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what is *rewatching* anime like?

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Scudworth:
I've never in my life re watched an anime series.
although I'm planning to re watch Record of the lotus war soon as It's been years since I've seen it and just now downloaded the sequels.
So I'll have to get back to on the feeling.

Path:
I've rewatched most of the series rated at 4.5 or higher on my AP list, and several of the 3.5s and 4s as well (the exceptions are mainly ones where I'm waiting for higher quality releases); if something ranks that highly on my list, it's certainly good enough to watch again, unless heavily reliant upon one or more plot devices that'd lower the entertainment value of watching it again. If I have little time or jsut want to watch something out of context, I'll usually load up a random episode of Lucky Star or some other slice of life show.

Most new shows can't begin to compare to the truly excellent ones, and watching a quality show is far more satisfying than some run-of-the-mill garbage.

Drew:
The first anime that I ever rewatched (well, am currently rewatching) in its (planned) entirety is Toradaora, simply because it's so good.

Zalis116:
Rewatching comes with the territory of buying anime. When I first started collecting, I heavily re-watched the few shows I had. Even after acquiring a lot of shows, you still want to get your money's worth by watching DVDs more than once. I rarely re-watch downloaded content; I think the only downloaded files I've ever re-watched are Kanon 2002, Shinigami's Ballad, Tanjou Debut, and a couple of hentai. Normally I don't re-watch things I've downloaded until I get the DVDs. So I try to re-watch everything I own, and the average has been about 3-4 years between viewings.  I don't completely forget everything after that length of time, but I find that I remember general plot points while forgetting some of the specifics of how those plot points are executed. For instance, I'd remember that Character A killed Character B, but forget that the spirits of A's family members killed by B came back to hold B in place as B's own projectile weapon hit him.

As for emotional parts, I've found that I've been affected on subsequent viewings almost as much as the first time. This has held true in my rewatches of shows like Air, Kanon (both '02 and '06), Fruits Basket, Mahoromatic, Rumbling Hearts, Angelic Layer, Elfen Lied, Azumanga Daioh, Chrono Crusade, and others. Sometimes, like with Kanon, knowing what's really going on lends a new dimension of sadness to seemingly-innocent earlier scenes. And for fanservice/comedy shows, I'm likely to laugh just as much on subsequent viewings as I did the first time. I've seen Yumeria 3 times, and I could easily see myself watching it again.

One thing that helps is to re-watch in a different format. And by "format," I mean fansubs vs. English dubs vs. official subs. Watching a different rendering or interpretation from what you first saw can help keep the content fresher. And in the cases of some radically liberal dubs, it's almost like watching a different show. (Check out Generator Gawl, Orphen + Orphen Revenge, and Ghost Stories for some examples.)

AceD:
Code Geass is the only anime ive fully watched twice, and that was due to the blu-ray of S1 been released. Was still as epic as the first time, long its its one you greatly enjoy its all good, no different to a movie really

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