| I've just started using MAL, but I've been watching anime since past 4 yrs and watched more than 70. But I left anime just because because I felt bored and after so much anime, films and tv dramas (top rated) it felt like nothing is able to impress me. I just wanted to ask if any of you have gone through a similar phase and how did you even fix or am I the only heartless person here who is forgetting the importance of art. I'm not the type of guy who can watch generic stuff like hentai, I just want to feel the artistic pleasure from these entertainments. P.S. I have watched almost every film from godfather to taxi driver to fight club, every drama from breaking bad to GOT, you just name it. Or should I just leave the screen for few months and see the outside world. Dont refer to my anime list, its incomplete. |
ThXxAsuraAug 4, 2020 11:15 PM
| People who hate me are scums But people who I hate are worse than scums. |
| Only when I have nothing but boring anime to watch. You just need to find shows that interest you. |
| If you’re finding that you’re not enjoying anime, there’s no shame just finding something else you do enjoy. It’s not really something you ‘fix’. It’s more of just a natural personal quality you’ve developed over time. |
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| There's no way you should feel bored if you've only watched 70. I don't know your tastes or what you've watched, but I'm sure there's at least hundreds of anime that you would enjoy that you haven't watched yet. |
| Sure but then I go do something else until I want to watch again. |
| if i watch too much of the same series in a day then yeah |
| yum riceballs i just want a baccano! season 2 |
| I suffered from 'anime burnout' many times. I just turn more attention to my other hobbies and it eventually passes itself. |
| All the time, last time was two weeks ago, I stopped watching and spent my whole time on personal stuff and playing arcade games so when I finished those things I came back to anime renewed and watched lots of episodes. |
| not really, but then again i'm the type of guy who could shut their brains off and still enjoy generic shits(99% of shows are really generic in the fiction world) |
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| Depends on what anime I watch but if I feel bored I usually watch hentai. |
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| sure I either read books or watch other things for awhile until I want to watch anime again. |
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| Sometimes. When that happens, I usually take a break from watching anime for a bit and then come back to it when I don't feel so burnt out. |
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| Another casual thinking that has watched everything and got bored of anime, just quit, clearly you never enjoyed this. |
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| Sometimes if I'm watching an anime that doesn't interest me. I usually just put it on hold and read manga after that. |
| Yes, oddly enough. There were times when I used to impatiently glance at a show’s remaining time so that I can finally finish the episode and do something that I had planned on doing while in the midst of the episode. That’s because there was probably nothing in it that entices me and was just being forced to complete it. |
| Sometimes, yes, but not for much. I actually played lot of videogames in the past, and I remember watching, like, 1 or 2 anime for year, usually anime based on videogames or that had videogame version. When I started dropping videogames (now I only play, like, 10 minutes a day of Animal Crossing), I started watching many Anime, even if I'm still slow and usually I don't watch more than 10 anime a year. Sometimes I slow down even more, maybe to focus on something else like school, studies or social activities, but it last 1 or 2 weeks. I watch lot of slice of life, so sometimes they get repetitive and I drop them for a little while. Concentrating on one genre help me to not exaggerate when it comes to time passed watching my phone. |
| Location: Turin, Italy Hobby: Music, karate, manga Favourite food: Hey, why are still interested in my stuff? |
| "whatched more than 70" that's a shitload of anime, how did you even manage to get this far? oh wait the profile says 20 completed. serious answer, I need to watch roughly 50 anime to just find one truly great. I do enjoy most shows to this day, I just don't find them all excellent or super fun. there's still merit in it, a show doesn't need to be mindblowing to be enjoyable. if you can tell me what type of shows are you looking for, I can recc you plenty. you don't suffer from burnout, you suffer from the beginner's high fading. |
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| I binge watch for a bit and then take a break to focus on other hobbies for a week or two. If I didn't take breaks I think it would become more of a chore to watch weekly episodes with other series on top of that... |
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| I don’t understand the point of this question; there’s no magical way to “fix” it. Just stop watching anime until you feel like watching it again. If that feeling never comes back, then just move on with your life and immerse yourself in something that you enjoy. Is that so hard? Is getting 500 threads from people too lazy to use the search function really necessary for such a silly and easy to solve problem? |
| To judge others by your own standard is the height of folly. |
| Two words. Violet Evergarden. That is all. |
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| I feel bored at times but if I feel like that sometimes I watch the H series and just continue if i done with H |
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| Yup, this is literally just anime burnout. Doesn't matter how fun a hobby is, if you overindulge it'll have a negative effect, just cause chocolate tastes good doesn't mean it won't make you vomit after a certain point of eating nothing but. Take a break, a good long break, and then when you're back try to find a series you absolutely know you'll like, if you get lucky and you really do like it that helps put you back in the mood for more anime. It's always best to save a good/great anime or two for a rainy day for shit like this. |
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| Like most other interests in my life, it comes and goes. Sometimes I'll go a month or two without watching anything, and other times I'll binge a series in a day or two. If you feel bored then probably stepping away from the screen for a bit is your best bet. |
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| I went through that phase. I stopped going only for the top rated or popular stuff and discovered hundreds of great shows and and films I wouldn't have watched otherwise. |
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| I went through the same phase OP.After watched some fifty or sixty shows I thought I have seen everything the medium has to offer.I was proven wrong very quickly. The medium has a broad array of niche and genres that no other medium offers.You just have to find the ideal anime for you.It just takes some trail and error to find your own taste. Whenever I am tired of anime,I just take a break.It's as easy as that. |
| *has been watching anime since 2006 and the completed list is still below 70* *new MAL user (supposedly) went beyond 70 within 4 years* ...I don't know where I'm going with this. "Watch at a slower rate" maybe? *shrug* |
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| Only when I watch kyoani shows. But I continue because I'm curious about the ending |
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