Who has seen most anime here? Does consuming more anime make your opinion more valid or less valid?
I'm at ~446 days and I have never posted anything insightful or interesting if that answers your question.
Does rewatching count among hours watched? If so, does watching reaction videos count?
I watch about 30 shows a season, I don't think this makes my opinion more or less valid but it does allow me to see the larger state of the anime industry a little more objectivly than when i watched only a few shows.
>>287296119amount watched has no bearing on how good your taste is or how valid your opinion is
About 15 years ago I basically watched more or less all airing shows all seasons, and also binged older shows. I did nearly nothing else except watching anime and posting on /a/.I've probably forgotten most of all the stuff I watched, and I don't particularly think that it makes my opiinions more valid. But I am reluctant to watch shows with low production value and quality I must admit, these stills shows are a no go from me.
>>287296119Let's say your retarded <60 IQ inbred cousin has watched 500 days worth of anime tities. Would you unironically consider his opinion valid?
>>287297235>>287296119Opinion on what?
>>287296119If you haven't seen Etotama your opinion on anime is simply not valid.
I think there is some minimum level of anime you need to have watched to have a base familiarity with the medium and give informed opinions. Beyond that though not really.
>>287296942>these stills shows are a no go from me.I too refuse to watch Dezaki anime
how do i calculate that? i assume some website, but which one?
>>287297330Which of your cousins is the hottest.
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>>287297955african of european?
>>287297862If it helps:3 girls, all chubby (not too much) and close to 40, one blonde and the other two brunettes, all gold diggers.1 brunette with dark skin, tall and athletic build, but with a big nose. mid 20s1 autistic boy, 6'2'' tall, mid 20s1 12yo girl.
>>287296942>I've probably forgotten most of all the stuff I watchedHad the exact same phase 2y-3y prior, when a finally got a good internet connection back. I just looked at the top100 on aninenewsnetwork and watched everything that seemed remotely interesting I still have Kanon on my mental backlog since then, lol. But There are so many shows from which I can't remember a single plot point, despite having them mentally filed under "was good". I know I've enjoyed Twelve Kingdoms, but I can't recall anything, because I was watching anime 6 hours/day between college and drinking. It simply was too much input.>>287296119I'm only at ~120 days watch time, but I think you have to at least have a certain amount of watched shows, especially classics, to likely(!) have a worthwhile opinion. I can't imagine someone not having seen at least some of the best of the 70s, 80s and 90s to have a good overview on the topic.
Watching more anime doesn't make your opinion more valid but watching less anime certainly makes your opinion less valid
>>287298142i remember watching wolf's rain, ergo proxy, lain, texhnolyuze, psycho pass, some anime movie about airplanes, many more. and i remember fuck all. i remember i loved trigun, and i vaguely understand what's it about, but can't really remember what the fuck happened in that anime.
>>287298151>1000damn. Never felt so uncool like now.
>>287298375Trigun is understandable, since it's basically two anime in one with the first half being a light-hearted action comedy, where nothing really matters. Only the second half has any plot at all. It actually was like the 2nd or 3rd series I've downloaded via Kazaa and I dropped at the half-mark, since I didn't want it to get seriousm. I'm glad I've picked it up again some months later, though I remember the characters more than the plot (except for the finale).>Ergo Proxy, Psycho PassVery plot driven. Totally understandable, too, when you're watching too much stuff. I only remember certain story beats, since I've watched them many years later, when my frequency sharply dropped.I can't remember anything of the following:>Aoi Hana (I don't even remember watching it at all)>Armitage III / Dual Matrix>Basilisk>Black Lagoon (characters yes, but plot? no.)>Chihayafuru>Darker Than Black>Desert Punk>Furikuri>GitS SAC>Hajime No Ippo>Hatsukoi Limited>Ikki Tousen>The World only God knowsI'll stop now... But I want to add, that I'm also reluctant to rewatch any of these, since I usually get bored then, since as soon as my memory is triggered, I'll get bored and somewhat know what happens.
The 80s and 90s have maybe 80 anime worth watching, mostly OVAs and movies.The 2000s and 2010s probably around 150 good anime.2020s has been an absolute disaster, probably less than 50, but thanks to the western overlords and streaming services anime that become popular will get a full adaptation. I remember back when light novel adaptations were just getting popular, even megahits were simply advertisements for the source material so we only got 1, maybe 2 seasons at most before being directed to buy the LNs.
>>287296119I have 240 daysTaste is subjective, but the more anime you watch, the more you'll notice production issues. It's also easy to tell if something is boiler plate, or if the studio actually put some passion into it.
There comes a point where watching too much makes me trust your opinion less.If you've watched too much garbage, I start to question your critical thinking skills and how much you're actually getting from it. It's like people with 10000 films on Letterboxd. Are you actually paying attention or are you making the number go up by any means?
>>287296119It's like with age. There's a number that you should reach before taking active role in a discussion, but past a certain plateau the numbers stop mattering and if you base your arguments solely on the number you've reached, you should not be taken seriously
>>287297235More valid than yours, Bocchinigger.
My opinion is the only valid opinion and it is formed through esoteric ancestral knowledge far beyond the ken of lesser men.
>>287301031Your ancestors are brown and poo-colored, so you're wrong.
>>287296119It's probably more of a bell curve. I wouldn't trust someone's opinion if they've only watched a few things, but if someone watches too much they're really not picky enough.
>>287298037>1 12yo girl.this one is probably the hottest
>>287296119I've seen several hundreds of series, thousands if you include manga. But completed? That's a much smaller number.
>>287296179Once you've gone over 1,000 shows you're deep into obsessive territory already, only actual anime fans with a high tolerance for shit keep going past that.
>>287303528People like this just put on any old show to pass the time, they also have no other hobbies. It's not a serious thing for them. They tend to be incredibly dull people.
>>287303642Hey I also play cRPGs and DM various obscure role-playing games for a longstanding group, and waste money playing TCGs whilst maintaining an unhealthy alcohol addiction. I'm just in my 40s and been doing this for long enough for the hours to start piling up.I might be dull though, but that comes from decades of depression.
>>287303683Oh I didn't mean YOU. I meant those other people. You're alright, of course. Of course.
>>287296119>Does consuming more anime make your opinion more valid or less valid?Not really. Taste is something innate that cannot be improved by watching more anime. For example, I probably have watched fewer anime than most anons and yet I have better taste than most of them.
>>287303743Thanks bro. Come to London, I'll buy you a pint and explain why SetoHana and Airantou are better than your favourite show.
All you need to really see people's opinions is to push the hypothetical to their extreme limits.Who has a more "valid" opinion between two highly opinionated about anime in general, a guy who has watched zero anime in his life or some who has somehow watched all of them? The latter right? Which means quantity matters.Now between someone who watched all anime or someone who watched all anime minus one? Depends right? So quantity matters up to a pointAll that remains is to determine the values of the quantity that it stops mattering specifically. I would argue somewhere around 1000 different titles, at that point unless we are talking about a specific section of anime (specific genre, specific time frame, specific source material, etc...) where the quality of the titles watched matter, the person is 99% likely to have a decent view on animu in general terms and an opinion as valid as the guy who has watched 2000 or 3000.
>>287304207I think there are many people who have watched all the relevant shows and still have awful opinions. I'd trust someone who comes from a film background that watches some anime here and there to give a more interesting opinion than your average /a/non who watches nothing but anime, and nothing but bottom of the barrel light novel adaptations at that.
>>287299886How do you judge garbage though? Why is your opinion on what is garbage more relevant that the people actually watching the shows?
>>287304718>I think there are many people who have watched all the relevant shows and still have awful opinionsIm not sure what you mean by "relevant" but sure that is a possibility, other factors also influence an individuals opinion like overall intelligence, general cultural knowledge, specific local cultural knowledge (knows about nips intricacies and symbolism), specific show niche knowledge (comes from a background about the subject the show is tackling), etc...That will have effect on the "value" of their opinion.> I'd trust someone who comes from a film background that watches some anime here and there to give a more interesting opinion than your average /a/non who watches nothing but anime, and nothing but bottom of the barrel light novel adaptations at that.Thats where we disagree, films have no intrinsic superiority over anime, nor do i know what specific film background that individual has and he will talk and judge with film standards while the retarded anon might have dumb and wrong opinions, i can 100% see where they come from.
