| Do you intentionally watch bad anime? Why? Is this a form of masochism? |
DragevardOct 26, 2021 3:28 PM
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| What even is "bad" anime? And I'm not talking about listing off shows. |
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| Won't know until I open the box yes sir |
| If I'm bored enough yeah lol Most of the time isn't horrible though (thankfully) |
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| Yes I do, and normally when I do it, it's each season when we have shows like Ex-arm, Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes, Night Head 2041 and so on, it exist a lot of them each season. It's the only time when I'm intentionally watching shows I know is bad. All this male idols shows, it's so horrible, it hurts you'r brain watching them. |
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| I guess you mean "with a bad reputation". In the past I intentionally watched some overly hated anime and found them quite disappointing (Mirai Nikki, SAO, Kakegurui, Tokyo Ghoul, School Days, Akame ga Kill, Elfen Lied). Darling in the FranXX was the only exception: not good either, but at least it's average. But then this year I liked Redo of Healer and Kanojo mo Kanojo, so I think I'll carry on the tradition of watching the most hated anime of each season. |
| Even if I don't expect an anime to be good I'll still watch it if I feel like there's something I can get out of it. Some of them are just dumb fun, but there's also anime I watch just so I'm in on the conversation. |
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| no that isn’t something I regularly do |
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| Absolutely but I do it for fun (or at least try to lol). For example I watched the Terra Formers adaptation and to my delight I got to witness a cgi cockroach man rip a man's spine out and decapitate another guy with it. Peak fiction and entertainment as long as you are not looking for every anime to have God tier story and characters. Dumb fun can be dummy fun. |
| Don't let others ruin things for you. Even if a toxic fan pisses in your cereal, you could just get another bowl of cereal. The 50 Anime You Should Watch Before You Die |
| I personally don’t, but I would still like to watch a few of the infamously bad ones like Ex-Arm just out of curiosity. |
| Of course. Just like watching obvious bad movies like Birdemic or The Room, watching certain bad anime can also be fun. Right now Ghost Stories (dub), Chargeman Ken, Cutey Honey (1975), Hell Girl, Grappler Baki (2001), Mad Bull 34, Violence Jack are my favorite bad anime. They're amazingly bad. So fun. |
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| I usually don't do that... I mean, I couldn't even stomach Vampire Holmes lol Cool Cat Saves the Kids on the hand would be something I'd frickin love to watch fr in the future.  |
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| By bad, I suppose you mean bad reputation or at least controversial anime. I do watch these shows to be in the loop and see if the criticism is valid or overexaggerated. For example, SAO, Mirai Nikki and Fairy Tail are shows that have garnered a bad reputation due to different factors. I've watched all of the aforementioned shows to see what the fuss is about. TL;DR: Yes. |
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| Sometimes, because many of them are perfect examples of "so bad that it's good" stuff, like Eiken or first Arifureta episodes. |
| Yeah, even though the anime is bad but if I find it interesting, I'll watch it |
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| Yes, there is nothing better than purposefully watching a bad show. They can either be a hilarious piece of shit, or a colossal failure so unbelievably awful it becomes a shit-stained paragon of the medium. |
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| How can I know if an anime is bad or good ? I dont care about people's review. So I try to watch the anime first and then I judge it |
| Yeah , there's shows i hear are bad and yet i still try them , sometimes i end up liking them and sometimes i absolutely hate them its just trying out animes for me |
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| Every now and then. Stuff like Garzey's Wing make my sides hurt from laughter. |
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| Yes, I have watched anime that garned bad reputation to see if said reputation was deserved several times (King's Game, Wounded Man, My sister my writer, Chargeman Ken), in the future I will check out Gibiate and Conception, among others. Thier bad reputation is what interest me, so is not tortuous or anything. The torture comes when I'm forcing myself to finish a show everyone else praises but I don't feel at all. |
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| If I am watching it, I'll just continue the "bad anime" but I don't actively look for them |
| If it's a bad harem ecchi anime with explicit nudity, then yes. Otherwise, no. |
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| Yeah. It's worth watching just in case I can end up liking it |
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| MAL's scoring usually means jack squat to me, I've enjoyed plenty of anime that are around a 5.0 on MAL, which in most peoples' eyes here that's considered really bad. Now, if I start an anime and I think it's bad midway through the series, then we have a conundrum. I generally try to stick it out and finish it if the series is short enough. 12 episodes? I'll manage. 24 or more? Ehh probably not (unless there's something specific I'm watching it for). I'll try to switch to the dub if it exists so I can at least multitask while I watch it, but if that doesn't exist and the episode count is too much, I'll drop it. Miiiight pick it up in the future when I'm trying to lower my on-hold or dropped lists, but dropped ones generally don't come back. |
| Do I intentionally watch anime that I know will be bad? I don't, not even seasonals. If I pick something I do so because I think there is something that it can provide to me, be it good animation or a compelling concept Do I stick to animes that are bad? Yes, unless they make my day worse. There are a certain entertainment in sharing my discontent about something |
| No. I don't watch anime that makes me annoyed. |
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| Well if it's known for being laughably bad, I would check it out to laugh at how trash it would be. |
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| I always finish every anime I watch even if it's bad shows or trash. Finishing those animes was a psychological challenge for me, sometimes I also think of them as accidental tragedies. Also, most of the anime I watched were bad shows in the written script |
| Of course! I almost enjoy truly bad stuff as much as I enjoy good stuff, even if there's some pain mixed in there. Stuff like Pupa makes me feel hollow inside, but it's also hilarious. |
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| I think it as "not well executed," "bad reputation" or "dislike by many fans." I usually pick series that I think I will like to watch. It does not matter if it is disliked by fans or with many negative comments. As for its quality of production, I will only know after watching it. |
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| Yes, that's why I watched (insert your favorite anime here) 😎 |
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| U cant enjoy the best without experiencing the worst. ~me I only watch "BAD" shows if they are famous and i wanna understand the heat and of course to refine my taste |
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| How would I know if it's bad before watching it? Sure, the score in MAL provides a little info, but not slightly enough. |
Ronninn said: Nillwas said: Please elaborate on how Night Head 2041 is terrible.Yes I do, and normally when I do it, it's each season when we have shows like Ex-arm, Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes, Night Head 2041 and so on, it exist a lot of them each season. It's the only time when I'm intentionally watching shows I know is bad. All this male idols shows, it's so horrible, it hurts you'r brain watching them. Please Ronninn said: Nillwas said: Please elaborate on how Night Head 2041 is terrible.Yes I do, and normally when I do it, it's each season when we have shows like Ex-arm, Kyoto Teramachi Sanjou no Holmes, Night Head 2041 and so on, it exist a lot of them each season. It's the only time when I'm intentionally watching shows I know is bad. All this male idols shows, it's so horrible, it hurts you'r brain watching them. If you think garbage like this is good, when the Anime Studio don't care about you or the Anime they have worked on. I'm sorry but I would pity you, if you would think this show is anything more then garbage/10 As the Animation is horrible, story telling is absolute garbage making you'r head hurt, characters that are so bad done it looks like they were written by a kid. O wait, I could write a better story as a kid then this, it's not interesting, no quality, it's just pure garbage that should never have been created in the first place, it's waste of time, money and effort. |
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| Yes I sometimes watch seasonals/modern anime and yes it is masochism U_U |
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| sometimes yes xD because out of curiosity. but i have a pain limit too, animes like" Pupa" are to much for me. dropped veeery quick. |
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