| My amount of time spent watching anime isn't very short, but I've seen people with even longer lists, how did you do it and what drove you to watch so many? Personally I have been watching anime for at least a dozen years and I have seen at least a third of the total series in a not very happy period in my life when watching anime and TV series was the only thing I could find enjoyable and I watched 6 or 7 hours at least a day and another good part is due to the pandemic. What is your story? |
| It's not hundreds but like 175 days. Watching anime since 10 like years seriously. It's one of the best media out there so I pay it the attention it deserves. As for story, I guess I'm just a nerdy young adult, I've been a nerdy kid. It all started with Pucca, Pokémon, Shuriken School, Beyblade, Yu Gi Oh and Naruto all airing around the same time on French TV before I got to play Pokémon on the Nintendo DS, then I hugely indulged in this hobby (gaming) and came back to anime after getting into nightcore and finding an awesome AMV of Kyoukai no Kanata, Oregairu, Love Chuunibyou, Toradora perhaps.. it was the romance genre that got me back into anime. |
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| I prefer efficiency over a time investment. |
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| For me, it's just added up, little by little, over a long period of time. I got into anime around 26 years ago (not counting anime I watched on TV as a kid, without knowing what it was), and since then, I've watched at least a little almost every day. I've never taken a break or experienced burnout. Of course, I have rare days when I can't watch any for whatever reason, but I watch somewhere between 2 and 5 episodes on average, and that's been my routine forever. There have been brief periods in my life when I've watched a little more or a little less, but generally, the amount I watch every day has stayed pretty consistent over the years. It was never my goal to watch a lot, but after keeping that up for so long, that's just what ended up happening. What drives me is genuine enjoyment. I like anime a lot, and that feeling has never changed, so I keep watching. That's really it. |
palm-treeAug 23, 2024 12:12 PM
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| "What is your story?" I'm unemployed. Period. |
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| During progress always think about hype and leak in the end it doesnt really matter like Linkin Park said I tried so hard and got so far But in the end it doesnt even matter I had to fall to lose it all But in the end it doesnt even matter Take example like Naruto era during early 2000s people discussed about it a lot from various aspect but some moment later its series was ruined by unnecessary new series called Boruto Another one looked at AOT during early 2010s until recent years people also hyped it a lot until their throat but turned into new rubbish plagiarism works with horrible style become so hated one and by the time dissapear slowly but sure and nowadays people rarely talk about it anymore So at this point nothing special from my anime journey although there are plenty great moment which i hvnt say it yet but just wanna tell u that any entertainment form which u enjoyed so far dont take it seriously moreover until u involved among civil war in its fans therefore just enjoy ur phase dont hesitate with anything since this way is best method to enjoy moment without turn urself into FOMO slavery instead |
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| The voices compel me to do it. When I don't oblige their whims... people suffer... |
| Anime help me during the worst phase of my life , that's probably why i watch and love them so much |
Sofia Vergara is the absolute prettiest living being since the first apparition of any living entity on this earth and space. |
| I've been watching since I was a kid. Heck, my days watched should actually be more, but I set most of the things in my on hold to zero at some point because I know whenever I get to them, I'll probably need to start from the beginning anyway. Can't even tell you what was happening where I left off, so restart it is. So how it gets to all those days watched... it just adds up. You watch at least ten anime each season, assuming they're not shorts, those hours add up to days. I think you end up with more days watched if you actively seek out anime that are already finished. For example, I had a quest long ago to watch all the Gundam series I could. Those are typically around 50 episodes per installment if you're looking at the older ones. So if you're watching a bunch of seasonals and then "binge watch" a whole bunch of finished series while waiting for whatever else is coming, then you'll start to get a lot more days watched added. As for how I fit in time to watch, I used to be able to do a lot of the things I wanted to do while watching anime. So doing homework, creating art, working on cosplays, chatting on forums/image boards, searching for art, and roleplaying were all things I could easily do while watching anime at the same time. Even as I type this, I'm watching an anime. Additionally, while going to college, university, and then college again, I would often arrive early to not have to deal with parking problems. This would mean that I would have to sleep in my car or do something else... maybe homework due on another day or I'd watch anime. Sometimes, I'd have hours in between classes... like sometimes even five. So in between classes, I would sometimes just go to my car and eat lunch while watching anime until my next class. I did work too, but they worked around my school schedule. I wasn't close enough to home to want to waste the gas to go all the way back home just to chill for an hour-- especially since my home wasn't exactly peaceful and my brother was probably dirtying it up. So it was just better to stay on campus until all my classes and clubs ended. Anyway, for a little time until recently, I was traveling a lot though and couldn't really watch too much anime. Then there are times when I'm so busy that I have to put my anime on hold for a month or two. As of right now, I'm a lot more focused on trying to get my career together, so I've been watching less than usual. I mostly just watch my seasonals, but if you only watch seasonals then you're definitely not watching as many days worth of anime. I used to watch longer series pretty easily. You just divide the episode into days. So for a 100 episode anime --> watch 10 episodes for 10 days (that's about 4 hours a day-- and as I said, I sometimes even had five hours in between classes). Should also note, a typical one cour anime (12-ish episodes) is like 5 hours or less to watch. Anyway, now that I'm not in school, any time not spent on my career is kinda more time wasted though. 4 hours of ten episodes is 4 hours of time I could have been spending on marketing or doing jobs. TL;DR: Mostly just having convenient times to watch anime in abundance allows for more days of anime watched to accumulate. |
SwiggyAug 23, 2024 9:47 PM
| Hm seems Im not even at my 100th day yet. |
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| I don't know, I've 1222.6 days of anime watched according anilist.. I've not added all the anime on Mal since anilist don't allow exporting list.. So I've to add one by one manually |
RainyEvenings said: I've 1222.6 days of anime watched according anilist Holy smokes, did watching that much have any negative effects on you? Just curious. |
| As much as I enjoy watching anime, I tend to rewatch the same 20 to 30 anime shows over and over again. The reason for this? The characters in most anime are not particularly relatable to me. Not to mention, these characters have serious personality flaws. |
| As an ugly guy life becomes work eat sleep and hobbies. That leaves a lot of time to play games and watch anime. |
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| I read manga more than I watch anime. But I like to do different things all the time and switch between stuff. I had more time when I was in school. After going to university, most of my time is spent on schoolwork, so the time for manga and anime is also reduced. |
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| At the start of the 20s' there was a pandemic called the covid-19. For which I had almost nothing to do for 2 years. And I spent almost all of that time watching anime. That is the most significant part of the number. |
| For me, most of my watching was done between 2012-15. During this period I was at uni and pretty reclusive. I found after finishing an anime I would feel empty / sad so I would just jump straight into the next one to null this feeling. Since then I've been picking up a few series from each seasons but definitely 75%+ of my anime watched would have been from this period. I'm about to go back to to uni next year though, so lets see if my watched number doesn't double again over the next few years. |
| I don't have other stuff to do. (character limit) |
| I have been watching anime for a long time...27 years now so it just added up over time, I started watching anime when I was 12 and am 39 now. I also completed a good amount of long series so that added a crap ton of days too, mostly when I was younger. I am more of an off and on anime watcher as I never watched it continuously throughout the years. I will often take long breaks from watching anime and come back to it as I need to be in the right mood to watch anime and I have been back in the mood for it the past few years now. |
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| Anime has been part of my life since I was a kid watching Pokemon and Dragon Ball, eventually getting into Naruto and others. Around 15 years ago near the end of middle school I started exploring shows online, and when I found out about MAL and seasonal shows in 2013 my consumption skyrocketed from regularly watching 20-30 shows each season. Since graduating college my focus has been more on manga and only added about 25 days to my anime count over the past three or four years. I've also been paying more attention to my other hobbies (eg, jigsaw puzzles, tackling my video game backlog, other types of literature). I've started picking up anime again in the past few months and recently passed one year watched, and while I consider that a big goal I've been aiming for, the focus I currently have is for quality over quantity. I used to watch anything and everything back when I had all the time in the world, but I have the experience now to know when something isn't for me and am much more will to drop something in the interest of time. Time spent comes naturally when you stick with something long enough. The important thing is to have fun |
 A society which fails to uphold empathy as its foremost guiding principle is doomed to ignore or even defend the exploitation of its most vulnerable members. |
| Numbers tend to add up when you've been watching anime for over a decade, insane I know. |
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| That's all I do and/or care about. Video games and anime. (I am employed if it matters, tho). |
| well aside form watching stuff on tv and youtube i binged a lot in lockdown since nothing much to do and i was bored of video games |
Reply to EmiliaHoarfrost
It's not hundreds but like 175 days.
Watching anime since 10 like years seriously.
It's one of the best media out there so I pay it the attention it deserves.
As for story, I guess I'm just a nerdy young adult, I've been a nerdy kid. It all started with Pucca, Pokémon, Shuriken School, Beyblade, Yu Gi Oh and Naruto all airing around the same time on French TV before I got to play Pokémon on the Nintendo DS, then I hugely indulged in this hobby (gaming) and came back to anime after getting into nightcore and finding an awesome AMV of Kyoukai no Kanata, Oregairu, Love Chuunibyou, Toradora perhaps.. it was the romance genre that got me back into anime.
Watching anime since 10 like years seriously.
It's one of the best media out there so I pay it the attention it deserves.
As for story, I guess I'm just a nerdy young adult, I've been a nerdy kid. It all started with Pucca, Pokémon, Shuriken School, Beyblade, Yu Gi Oh and Naruto all airing around the same time on French TV before I got to play Pokémon on the Nintendo DS, then I hugely indulged in this hobby (gaming) and came back to anime after getting into nightcore and finding an awesome AMV of Kyoukai no Kanata, Oregairu, Love Chuunibyou, Toradora perhaps.. it was the romance genre that got me back into anime.
| I don't quite have hundreds but a lot of the anime I watched was over short time frames in the 2010s (not counting seasonal stuff). I was obsessed with anime back then, wanted to watch as much as I possibly could and rarely dropped anything lol. Would probably be over a thousand days right now if I kept that pace up. EmiliaHoarfrost said: then I hugely indulged in this hobby (gaming) and came back to anime after getting into nightcore and finding an awesome AMV of Kyoukai no Kanata, Oregairu, Love Chuunibyou, Toradora perhaps.. it was the romance genre that got me back into anime. I miss AMVs, wonder if they're still popular now. Also I think I've seen that AMV, which song was it? |
| Krewella - Human perhaps? It was by Nightcore Melody Remix. She loved Krewella. The 2010s were a great period but for a while now but always liked the 2000s too, like Lucky Star, CGDCT, romance... Air, K-On, One Outs too, Kaiji... Many great shows that aired in the past and not a lot of people know about now... |
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| My profile page is new, as you can see from the date, I've gradually added the anime I've seen and the manga I've read, I think I've missed a few. Finally finished ( JAN-20-2025 ) Anyway, I don't like watching one episode per week, but there are exceptions, so I'm waiting for the season to finish so I can watch it at my own pace. I think that justifies it. |
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| Anime is hardly worth watching anymore. There are better things to do than watch anime. |
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