How do you even decide which anime to pick up in the current

>>148339151
Easy. I don't watch anything, because none of it looks interesting this season.

>>148339151
Be knowledgeable enough to know what will be worth watching beforehand.

>>148339151
I just watch almost all originals, the few adaptations that look interesting and pick up/drop shows as I go along.

>>148339151
Do you even like anime?

>synopsis + give it an episode
>dont like? into the trash
>give it a 2nd and finally a 3rd episode
>still shit with extreme cliche bullshit? the trash
This includes the literal chinese cartoons getting aired lately.

>>148339151
I'm experienced seasonal anime watcher

By the studios.

>>148339223
Pretty much this. This season is poor

>>148339151
I only pick shows that 1) Interests me personally 2) Made by people I like (Kyoani, Drifters because Hirano) 3) Has a high fun quotient/SPECULAH (Flip Flappers/Izetta/Girlish Number)

>>148339473
>Not watching it solely for Natsume

>>148339223
Its been like that for the whole year actually

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>>148339151
Research: source, studio, director, VAs, animators, etc, timeslot it airs in, target demographic (avoid fujobait at all costs, even if premise seems interesting), and so on. Catch the PVs beforehand, to get an idea of the season. Narrow it down once the third week starts rolling in, and wala, you've got your shows.

There are trailers and short summaries.
That's how I know that only Drifters are remotely interesting this season.

>>148339670
No, there have been quite a few worthwhile shows, even ones with substantial artistic merit. Watch more anime.

>>148339757
Drifters is shit.

I actually give a handful episode lead on just about everything like in original OP, unless it's VERY obvious it's something not to my taste. But I like just about anything.

>You aren't literally watching the first 1-3 episodes of ~25 new shows
Nigga 25 is the number of shows I watch all the way in a good season.

>>148339151
i wait until the season is over to watch shows, yeah i miss out on the cool threads on /a/ and the happenings of week to week, but i enjoy a long marathon sess after each season.

>>148339767
You gonna try and tell me that Rakugo and Mob are anything better than a C?

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>>148339151
I am an anime pro, I just use my intuition.

I've been watching anime (not including toonami as a kid) for a decade and still am not finished with all the good shit from the 90s and pre 2010. If you're not literally through with all the classic top tier series or 12 years old and watching your first anime I have no idea why you would be watching shows from 2016.

>>148339340

has there been a literal chinese cartoons thats watchable?

>>148341025
>thats watchable
Depends on you giving a shot, theres that short airing now that is kinda funny though the character designs and animation might be off putting. I did finish hitori no shita last season somehow too. And that urobuchi taiwanese puppetry.

>>148341305

as far as i know hitori no shita is a japanese animation

the only chinese one i know is Aishen Qiaokeli-ing, and its not very good

>>148339151
>You aren't literally watching the first 1-3 episodes of ~25 new shows.
>r-right anon?
Right, I'm only watching 21. That's only 7-8 hours in a week, it's not even a lot.

>Almost seems much simpler to just lag like half a year behind and watch the BD releases of those shows, that came out on top and still had relevant threads in the end.
That'd be dumb as shit unless you know for a fact that your taste lines up very reliably with the collective popular taste of /a/ that determines which things get the most threads.

>>148340897
>if you haven't finished every single good work ever made then why would you ever try anything recent?
This is dumb.

>>148339151
>You aren't literally watching the first 1-3 episodes of ~25 new shows.
>r-right anon?

I skip anime with covers and descriptions that are blatantly bad, like the fujobait shows. Other than that, yes, I do watch every first episode of what's left.

If you do that as soon the anime airs instead of piling up shit like a backlogger faggot it actually doesn't require much of your day.

>Almost seems much simpler to just lag like half a year behind and watch the BD releases of those shows, that came out on top and still had relevant threads in the end.

As I was saying, that doesn't bring you anywhere, you'll just stockpile like an idiot.

>Can you trust the recommendations of people in the various threads?

I honestly can't take anime reviews seriously.

>>148341462
>japanese animation
The source is manhua and financed by the chinese with collaboration from the japanese just for dubbing it in japanese for the market probably. Not sure about the studio, probably outsourced to korea or some where.

IT'S SIMPLE

watch an episode; do you like it? KEEP WATCHING IT

do you not like it? STOP WATCHING IT

>>148339151
Watching about 4-5 episodes a day is less than what I watch when I'm catching up on my backlog.

I watch every airing anime in addition to 9 episodes a day of completed anime.

Currently I'm watching Mobile Suit Gundam SEED

It's pretty based, especially the music.

>>148339151

Same thing I do every season, anon: watch everything with a cast of primarily cute girls that isn't action, ecchi, for kids or shoujo/josei.

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>not being a sheeple who chooses shows based on the quality/size of /a/ threads
if the threads are boring the show is boring

>>148342170
Sorry for the autism spacing, It's a bad habit I got from writing essays.

>>148339151
I read what it's about and look at artwork and previews, if I like what I see I pick it up. If it turns out worse than I expected I drop it. At the same time I keep an eye on /a/ to see how the shows I didn't pick up are going, if the threads are fun I pick it up a couple weeks into the season. Of course, putting airing anime straight on the backlog us also something I do frequently. It's really not rocket science anon.

>>148339151
I Start by watching the ones that interest me the most, based mostly on description. Then I try other series, based on opinions of people with better taste than /a/, if I have more time during days nothing else I'm watching is airing.

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G-guys, what's the watamote of this season?

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I have no fucking idea. I'm currently watching Jojo because its been going on forever so its easy to remember. Otherwise I am watching Iron Blooded Orphans since I watched the first season and took a peek at the first episode of Keijo so most likely I will keep watching that for a while.

Last season I watched nothing but Jojo. I feel like I have completely dropped off the road, none of the shows look that interesting or entertaining. These days though I dont even know what shows I am supposed to be hyped about.

>>148339151
i watch what /v/ does
jojo's, danganronpa, and naruto finale
all amazing

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>Go to anichart
>See the covers and synopsis
>Watch the ones who seem to fit my tastes
>If there's an adaptation of some manga I read or a franchise I follow (JoJo or Gundam for example) instant watch
>If I see a lot of people giving praise to a certain anime I give it a try to (Re:Zero last season)
And that's it, I usually never end watching more than 4 or 5 shows per season.

>>148342959
>If I see a lot of people giving praise to a certain anime I give it a try to (Re:Zero last season)

Fucktons of people recommended Re:Zero to me too and it proved out to be fucking terrible horseshit. So now I just look up animays on my own.

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>look up season chart
>read synopsis and look at promo art
>skip everything that looks or sounds bad in your own opinion
>try shows that have a studio/origin/VA/director/etc that you've enjoyed in previous works
>watch or try to watch one episode of the survivors
>drop everything that didn't hold your interest
Not that hard.
Only downside is that you might miss something out of your comfort zone.
Listen to friends or look at threads for shows you might give a second chance.

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>>148339151
i look at:
1) drawing style (ugue)
2) genre (comedy)
3) voice cast (Rie Kugimiya, Satomi Arai)
4) studio (Xebec, JC Staff, Deen, Bones)

>>148339151
3gatsu, Izetta, Occult & Blood are the only thinks worth checking out. I may drop the last two, but 3gatsu and Izetta are really good.

KyoAni > Shaft

>>148339151
synopsis+PV then follow threads on /a/ and see what had the most impact be the most ridiculous, artistic, funny or w/e.
Sometimes i'll pick up something halfway through based on reception.

>>148343249
that's pretty narrow criteria.

>>148339670
Try the past 5 years

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>>148339151
It's very simple. I listen to the soundtracks of all animes in the background and the songs I enjoy correlate to the shows I will enjoy.

I almost thought my method was flawed when I watched deadman wonderland and didn't like it even though I loved the tune, but I realized later that my system had not failed. The real opening is garbage, I had just listened to a really good cover.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pZ-UpjtlXY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eyDGww159bY

>>148343759
It really is. ~2 titles per season at maximum
recently watched anime:
Shomin Sample
One-Punch Man
KonoSuba
Netoge
Flying Witch
Kono Bijutsubu
watching now:
Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume

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>>148344004
it looks like you have really shitty music taste

Just watch anything past 10

>>148343858
Try the past fifty years.

>>148344090
why

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This season is actually pretty good. Nothing amazing, but not much bad either.

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>>148344146
because you "listen to the soundtracks of all animes"
also
>really good cover

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>>148344004
This is one of the most fucking retarded things I've ever read.

I just don't really watch anime anymore. Just visual novels for me.

>>148339151
>You aren't literally watching the first 1-3 episodes of ~25 new shows.
>r-right anon?
It's really not that hard.

There's ~30 shows, they're all ~22 minutes, so that's 660 minutes. There's seven days in a week, so we're talking about watching three or four shows each day, for an average of ninety minutes per day. That's the same as watching a short movie each day.

And you only have to do it the first three weeks of each season (that's twelve weeks of this "gruelling" schedule each year). After that, drop, drop and drop away.

>>148339705
I guess.

Would it not be simpler to just watch it and see if you like it?

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>>148344265
listening to a wide variety means I have bad taste?

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>>148344303
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bglDumHEOc

>>148344489
There is no "wide variety" of any kind. Most of OP/ED music is just lowest grade jpop/jrock. Also studios are trying really hard to cut production costs and simply can not afford to spend much on music.

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>>148345001
Well, I listen to songs from within the show too. No, as far as it goes for the whole spectrum of music, it's pretty niche, but that's not what we're talking about. For songs from anime alone, I listen to a great variety.

>>148339151

Adaptations of manga that I enjoyed are an easy pick. Otherwise I pick based on genre, art style, and the plot synopsis.

I look at seasonal charts. Pick up cute girls, originals and sports.
Look what trends on /a/, might pick up a few shows from that.
If I don't like a series I quickly drop it.

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>read the synopsis
>look into the people involved in the production
>see if the girls are cute

>>148344004
Don't worry anon, I understand you. I picked up Yuri on Ice because of that opening.
WE WERE BORN TO MAKE HISTORY

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>>148345637
Yuri on Ice?

>>148339151

1. Lurk on /a/
2. Check out threads with interesting OP pictures
3. Find out what the plot is like
4. Does it seem interesting?
>Yes
Try watch an episode.
>No
Move on

What other purpose does this board have?

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>read synopses
>watch PVs
>end up not watching anything because it's all trash

>>148345766
shouting at people for liking different cartoon character than you?

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>>148345902
>>148345766
remember the machine they built in hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy that spent a super long time working on the answer to one question. That's us. We're the machine and we'll get to the bottom of the question one day.

>>148345902

Sophisticated users only do that on Fridays. Otherwise, it's going to get stale.

>>148345766
>>148345902

Exactly, the true purpose of /a/ has always been, and forever will be, telling people their opinions are wrong and arguing about things that don't matter.

>>148339151
Just wait and see what gets the most threads

Then watch everything else

>>148339223
>not watching 12-sai

>>148346026

Or we argue until the very cusp of the heat death of the universe, finally reaching out long awaited unified agreement, but then someone says under their breath, "Asuka's still a shit tho," and an eternity of work is unraveled in an instant.

I'm watching about 30 full length and 5 shorts this season though I will probably drop 2 or 3 later. I think I might have a problem.

Are there any generic moe blog slice of life school anime this season?
Everything I've seen so far involves magic or some shit and it's annoying.

>>148345896

Maybe my standards have lowered after nearly two decades of watching, but almost every season has a few that I enjoy greatly, almost without exception.

I'm surprised that the only show from this season that I didn't drop after seeing the first episode is Tiger Mask W.
I suppose it happened to every anon to have seasons where nothing interest you

>>148346387
i'd try stella no mahou or girlish number if you can find subs, didn't watch either yet so i don't really know.

>>148346361

No, you're just one of the few people on this board who actually watches anime and enjoys it. A rare breed nowadays.

>>148346026
>We're the machine and we'll get to the bottom of the question one day.
Don't forget all the hairdressers and phone cleaners that crashlanded here and screwed up the machine. fucking asuka-fags

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>>148346387
What this anon said: >>148346500
I haven't watched them either, but they seem to be the only option. Gi(a)rlish Number probably coming out on top cause stella seems kinda dumb.

>>148339151
I watch Kyo Ani, Silver Link and Shaft animes then i look at /a/ threads and decide to watch it or not according to /a/'s reaction.

Once you start following the people in the industry (studios, writers, directors, composers, character designers, voice actors, etc) then it's a lot easier to know what shows to look forward to every season.

Of course it still requires a little research and looking at seasonal charts, sniffing out what seems interesting on its face (premise or studio, source material, whether it's anime original or an adaptation, and so on).

Then I just start watching stuff. I only give something three episodes if I really think it has potential to turn around. Most of the time I can decide if I'm going to enjoy a show in the first episode. Then occasionally I will give a show I passed up another chance if /a/ seems to like it.

>>148346387
Long Riders is about college moeblobs on bicycles. It's comfy as shit.

>>148339670
>>148339223
been like this since 2004

>>148339151
>not watching every anime of the season every season
you do not belong on /a/

>>148346609
>>148346500
I'll check them out, thanks Anons
>>148346646
Cycling anime is always number 1 priority for me, comfy as hell.

>>148346775
Meh, between work and social life, I have to be stingy with my time watching anime.

>>148339151
>25

Nigga my mal page says I'm currently watching 68

>>148339151
I go on anichart and look up the staff of anything that looks even remotely interesting, even just looking at the studio and director is often enough to estimate the quality of a show.
Then over the next few weeks I also pick up some stuff that I see discussed here or that gets recommended to me by a friend.

The last several seasons have been absolutely exceptional in the amount high quality stuff produced, now things have just gone back to normal.

>>148346775
>/a/ is about watching anime

kek it is about shiposting like you watched the anime friendo also LN,and manga are the superior formats

>>148346815
>social life
Like he said, you do not belong on /a/.

>Sequel to a show I haven't watched
Skip.
>Shortform
Skip.
>Kids show
Skip.
>3D shit
Skip.

For this season, this criteria cut the amount of shows by 60% to a total of 30. After that, it's a matter of cutting shows based on cover/genres/synopsis. The ones I obviously am not interested in get cut. Anime total goes from 30 to 21. Rest are divided into looks interesting and possibly enjoyable. The former I watch the first episode of, the latter I either watch the first episode of or see what other people think of it.

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>>148346330
> but then someone says under their breath, "Asuka's still a shit tho"

WHO THE FUCK GIVES A SHIT ABOUT REI IN THIS DAY AND AGE ANYMORE I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT MAKES NO SENSE

Just look at plot synopses, take them with a few grains of salt, and go with your gut. I also give anime originals more of a chance than adaptations.

>>148342183
>not watching shoujo/josei

>>148339151
I can't keep up with seasonal anime anymore.

>>148339151
>You aren't literally watching the first 1-3 episodes of ~25 new shows.
No, I'm watching the first episodes of 30 ones so far.
And I'm enjoying all of them. Feels great.

>>148347196
What is wrong with you? Did they ever give you the diagnosis?

Oh man I'm a get crucified for this but... I wait 2-3 episodes every season then check out the top seasonal ranked on MAL to get a good idea of what's not terrible and see if anything sounds good. If not back to the backlog for another season.

>>148347272
I just still enjoy anime even after 10 years since I started dedicating myself more to this hobby, and I feel I like it even more than I did when I started. Shit's fun, what can I do about it. People who take anime too seriously and are afraid of picking new things up for themselves don't know what they're missing out, especially when you have /a/ to talk about stuff as they air for even more enjoyment.

>>148347479
Don't you ever like, get tired of seeing the exact same thing for the 30th time or something, the execution of each reiteration getting worse and worse in quality? No, I've seen a guy run in on a girl getting changed about 30 times now though I only watch around 3-5 shows per season, so you must have seen it happen like 200 times by now. I just don't know, how do you stay sane? Were you ever sane to begin with?

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>>148347479
Good for you anon.
You are living your life correctly.

>>148342183
>>148347061
>josei
That's pretty much irrelevant, there's one of those like every three years.

I see what threads on /a/ succeed in making their show sound interesting, and then watch it. This is good because I almost never pick up a show that I am not going to enjoy, but then I suppose there's every chance I am missing shows that I would enjoy as well.
I am pretty low level, have picked up 5 shows so far and thats more than I've ever done before, normally I just hear about something and come in for that season, maybe pick up one other show at the time.

>>148347652
>No, I've seen a guy run in on a girl getting changed about 30 times now
God damn, that's few. Anyway, not him, but I don't really mind that kind of repetition of certain scenes. If you're watching that kind of show, you know what you're in for and probably like it. Someone who expected otherwise would be more likely to be insane, in my opinion. Many things I watch not for novelty, but precisely because I know what kind of stuff I'll get and I know it's entertaining.

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>>148347652
Why do you think people don't get tired of shows like Lupin III? It follows a strict formula in every episode.

Don't find fault for that guy who is still able to find enjoyment on the 245th harem show he's watching, if he's having fun with it, there's literally nothing wrong with that. It sounds to me that you're the one who's needs a vacation in anime. Take a break, you'll get the cravings to watch what you really want to when you get back.

>>148348762
>It sounds to me that you're the one who's needs a vacation in anime.

Why? I don't sit through 30 shows every season. I only watch those I can enjoy, few as they may be.

Requesting that graph which shows that the longer you watch anime the less strict your taste becomes and you can enjoy a wide variety of anime instead of pretending to be some superior faggot.

Requesting the graph which shows that the longer I spend on /a/ the less strict the trappings of my body becomes and you can enjoy a wide variety of potential forms instead of pretending to be some superior human.

>You aren't literally watching the first 1-3 episodes of ~25 new shows.
Why not? It's not going to be a random set of 25. You only try the ones that pique your interest.

1. Season chart comes along, with about 80 series that will be airing
2. Filter out the 15-30 or so shows that you know might have a chance at entertaining you
3. Watch the first episode of each, dropping the worst offenders but giving the meh ones another 2

It's a great formula that gets you watching everything you'll probably like. Plus, if you make a mistake you can drop anything anytime later, or pick up a show you missed later etc. These are small adjustments that are easy to make.

Lagging behind by half a year is your prerogative but at that point if you're just picking up "certified good" shows after-the-fact then you'll be missing all the things that could have been your personal gems.

For example this guy >>148347361 probably misses out on some shows he would really like for the sake of having a community curated list of options presented to him.

Requesting the graph which shows that the longer you watch anime the less strict your opinion on transsexuality becomes and you can enjoy a wider variety of lingerie instead of pretending to be some straight guy.

>>148339151
>You aren't literally watching the first 1-3 episodes of ~25 new shows.
I mostly download everything and skim the first episode. Usually helps me filter out the shit. Then if something gets talked about on /a/ I'll usually check that out too.
Hasn't failed me yet.

>Look at Anichart
>Pick out what looks good and go with it
>Go on /a/ during premieres
>Pick up the shows that get threads that hit bump limit
>If it's shit, drop it
>If it has potential, keep with it
>if you're debating picking up anything else, if /a/ isn't talking about it, don't pick it up

This has been me for years.

>>148339151
>download the first episode of everything
>anything I can't make it through gets dropped

Watching 40 shows so far. Still need to watch Udon and Girlish.

>>148350529
>I only watch those I can enjoy, few as they may be.
Maybe you just like good shows in general rather anime specifically. I love anime artstyles, character archtypes, and all the other weird anime bullshit so I don't mind watching similar shows over and over, though I'm sick of battle harems.