How To Watch Anime

GoBusto
How To: Watch Anime =================== Friends often ask me GoBustosempai I want to watch anime and be sugoi like you but Im not sure how to get started can you give me any advice? to which I usually reply: First all all I dont know why youre referring to me by my online alias I mean you know that my name is Thomas so thats strange and also Im disgusted to note that you spelled sugoi in romaji even though every decent human being would use the Japonicallycorrect hiragana instead. Get out of my sight and never talk to me again you . Just kidding I dont have any friends. Anyway heres a howto guide. Prerequisites Before you can begin your note spelling journey into the world of animu youll need to procure the necessary viewingenablement technologies: A video player and some codecs. There are several different video players available but Id suggest the Sony DA Pro 4 Head VHS player as a good choice for beginners: imagehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/PIC0829SonySLVE405CP.JPG/640pxPIC0829SonySLVE405CP.JPG Obtaining a video player is rather difficult these days youll probably need to search ebay for a secondhand one or perhaps visit your local branch of Cash Converters in person. I should point out that for a person living in New York the nearest branch of Cash Converters is over 3300 miles away so you should probably prioritise the ebay option or at least consider booking a hotel in advance. Once youve got the video player sorted out youll need to find the necessary codecs for it to work. Specifically youll need to acquire a copy of the Codex Seraphinianushttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CodexSeraphinianus originally published in 1981 an illustrated encyclopedia of an imaginary world created by the Italian artist architect and industrial designer Luigi Serafini during thirty months from 1976 to 1978. This is necessary for the imaginary worlds depicted in animo such as Rozen Maidenhttp://anilist.co/anime/64/RozenMaiden to be converted into video images by the aforementioned Sony DA Pro 4 Head VHS player device. Yes theyre imaginary. No your waifu isnt actually real. Its sad that youll never get to hang out with Inferno Cophttp://anilist.co/anime/16774/InfernoCop but as time goes by youll come to realise that life is fundamentally a continuous torrent of disappointment and that is never going to change so you know deal with it. Load the codex into the video player via the slot on the front. If it seems like it doesnt fit correctly its probably because youve accidentally bought an incompatible Betamaxhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betamax video player like an idiot. If only youd listened to me when I specifically told you to use a Sony DA Pro 4 Head VHS player you wouldnt be in this mess you really do need to learn to listen to other people more Craig. Assuming that you didnt ruin everything like Craig did you should now be ready to start watching animii. There are several ways that you can do this so Ive covered each option separately below. Option 1: MP4 Technology nerds will tell you that the MP4 file format version 1 was first published in 2001. Dont listen to them if you engage with them theyll assume that youre their friend and noone wants to be associated with nerds. Try scaring them off by pulling out your skateboard and doing some sweet tricks using the edge of a drained swimming pool or the rail of a nearby staircase demonstration of your undeniable coolness will frighten them away leaving you free to persue the next steps of animewatchment. The nerds were right about one thing though: The MP4 format is over a decade old. As such youll probably want to use something a bit more modern: imagehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Heckler26KochMP5b.jpg/640pxHeckler26KochMP5b.jpg The Heckler Koch MP5 maschinenpistole is the sequel to the MP4 digital multimedia container format and improves upon it in several ways most notably in terms of firing rate: The MP5 can fire between 700900 rounds per minute whereas the MP4 can hardly shoot even a single bullet at all. This is useful for scaring off any remaining nerds who were not sufficiently panicked by the bodacious rail grinds you engaged in earlier. To transfer the contents of the MP5 into the video player/codex combo you assembled earlier carefully aim your maschinenpistole at it and then depress the trigger until all ammunition is expended. If youve done everything correctly you should now have achieved Anime. If for some reason the above approach does not work proceed to step 2. Option 2: Streams A popular alternative for anyone without access to firearms or who through idiocy managed to get option 1 wrong is to access japanimated content through streams found on the Internet. In my case a quick web search turned up the following: imagehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Calonne28LesBrC3A9ards292.JPG/640pxCalonne28LesBrC3A9ards292.JPG Pedants will point out that the above image actually depicts a river. What these detractors dont seem to realise is that a river is simply a higherquality stream. To begin your streaming experience please follow the steps outlined below: + Travel to the stream or river in question remembering to bring your video player/codex with you. + Stand near the edge of the water taking care not to fall in. + Toss the video player/codex combination into the watery depths. Skimming it along the surface of the water like a pebble is impressive but by no means required. + Peer over into the approximate area of aquatic geography where the aforementioned items were submerged. With luck you should witness one or even a whole school of a particularly rare anime: The reclusive Salmonchanhttp://anilist.co/anime/21654/Shakechan. Option 3: Torrent You may have heard of a third option for anime viewing: The torrent. Its commonly believed that this option is actually illegal the truth is that it used to be perfectly valid until quite recently. You see torrent an anime youd simply need to visit your local branch of Blockbuster Video Entertainment: imagehttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/BlockbusterVideoLA.jpg There in exchange for a small cash fee one could rent an anime for a limited duration before returning it back to its location of origin. However these outlets were gradually closed between the years 2010 and 2013 AD leaving the general public unable to access their vast treasure troves of Japanese animated content. Some brave adventurers have occasionally ventured inside these sealed tombs in search of rare lost treasures and episode 7 of Sailor Moonhttp://anilist.co/anime/530/BishoujoSenshiSailorMoon but it should be noted that access to these nowabandoned videographic storage houses by unauthorised persons is strictly speaking illegal. Rumours of imps dragons and skeletal guards persist to this day it is a brave or perhaps foolhardy hero who dares to explore these forgotten relics of ancient times. For the unprepared an especially grisly fate too horrific to contemplate here will be their only reward. Young hopefuls desiring adventure should temper their enthusiasm and heed the words of their elders: Stay away from that accursed place lest you find yourself... BLOCKBUSTED Option 4: Crunchyroll Oh yeah that works too I guess.
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