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Dec 15, 2011 9:19 PM
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My friends and I usually watch comedy animes together, such as FMP Fumoffu or Gintama.
What genres or specific animes do you like to watch with a group of friends?
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Dec 15, 2011 9:24 PM
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Yeah, comedies, whether they are goofy like Great Teacher Onizuka or dark like Welcome to the NHK, seem to be the best to watch with friends. Or shows with a lot of action.
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Dec 15, 2011 9:31 PM
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I don't watch anything with "friends".
Dec 15, 2011 9:32 PM
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Definitely comedy. I used to watch Gintama with my roommate, makes it more enjoyable. Episodic stuff works better, as he would be able to tune in whenever. I was also made to watch shoujo with my girlfriend at the time, but it doesn't really change the experience.
Dec 15, 2011 9:36 PM
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nothing that has alot of ecchi cuz thats just an awkward moment waiting to happen
Dec 15, 2011 9:39 PM
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none of my friends watc anime. i used to watch some shounen anime with my cousins.
Dec 15, 2011 10:05 PM
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there aren't many things lamer than a group of friends watching anime together, besides i don't have any friends that like anime.
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Dec 15, 2011 10:10 PM
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... It has to be one that captures a lot attention. You know, a more drama-y, plot-driven anime. When you're watching a long and slow anime with someone else, it seems even longer and slower. And boring. Especially if it's with a friend who isn't as obsessed with anime as I am. (... Well, none of them are at my level of addiction, but still.)

Definitely never a slice of life, unless I know that my friend absolutely loves it. Which I don't think any of them do.

Also, I found out that comedy is more funny to me when I'm watching it with someone else. I never laugh at anime when I'm alone-- but I do it constantly when I'm watching with a friend.

Death Note is probably my favorite to watch with other people. I had a lot of fun introducing my friend to Death Note, enough so that I didn't even mind that I was rewatching it. I loved seeing her reactions, too. > w < Haha, we covered 17 episodes in the first day~
Dec 15, 2011 10:18 PM
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My friends don't really watch anime, but I'm sure if they did it would probably be comedy. Something funny to keep everyone's attention. If it's dramatic we would probably find ways to make fun of it.
Dec 15, 2011 10:29 PM

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Evangelion.

No. Really.
Dec 15, 2011 10:33 PM

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Boku Wa Tomodachi Ga Sukunai.
Dec 15, 2011 10:36 PM

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Watched School Days with a group of friends, made the anime watchable. Other times it would be comedy anime like GTO.
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Dec 15, 2011 11:41 PM

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I don't think I have ever watched Anime with my friends. I prefer not to...

Though if I had to it would a comedy Anime! :D
Dec 15, 2011 11:42 PM

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Comedy man! Or "so bad its good" genre, like Garzey's Wing
Dec 15, 2011 11:42 PM

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I'd force them to watch FF7 Advent Children/ACC for the millionth time. My rewatch count has reached 300+ literally. ^^
Dec 16, 2011 1:58 AM
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checkdafool said:
nothing that has alot of ecchi cuz thats just an awkward moment waiting to happen

Yep. That's exactly why I put Strike Witches into my friends Xbox during a system link party of sorts. It was a disaster waiting to happen.
Dec 16, 2011 2:00 AM

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The only one of my friends who watches anime is a 12 or so hour drive away, so none.
Dec 16, 2011 2:47 AM

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I hate watching anime with friends.
I have a pet peeve against anyone saying one word while I'm trying to watch something, which is usually what happens if I try to watch a show with anyone.

The only person I ever watched anime with was my mother.
Dec 16, 2011 2:52 AM

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I watch alone, but try Nichijou. :)
Dec 16, 2011 3:01 AM
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i usually leave one piece on the 2nd monitor when people are over. I gotten 5+ non anime watchers into one piece this way :)
Dec 16, 2011 3:47 AM

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I don't watch anime with friends.
Dec 16, 2011 3:51 AM
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Usually comedy or one with a lot of actions.
Definitely not those with slight drags (romance, slice of life), I would prefer to watch those by myself :)
Dec 16, 2011 4:40 AM

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I don't like to watch anime with friends, we're like trolling like idiots and talking. -.-
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Dec 16, 2011 4:52 AM

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My friends are only into anime movies and mainly only ones by Studio Ghibli..
Dec 16, 2011 4:58 AM
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I've watched Code Geass with a friend. Pretty good experience.
Dec 16, 2011 5:07 AM

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Comedy Definitely, I have looked anime several times with my friends and becomes much more fun (although it may take longer to see them) because when something key, or very funny, we pause, and make comments, you can look like something very annoying, but we had fun, laughing or just exchanging opinions.

The exception was with a friend, we watch Death Note, it was great, because I was in favor of L and Kira him, so imagine how our views clashed as the episodes progressed. Quite a spectacle.

Last (hopefully, not be the last of all) was the Haruhi movie, one of my friends have difficulty reading fast and had interest in seeing the movie, but its longevity, plus the fact that they do not have much time to read the subtitles, made ​​life impossible, so I decided to read it for him (me, when I read the subtitle try to imitate the mood of the characters to make it more enjoyable, he said, I do it well), it was very fun, no doubt, does not happen every day.

Although it seems it is something I used to do, are situations that are almost by accident but rather to be enjoyed.
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Dec 16, 2011 5:49 AM

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Never really watched any anime SERIES with friends, but all the Studio Ghibli movies I've seen have been with friends. You know "Hey, I just downloaded Tales from the Earthsea, wanna come watch it some day?" They make such lovely movies.

If I was to watch some Anime series with friends, it would not be ecchi, slice of life, romance or anything serious. That would shred the atmosphere to small dust.
Dec 16, 2011 6:56 AM

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I don't really have friends who watch anime, and the ones's who do are kinda creepy so I don't ask lol. But my girlfriend and I watch anime together, and we like to watch action anime or cute romance anime. Black Lagoon and Chobits for example, lol
Dec 16, 2011 8:54 AM

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The only thing I watch with friends is movies at the cinema, I don't like to watch movies/animes/tv shows with others
Dec 16, 2011 9:10 AM

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I hav no friends..
Dec 16, 2011 11:40 AM

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Detroit Metal City. Better than getting drunk.
Dec 16, 2011 11:58 AM

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Usually something hilarious with lots of fan-service and references.
Dec 16, 2011 1:19 PM
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All my friends (the ones who watch anime, at least) won't move past Naruto and refuse to watch anything else. Needless to say, I don't watch anime with my friends.

I will watch close to anything with my sister though. Ouran was probably the most fun to watch.
Dec 17, 2011 3:06 AM

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I hate watching with people if they make noise. It has to be quiet, and even then there are only a few anime I would want to watch with people around.

Cowboy Bebop. Um...lets see...Legend of the Galactic Heroes, Darker than Black, Redline, and maybe a few more. Mostly anything that has very little moments of "guilty pleasures."
Dec 17, 2011 6:58 AM

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Gintama and GTO.
Dec 17, 2011 8:56 AM
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Though most of my friends don't really approve of watching Anime (Ayase from OreImo), I watch some with my sister, or cousins. There are definitely things that are blacklisted such as ecchi. Things that we watch would be something like Monster, Death Note, Steins;Gate, because its interesting to talk about, and then something casual like Baka And Test or School Rumble. Anything too serious wouldn't be interesting, since you're with someone else.

Things that you probably shouldn't watch when you people have over.

    Clannad
    Romance
    Ecchi
    Too much Fan service
    Unless it's with guys or girls that prefer action, don't do hardcore action
    Thrillers unless you know both of you will finish it.
    Slice of Life, definitely. Don't think it would fit when having other people over.
Dec 17, 2011 9:15 AM

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Comedy anime or short series like FLCL and Dead Leaves and abridged anime like DBZ Abridged.
Dec 17, 2011 10:12 AM

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Comedy for sure. I used to watch MM Group.
Dec 17, 2011 10:14 AM

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Always some episodes of comedies which kind of works well since we have similar senses of humor. Always makes the shows even funnier somehow.

The first was FMP: Fumoffu, then Gintama and more recently Nichijou.
Dec 17, 2011 11:40 AM

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My friends are kinda goofy, so we stick to the comedy ones, so

School Rumble and Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu! and Lucky*Star.
Dec 18, 2011 7:19 AM

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Anime with cool characters without stupid funny moments. For example - Death Note, Devil May Cry, Gankutsuou.
Dec 18, 2011 7:40 AM

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none of my friends are anime fans, but the one anime i can actually get them to watch seems to be full metal alchemist (preferably brotherhood) - so good even non-anime fans like it!
Dec 18, 2011 10:48 AM

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I've watched The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and Ponyo with friends, as most of my friends aren't into Anime.

Those that are into Anime, I've watched Ouran High School Host Club and some of Code Geass with.
Dec 18, 2011 10:51 AM

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I re-watched Toaru Majutsu no Index with a friend. He isn't into anime, but he actually liked it, so I consider that a success.


Dec 18, 2011 11:39 AM

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Comedy mostly. I watched K-ON with two of my friends and they have a love/hate relationship with it. I find that if I try to watch more serious anime with my friends, we just end up talking through the whole thing and missing most of what happened.
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Dec 30, 2011 4:47 AM

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Any thing and everything. All of my friends are big anime watchers.
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Jan 3, 2012 2:00 PM

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My Neighbour Totoro.

I think I liked it mostly because I wasn't watching it alone x)
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Jan 3, 2012 2:05 PM

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I don't really watch anything of a specific genre as long as they're appropriate for them.

And if you ask me, I usually watch it with kids since I'm still pretty [TOO] young to hang out with the grown... OH, I think I can! I have a couple of grown people as my best friends but I hardly ever watch anime with them.
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Jan 29, 2012 2:09 PM

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All my friends are really ignorant about anime, so I watch it alone.
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