When choosing what anime to watch, what do you base it on?
| I just pick alphabetically from my PTW list. After all...if it's in my PTW list means the anime got me interested... |
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| click kyuubey and see for yourself ／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ when you see my pattern, you'll shit bricks |
| Its kind of a lengthy process for me when choosing my next anime to watch. 1) Decide what genre I want to watch 2) Find an anime of that particular genre that I have already WATCHED & ENJOYED 3) Look it up on MAL 4) Look up Recommendations list on MAL 5) When I find something that gets my attention, read the synopsis, reviews and comments about it 6) If the feedback isn't positive, go back to step 4 :) 7) Download & Watch! |
HDAnimeReviewsAug 25, 2011 10:06 AM
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| I mostly decide on hype, animation quality, ratings, genre, and instincts. |
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| all i know is..... any anime with loli is GOOD! |
| Well, I just read description to see if it's something I would like, look for some pictures and then maybe read some reviews. But if I sense that this anime is good no matter how bad the reviews are I'll watch it anyways [coughokaneganaicough] |
| Read the short synopsis --> Watch if interested Sometimes studio can override if the synopsis is bad. Like if it's a Shaft, Brain's Base, Production I.G, or Kyoto Animation anime, I'll always at least give it the benefit of the doubt and watch an episode or two. Never would have given Nichijou a shot without KyoAni rep, which would have sucked since it's like one of my favourite shows now. Sometimes mid-late season I'll try something that's getting massive love, that I completely missed or skipped over for whatever reason. I never check reviews or anything. |
HDAnimeReviews said: Its kind of a lengthy process for me when choosing my next anime to watch. 1) Decide what genre I want to watch 2) Find an anime of that particular genre that I have already WATCHED & ENJOYED 3) Look it up on MAL 4) Look up Recommendations list on MAL What happens after you've watched everything in the specific "recommendation tree"? |
| usually by recommendations, ratings and intuition :P |
| I go with what my gut tells me. |
| Friends' recommendations :) |
| I simply watch every newly released series. If i get bored after 3 episodes, i'd drop it. It all depends on my whim. I don't take anime seriously, but i do watch a lot because it's the only activity i do outside work. |
joshun said: I simply watch every newly released series. If i get bored after 3 episodes, i'd drop it. It all depends on my whim. I don't take anime seriously, but i do watch a lot because it's the only activity i do outside work. I pretty much do that too, I do 2 episode samples then I go from there. These don't even get put on my list. If I watch more than 2 then it does even if I don't finish it. For older stuff I use the rating then sample form there. |
| Genre. Sometimes I like to watch shows with the same genre in a row. Sometimes I get tired of a genre and try to find alternate genres for a change of pace. |
| This is how I decide if an anime is going to be good or not. "I know it when I see it!" |
| “Suppose, gentlemen, that man is not stupid.” |
| I read the Anime's description and if it interests me I will give it a try. Animation sometimes plays a factor but not usually. |
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| For airing shows it's usually watching the first one or two eps and then deciding to continue. For completed ones I go with Descriptions and Genre. Don't really care much about Hype and reviews. |
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| I go with the recommendations and what genre I'm in the mood to watch. I lurk around MAL and read some reviews and recommendations on stuff that I find interesting and put it in my PTW list. I try not to have too many on it either, that would just look messed up and just hard to pick the one I want to watch. As of lately, I'm watching BECK from an recommendation from people and so far I've not looked back to what I've seen so far. ;] |
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| ^_^ I mainly go on instinct! But I also do note the voice actors, and if there's a certain voice actor I like, I'd keep watching it. |
| "Aiming for the mark takes precision, balance, and patience." ....Screw that, let's shoot the damn thing! |
| Everything as stated in the poll except: Trailers(Which i rarely watch) , not really picky on Visuals/Animation Quality(so far the only show that i dropped due to this problem is Special A where i absolutely cannot stand the way their nose are drawn). |
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| Art style tells awful lot about anime. |
| It's pretty sad how much I depend on the Top Anime list. I don't watch everything there, since I'm not interested in really long shows (I don't have the attention level or the dedication), but I'm getting through it. Also, my current thing right now is baseball anime. My love for baseball in general fuels my desire to watch them all. But I hate sports anime. Only baseball. |
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| Generally speaking, I tend to keep my ear open to what other people are saying about anime, and if it appeals to me I'll check it out. Usually it's constricted to genres but if something has an interesting enough premise, I'll defy my usual genre preferences like with magical girls and Madoka and Princess Tutu. Sometimes I'll stumble onto something via looking around at anime in a genre that appeals to me. I might also check something out if it's by a writer I like. With new stuff coming out, I look at those spiffy charts and watch what looks appealing and drop it if it turns out to be crap. |
| The recommendations on MAL have been helpful, in a few cases. Other than that, though, I select by genre usually nowadays. In the past, when I was new to anime, I chose by hype. I knew very little of anime, so I tried out the ones that I heard of. The only anime that I specifically chose when I was younger was Rockman.EXE, since I loved the MMBN games. |
| "Other" To me, it's basically a guessing game. I'll give a fair shot to just about anything that comes my way. If it doesn't have my attention within the first 3 episodes, I drop it like it's hot and move on. If it is catching my interest, I'll see it through to the end. I have a knack for loading my Netflix queue up with anything on there and attempting to burn through it all as soon as I can manage it. Ha ha! I'll occasionally StumbleUpon lists and recommendations and I'll check those out too if I haven't already. My tastes are varied, so I enjoy allowing myself a wide selection. |
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| 1. The art of the Anime 2. Main character(s) 3. Genre 4. Synopsis I avoid anime with female tsundere as the lead. |
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| I chose trailers. If I watch enough of them, it usually can give me a good sense of the art/animation quality, the atmosphere of the show, and obviously the voice actors (but I usually don't care about this part). That's not the only factor though, I pick anime by its genre and just find things that are interesting on my own. I find that I can hardly ever trust recommendations/reviews, everyone's tastes and opinions are just too different. But all of that doesn't apply if a certain anime/manga is by a same director/mangaka/studio that I love, I'll jump right on it. |
| 1. Synopsis 2. Character profile 3. Spoiler |
| I actually read the plot and if I like it, I give it a shot. Ratings don't do it for me because there's many anime shows that I find great, but they are rated poorly. Same with reviews, I don't care about the artistic stuff/deeper meaning/whatever. If I like it, I like it and that settles it for me. |
| A lot of different factors go in, ratings and reviews definitely help me pick up a lot of shows that I might otherwise not and it being well-known also can contribute to making me want to pick it up. Lately too if there is a VA I like and they are featured in a series I didn't know about, I might pick it up. That having been said, instincts and if I think that it might be good are usually the greatest factors. |
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Malkavian said: Generally speaking, I tend to keep my ear open to what other people are saying about anime, and if it appeals to me I'll check it out. Same here... |
| Well, If I will answer the poll my answers would be: Ratings Hype Genre Visuals Voice Actors |
| I usually do it like this Genre Story Art |
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| Story and art are my big two. But there have been times where I've watched a series because of its hype. |
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| 1 "Must see/classics" 2 On-goings (i try to check most/all of them and eliminate the ones that i can't watch) 3 Stuff i've heard of / seen in the past 4 Various random picks from various sources and situations (ie. MAL profiles, fansub groups, random listings, ads, mags, tv, articles, reviews, previews etc.) 5 other (VG, Manga, Dorama adaptations etc.) I have time constraints with all the anime and various other things i do, so i drop something that doesn't meet certain criteria (that may vary per show as well) because i literally don't have time for it. Unless it's short and not too unbearable. And there are some exceptions as well and they tend to be in the stuff i really want to unwatch-gategory. PS. The quotes aren't there for fun. |
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| I would've liked to choose more than one choice but no problem Yeah basically I depend on rating, recommendations, genre, animation quality and instincts to pick up animes I want to watch |
| Both recommendations and instincts. I don't care much about what genre it is |
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| "Hype" I guess...from hearing who is in the production of the anime. I got into Cardfight Vanguard because the mangaka for Yugioh R was part of the collab, and some people were saying it will be the new Yugioh, so I checked it out and loved it. And for Mawaru PenguindDrum, Lots of people said it will be a mindblowing anime because the director also created Revolutionary Girl Utena... I jumped in the Penguindrum Wagon and also fell in love with the anime! |
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| I look up the ratings on MAL, Anime News Network, Imdb, etc. If there high up and look interesting, I look at the genre and read the reviews, if it looks and sounds good, I'll watch it. Sometimes I look up top 10 anime of a random year in the 2000's, too. |
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| Genre, baby. Genre. |
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