Work hit me like truck-kun this past week, so I haven’t really been able to watch much of anything. Since I can’t really talk about what I watched this past week, I thought I would use this week’s post to talk about something I have been thinking about, specifically (re)watches of older shows.

Calendar - The Final Boss

I have kind of been thinking about organizing a rewatch of an older series in this community, but haven’t really been sure about the best way to do it. Back in the olden days, the anime subreddit occasionally had rewatches of a show I was interested in watching or rewatching, but their pace of watching a show is usually 1-2 episodes per day and I just could never keep up. So, I was wondering if I were to organize a community watch of a series, what a good pace would be for users here.

Frankly speaking, trying to do a show at a 1-2 episode per day pace is just not possible for me. Instead of watching the series alongside everybody, to maintain that pace, I would basically pre-watch the whole thing and then just schedule threads.

A more realistic pace for me would be something like 1-3 episodes per week, maybe like a M,W,F kind of thing. I have thought about doing 1 episode a week on a day of the week where not a lot of other shows air. For instance, this season has a very slow Monday and Tuesday.

What do other people here think would work for you?

Series - Pick Your Poison

I have a couple series in mind that I thought about having be the first series to watch. I welcome input that others might have on these. I haven’t made up my mind yet.

• Cowboy Bebop - An absolute classic. It has a MAL and AniList id number of 1 for a reason. It runs for 26 episodes and a movie, so it would probably be better to do 2+ episodes per week or it will run for a good chunk of the year.
• Mushishi - My personal favorite anime that I want to evangelize. Also, it is an anthology series, so it would be easy for people to skip an episode here and there and then hop back in. It runs for 36 episodes and 2 OVAs between both seasons, so it would also be quite the commitment.
• A Place Further Than the Universe - A single season show that I have not seen before. I have only heard great things about this show and I have been meaning to check it out for a while and this would be a great source of motivation.
• Cyberpunk Edgerunners - Another single season show I haven’t seen before. Another that has sat on my list to watch at some point.

Additionally, if there is any other suggestions that people have for candidates for this kind of community-run event, that would be more than welcome.

Join the Fun

Finally, if this is something that somebody else wants to organize and run, you are more than welcome to take the reins. There is no reason that I am the only one allowed to organize something like this or have complete control over it. If you want to run a community watch, here are the general guidelines I suggest:

1. Make a post gauging interest before actually starting. See if there are others that want to actually watch with you. This is probably a good place to finalize a pace with those that are interested.
2. Start the community watch, trying your best to stick to the schedule. Community watch threads are not created by rikka automatically, so it’s up to you. If you are going to miss some posts, you can arrange one of the other watchers to make the post in your stead, or use a scheduling tool to plan out your post unattended.
3. Make sure to contribute! If you are running a community watch, make sure that you are kicking off the discussion.
4. Enjoy!

Anyway, just something that’s been on my mind lately. Looking for some early feedback from users that frequent this community enough to bother reading my weekly post threads.