Episode 175 – Getting Anime In
Are you pretty busy? Is your day scheduled from when you wake up to when you go to bed? But are you still an addict? Itching to get your fix however possible?! The addicts know how that goes and we share our tips for how to get anime in when your schedule doesn’t seem to allow for a single minute.
Our Tips:
· Best anime for the busy person – Simply put, its best to stick with shows that so not require a huge time commitment.
o Recommend: If you love anime for the sake of it there are many 3-5 minute episode anime right now. Most of these shows suck, but what can you do?
o Recommend: Watching very episodic shows; Cowboy Bebop, Mushishi, Samurai Champloo.
§ Allows you to take breaks of a day, a week, or more in-between episodes
Movies
o Stay away from excessively long series: One Piece, DBZ, Yu yu Hakusho, inuyasha
o Stay away from shows that require many episodes to be watched within a short period. Best to stay away from shows like Ergo Proxy that require a strong recollection of prior episodes to understand the story. A busy person may have gaps between viewing.
· Multi-tasking – This generally works with anime that is very simple minded and doesn’t require you to pay 100% close attention (e.g. Vividred Operation was a good recent example). Also, works will with shows that have simpler Japanese because if you can speak a little, it is possible to follow along while you do something else. It is easier to watch dubbed anime while multitasking, but you limit your selection this way and dubbed anime is sometimes bad.
o Anime while doing household chores
§ Cooking/dishes
· Put the laptop a bit back from the sink or stove
§ Ironing clothes
· Put the laptop by the ironing board
o Anime on your smartphone
§ Driving – Anime at red lights
§ Lunch at work – watch anime while you walk to and from lunch/at lunch
§ Traveling to work – many Japanese people watch anime on their phones on the train on the way into the city. Not many people watch AND walk on the street, but you could get away with this.
o Before bed – some people read to get sleepy. Most new anime is subtitled. This is reading, so take advantage by watching an episode before bed each night. It’s only 20 minutes and you can get through an anime in 2 weeks like this.