How big is your anime backlog?

My physical backlog consists of the following:

DVD:
Attack on Titan OVAs
Soul Eater
Waiting in The Summer*
Paranoia Agent

Blu-ray:
Full Metal Panic Ultimate Edition
Giovanni's Island
Gurren Lagann & Movies
Escaflowne
Mobile Suit Gundam '79 parts 1 and 2
Reconguista in G
Kill La Kill parts 2 and 3
Outlaw Star
Ping Pong The Animation
Psycho-Pass Seasons 1, 2, & Movie
Aldnoah Zero Season 2
Gankutsuou
SAO2 Part 1
Expelled from Paradise*
Fuse
Samurai Flamenco Parts 1 and 2
Space Dandy Season 2*
Ouran High School Host Club
Tatami Galaxy
Mobile Suit Gundam The Origin 1, 2, and 3
Tiger & Bunny The Rising
Black Lagoon Season 1, Season 2, and Roberta's Blood Trail
Tiger and Bunny parts 1 through 4
Zvezda Plot*
Akame Ga Kill Parts 1 and 2*
Akira*
Bayonetta
Black Bullet*
Bladedance of the elementalers*
Blue Exorcist Parts 1 and 2
A Certain Scientific Railgun
Hitsugi no Chaika*
Danganronpa*
Dragon Ball Z Kai Season 1
Dragon Ball Z Resurrection F*
Evangelion 2.22
Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Parts 1* and 2*, and OVAs
Fullmetal Alchemist Sacred Star of Milos*
Fullmetal Alchemist Conqueror of Shamballa
Ghost in the Shell 2.0
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Golden Time Part 1*
Horizon on the Middle of Nowhere
Humanity Has Declined
Lupin III The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Oregairu Seasons 1* and 2*
Nadia
Parasyte Parts 1* and 2*
Pokemon Hoopa and the Clash of Ages*
Madoka Magicka*
Madoka Magicka Movies 1, 2, and 3
Redline
Steins;Gate
Summer Wars*
Trinity Seven*
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time*
Wish Upon the Pleiades*
Another
Bodacious Space Pirates
Chobits*
Devil Survivor 2
The eccentric Family*
Ergo Proxy
Fate Stay Night
Fate Zero Parts 1 and 2
From the New World Parts 1 and 2
Girls und Panzer and OVAs
Hidamari Sketch Season 1
Love, Elections, and Chocolate*
Love Live Seasons 1* and 2*
A Lull in the Sea
No game, no life*
Transformers The Movie*
Shigurui Death Frenzy
Osamu Tezuka's Metropolis
Blood The Last Vampire
Eureka Seven The Movie
Animatrix
Seraph of the End Part 1*
Heroic Legend of Arslan Parts 1* and 2*
Samurai Champloo
Sasami-san @ Ganbaranai
My Neighbor Totoro*
Kiki's Delivery Service*
Only Yesterday*
Tales From Earthsea
Howl's Moving Castle
Arrietty*
The Wind Rises*
The Tales of Princess Kaguya*
When Marnie Was There*
Elfen Lied
Cowboy Bebop The Movie*
Haganai Season 1*
Kokoro Connect and OVAs
Pokemon Arceus and the Jewel of Life*
Pokemon Victini*
Pokemon Kyurem*
Pokemon Genesect*
Pokemon Zoroark*
Short Peace
Sankarea*
Strike Witches Season 1 and 2
OniAi*
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya*


* denotes titles that I have seen prior to buying

There's also a lot of pirated anime to watch as well.
 
wow a lot of people have tooons of stuff to watch xD (as expected) Thanks for sharing!

Rui said:
Contentious question! When picking out a show from your backlog to watch, do you all go first in, first out or just pick the most desirable show first? My friend and I cannot agree on this at all (I am in the latter group).

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I got that dilemma sometimes and it also applies to gaming. But if I have to choose, I would probably go for... something I havent seen yet. When I still have stuff to watch for the first time, I kinda feel like I'm "wasting time" rewatching something when I still I have stuff to see for the first time. I believe I feel good rewatching something when I have watched everything else. Thats my objective actually. I got an excel file with all my titles and the date that I last saw them. This way I keep track of what I still have to see or when it was the last time I saw something. Its like, Sword of the Stranger is one of my favourite movies and last time I did watch it was on the 1st of February 2012. This was around the time that I've started to keep track of everything. And as a favourite movie, I should have seen this more than once in the last 5 years... Gotta admit I've been waiting for a BD release...
 
NoSurprises said:
I tend to make a point to only buy new stuff once I've finished watched existing stuff.
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I reckon there's a lot to be said for this approach. Plus, I'm big on rewatching.

For the first time in a while, I've actually pretty much caught up. I think I've just got Accel World (bought last February) and Soul Eater NOT that I haven't watched yet.

Because of that, though, I've added Kids on the Slope, Gantz and possibly Moribito to my wish list, in terms of shows that are already out.
 
Neil.T said:
I reckon there's a lot to be said for this approach. Plus, I'm big on rewatching.

For the first time in a while, I've actually pretty much caught up. I think I've just got Accel World (bought last February) and Soul Eater NOT that I haven't watched yet.

Because of that, though, I've added Kids on the Slope, Gantz and possibly Moribito to my wish list, in terms of shows that are already out.
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Kids on the Slope, Gantz and Moribito -> All good shows.
 
I just want to get to the point where i'm mostly watching currently streaming shows. Im fine with having a handful of older releases to watch but it is getting harder to find older shows I would like
 
My back log hss gotten quite big. When picking something to watch from my backlog, I generally narrow it down to a few and then flip a coin if I can't decide.
Never seen before DVD
Salaryman kintaro
Ikki Tousen S2 - 4
X
Desert Punk
Pumpkin Scissors
Solty Rei
Love Hina
Witch Hunter Robin
Kurokami
009-1
The End of Evangelion
Heat Guy J
Virus
Baldr Force Exe
Ghost in the Shell sac 1 - 2
Vampire Wars
Among Saga
Dragonaut the Resonance

Never Seen Before Blu-rays
Ponyo
Gankutsuou
The Disappearance of Nagato yuki-chan
Re:Cyborg 009
A Letter to Momo
The Tatami Galaxy
Outlaw Star
Mobile Suit Gundam
Shakugan no Shana S2
Fullmetal Alchemist the Sacred Star of Milos
Devil May Cry
Ghost in the Shell Solid State Society
Escaflowne
Giovanni's Island
From the New World
Muv-luv Alternative Total Eclipse
Shiki
Xam'd lost memories
Ride back
Dance of the Vampire Bund
Night Raid 1931
Casshern SINS
 
crashmatt said:
I just want to get to the point where i'm mostly watching currently streaming shows. Im fine with having a handful of older releases to watch but it is getting harder to find older shows I would like
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Actually I got myself thinking that today and I'm precisely the opposite. I'm having a hard time trying to find something new appealing. From last year I've only watch around 10 shows and they were: Erased, 91 Days, Berserk, Drifters, Showa and Genroku Era Lover's Suicide Through Rakugo and The Perfect Insider. Still watching Durarara x2 the third part. Most shows these days arent appealing as stuff from the 90's and 00's. We are all different and that's a good thing. :)
 
Tried to get through as much backlog as I could during my year out from Uni, but more gets added lol.

Streaming:
  • Konosuba 2 [Simulcast]
  • Sound! Euphonium 2
Blu-ray:
  • Blue Exorcist
  • The Case of Hana & Alice
  • Children Who Chase Lost Voices
  • Danganronpa the Animation
  • The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan
  • ef ~ A Tale of Memories
  • ef ~ A Tale of Melodies
  • Fate/stay night (2006)
  • Free! Eternal Summer
  • Gundam Reconguista in G
  • Gurren Lagann Movie 1: Childhood's End
  • Gurren Lagann Movie 2: The Lights in the Sky are Stars
  • High School DxD BorN
  • Love Live! School Idol Project 2
  • Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions! Heart Throb
  • Mai Mai Miracle
  • Metropolis
  • Nyoron Chuyura-san
  • Outlaw Star
  • Robotics;Notes
  • Psycho Pass 2
  • Psycho Pass: The Movie
  • Seraph of the End -Vampire Reign-: Battle in Nagoya
  • Shakugan no Shana III
  • The Tatami Galaxy
  • The Vision of Escaflowne
  • The Vision of Escaflowne: The Movie
  • Voices of a Distant Star
On-Hold
  • Anohana: The Movie
  • Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa
  • Monogatari series: Second Season
  • Tiger & Bunny: The Rising
Others (streaming, to be determined)
  • Angel Beats! OVAs
  • Assassination Classroom
  • Eureka Seven
  • Eureka Seven AO
  • Fairy Tail
  • Fullmetal Alchemist
  • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
  • Gintama
  • Gourmet Girl Graffiti
  • Maken-Ki! OVAs
  • Maria the Virgin Witch
  • Mikagura School Suite
  • Rurouni Kenshin
  • Sailor Moon
  • UN-GO
 
My backlog is fatal.

All these are ones I'm watching or have yet to watch

.hack//Quantum
3 x 3 Eyes
AD Police Files
Adventures of Mini-Goddess, The
Afro Samurai
Afro Samurai Resurrection
Ah! My Buddah
Ah! My Goddess
Ah! My Goddess: The Movie
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku Dash!
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku TV
Always My Santa!
Ayane's High Kick
Baccano!
Baka to Test Series 1
Battle Skipper
Bayonetta: Bloody Fate
Berserk
Birdy the Mighty
Black Blood Brothers
Black Butler
Black Heaven
Bleach
Blood The Last Vampire
Blood-C: The Last Dark
Blue Seed
Burn Up!
Burst Angel
Busou Renkin
Casshan: Robot Hunter
Casshern Sins
Chrono Crusade
Claymore
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2
Corpse Princess
Crest of the Stars
Dai-Guard
Daphne in the Brilliant Blue
Darker Than Black
Death Note
Desert Punk
Devil Lady
Disgaea
Elemental Gelade
Elfen Lied
E's Otherwise
Eureka Seven
Eureka Seven Ao: Part 1
Eureka Seven Movie 1
Fairy Tail
Fate/stay night: episodes 1-4,6
Final Fantasy Unlimited
FLCL
Full Metal Panic!
Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
Galerians: Rion
GANTZ
Gasaraki
Get Backers
Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Individual Eleven
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig
Godannar
Gun x Sword
Gunbuster 2
Gunslinger Girl
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino
Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino OVA
Guyver - The Bioboosted Armor (2005)
Hellsing Ultimate
Humanoid, The
IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix PART 1
Ikkitousen: Dragon Destiny
InuYasha Series 1
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Karas: the Prohecy
Karas: The Revelation
Kekko Kamen
Kiddy Grade
King of Bandit Jing in Seventh Heaven
Kite
La Blue Girl Returns: Demon Seed
La Blue Girl Returns: Shikima Lust
La Storia Della Arcana Famiglia
Last Exile
Legend of Crystania
Legend of the Overfiend
Legend Of the Overfiend 2: Legend of the Demon Womb
Legend of the Overfiend 3: Return of the overfiend
Legend of the Overfiend 4: Infernal Road
Love Hina Again
Lucky Star
Mahoromatic
Mar
MD Geist
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2009)
Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya
Memories
Mezzo
Millennium Actress
Mnemosyne
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED
Mouse
My-Hime
Naruto
Naruto Shippuden
Naruto the Movie 2: Legend of the Stone of Gelel
Naruto the Movie 3: Guardians of the Crescent Moon Kingdom
Negima Summer Specials
Neo Ranga
New Cutey Honey
New Gall Force
Noein
Noir
Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan Part 1
One Piece
Orguss 02
Origin: Spirits of the Past
Otogi Zoshi
Paprika
Planetes
Princess Mononoke
Project A-Ko
Psychic Wars
Psycho Diver: Soul Siren
Ranma 1/2
Ranma 1/2 OVA
Ranma 1/2: The Movie - Big Trouble in Nekonron, China
Ranma 1/2: The Movie 2 - Nihao My Concubine
Read or Die
Read Or Die TV
Record of Lodoss War OVA
Record of Lodoss War: Chronicles of the Heroic Knight
Red Hawk: Weapon Of Death
Ride Back
Robotech: The Macross Saga
Robotech: The Masters
Robotech: The New Generation
Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles
Ruin Explorers
Sakura Diaries
Samurai 7
Samurai Girls
Samurai Gun
Samurai X Reflections
Samurai X The Movie
Samurai X Trust and Betrayal
Sekirei
Shakugan no Shana
She: Another Love Song
She: The Ultimate Weapon
Sky Blue
Slayers Evolution-R
Slayers Excellent
Slayers Gorgeous
Slayers Great
Slayers Next
Slayers Premium
Slayers Return
Slayers Revolution
Slayers Try
Slayers: The Book of Spells
Sol Bianca: The Legacy
Sorcerer Hunters
Speed Grapher
Spiral
Squid Girl
Starship Operators
Steamboy
Stratos 4
Sword Art Online Part 1
Sword for Truth
Tactics
Tenchi Movie 3: Tenchi Forever
Tenchi The Movie 2: The Daughter Of Darkness
Tenchi The Movie: Tenchi Muyo! In Love
Tenchi Universe
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Texhnolyze
The Girl Who Leapt Through Space
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
The Peacekeeper
The Place Promised In Our Early Days
The World God Only Knows Part 1
The World of Narue
Tokko
Tokyo Babylon
Vampire Knight
Vampire Wars
Voices of a Distant Star
Witch Hunter Robin
Wolf's Rain
X TV
XXXHOLiC

Also

Sakura Wars TV
Nadia and the Secret of Blue Water TV
NGE 3.33
 
They're all on disk. I got there very quick a long time ago. Have only bought about 5-6 new titles in the last 7-8 years. The rest (if you check their release dates) are pre 2010 and the most are pre 2005 (there being a near even split of pre and post millenium).

When I gained some independence I went nuts. Eventually it caught up and I slowed down.

P.S I'm also very old school in that I prefer physical media to digital. Also, if it means anything. The total number of anime in the collection is over 320 titles.
 
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