[ SECRET POST #6277 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6277 ⌋

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[(Anonymous)]

Man, so lucky to have guides. In my day we just had to accept whatever badly subbed bootlegged version was lurking in the back of the VHS rental store, and we never knew if it was a whole series, part of a show, a one off movie, or what. If you were really lucky, at least you got a semi-pro dub of it. We never got to see whole series. Just OVAs, and random episodes compiled without thought to placement.

Guides? Luxury, I tell you, luxury.

[(Anonymous)]

Ah, those were the days. We got the actual official licensed English-subbed copy of Weiss Kreuz and had to make the story up as we watched because the actual official subs were shit. Like, had random characters in the middle of what we assume were supposed to be English words shit. Guides??? LOL

Kids these days. Don't know how good they have it.

[(Anonymous)]

idk if this has changed in the 20s but back in my day, every single anime movie was/is optional. a nice additional chunk of content to icon or fic about at best, rage-bait for online wars at worst, but 90% of the time not just non-canon but poorly wedged into canon. Forgettable. Optional.

DBZ movies? so hilariously bad. One Piece? so bad the entire fandom disavows knowledge of some of them even existing (and don't get me started on recaps of old arcs). I didn't even watch the Tiger&Bunny movie because it was focused on new characters instead of the old ones! Just. You don't have to watch them. They don't provide anything new to the canon that is the series.

[(Anonymous)]

I think it depends. The BSD movie introduces some shit that is important and if you don't watch it at the right time, can be very confusing.

[feotakahari]

Madoka Magica not only requires one of the movies, it’s looking suspiciously like it’s going to require the gacha game.

[(Anonymous)]

oh wow that's gross. almost as bad as Kingdom Hearts dropping lore in the middle of its terrible mobage.

well I guess from answers things have changed indeed, how sad. good luck OP.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah, I'm sitting here going "what anime is OP watching?" because for most of the shows I've seen, the movies were either just recaps of the series in condensed form with maybe a few changes here or there OR totally original self-contained stories.

Like, the Gurren Lagann movies were fun, but they were just a condensed retelling of the series with some alterations. Escaflowne was an alternate universe story that had no connection to the TV series. The Fate/Stay Night Heaven's Feel movies were an adaptation of the Heaven's Feel route of the game, so you didn't need to watch them to be able to enjoy the Deen Fate anime or the Unlimited Blade Works anime since they were all separate routes. The AnoHana movie is cute but totally extraneous and it takes place after the series, so you aren't missing anything if you don't watch it.

I guess there are some shows where the movies are actually important to the larger plot of the series but IME that's not true in the majority of cases.

[(Anonymous)]

I feel like there's a definite more recent trend of movies being necessary. Off the top of my head we have, as mention above, the Madoka Magica movies, Demon Slayer Mugen Train (they did chop it up for TV later but still), Free (season 3 doesn't work half as well without seeing the prequel movies and there's no ending if you don't watch the newest movie) and Chainsaw Man's upcoming Reze arc film.

[(Anonymous)]

I thought the Madoka movies were just recaps of the series? I remember deciding to pass on watching them once I realized they weren't anything new.

[(Anonymous)]

The first two were, Rebellion is a direct sequel that ends on a (still unresolved, they finally announced a follow up) cliffhanger.

[(Anonymous)]

ngl, I loved the Inuyasha movies and still have them on DVD even though you can basically watch them for free on the internet.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree that most One Piece movies aren't that good and don't have to be watched. But movie 6 though...

[(Anonymous)]

I only acknowledge the Detective Conan movies I like and no one can stop me. :) (And even these have hilarious amount of property damage)

[(Anonymous)]

I just always watch in the order they came out. I assume if it was good for the people who were watching the series/movies as they were first airing it'll be good for me too.

[(Anonymous)]

In my youth I always felt left behind because I simply couldn't get absolutely everything in a Thing I was into (IE. Couldn't get the Euro CD Single release for Garbage where they have a song exclusively released in Europe) so I grew up just being OK not getting everything.
I actually feel overwhelmed when I try to get into a fandom and there's a giant pile of content I can't catch up with and so I take forever watching one thing at a time.