What is your opinion on rewatching anime?

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Are you enjoying it?

If yes, then its not a waste of time. If no, are you maybe learning anything from it? If yes, then its not a waste of time. If no, is there any other tangible benefit to spending your time on said work? If yes, then its not a waste of time. If no, then its probably a waste of time.

Depends on if you like it or not. I only rewatch something if I really enjoyed it and wanna see/experience it again. I don't see it as stupid and a waste of time, unless you gain nothing from rewatching.

rewatch anything and everything as many times as you want. i go by this in general about anything related to living my life: if it makes you happy, its not stupid or a waste of time. anyone saying that must have a pretty sour existence not gonna lie..

It's ok especially when you don't remember anime well. For example I rewatched boku dake ga inai machi recently and wow that anime just deserves to be my 10/10 anime so unique and great. It's anime is special for me cuz I remember I watched first episodes then waited every week for new episode and everytime was excited and impressed.After rewatch I even cried a little at the end when ending music was in the background (I didn't when I watched that for first time).

Well, out of the about 300+ shows I've seen so far, I could probably only rewatch about a dozen or so. They would be the only ones I would still be hype for and enjoy just as much the second time.
It's mostly just personal preference imo. If you can enjoy it or learn something from it the second or third time around there's no harm.
But make sure to try new shows every once in a while lol

i don't get why it would be stupid or a waste of time, there are many shows i watched a long time ago and barely remember a thing, if i wanted to rewatch them it would pretty much feel like watching it for the first time. and even if i do remember the show, i don't see any problem in rewatching it just for fun. anyway, the only one who decides if it's a waste of time or not is the person involved.

In the beginning it would make sense to think that way, but the more you watch, the more you realize that only a small number of them really stand out as top favorites and you become harder to entertain. So why would you not want to experience the same joy you got from those shows another time instead of taking a risk trying to find new things to watch?

There's no "waste of time" if you enjoys it. That being said, typically my enjoyment of a series lessened a little bit when i know how every beat of the plot gonna go.

Though, i occasionally did rewatch when i have nothing to do and and i don't want to watches a new anime. I did it with one piece and the first twelve movie of detective conan (Since i owned a dvd of it)

I generally don't rewatch, replay, or reread anything. I think my time would be better spent discovering something new. Hell Ranma 1/2 is my favorite show and you can easily watch a random episode at a time, but I hardly ever rewatch that. The only reason I've watched Castle in the Sky several times is because it's a movie.

I don't typically re-watch shows that I've already seen. However, if I'm trying to get back into a show that I initially dropped, then I may re-watch it from the beginning if I haven't seen it in a while.

I think with a series, imo, it's hard to rewatch because I know what's gonna happen. My mind can't focus on what's happening because I want to get to the "good" / "exciting" part.

I get bored rewatching even if it's my favourite thing in the world because I like that initial feeling of watching something for the first time, but at the end of the day, it's all down to personal preference.

It's defo not stupid tho

It's a religion

I dont know how someone can watch 5 times one piece What??

Oh thats me...

But for serious if you like one serie you want to watch that again So thats normal XD (but when I was watching anime my first 10 I didnt know there is more series and I was re watching older)

I rarely rewatch anime on my own. What I do like to do though because I am a sad and lonely boy is I look up anime reactions to shows I really like and thats how I essentially rewatch something.

if you really liked the anime you finished its normal to do so, alot of people do it

Your opinions may change and grow so its usually good to rewatch something if you think your opinions on it might have changed if you want to, or if you just liked it alot and want to watch it again for fun.

I dont rewatch,i watch anime reaction videos
Why?Because i have nothing better to do

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Yeah, I'd only rewatch a show I watched a long time ago too. I've only rewatched two animes, one punch man and death note.

I usually rewatch anime when i start remembering what i felt during the first time i watched it, so for example, i've seen hunter x hunter 5 times already but every time i hear departure i just start remembering all the fights, all the characters, all the nen explanation and that just makes me feel like rewatching it, but i get it why people find it so boring to rewatch things. Other than that i like rewatching anime with friends so i can see their reaction in some plot twists and fights, it's usually pretty fun xD

I'm about to rewatch weathering with you for the 5th time with some friends. For me I really enjoying rewatching because you notice different things with each viewing which adds more depth and really is quite enjoyable.

I rewatch anime/movies when I want to "feel" what I felt when I watched it before. Of course it won't be as much as the first time. But I've always liked rewatching or rereding stuff since I was very young.
But I rarely rewatch something that I watched not a long time before. I generally rewatch it a pretty long time after (but there are still exceptions, but that something that I can't explain)

I don't know, I think it depends a bit for every person. I myself really love rewatching shows I really love or rewatching shows that just finished airing

I only rewatch when I am introducing the show first time to my mates

I only rewatch animes if I completely forget what it is about ngl, or if I just want to feel sad/happy again. I barely rewatch it because in my head I already know what is coming and I don't like knowing something I already know again.

I will rewatch a show if I havent seen it in a long time and I really enjoyed it. Usually that will happen if I dont have anything else worth watching.

The second reason is if I feel that over time I would come to appreciate the anime more if I gave it a second try. Tried that with Lain but still ended up not liking it though

yeah no rewatching anything absolutely makes no sense

Pretty much only rewatch something if I'm watching it with someone who hasn't seen it yet. Don't think I've ever sat by myself to watch something I've already seen again...

So far, I've only been rewatching anime if an English dub has been released after my initial watch. I really wanna rewatch some other series so I can understand them better, but I haven't the time.