| Contrary to popular belief, you can actually watch and finish every anime that ever existed (that is available to watch). You'll just need to burn a couple decades of daily anime marathon (with dayoffs obviously), and you'll catch up to everything eventually. Would you do it though? I will personally, this is going to be my retirement plan. Mangas is a different story though, I'll invest in immortality technology for that. Edit:"I'm just gonna watch the good ones." How would you even know that it's good before watching it? Most of my favorites (animes that I rated 9 to 10), I don't even know that it's good before watching it. And this probably one of my biggest motivation for this shit. "What about the shit you hate?" Fast forward is a thing. That's practically cheating, but a wouldn't watch the same bs a trillion times. "What about your obligations?" As I said this is my retirement plan (and I'll still watch a bunch of shit, even if I'm still schooling/working), and who cares about social life, when you have watched every anime that existed before you're 40. |
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| I believe that is way easier said than done cos people would still have obligations like work I would love to see someone who can do it though |
| Being 70 years old and still watching hentai might not be the best look though :/ |
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| It's a cool thought for sure lol. Like I'm sure some would love to do it just to be that guy who did. But people would have stuff like schooling and/or work to prioritize. If it was possible, and my job could be something involving watching anime, that'd be one of my goals lmao. |
| "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." -Kino's Journey |
| If going insane is your goal then sure go ahead |
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| that would be kind of impossible cuz u would have to go to college or work and new anime come out every other season and if u watch anime as an obligation its just boring and u would not be able to bring urself to watch it and if u even watch every anime that ever existed will u be able to remember all of that cuz i cant even remember the whole anime i watched a year ago |
| don't spread corrupted belief non-lifer will be easily tempted |
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| I once did the math and determined that it would take as many hours per week as a full time job to keep up with all new and currently airing anime. Catching up all those past decades of existing anime would be relegated to your spare time. |
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| It'd be cool to see someone achieve it of course, but I personally think it's a bad idea. I don't even think it's possible. For one: you can't possibly enjoy every anime you watch, so once you run out of enjoyable anime it would be hard to do something you don't like doing. Second: You won't have enough time... if anime is getting in the way of work, college, and other events then it's not worth it. Anime is supposed to be something that's enjoyable, not ruining your life and wasting time. |
| you can watch every anime relased today but by the age you are 60 or whatever there will tons of other animes so it's basically impossiple cause you don't know the rate that animes are going to be produced in |
| just keep it simple |
| If someone paid me, I might actually do it. I will definitely do it. |
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2shizukasensei88 said: Contrary to popular belief, you can actually watch and finish every anime that ever existed (that is available to watch). You'll just need to burn a couple decades of daily anime marathon (with dayoffs obviously), and you'll catch up to everything eventually. Would you do it though? I will personally, this is going to be my retirement plan. Mangas is a different story though, I'll invest in immortality technology for that. I wouldn't do it. I don't like every genre out there,Life is too short and I have other interests besides anime. |
| So this is in some fantasy world where all of the anime that have been lost to time are rediscovered and you can actually watch them all? Through this same magic will they all be translated into our respective languages or will we have to deal with a huge percentage of them only being in Japanese raw (or Chinese/Korean for those shows)? Would we be paid for this in some way or is our savings going to be the determining factor on how long we're able to continue this for? It sounds like a pathetic existence to do nothing but watch anime. If I was doing some sort of service by putting in my 40+ hours a week of watching anime then I'd do it, but if the idea is that eventually you'll just lose the challenge and have to go back to working then it wouldn't be very fun. |
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| First learn Japanese to a profficient level, because not everything is subbed. Then get ready to buy stuff, because not everything is online. Then track and treasure hunt stuff that is discontinued. Then move to Japan, because some things never left the domestic market or are limited to the viewers like the shorts at the Ghibli museum or the specials that only come in local theatrical releases. If at this point you are still ready and willing to watch everything, think about what you'll be exposed to. How many iterations of the genre or the trope you dislike, of the kink you are disgusted by, of the animation/artstyle that gives you a headache. In short: it's not worth and it's tiring. Not even academics and historians of the medium are required to watch everything there is. |
Zayvex said: Being 70 years old and still watching hentai might not be the best look though :/ gotta assert your dominance somehow.. |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| Nope I have no interest in half the anime that gets released each season and I won't force myself to complete anime just for the sake of growing my list or for a impossible goal of completing all anime in existence. |
| I love watching anime but I won't waste my whole life watching all every single anime in existence. |
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| Make sure to watch everything in 2x speed too. |
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| I do want to watch a lot of anime, but holy shit every anime in existence that's just a waste of time. Just watch all the good ones or something. |
| This anime shit is addictive |
| And why would anyone bother watching all of the anime that has ever been produced? It seems like a waste of time and effort. |
| Here is my Pixiv account of my hentai drawings..... https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/104739065 Here is my blog.... https://theendofindustrialcivilization.blogspot.com/?m=1 |
| Highly doubtful, and even if I could I don't have the mental stamina to force myself to watch the incredible amount of trash anime I have to subject myself to in order to "finish all the anime". |
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| But new anime will come out seasonally. There is also the anime shorts that'd come out on Youtube and other places. Don't waste your time trying to watch all of them. |
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| As for age of 30 I have now watch 600 thanks to my childhood watching anime like DVD marathon and VHS, but I just watching for entertainment and I also play videogames ethier. |
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| Not all anime is english subbed and many older series are lost media. |
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| I honestly wish I had that much free time. |
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| No I wouldn't do it. I've other forms of fiction like reading mystery novels and manga and to immersing myself in Japanese dramas specifically those with Nanao and chiaki kuriyama and there are Hollywood flicks and mysteries series and those mystery specials produced by hallmark. I'm true cultural connoisseur. then there’s the adrenaline rush of watching every single F1 races, the thrill of Boston Celtics' beating everyone, and my bittersweet love affair with Manchester United— |
| No, thank you. I don't even like certain genres and themes at all. It would be a torture to watch all those shows. |
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