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Mar 31, 5:52 AM
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Since anime fans come in different types what kind of fan are do like mainstream anime of cozy slice of life or big fan of good old days of retro fan

So what kind of fan are you.

As for my self my main is Retro, then hidden gem and Slice of life

(The poll is based on your main core fandom—the category you're a big fan of.)

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Mar 31, 5:52 AM
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๐Ÿ… Tomato ๐Ÿ…

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Mostly these 5:

- Seasonal
- Ecchi
- Hidden gem
- Slice of Life
- Yuri

Mar 31, 6:13 AM
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Retro with a hint of ecchi, slice of life and to a lesser extent yuri.
I always liked the first two but nowadays I find the third just being... kinda comfy and relaxing.
Hot Blood saves lives.
Mar 31, 6:16 AM
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I like the lewd stuff, so ecchi it is.
Mar 31, 6:23 AM
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I always give preference to seasonal anime so I'll go with that

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Mar 31, 6:32 AM
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Casual, I don't think I'll ever become a big fan of anything else so soon.
Mar 31, 6:34 AM
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I would say that none of these really fit me, but if i had to really choose something than i guess casual and hidden gem. ๐Ÿคท‍โ™€๏ธ
Mar 31, 6:39 AM
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I am just your ordinary casual anime fan who simply seek entertainment from it.



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Mar 31, 6:40 AM
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I just like film. I really like science fiction and animation is a good medium for bringing the fantastical to life, but it can also enliven very mundane things, and cute anime girls being cute stimulates my brain in a nice way. Also even beyond trashy ecchi and harem stuff, anime has more romance stories aimed at men than western media tends to, which is nice. I'm less interested in the most mainstream action stuff or keeping up with the zeitgeist, but it's not like most of my favourite stuff wasn't a big hit on release either. I collect Gunpla because big robots are cool and Gundam is an interesting franchise.
Mar 31, 6:41 AM

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What is Elitist in terms of Anime or in general? It seems there is no one?
Mar 31, 6:44 AM

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What is Elitist in terms of Anime or in general? It seems there is no one?
@LateHero_ well you know those pretentious edgy type fan maybe they want to show themselves
Mar 31, 6:45 AM

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I'm everything fan except few genre's like female-idol, CGDCT, yuri and yaoi [with exceptions] - other than that I watch everything, seasonals, hidden gems, old and new stuff
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Mar 31, 6:49 AM

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I don't really know what kind of anime fan I am, but I mostly watch seasonal anime and old anime that I've missed. I tend to pay more attention to original or underrated anime because they can be hidden gems. But if you ask me what my favorite genre is, I'd say I'm a big fan of fantasy anime.
Mar 31, 6:49 AM
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I'm very mainstream lmao, I've already been through my 'underground anime' phase
Mar 31, 6:51 AM

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Definitively "my pace". I can watch nothing for 3 months then start 12 shows in parallel... I guess hidden gem is the closest to that.

Now that I think about it, I'm doing the same with MAL forum threads...
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Mar 31, 6:51 AM

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Mixed Casual, Seasonal, maybe hidden gem, and a little bit of ecchi I guess

Mar 31, 7:05 AM

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I think casual suits me the most, but I also like to watch retro shows.

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Mar 31, 7:06 AM
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retro + hidden gem = elitist

just sayin'
Mar 31, 7:08 AM

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Hidden gem, I think. I wouldn't just watch stuff for the sake of watching something. It has to pique my interest first.
Mar 31, 7:08 AM

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Slice of life, For life period. Slice of life is the purest form of anime as its just slices of life and what more could you want than that? You don't need all those bad ass action scenes all you need is just a bit of fuckin banter.
Mar 31, 7:09 AM

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I think casual suits me the most, but I also like to watch retro shows.

@Spast1c You're so funny, Ha. Ha, Ha. Ha :3
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Mar 31, 7:11 AM

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I chose casual because I'm not exactly mainstream but I'm not exactly elitist either.
Mar 31, 7:12 AM

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If I had to pick three...
  1. Retro (Duh, only a third of my favorites are from 2000 or newer)
  2. Yaoi/Yuri (I'm a bit more of a yaoi boy, though)
  3. Casual (I've fallen off from how I was two-ish to three years back, when I'd plow through large amounts of anime in little time)
Mar 31, 7:14 AM
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Currently in a seasonal phase (15-20 series per season) but have a lot of nostalgic favorites & have some high profile older series on my PTW list.


Mar 31, 7:19 AM

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Hm... Seasonal, Hidden gem and Slice of Life ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜†
Mar 31, 7:57 AM
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Combination of Mainstream, casual and seasonal
Mar 31, 8:03 AM
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Casual /seasonal / ecchi/hidden gem / SOL / yaoi , Yuri

Man I’m almost into everything at this point

What does ( mainstream , retro , elitist , ) mean ?
Mar 31, 10:40 AM
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I lowkey watch everything except gay shits and harem ecchi shits
Mar 31, 10:58 AM
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Seasonal, slice of life, hidden gem

Retro anime a little but to a lesser extent because lately I haven't watched any more old anime, but I also like it.

The only one I hate among these is ecchi, I think it's a horrible genre, I rarely watch anime like this, and when I do watch it I always hate the anime, because of the genre and also because it has a really silly story. Animes with ecchi always focus only on ecchi, always seeking sexualization and embarrassment, normally the target audience for this is only teenagers or adults who do not have a social life
Mar 31, 11:15 AM

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Retro, hidden gem.

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Mar 31, 11:18 AM

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Well I enjoy the anime for the artwork, more so than the plot TBH.
Mar 31, 11:23 AM

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All I am going to say is this is really a stupid poll.
Mar 31, 11:26 AM

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I just like film. I really like science fiction and animation is a good medium for bringing the fantastical to life, but it can also enliven very mundane things, and cute anime girls being cute stimulates my brain in a nice way. Also even beyond trashy ecchi and harem stuff, anime has more romance stories aimed at men than western media tends to, which is nice. I'm less interested in the most mainstream action stuff or keeping up with the zeitgeist, but it's not like most of my favourite stuff wasn't a big hit on release either. I collect Gunpla because big robots are cool and Gundam is an interesting franchise.
@09philj

Unlike what you think not all ecchi and harem are trashy. And as for someone who likes sci-fi and films your list is quite lacking in those.
Mar 31, 11:42 AM
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I would say:
- Hiddem gem
- Mainstream
- Elitist
- Yaoi
- Seasonal
Mar 31, 11:59 AM

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No poll option for the isekaitrashman fk. :(

Guess all you leave me is ecchi. Cultured content all the way boiz.
Mar 31, 12:00 PM
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@09philj

Unlike what you think not all ecchi and harem are trashy. And as for someone who likes sci-fi and films your list is quite lacking in those.
@JoeChip Film as in the whole medium of moving pictures. I'm not averse to erotica in and of itself (I adore Sunstone to the extent of owning the whole series so far in print) but I rarely find anything that suits my tastes. (Answers on a postcard if there's BDSM stuff that's not grimly misanthropic and doesn't make light of sexual assault) I admit I've never quite grasped the appeal of harem shows in anything other than an abstract sense, being fought over is simply not a fantasy I have. I don't really watch things at an intense pace because I'm not trying to prove anything, I just gradually chip away at the long list of things I'm interested in a couple of episodes at a time.

There was a considerable period when I first got into Iain Banks that I struggled to engage with other sci-fi, space opera in particular, because it was too difficult for anything to measure up to Banks. Watching mecha series like Eureka Seven and Witch from Mercury has helped jolt me back into engaging with stuff on its own terms.
Mar 31, 12:26 PM

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I voted elitist, but I think we're all equally awesome deep down! As long as you love the animanga medium, this is how much I love animanga, just replace him with manga and it's literally me except I'm a bit more chunnibyou.

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Mar 31, 12:28 PM

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Mostly these 5:

- Seasonal
- Ecchi
- Hidden gem
- Slice of Life
- Yuri

@Serafos nice nice, what is the Tomato's favorite ecchi series? (if you have one?) o.O
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Mar 31, 12:57 PM

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A combination of "hidden gem" and "seasonal" slathered with a viscous spread of Slice of Life.

Hidden Gem because a lot of my top favorite series are what I'd consider "hidden gems", at least in a relative sense (what is "hidden" as in lesser known/unknown/lesser discussed/obscure/unpopular/etc. among the general public which knows of minimal anime as a whole is different from what qualifies as hidden among online anime enthusiast communities on websites such as MAL dedicated to this specific purpose).

Seasonal because I began regularly watching a large amount of seasonals in January of 2021 and continued that approach to this day. I started watching anime in September of 2016, but only watched six series from then until the end of the year, and in 2017 and 2018 also watched a minimal amount of series. All were older already finished series. Then from March of 2019 and all throughout the rest of 2019 and 2020 I started watching anime series much more regularly, starting a new one back to back the same day, the next day, or a few days after I finished the previous one.

I switched to mainly (lately almost exclusively) airing seasonals in early 2021 because of some medical issues in my life where I had to travel for some out of state medical treatment for two and a half months, multiple chronic illness issues, many doctor visits weekly, etc., so just couldn't have even the minute added mental burden of choosing from the wider array of older already finished airing series whereas jumping from one seasonal to another with usually no more than an episode of each a week at a time seemed more manageable and somehow a better distraction. As I didn't have to choose from as vast a library or have as much control over how much or little I watched of it in a day or in a week.

And Slice of Life because it's my favorite genre alongside Thriller.
Mar 31, 1:07 PM

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Combination of seasonal, mainstream, ecchi, SoL.
Komitoza said:
No poll option for the isekaitrashman fk. :(

This
Mar 31, 1:27 PM
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I'm casual, I just enjoy watching anime.
Mar 31, 1:44 PM

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I guess I'm Hidden Gem, because my tastes and whims are so random nothing else fits... But most of them sure are shows no one talks about much!
Mar 31, 1:48 PM

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Mainly ecchi with special affinity to fantasy, scifi and bikini armor.
Mar 31, 2:27 PM

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I still feel more comfortable considering myself as "Casual". But maybe more of a "Veteran Casual" xD

I don't want to consider myself hardcore since I don't really dig through the behind the scenes stuff, or follow Anime industry news-- I don't even usually pay attention to the studios and such BTS stuff.

The only thing that upgrades me from being a "Casual" is me usually watching a dozen or 2 Anime shows per season nowadays, and that I grew up with Anime, and that it's been my main source of entertainment for decades now.

I could also fit as "Seasonal" since those are what I watch the most these days.
But that would kind of imply I'm not into retros; which would be a betrayal to Gintama. xD


Mar 31, 3:12 PM

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elitist weeb that will annoy you to death
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Mar 31, 3:16 PM

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I like sexy anime girls doing naughty things. The girls in Hyperdimension Neptunia are really cute and sexy.
Mar 31, 3:19 PM
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Can I vote in more than 1 column? because these are too damn limiting. I'm an All around Anime' Fan in general.
Mar 31, 3:21 PM

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Casual/Mainstream Fan I Just Watch What Is Popular
Todoroki/Light Yagami/Reiner/Aki’s Biggest Glazer
Mar 31, 3:22 PM

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I am the type of guy who likes watching naked anime girls. Like the ones in Hyperdimension Neptunia and Date a Live.
Mar 31, 3:30 PM

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Maybe Seasonal + Retro + Hidden Gem + Slice of Life
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