Poll: How do you watch your anime?

[Legion]

In the UK it takes forever to get anime in the shops, so normally I watch them online when I discover them, then buy them once they become available.

I watched Darker Than Black, Haruhi Suzumiya and Code Geass on websites, and now I own them all on DVD too. There are only two series I haven't done the buying part of yet, one of them still isn't available to buy though, the other I will ask for a present perhaps seeing as my Birthday and Christmas are coming up.

Your poll really is too limited.

 

[Gatx]

legally* view it as it comes out one by one

And how I am suppose to do that when the anime doesn't get released here? Like 1% gets released on DVD. 0.01% gets released on TV.

First I "obtain" the anime. Then if I like it, I'll import it from the U.S. or U.K. depending on the series and price.

Crunchyroll, Hulu, Funimation, Niconico (Or whatever the American version is called) etc. there are a variety of officially subbed simulcasts for most of the big releases that come out each season, like Fate/Zero when that came out a couple seasons ago.

Also I believe the most popular fansub group actually doesn't even do the translating, they just use the subtitles from the official simulcasts.

 

[Entitled]

legally* view it as it comes out one by one

And how I am suppose to do that when the anime doesn't get released here? Like 1% gets released on DVD. 0.01% gets released on TV.

First I "obtain" the anime. Then if I like it, I'll import it from the U.S. or U.K. depending on the series and price.

Crunchyroll, Hulu, Funimation, Niconico

These are all region-locked to the Land of the Free.

 

[4RM3D]

legally* view it as it comes out one by one

And how I am suppose to do that when the anime doesn't get released here? Like 1% gets released on DVD. 0.01% gets released on TV.

First I "obtain" the anime. Then if I like it, I'll import it from the U.S. or U.K. depending on the series and price.

Crunchyroll, Hulu, Funimation, Niconico

These are all region-locked to the Land of the Free.

Salt on the wound that is. And companies are wondering why people pira--"obtain" the anime.

 

[malestrithe]

I stream it on Crunchyroll.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I sit on my chair, headphones on, drawing something, dick in hand.

Usually I find streams. It's not worth it to download anything.

 

[Scarim Coral]

I stream it HOWEVER I purchase the shows that I really liked to show my support for those companies.

 

[sextus the crazy]

I use streaming sites and then if I like it, I'll buy the DVD (usually through amazon, although best buy has a generally good selection).

 

[Yopaz]

legally* view it as it comes out one by one

And how I am suppose to do that when the anime doesn't get released here? Like 1% gets released on DVD. 0.01% gets released on TV.

First I "obtain" the anime. Then if I like it, I'll import it from the U.S. or U.K. depending on the series and price.

Crunchyroll, Hulu, Funimation, Niconico

These are all region-locked to the Land of the Free.

Actually no, I have a subscription at Crunchyroll and I use that to watch anime all the time.

OT: I often discover anime after it's been running for a few years so I don't have to wait for the episodes to come. However at the time I am watching Hayate No Gotoku Can't Take My Eyes Off You which started just a few weeks ago I think.

 

[crimson sickle2]

The tension is definitely increased if you watch it as it comes out. Those series are also the ones that stick with you mosst because you were there when it aired.
Of course, sometimes a backlog comes up, or an old classic slipped through when it first aired.

 

[AnotherAvatar]

The tension is definitely increased if you watch it as it comes out. Those series are also the ones that stick with you mosst because you were there when it aired.
Of course, sometimes a backlog comes up, or an old classic slipped through when it first aired.

See, and you'd think that, but I recall nothing about waiting for new Bleach as it came out, yet I'll never forget the weekend I sat down and plowed through NGE.

 

[VanTesla]

So there are more seasons and more series of anime coming out. Do you wait for the entire season to come out then pir- purchase it (see moderators? I'm learning) or do you obtain them and watch them as they come out?

I'm asking this because I've never had to wait for anime to come out before and I've watched around 3 lifetimes worth of anime in the space of a couple of years.

I do both of the options in the poll if said anime never comes out to the usa or if I am unsure that I will like to get into this anime and buy it only to be disappointed. If it is on T.V. or a legal website showing, then I will watch it there, but as I said earlier if the only way to see it is through less than legal matters for it will not see the light of day here, then I will watch it.

I will buy something I truely like if I have seen it through legal or less than legal channels. Honestly if it was not for the ability to "purchase" I would not have bought as much anime or books that I now own for said ability to "purchase". Of course many will just "purchase" and never buy, even if they liked it and that makes me sad for it means less chance of said thing to grow.

 

[crimson sickle2]

The tension is definitely increased if you watch it as it comes out. Those series are also the ones that stick with you mosst because you were there when it aired.
Of course, sometimes a backlog comes up, or an old classic slipped through when it first aired.

See, and you'd think that, but I recall nothing about waiting for new Bleach as it came out, yet I'll never forget the weekend I sat down and plowed through NGE.

I mostly watch shorter anime than Bleach, it's too much time and filler for me. Plus, NGE is most definitely a classic at this point.

 

[BreakfastMan]

Whenever I watch anime (which is fairly rare, but not unheard of), I watch it legally, either through steaming or on DVD. I am not that big of an anime fan that I need to watch it right when it comes out.

 

[AnotherAvatar]

The tension is definitely increased if you watch it as it comes out. Those series are also the ones that stick with you mosst because you were there when it aired.
Of course, sometimes a backlog comes up, or an old classic slipped through when it first aired.

See, and you'd think that, but I recall nothing about waiting for new Bleach as it came out, yet I'll never forget the weekend I sat down and plowed through NGE.

I mostly watch shorter anime than Bleach, it's too much time and filler for me. Plus, NGE is most definitely a classic at this point.

Good point, and now that I think about it I really haven't had the chance to watch a shorter series I knew would be a classic as it came out (I'm mostly picturing Samurai Champloo here as that was the last one that came out that I could have watched as it came out).

Suppose I'll have to try it some time.

 

[Arina Love]

i've been watching anime for 10 years now. When i was starting i was watching whole colmpleted series. Then i just run out of stuff to watch ( well within the limits of genres that i'm interested in). Then i got in to ongoing anime and been doing it ever since. It's like well oiled machine buy now for season to season never missed one in 5 or so years. Check AniDB Calendar for anime that interest me ----> then off to shady part of internets for ep 1

 

[Nannernade]

I watch it online every week when it gets subbed. Really need to find a new one to watch, all I have right now is the weekly One Piece.

 

[Terramax]

I like to watch mine naked, smothered all over in cranberry sauce.

Oh, wait, you meant how I 'obtained' it? Right...

Usually watch on youtube when the whole season is out. It's not like the 90's where I have to wait a whole god damn week for the next episode to appear.

 

[zidine100]

I watch it on Crunchyroll as a free user. usually, i wait for the series to be completed, then i watch it, just a precaution on the off chance that the anime is cancelled and im going to have to wait a year or so for the dvd release and probably not have the episodes uploaded there, or if it gets pulled to be us only and i will be disapointed.