching anime, I'll shift my focus towards manga & games for a few months. Then if I get bored of playing games after a while, I'll go for the manga/anime combo. And so I alternate between the 3 like that. Try that method out, maybe it'll work for you as well :D |
| Like some of the people say, this is a sign for you to take a break from it for some time. I have same issue, I've been watching movies instead of anime for like 3-4 weeks. And it's totally fine. |
| Just take a break, watch something else. I've had that issue multiple times; usually I'd leave for a year or two then come back and it isn't so bad anymore. Regular cartoons, live-action, all good alternatives for entertainment. |
| Keep it simple, stupid. |
Zeroflamez said: Take a break dude. Watching an ENTIRE series in a day often will make anyone bored of Anime.. There is also something to be said for giving your brain time to acclimate and grow with the characters. By spacing the show out over the course of several days or weeks, one can get a sense of it being a persistent world. Your brain essentially tricks itself into socially bonding with the characters, as bad as that sounds. I definitely notice this myself with shows that are intended to be emotionally intensive. If you plow right through them, it can be difficult to care about what happens in the story. |
Guru_guru_guru said: Zeroflamez said: Take a break dude. Watching an ENTIRE series in a day often will make anyone bored of Anime.. There is also something to be said for giving your brain time to acclimate and grow with the characters. By spacing the show out over the course of several days or weeks, one can get a sense of it being a persistent world. Your brain essentially tricks itself into socially bonding with the characters, as bad as that sounds. I definitely notice this myself with shows that are intended to be emotionally intensive. If you plow right through them, it can be difficult to care about what happens in the story. I feel this is more for long running weekly's shows. If I space a finished Anime out too much I feel disconnected. That's just me though. |
| How bout not binging entire series in one setting...Spread that shit out. Watch a few episodes of one show, then switch to another. Of course you're going to get bored and go through burnout if you focus entirely on binging a single series and repeating that on a daily basis... |
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| hey OP i understand ur pain i go on anime breaks too a lot. i usually find a non-anime thing to watch whether it be english shows or movies. i went into a manga phase too and eventually, i just come back to anime. it's natural. |
CrimsonMidnight said: Konatose said: I used to be able to watch an anime series a day and could never get bored of watching anime. Now I cannot seem to watch or have the attention span to watch any anime, like I'm finding it very difficult to be the god I once was. Anyone know how or what can I do to not get bored of watching? Any tips to be able to binge series since I have nothing to do as my country is on lockdown Take a break from anime. Watch other things that isn't anime. I went on hiatus for like 2 years. And came back to watch only like 5 anime a year. Mayuka said: hey OP i understand ur pain i go on anime breaks too a lot. i usually find a non-anime thing to watch whether it be english shows or movies. i went into a manga phase too and eventually, i just come back to anime. it's natural. This. A lot of anime fans think that after getting into anime, suddenly everything non-anime sucks and they shouldn't watch it. But that's a really narrow view and it's not surprising whent they get burned out on anime. |
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| Usually if this happens to me its when I'm having a depression episode or just really stressed about something. I obviously don't know you but due to these scary and uncertain times you could just be covertly stressed about something. My best advice is just to not watch anime for a few weeks, try to get invested in something else like video games, reading, etc. When you come back you might feel really refreshed and more invested in anime again. |
Treuherzig said: Well, you could try watching shows that are actually interesting. A thing I noticed with a lot of fans here on MAL is that they feel like they have to watch every big anime, but no, you don't have to.If you want to, go for it, but it's just impossible to enjoy each big bug in the box. First you should figure out what kind of shows don't get you to be bored. After that, stop focusing on scores and ratings of shows, just because others didn't like one anime doesn't mean you won't.As an example, I loved Magical Girl Site and that show had a score of 6.50, plus many people tots didn't like it, even my friends. Once you find one show you enjoy, look for recommendations. Example, I totally loved Say I love you,found kimi no todoke or ao haru ride in the recommendations, also loved those to bits. Next, look out for bad apples.Another example, I basically said previously that I loved highschool romance drama. After looking for more, I found Peach girl and thought it might be just as good, and it was recommended to me in combination to kaichou wa maid sama/nana/bokura ga ita, and i liked all 3, so I thought I'd also like peach girl.But I ended up hating it soooooo much. In combination with the last statement, don't feel the need to watch a show to the end in spite of completing it. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH DROPPING/QUITTING SHOWS YOU DON'T ENJOY. I wish I started following that rule much earlier, it would've saved me time, energy and will with many shows. Hope I helped! I am not OP but thank you very much for this comment, kinda motivated me to stop giving fucks about what other think. <3 |
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