A random comment about pacing fixed my anime burnout

I was binge watching too fast through shows and getting bored halfway through. Someone in this forum said I was probably skipping the slow scenes that build character depth. They recommended I try one episode a night instead of marathoning. I gave it a shot with a 26 episode series and finished it in 26 days instead of 2. The slower pace let me notice details in the background art and music I would have missed. Anyone else found that taking your time improves the experience?

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lunag3013d ago

yeah I used to be one of those people who just wanted to get to "the good parts" in shows... but "the tiny jokes in the character animations" is exactly the kind of stuff I'd miss. tried the one episode a night thing recently and it totally changed how I see pacing now.

uma_taylor4714d ago

Watched JoJo's Bizarre Adventure that way, one episode a night for like two months. Ended up noticing how the background music shifts with the mood way more than when I used to binge. Also started catching the tiny jokes in the character animations I'd have missed. Funny how slowing down makes you see the stuff the creators actually spent time on.

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matthewmartin14d ago

JoJo is the kind of show where you can either treat it like a chaotic fever dream or actually sit there and pick up on all the weird stuff Araki snuck in there. I've tried both approaches and idk, when I'm binging I'm just waiting for the next big fight scene, so the background music and small jokes kind of blend together. @uma_taylor47 you make a good point about the music shifting though, I started noticing that more on a rewatch but never really thought about it during my first time through. Maybe it's just me but I think some people take this show way too seriously when at the end of the day it's a goofy adventure about muscle men posing at each other. Still, I can see how spreading it out would make you appreciate the production quality more, even if I'm too impatient to do it myself.