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Sarsi
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How long do you guys wait when you want to watch a series all over again? Is there a certain length of time that needs to be passed before you revisit your old dvds or fansubs, or can you break them out a few weeks after finishing a series?
I like to wait at least a month before watching a series again. Watching it again too soon means that I'll eventually be bored with it, which is why I let the time fly in order to forgot most of the story and plot. |
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Westlo
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Due to a massive backlog pretty much the only time I get a chance to re watch something is when I watch DVDs of shows I watched fan subbed. For stuff I only have fan subbed or on DVD I tend to re watch specific individual episodes more than dvd/arcs or a series.
The only real exceptions are very short OVAs (RK, R.O.D, Macross+ etc) as well as shows I really like which have an upcoming sequel. I intend to re watch Code Geass prior to the second season and same deal with Gundam 00 etc. |
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Isikari
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I haven't explored too many anime shows (No more than a couple dozen), but part of that is because I've been extraordinarily lucky in picking great shows. I wait just about two years before re-watching a show, if I start any earlier I'll remember too much and it won't seem fresh.
Also, the shorter the anime, the faster you can watch it again because you spent less time with the characters. So I re-watched Scrapped Princess (24 Episodes I believe) after only 18-19 months, whereas its been almost two years and I have yet to commence re-watching Fullmetal Alchemist (52 Episodes) P.S. I just realized that the forum spell-checker underlines the word 'anime'. If that isn't irony on ANN, i don't know what is. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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There's no time limit for me. I'll rewatch one show 2 weeks later while another 2 months or 2 years later. it all depends on what I'm in the mood for. Very rarely am I in the mood for a certain show. Usually for me it's a particular genre or theme I'm interested in. For a week or two I may want a science fiction fix and the following week or two a comedy fix. If I have new shows to watch in those genres I usually watch those first, or at least some of them. If there are no new shows or if they don't grab my attention I look to my very substantial collection. I have them in different dvd towers by genre so I just go to the genre I want and look around. Just browse them a bit and find one that catches my eye. I have my anime staples that I continuously rewatch but there's never any real time table for when I'll rewatch a show.
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Kuyukly
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Hmm...I kinda vary. I haven't watched Excel Saga in over a year and a half, maybe even two years at this point, but I've watched Azumanga Daioh probably four or five times over.
Usually when I watch an anime, I let it sit for a while to let the emotion wash away, then watch it again when it seems fresh and new to me. That time usually varies, because when there's nothing to do or watch, my mind dwells on it and it takes longer to freshen up, but when I have a whole lot of anime to watch, it's all a matter of "Do I want to watch this again?  ".
Of course, like psycho 101, it's a matter of whether I want to watch sci-fi or fantasy more than any certain anime. |
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Richard J.
 Posts: 3367 Location: Sic Semper Tyrannis. |
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I usually watch whatever I'm in the mood for, so it varies considerably. I rewatch some series a lot and others infrequently, but I'd say that on average, I probably rewatch most series within a month. I've stopped watching fan-subs and there is very little else that I watch besides anime, so I can run through several series a week if I feel like it. I do tend to watch DVD volumes twice when they come out though, because I rewatch things I've seen by myself with my sister.
Not too different from psycho 101 really. (Although my DVDs are organized in a very different manner.) |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Oh mine go beyond just being organized by genre. If I went into full detail though I'd be showing my OCD and show what a freak I am (as if I don't do that already). |
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jetz
 Posts: 2148 Location: Manila, Philippines |
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It depends. I don't usually plan on rewatching series - I only did that for Ouran (rewatched it as soon as I finished it, then got bored with it the third time I watched it, which was right after I watched it for a second time *whew*). I only rewatch when I finished a series and have no idea on what to watch after it. I rewatched The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya after 4-5 months since I first watched it. It's about the same for Genshiken. Both series are just as good when I rewatched them, so I guess it's a good idea to wait a "medium" amount of time (at least 5 months) before rewatching a series.
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Leuconoe
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There usually has to be a very long gap before I'll watch a series again - with a good memory, many new series to watch, and an increasingly limited amount of time to do so, I think it's understandable.
I do, however, sometimes go back and rewatch specific episodes or even scenes, either because I want to write something about them (the other night, unable to sleep, I wrote 1500 words about an eleven-second action sequence in Seirei no Moribito episode 3, which involved watching the scene many, many times). Very, very rarely I will watch a series again straight after watching it the first time. This is, as far as I'm concerned, the ultimate indication that I really enjoyed something. |
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Vortextk
 Posts: 892 Location: Orlando, Fl |
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I have no set time ever. I can watch FLCL every few weeks and Full Metal Panic(which I just started again with friends) every few months. So many factors play into it. The length, how much I liked the anime, how it played out. My biggest problem sometimes is watching a long anime over again. Not so much as in "how long" it will take but I want to see specific fights or moments and don't feel like wading through all of the beginning episodes.
I do however set time aside to rewatch anime. If I go through a big list of new ones, I'll probably stop and watch 2 series from before. I do have a good enough memory that plots never surprise me again nor the outcome of almost any big situation, but I love to see the more subtle things once more. All the little things that make up character interaction: jokes, looks, sighs, gestures and the rest. |
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EVA fiend
 Posts: 314 Location: Somewhere in the UK. |
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Varies according to my mood. The time between viewings of my favourite series Evangelion was 7 years (in 1999 when I saw the EoE for the first time, & 2006 when I finally watched the Platinum edition), yet I re-watched Azumanga Daioh & Grenadier within a week because they made me laugh so hard, & I re-watched Kannazuki no Miko within days because the angst was great. I've just finished Ergo Proxy but I'll probably be re-watching that real soon as the ending confused me somewhat.
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jgreen
 Posts: 1325 Location: St. Louis, MO |
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Yeah, it really depends on the series. I find that with comedies, I can re-watch them over and over pretty much anytime, even if I've just watched them. Usually all it takes is someone saying "I've never seen Goldenboy" for me to bust that out, regardless of whether I last saw it last night or last year.
Also, anything that I first saw back when I first started watching anime a decade ago I can rewatch pretty much any time. I think I could watch the Fist of the North Star movie every day for the rest of my life and never get sick of it. 
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KyuuA4
 Posts: 1361 Location: America, where anime and manga can be made |
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Most of the time - I won't bother re-watching anything. That "anime low" kicks in -- such that, if I get to the end of a series, it's over. Exceptions were anything shown on Adult Swim -- and the Haruhi series (which I watched each episode 10 times over or so). Sometimes, I'll just pick out particular favorite episodes, and watch those again, like the 7th episode to Vandread.
Once again, all depends on what I feel like doing. |
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ChronoRic
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Since I always have something new to watch a few years normally go by before I rewatch something.
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Kruszer
 Posts: 7992 Location: Minnesota, USA |
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I just rewatch something whenever I'm in the mood for it. Or when I'm bored I just pick something off of my shelf from my rather massive collection at random.
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