I recently picked up Macross Frontier. I wanted to watch it when it was popular but there was too much hype around it. I'm the kind of person who waits for the hype of an anime to die down before I watch it. My reason behind that is when something is getting so much hype, one already expects something from it but if it does not meet those expectations then one feels shorthanded. 
I have met people who end up hating an anime just because of the hype it's getting even thou they have not seen it. I understand why someone would hate an anime because it did not meet their expectations but hating for being popular makes no sense. 
Maybe that's the reason why I tend to blindly pick a new anime to watch because I have nothing to expect from it other than for it to entertain me. So, do you listen to all the hype of an anime or do you ignore it all?
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14 comments:
! agree with you 100% on this i always wait untill the hype dies down to see an anime in fact i just ordered macross myself on sunday XD
That happened to me when hearing about Death Note. Luckily, it filled all my expectations, and much more than that. Hype always applies to popular anime, so the lesses known ones are usually the best. At least in my opinion.
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Hype has never affected me on any real level. A lot of attention never raises my expectations. I don't trust the masses. If a friend whose opinion I trust recommends a series to me, then I'll expect something, but the community in general? Nah. If the series premise interests me and it just happens to be popular, sure, I might check it out, but I might also check out something else that also interests me but doesn't have any hype. Either can happen. Makes very little difference to me, and ultimately, general popularity seems to have very little baring on whether I like something or not. Sometimes I like things that are popular. Sometimes I don't. Whaddayaknow.
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Hypes do affect what I choose to watch but if I don't find the series interesting, then I won't watch it.
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I tend to take all the hype with grain of salt. I have read some bad reviews, but ended up liking it anyway. As I am now enjoying the various Japanese anime on my computer (Basquash! ), I can miss all the hype and make my own judgements prior to the releases here.
I watch what I like and skip what I don't < pretty simple idea huh?
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Anime hype will make me take a second look at a series I hadn't planned on watching. For example I also recently decided to watch Macross Frontier as well. But I rarely watch a series during the hype.
Hype is sometimes what leads me to watching series. Without all the hype I'm pretty sure I would have never watched Gurren Lagann. Hype helped me to find my favorite show of all time so maybe it can be a good thing.
I just saw it recently myself...nice series, great animation, overwhelming ending
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"I have met people who end up hating an anime just because of the hype it's getting even thou they have not seen it."
*cough*K-ON*cough!*
Over-hyping gets really annoying, even if it's really good. X[
I like picking up random things and watching them too. It adds a nice element of surprise. :D
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errr... yeah I hate to watch hyped animes aswell^^
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@Dan-man: It's random for me. Hype might hurt, help, or do nothing at all. Then again, I'm so behind on my "infinite list", that the hype rarely hits me, lol. But in general, I think fans are just too sensitive (mindlessly "for" and hysterically "against") the hype. In general.
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I usually have a few friends telling me that certain anime's are awesome etc etc. And when i ask for anime for christmas/birthday presents my non-anime watching friends pick really random anime so i start watching that. Apart from that i never really listen to people and just pick randomly at what looks good :)
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