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"Letting go" of a series after finishing it

Simoun
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1  omo

I blog about it.

Simoun is quite the trip. It still haunts me since I saw it in '06.

2  IcyStorm

I sometimes blog, but I just mostly do what you said in the post. I rewatch Lucky Star all the damn time, listen to the character song albums, and stare at the LS poster in my room all day long (OK, maybe not the last one). I haven't gotten over Lucky Star. I watch an episode or two every week because it still makes me laugh and smile.

Some other shows were Haruhi, Death Note, and True Tears. I got over them relatively quickly though.

Note: LOL I thought the third form field was for me, and I didn't realize it was an anti-spam measure until a minute later o_o

Re  Michael is LoHP

@ omo

Just watched Simoun for the first time. Finished the last 15 episodes over the course of two nights! Damn, it was good.

@ IcyStorm

LOL. Thanks for the heads up! I'll fix the way that's stated to avoid further confusion. Lucky Star was weird for me in that I only marginally enjoyed it while it was airing, but once it ended I badly wanted more. You don't realize what you have until you lose it? That OVA was really good too!

3  TheBigN

You don't even really have to let go of a series you like once you're done with it. It's alright to have a break once in a while. But it can help to share the feelings that you have with other people, like blogging for example.

4  eipu

i also have a hard time letting go of series that I've grown to love so much. Well, i do same thing as you do, like read blogs and see people's opinions about the series, or rewatch the entire thing. I guess the most intense obsession I had was with Hunter x Hunter back when it was shown in our local television network in 2001.

5  ghostlightning

My real name is Michael, and my behavior is eerily similar to yours. Although right now, I still truly haven't let go of Macross Frontier. I'm constantly trying to figure a way to shoehorn something Macross in all of my blog posts.

I have the finale on my iPod and every now and then I watch it on the way home. Am I ok?

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@ TheBigN

Yeah, sometimes I get a bit burnt out on too much anime and take a break to do other stuff with my downtime around the house, like read. I've got some good books and manga I should be getting to...

@ eipu

Looking at MAL, Hunter x Hunter looks to be a long one. Now I'm here thinking about what's harder to give up: a short and emotionally poignant work, or a long and developed one? Or what's harder to give up: a marathoned masterpiece or brilliant show watched on a weekly basis? I guess it all depends on the show!

@ ghostlightning

Well hello, fellow Michael. There's a few episodes -- or episode segments -- that I've watched far too many times for my own good. I feel you on that one. The good thing (or bad thing if you're trying to get over it) about Macross Frontier is that you can keep that soundtrack in rotation, versus a more traditional soundtrack featuring only background music. Northern Cross and Diamond Crevasse are easily my favorites.

6  lelangir

I go watch a really banal anime and then forget about the one I just watched, or rewatch it slowly and "carefully", or blog it, usually in that order.

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@ lelangir

That brings up an excellent point. After watching something I deem great (and hard to let go of), the next series I begin is usually one I won't have high expectations for. And as a definite rule, the next series can not be in the same genre (as in, I won't watch another slice-of-life after completing an excellent slice-of-life).

7  BakaTanuki

I feel that way all the time. I'll finish a series that I was so into I just wasn't ready for it to end. I am still not over Lain, and I watched that (for the first time) a couple months ago.

One thing I do is make a quick avatar/signature for a coupel forums I go to. Listening to the soundtrack works too; I bought Lain OST and Lain Cyberia remix album.

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@ BakaTanuki

If I had a traditional site banner here, I'd probably be switching it out at the end of every series that really left an impression. I do that with my desktop background, but only at the end of a series. I'm usually too scared to check out any image site for BGs for a show I'm watching, fearful of spoilers.

Soundtracks have a little added bonus to them: if I listen to one I haven't in a while, for a series I really love, it makes me want to go back and watch the anime immediately! It gets me in trouble with FLCL in particular, as that OVA is short enough to consider rewatching at the drop of a hat. And thus, I've seen it way too many times.

8  jp

I try to play some of the music on an instrument. Either that or I sing, blog, read, talk about it on forums, scour the internet for art and music.

Not on the same day but you get the picture :D

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@ jp

Damn, being able to play music from the show myself would be awesome! My music skills are such that I even suck at Rock Band. I think it would be too cool to be able to pick up a guitar and start rocking out some The Pillows, who provided the soundtrack to FLCL.

9  MacGuges

I hadn't noticed you'd written about Simoun before. At the moment I haven't much time to give to my own impressions of the series, except to say that I did some QA for the Simoun-Fans fansub while my friend Sue Davis was getting that started. I'm quite pleased that the show continues to reach the broader audience it deserves. It is one of the best original science-fiction stories created for anime.

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@ MacGuges

Simoun is truly one of those special anime; one that you can just feel the care that the creators put into it. It's brilliant on so many levels, and executes on nearly everything it attempts. Maybe too many people write it off at first glance? Or maybe a lot of people simply don't know anything about the series? I'm none too sure about either of those, but what I am sure of is that everyone who's seen it (that I've read) have all loved it and praised it. And that's what got me to watch the show in the first place.

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