| Hey all! Be ready to read a lot lol :D Let's dive into my definition real quick. My Definition of the "True Anime Experience" (edit: forgot the quotes): -To watch it when it was airing -To not skip fillers -To not skip OP's and ED's -To be stuck on the previews and deal with the pain of waiting another week -To be stuck waiting a year(s) for the possibility of another season/movie/OVA/ONA/etc. -To hopefully not get spoiled -To interact with the community, online or in person -To reflect on each episode, characters, themes, ost, etc. -To see those extras or skits at the end or beginning of the episode -To avoid binging or joining the party too late -It's possible I forgot some other stuff but that's all I got I'm not saying that binging is bad or not being apart of the runtime for a respective anime means it's a fake experience. They're not and I still do both to a degree. All I'm really saying is that this is about as genuine as an experience gets with anime in general. I highly praise the people that stuck it out with the show and don't wait for it to end or something like that to binge it. I do understand the notion of binging, not even knowing about the anime, and not having time, but that just makes the overall anime experience better b/c you, YOU experienced the show from the beginning and until the end. Day 1 type stuff :) This is something that I strive to do, but find quite hard to accomplish. I end up absorbing the material of shows at a much slower rate b/c of my own opinion on how to enjoy the anime. I've adapted and developed my way of watching anime to ensure I support my definition. I was wondering what and how people would define their own version of, "The True Anime Experience". Do you even care about something like this? How would you tell others the "optimal" way to enjoy an anime if you could? Do you agree with me? Am I being to analytical? Is this another elitist question? Everyone has a different way of enjoying an anime, what are your thoughts? Here's One Ex: The hype around Naruto Shippuden OP 16 when it released was crazy, and even I was there for it despite only finishing OG Naruto. I got spoiled here and there thanks to Storm 4, and as the climax approached I ended up watching OP 19 and OP 20 too. I was genuinely hype for the finale of the series (again, never actually watched the episodes) and even found some great nostalgia for the series. Hearing about Boruto was cool too! Right now, I find it hard to actually make it through the series b/c I know the basics of the story. I can't imagine how much things I would've been impacted by and avoided if I'd actually kept up with the series and had truly experienced the anime during its runtime. This was like 4-5 years ago! I've been with AoT since season 2 and oh boy has it been an adventure. |
BlazingRozeSep 19, 2021 1:18 PM
| “The past makes you wanna die out of regret and future makes you depressed out of anxiety. So by elimination, the present is likely the happiest time.” – Hachiman Hikigaya “The present isn’t everything, but there are things you can only do now, things you can only find here. It’s now or never.” – Shizuka Hiratsuka |
| What the is the point of the thread again? I hate it when Honeymoon phase people rant about how much they love anime |
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| The true anime experience is to build a shrine of your waifu and pray to it every night. |
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| Just don't watch it in dubs and you're good. |
| True Ashita no Joe enjoyer be like "just be born in the 60's" |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
This is the true anime experience, for true anime fans |
| Advantages of watching anime after they finished -not forced into 1ep/week pace -better subtitles available -improved visuals of DVD/BD version Advantages of watching them as they air -"I was there" Yeah no, hard disagree with the "Day 1" stuff. Apart from that I don't really care, but always watching OP and ED is underrated. |
| "The True Anime Experience is to..." To not eat popcorn while watching it...you should eat rice crackers instead and drink green tea (no sugar of course). |
Do you have a specific method/pov when it comes to watching/enjoying anime and here's how I view it, is my main point of the thread. My perspective is a little grand and I tend to elaborate a lot. Sorry, I probably could've made this more simple. I agree with you. I never meant to bash bingers and I strongly believe binging long shows like One Piece, Naruto, Hxh, and anything else 50+ episodes is actually warranted. I mainly reference something that's hype and being apart of that waiting process which bingers don't really get to be apart of. Perhaps I had conveyed it negatively or could've elaborated more. Fillers are kind of whatever to me as it really only applies to long-running shows. I won't say I enjoy all the fillers, but people that love the show had to deal with it until the canon parts were ready at the time it was airing. I follow the idea that: If people who followed the show every week had to deal with the fillers (bad or good), then I'll also do the same to get the whole anime experience. Emphasis on whole. I'm starting to think I should've expanded more on what I mean by "True Anime Experience" oh well :P My bad if it seemed like I was disregarding animes that are already finished. They're technically better for incoming watchers and I do agree with the 3 points. However, I do feel like they miss out on the general hype/other emotions surrounding the episodes when they initially released. "Day 1" type of feel might've been ignorant of me, but allow me to use AoT as a quick example: I'll never forget the pain I had to deal with for almost every single cliffhanger as the seasons progressed. I enjoyed every bit of it but also despised it, lol. I won't forget the discussions I lurked on and yeah. I personally feel that it's hard to get the "day 1/week 1" experience after the anime is finished. All you can do is take a look back at past discussions, videos, comments, etc. to get a sense of what others were thinking about at the time. Talk about it with people who haven't or have seen it, so yeah. Thanks everyone for sharing thoughts :) |
| “The past makes you wanna die out of regret and future makes you depressed out of anxiety. So by elimination, the present is likely the happiest time.” – Hachiman Hikigaya “The present isn’t everything, but there are things you can only do now, things you can only find here. It’s now or never.” – Shizuka Hiratsuka |
| -To watch it when it was airing -To avoid binging or joining the party too late Sorry but I have to disagree with this. As someone who has a bad memory, I will forget the story if I wait for a week for the next episode. The only benefit of watching when the show is airing is, like the other user here said, "I was there, HYPE!" bragging rights. The True Anime Experience is to watch anime however and whenever you like it. |
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I get you. Is it really only bragging rights?...Sadly it might be. Sorry, like I said I never meant to bash bingers :) At the end of the day, I do believe watching it and how you enjoy it is the truest of answers. That's why I started doing first impressions! |
BlazingRozeSep 19, 2021 4:25 PM
| “The past makes you wanna die out of regret and future makes you depressed out of anxiety. So by elimination, the present is likely the happiest time.” – Hachiman Hikigaya “The present isn’t everything, but there are things you can only do now, things you can only find here. It’s now or never.” – Shizuka Hiratsuka |
Hey! Thanks for broadening my understanding on fillers. I always thought that most of the time people watch fillers even if it's bad or whatever (again, I think this really only applies to long running shows. 1-3 episodes filler are more doable). Yes, occasionally there are good fillers like G8 in One Piece, but most fall flat. I tend to power through them though no matter how bad it is b/c it's what the anime studio decided to present during the wait time for the fans. As far as I know, I've never skipped filler. If it's boring then usually I just let it play while I'm doing something else. I don't actually sit through fillers unless it's good or they're short filler arcs. Like I said to Yumerei, enjoy and watch anime based on your preference is the best way, so I agree :D |
| “The past makes you wanna die out of regret and future makes you depressed out of anxiety. So by elimination, the present is likely the happiest time.” – Hachiman Hikigaya “The present isn’t everything, but there are things you can only do now, things you can only find here. It’s now or never.” – Shizuka Hiratsuka |
| The true anime experience is to go in blind and without getting spoiled at all, not even in the slightest. |
| I sometimes forget to finish my sentences. |
| Sorry, but actually, it's none of those. If you watch anime, and enjoy it or even hate it, that's all there is to it. There is no true experience, and that is some gatekeepy non-sense to think that there is. |
 I don't believe in the Devil. You should. He believes in you. |
| I agree with things you said. And to watch in high quality resolution |
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Yumerei said: finally, someone i can relate to. my memory is so sh*tAs someone who has a bad memory, I will forget the story if I wait for a week for the next episode. |
| You ain't truly experiencing anime if watch it without |
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| When im sucked into the anime. Doesnt really matter if it's airing or im just binging, if i feel excited maybe even cry or get stressed like im in the anime,,, then id say that's a true experience. |
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| The true anime experience is loving certain shows, while not the same can be done to most of the viewers. |
Why he built like a roblox character with the muscle T-shirt on I CANT LFMAO THE JAWLINE- |
| We’re all dead just in different stages Past and Future |
| The True Anime Experience is to watch anime (and read manga), be amazed by it, share the good vibes with your weeb friends, and make positive and some negative memories with your anime experience for months and years to come. Pure simple. |
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| Idk, I guess try to be comfy while watching anime. |
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| The True Anime Experience is to... cry. BlazingRoze said: -To watch it when it was airing. Honestly though, I think this is actually a "wrong" way to watch anime, at least certain types. Sure there's always the weekly hype on watching the weekly episodes, but some things get (definitely can get) lost during that week of waiting. Especially stories which require certain level of build up and immersion, the feelings and your affinity to the story can get decisively weakened during the 7 days cooldown. Of course this does not matter with comedic shows or stuff you're "just watching for the sake of it". It's not like I like to wait for the show to Finish to binge it, but rather, I'm waiting so I don't have to watch it on the span of several months. |
| Intelligent gets through situations which wise avoids. |
Hulio said: The True Anime Experience is to... cry. Yeah, I agree with this :) Um. As for the other part of your post I do agree with it too. I realize that my opinion is a kind of a stupid "hot take" lol, and definitely could've formatted my writing better. I don't actually live by this rule where I'll die if I don't follow it. Heck, I just try to stick by it and I don't even do half of the stuff that I stated for every anime. I largely agree with all other views that opposed my statement too. All I'm saying is that in an ideal world, I would do something similar to my definition. Emphasis on an ideal world b/c that was something I forgot to state and unconsciously incorporated into my writing. At the end of the day, I actually enjoy anime much differently than what I said above. So yeah, enjoy anime to your hearts' content! Thanks for sharing everyone! I'm done making quick replies and quotes. It was fun to read the responses and respond to some of them. I'll take a gander with this topic anytime, just pm me or leave a comment on my profile instead future peeps, if you're interested. Thanks again :D |
| “The past makes you wanna die out of regret and future makes you depressed out of anxiety. So by elimination, the present is likely the happiest time.” – Hachiman Hikigaya “The present isn’t everything, but there are things you can only do now, things you can only find here. It’s now or never.” – Shizuka Hiratsuka |
| The True Anime Experience is to enjoy when you're watching it and drop it when you're not enjoying it, simple :) |
 (っ◔◡◔)っ 𝓘 𝔀𝓲𝓼𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓪 𝔀𝓸𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓭𝓪𝔂 ♥ |
| You know what you like, what to watch and enjoy the gift that is anime. |
 Life is a despicable endurance race |
| maybe not when it was airing right away but around its time, because sometime i find something that makes me say " i wish i had watch earlier" to properly enjoy it. with that i said that i missed a lot of the 90's and early 2000's because of school :( |
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| The tru anime exp is of course to expend all of your saving to buy a ticket to japan and watch it on fancy 3d cinema theater :P whatever flick you might like.. |
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