| Background for the sake of clarification: In my early days of immersion, I would look at a list of pre-made Anki decks and pick an anime with such a deck that looked interesting. I would then dissect every episode (after watching it once for enjoyment) by rewatching it, probably taking 1.5h-2h per episode to create cards and study dialogue (would usually do this for all but the last few episodes, because towards the end I would get particularly immersed and want to watch without spending hours before continuing each episode). I would also have the audio of each episode (condensed to dialogue only) downloaded on an mp3 player to listen to passively. The list of anime I've done this with isn't actually long at all, in fact it's literally 6 - White Album 2, Flying Witch, Clannad After Story, Angel Beats, Erased, and Sakurasou. This was something I did particularly early on with learning - doesn't feel as useful when already understanding 95% of an anime. Everything else I've watched has been more "casually" Anyways, to the question at hand: I noticed that 5 of those 6 anime that I've dissected, made cards out of, and had a period of listening to passively, are my favorites. Out of my 6 10/10 anime series (not movies), they make up 5. Toradora is the only series I /hadn't/ studied aggressively that got a 10/10. This leads me to wonder: Did spending so much extra time with these series lead me to grow more attached to the characters and everything, thus enjoying them more/rating them higher? It's not entirely obvious, as the opposite could have just as well been true - spending so much time on the same episodes and listening to the series so much leading to getting sick of it. Granted, I specifically chose the anime I thought I would enjoy the most to be my "dissection anime", but still. I'm curious if others have something similar - anime you've "studied" more than usual, happening (coincidentally or not) to be your favorites, at least higher rated/enjoyed more than anime you've watched more passively. |
| For what it’s worth, I don’t study in that way. I rarely watch something more than once unless I absolutely love it. Honestly, everything is a casual watch for me. I will sentence mine from as much as I can, but I don’t really do deep dives or take an hour or more to watch a single episode. That doesn’t sound fun. I’d rather spend an hour doing something else. The fact you have the patience to watch 1 episode for over 2 hours and analyze every line is impressive in a way.. |
leunam6 said: I guess this question is more applicable for those in the very early stages of learning. It took me 1h-2h when I very first started and knew very little Japanese. Although dissecting every line aside, repetition via listening to the same thing you’ve watched over and over (maybe as an mp3 file on your phone) is the most efficient (perhaps not funnest) way to learn from immersion (repeated content > scrambling through new content)… at least until you’ve reached a point where you can understand 95%+ of an anime first-watch.For what it’s worth, I don’t study in that way. I rarely watch something more than once unless I absolutely love it. Honestly, everything is a casual watch for me. I will sentence mine from as much as I can, but I don’t really do deep dives or take an hour or more to watch a single episode. That doesn’t sound fun. I’d rather spend an hour doing something else. The fact you have the patience to watch 1 episode for over 2 hours and analyze every line is impressive in a way.. For that reason, people concerned with efficiency-first immersion may still relate to the question - anime that even if you didn’t spend huge amounts of time dissecting every line, you listened to many times over for sake of repetition, did you end up tending to rate those anime higher? (idea being extra time spent with that anime == growing more attached to the characters) |
SevenStop said: Oooh that's an interesting point. Come to think of it I've had similar, where after being so used to going through a lot of work for an anime, finally being able to sift through one relatively easily boosted the viewing experience (and consequently my opinion of the anime)Personally, I'm not sure if there's a correlation. I've studied some anime in a similar way, although not as intensively, and found it did make feel a bit more attached to them. At the same time, I also become attached to series that might not necessarily be good because I watched and understood them well without the need for much work. It gave me a feeling of satisfaction and smooth viewing experience that raised my appraisal of those series. |
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