Top 25 Anime You Dropped Within 5 Minutes

It's sometimes justified. There are some art styles I can't stand and 5 minutes is more than enough time to evaluate that unless there's some sort of radical art shift halfway through the series. It's like black and white movies. Something about them just rubs me the wrong way and unless I've been forced, I've never watched one voluntarily. I'm sure I'm missing out on some great cinema, but the visuals just drive me crazy.

While that is true, I have to admit that there have been times when I've watched several episodes of an anime very reluctantly, only to drop it regretting that I've wasted my time with it.

First impressions are not always right, however there are times you really should listen to your gut.

No, first impressions can actually be quite -correct-, it's just that many people are dishonest with themselves. Once you've got your self-image clear and matching up with the reality, it's quite easy to see everything else for exactly what it is.

Even so... where's To Heart 2?
Seriously, they didn't do any justice to Tamaki Kousaka (well, perhaps only the seiyuu did).

the first 5 minutes of gits 1995 are godlyke. K-on first 5 minutes aren't.

@Actar: I believe you speak for many. 5 min is indeed ridiculous.

5 min = next-to-nothing for an attention span. So many good titles would probably be lost and forgotten.

I personally give all anime's 3 episodes,but there are just some that you know you will not like.Like you start watching an anime because it had good art,but then 5 mins later there are signs of guy on guy action about to happen-DROP IT!(unless you like that sort of thing)

So you seem to be someone with a lot of time at hand.
Many people, like me, just don't have the time to judge every book by its contents.
So we have to go by the cover.
University and work are keeping me so busy that I barely have time to watch three series.
To decide which three series I'm gonna watch I just have to go with the first 5 - 10 minutes, then maybe some skipping through the rest.
Artwork looks kinda strange? DROPPED (eg Ochinko)
Doesn't seem to have any story? DROPPED (eg Oretachi ni Tsubasa...)
Is just boring? DROPPED (eg A Channel)

"Never judge a book by its cover" would mean, when you go into a library you'd have to take EVERY book and read 20 pages then decide if you borrow it or not. Impossible!
Cause there's soo many Books/Animes/Movies/etc out there it's just not feasible to NOT judge by the cover.

Bullshit, watch K-On. It's the first 5 minutes for 24 episodes.

“I’ll at least watch the whole first episode!”
epic. really. 5 minutes of it. bleh.

Bah! life is too short to spen in unworthy causes.

If 5 minutes are not enough for you to decide, gee you'd better stay away from activities that requires fast reaction.

Just for the record, I dropped FLCL years ago after about 5 or 10 minutes. I just saw the whole show a week ago, and I wish I hadn't seen it. It was so stupid. Honestly, I don't understand why so many people like it. It was one of the biggest pieces of crap I've ever seen. So boring, and not funny.

So "don't judge a book by it's cover" is one thing, but if a show loses your interest, it's not necessarily a reflection of you so much as the show's ability to draw you in.

Three ep rule its a anime law

5 minutes is definitely too short. Usually the first couple episodes are nothing but introduction of the primary characters and vague hints toward the overall plot. 4 to 6 episodes usually a good cutoff depending upon how the pacing is, at least at that point you have an idea what the rest of the show will be about.

i give a show at least 3-5 eps. VERY rarely have i only given a show 5mins (can only remember 2 timnes

the only anime i've dropped is that damned school days..

5 mins... 2 mins of that would be the OP haha

Agreed. It's pretty shallow to drop an anime in just 5 minutes.

It takes me 2-4 episodes to decide, though I very seldom drop any anime I started. If it never caught my attention in the first place, I'd have never started at all.

Definitely. Seeing this list made me go wtf(as usual) since I loved a lot, if not most, of the series in this list.

I mean seriously! Look at the list! Just look at it! Wth?

And 5 mins? You never ditch an anime that early. Even watching one episode isn't enough.

I try to watch minimum 2 episodes..

true that, i usually give every show achance of 3-5 episodes, even if the first one puts me off

I disagre. I droped Death Frenzy after I think 15 minuits. That show was HORRIBLE.

You can't judge a book by it's cover... Take Psychology 101, the cover of a book is more impartant that we'd like.

Go watch Lovely Idol, I dare you.

I disagree, I think 5 minutes is more than long enough in most cases. Lets face the facts, the reason we don't drop Evangelion, Berserk, KGNE, Higurashi, school days, gundam series full metal panic, kanon, clannad (and hundreds more), is because the quality is frankly far higher than most other series. Even animes like shakugan and tsukaima, which are blatant harems now, but actually started off extremely well. The first seasons dominated the subsequent sequels by a longshot. I haven't enjoyed anime since the 90's in most cases as well, they just seem to commercialised these days, like 'oh another harem' or 'oh another shounen' which is why I generally only read manga now for the most part. One the stories better and isn't deluded with a fill-a-thon and you can tell much quicker whether you'll like or dislike it. Most animes don't do the stories justice at all, look at Freezing, total flop if you ask me but the manwha is epic.