Jul 17, 2024 8:52 AM
How I Watch
Anime Relations:
Dungeon Meshi
I don't really have one way of watching anime, I just need to be in the right mood to watch it. If it is an anime I am not really in to, I try to find the dubbed version so I understand what is going on while not having to completely pay attention to it. Otherwise I will watch it subbed if the dubbed version isn't available or if it's just horrible. I watch subbed versions of anime that I really like or if my favorite VAs are in it.
I do prefer to binge series that I really like as well. It is difficult for me to watch only one episode of something currently airing if I am really getting in to it. But also it's hard for me to wait until it's completely finished airing to start watching it as well...see the conundrum lol. So sometimes If it's something currently airing I will watch the first few episodes to see if I like it and then usually wait until a few episodes are released and then watch multiple episodes in a row. Or even wait until it's finished airing and binge it. It just depends on how I am feeling and how good the anime is. If it is a series I am just feeling meh about (looking at you random seasonals) it is easier for me to just watch episodes as they air.
If it is an anime I really want to watch I will probably watch it as it airs or wait for a couple of episodes to be released. For anime that have already aired I just watch what I want to watch, usually higher priority stuff first. Though at the moment I am trying to complete shorter series and lower priority ones to trim down my PTW list a bit.
I torrent my favorite anime and store it on a 8 Terabyte hard-drive and watch it on a WDTV box. If you have not heard of one, it is like a stream box but can store downloaded videos as well as stream. Probably one of the best gadgets I have ever bought. I also stream series from my laptop and watch it on my Google Chrome-cast.
How I tag my series...right now I am just going with a demographic tag, type and year (yes I know not all series have a demographic but it is just easier for me to filter through my list.) MAL's tagging system is a hot mess and makes no sense. So I usually use other sites to add tags to my list most of the time. MALs tags are usually inaccurate, have missing or wrong demographics, tags are not uniform with others of the same series, some can have more tags added or they try to tag every little thing. Like most series have comedy or drama in it....they all don't need tags for it...unless it's the main focus.
How I pick series to watch... I mainly just start watching something that intrigues me to see if I like it for myself. I do not rely on reviews or scores to see if I will watch or like something....I like to figure it out for myself. I do not care about reviews or the MAL score, especially on MAL where a very high percentage of reviews are just bad and the scores of a series means nothing. Even if a series has a low score I might like it. If a series has a low score I will not be put off from watching it. I just might go into it wondering what the reason is for it to be scored so low.
I usually look at the main picture of an anime and read the synopsis, if it piques my interest I'll try it out. Sometimes more often than not it doesn't turn out in my favor but other times I have found a lot of great anime that I otherwise probably would not have seen. I do tend to stay away from genres and demographics I don't really enjoy for the most part...might be hypocritical of me but every anime fan is hypocritical in some way and don't try to tell me otherwise.
My PTW List...
I use the priority options...High ones are ones I know I will like and for sure watch, medium ones are ones that I have vetted and moved them up from Low priority after watching a few episodes of and it looked like something I might enjoy. Lower ones are series that have not yet aired and look like series that are just ok. I haven't tried watching them yet to see if I will like them to move them up to medium priority yet.
I watch what I am in the mood for but I also try to watch at least a couple of finished airing series off of my PTW list along with the seasonals I am watching as they air.
I don't have multiple of the same anime series on my PTW list...to keep it more manageable...like I haven't been caught up with My Hero Academia yet...so I only have the 5th season on my PTW list...not the 6th season or all the other extras like movies. I will complete the 5th season and then add the 6th season to my PTW list once the 5th season is off of there.
My Watch List...My watch list is only for series I am actively watching...I don't put series on there and just let them let sit there as it clogs it up. I try to keep around 20ish give or take a few on my watch list because anymore than that makes it overwhelming. For series that have finished airing I put a few on there and finish them before adding anymore to my list if there are already too many series I am currently watching.
My On Hold List...A few years ago I ended up taking everything off my On Hold list and putting it back on my PTW list because it had gotten so unmanageable. Some of the anime series I had were on hold for years and others on the list I couldn't even remember. Also lets be real I probably wasn't going to watch them in the first place since there were so many series I wanted to watch on my PTW. So series I knew I didn't really like I dropped and other series I didn't remember or wanted to give a second chance I put back on my PTW list. However recently I decided to start using my On Hold list again because I was dropping way too many series. So I put a lot of series I dropped back on my On Hold list since they were just clogging up my PTW list. I also didn't remember a lot of series I dropped so I wanted to try and give them another watch. Other series I only watched one episode and dropped so I want to try and watch more episodes of them.
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