2018 Anime Watching Challenge - Discussion

animefun1995 said:
Watch an anime with at least one human child as a main character
Happy Sugar Life is valuable for this challenge (shio koube 6-9 yo)?

zombieoil2 said:
@Sojin I'm sorry to bother you so close to the end of the year. Could I get a rec for 102? Thanks in advance.

Also @ literally anyone, could I have a rec for 27?? Thank you in advance.

zombieoil2 said:
@mozgow thank you for the correction. I will edit my post shortly. Could I be so bold as to ask you for a rec for 102??

rosycheeks said:
@mozgow - was wondering, is banana fish valid for #61
'Watch an anime that mainly takes places outside
of Japan, but still on Earth’? and is baccano valid
for #60 'Watch an anime with a human main character
that is not Japanese'?

rosycheeks said:
thank you so much! sorry about that, I saw a post earlier by a mod telling someone to not post again, so I got confused xd

Daisy-Sensei said:
Need suggestion for next two challenges

(71) Watch an anime with a special character or symbol in the title
(86) Watch a related anime that aired at least 15 years before/after a previously completed series

Thanks

Limefrogz97 said:
Hello there!
I was hoping to get some help on item 97 - Watch an anime with a non-humanoid main character.
I had originally chosen Monokuma from Danganronpa. However, now that I completed it, I'm wondering if it would really work.
Thanks for helping out! (:

mozgow said:

Yes, Baccano! is valid for #60. And as in the above, remember to state the character and its nationality.

Confederate_Jeb said:
@SheyCroix Can I get a recommendation for #102 please?

rosycheeks said:


i see :/ then could i ask for a recommendation for #60?

Ranacchi said:


https://myanimelist.net/anime/1887/Lucky☆Star
Pretty sure this one SHOULD count for #71

From your PTW:
https://myanimelist.net/anime/11457/Chibi☆Devi
https://myanimelist.net/anime/20509/Fate_kaleid_liner_Prisma☆Illya_2wei
https://myanimelist.net/anime/21821/Fuuun_Ishin_Dai☆Shogun
https://myanimelist.net/anime/9756/Mahou_Shoujo_Madoka★Magica
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1688/Nanatsu-iro★Drops
https://myanimelist.net/anime/5030/Maria†Holic
https://myanimelist.net/anime/196/Onegai☆Twins
https://myanimelist.net/anime/4136/Penguin_Musume♥Heart
https://myanimelist.net/anime/1562/Yamato_Nadeshiko_Shichihenge♥

KhareReal said:
How to sign up for the challenge i am facing difficulties please help me

zombieoil2 said:
Hey guys! For number 93, for watching an anime with a popularity of #5001 or lower, a higher number would work right? Say, #5076 would work, since it's less popular than #5001? Sorry for the dumb question, just trying to make sure I've got things straight!!

Also if anyone has recs for #27, let me know!!

placed in popularity as #5,001, #5,002, #5,003 and so on

BaneofKermit said:
Can I get a rec for #34 and #19?

rosycheeks said:
I had a question, since we can't really show the episode history of a dropped or on-hold anime, can people who've joined after July 2017 do #107 'Finish an on-hold or dropped anime' as long as the info required is stated (that is the episode count at which it was dropped or put on-hold)?

Nurguburu said:
completed anime = an anime that finished before the challange???

minimiau said:
I have a question about (86) Watch a related anime that aired at least 15 years before/after a previously completed series:

It is valid that I Watch Digimon adventure tri? I have watched Digimon Adventure

Btw, I also need a rec for this: 68) Watch an active staff member`s favorite anime.

Thanks!

mozgow said:
I need a recommendation for (67) Watch an anime featured in another participant`s forum set.
Nothing too long - at most 26 standard-length episodes.

TuyNOM said:

Natsume Yuujinchou - 13 episodes :)
Korrailli #27
Or Baccano ! - 13 episodes
Beepern #112

Blank_X said:
Need a recommendation!
(27) Watch an anime recommended to you in the challenge discussion thread
1 cour if possible. Thanks!

zombieoil2 said:
@satyrelfheim

Hokuto no Ken: Toki-den
Kuro no Sumika: Chronus
Little Witch Academia
Perfect Blue
Denpa-teki na Kanojo

All are short OVA or Movie.

AlexJ94 said:
hi, I need a recomendation for item 27 anybody got a hidden gem?

Olde-Jo said:
Hello,

I am seeking an Anime recommendation, as it is one of the challenges I must complete.

Snakering said:



Hi, is this for the one that says "get a recommendation from the Challenge Discussion thread"? (If it's "get a rec from a staff member," I'm afraid I can't help.)

I'll recommend
Charlotte
Re:Creators
Daily Lives of High School Boys
A Silent Voice
Madoka

Brati said:
I was checking out the questionnaire but couldn't find the right place to drop my thoughts on the difficulty levels.

In my opinion, it is pretty hard to convert from a low difficulty to a higher one. For example:
I want to start with a low diffuculty, that I know I can finish. If there is still time I want to try the next-harder one. But with the challenge setup this year this is kinda hard for that.

It is totally reasonable that low tier goals are easier to achieve then high tier goals. Plus, naturally if an anime qualifies for a low tier goal it ist not given that it can qualify for a high tier goal. So far so good, I understand that.

The problem is, that the higher difficulty doesn't just ADD the high tier goals but it REPLACES / REMOVES low tier goals with high tier goals (10 easy / 5 hard -> 5 easy / 15 hard, example numbers). With this, the anime I watched earlier for easy difficulty and low tier goals are unlikely to be used for the new high tier goals. Well.. Nobody will understand what I mean, because I can't put it in words well~... So, if I want to switch from easy to medium, I watched anime that I cant use anymore ("wasted time" for the challenge, not wasted for anime though). Thats kind of depressing.

Instead I would have liked it to be like 10 easy / 5 hard -> 10 easy / 15 hard (example numbers) so I can keep my progress with the easy ones!

Some goals I didn't like as much were:
- No forum posts
- No OP/ED listed
- No review
These are really hard, if not to say hard a.f., if I want to do TV-type only like last year (I think this challenge wasn't designed to be able to do TV-type only, not sure if it even is suggested to do that atm). For these crazy goals I was kind of forced to put OVAs/Specials but kept as much of the challenge TV-pure as possible.

Other then that I really like the challenge idea and love to participate! Its a lot of fun and I am forced out of my comfort zone and watch some stuff which I would'nt have watched otherwise (sadly OVAs/Specials!). Thats great.

Hopefully the correct recipent of this is reading it and doesn't take it as "hate" because it isn't ;>

mozgow said:
@KMH
I looked at your form and noticed at least one thing wrong (you did not state the number of users for (53) Watch a completed anime with more users in "Plan-to-Watch" than "Completed"). I would suggest you go through all the items and check if all required info is stated. Use this post to check what is needed for an item.

KMH said:

Here's a link to my challenge list, in case anybody's interested.

KMH said:

But I provided a screenshot, thought that would be better than just stating the numbers, since I watched it shortly after it finished airing and figured that it would change.

#53. Watch a completed anime with more users in "Plan-to-Watch" than "Completed" - check in the stats tab; state the members it had when you started; save a screenshot showing your username and status in case there's a big gap when you turn-in

SheyCroix said:

Unless I'm misunderstanding, you mean to keep the increment between difficulties stable, as in if x difficulty requires 5 from Tier 1, the second difficulty should ask an more and not less. Is that it?
So far, next year will most likely not use tiers again. I might change the dynamic of it all, yet again, so we might not see the tiers at all for 2019. IF, and just if, I decide to keep them I will keep your opinion in mind. Same goes for the item list, it will be reworked as well.

Already noted it down on my suggestions list (your opinion about the difficulties).

As for the TV types, this year it wasn't included because some of the items wouldn't be possible with it.

Thanks~ I'm glad you enjoyed (or are enjoying) the challenge =)

rosycheeks said:
hello - I'd like a recommendation for #85 'Watch an anime with 30 minutes or more per episode',
preferably something short in terms of episode count. thanks in advance!

MandarBloodeagle said:
Personally I like the tier system and the challenge itself, but the diffucilty curve is a problem. At the start you can easily set your stakes to high and can't finish the challenge. You could add a kind of leveling system, where you have to go through every rank (Knight -> Baron -> Marquess etc.). It would be pretty nice, when you have the feeling, that you can't finish Marquess for example, that you still managed to get the "reward" of Baron.

On a sidenote I need help with that challenge (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member

MandarBloodeagle said:
On a sidenote I need help with that challenge (102) Watch an anime recommended to you by a challenge staff member

SheyCroix said:

Waaait friend. That's quite a nice idea there. I like it.
I will try to work with it for a bit and see how far I can take it.
Thanks!!!!

Given I replied, let me rec as well
https://myanimelist.net/anime/4177/Bounen_no_Xamdou
https://myanimelist.net/anime/7148/Ladies_versus_Butlers
https://myanimelist.net/anime/20431/Hoozuki_no_Reitetsu
https://myanimelist.net/anime/457/Mushishi
https://myanimelist.net/anime/323/Mousou_Dairinin

mozgow said:
Hotarubi no Mori e
Denpa-teki na Kanojo

Ranacchi said:

Fancy
May I compliment you on how organized it looks
I've seen quite a few completed lists so far but this is my new fav from a design pov.

mozgow said:

I marked two important parts. First, you have to state the members it had when you completed it. Second, screenshot is for case when it's no longer valid.

KMH said:
Not saying you're wrong, but that screenshot is from when I completed it and because I knew it would be different later, I didn't explicitly state the numbers through text (now there are a lot more completed than Plan to Watch).
IIRC, I did it the same way the last two years for a similar(or the same?) challenge.
But of course if something is wrong or missing and I can't explain what I meant correctly, I'll change it.
And, in the end, that's not the item that would stop me from competing a non-offfical TV-only challenge :)