Currently Airing Anime

Because judging by what other people pick to see I can make my own list. Hell, I follow one, two or... three shows each season and that's a lot for me. So these people's judgement is clearly better than mine, personal bias aside, and that's why I like to read what, for example, Dyxanije (who has pretty much the same tastes in anime I have), Joe, Spidey, madanthony, Salguod or even you want to watch.

I have the time to watch the first episode of every airing show, so I guess it's different. Though you'd be missing out on a lot of underrated gems...

It makes for good idle chatter I guess.

 Ramblings

Chartpapaya's charts are usually my first look at what's coming up. I pretty much never dig around in advance, so it's kind of exciting. Pictures and summary are frequently enough to give me a sense of genre. Seeing as I'm incredibly hit and miss on romance and slice-of-life, these charts give me enough to know what to ignore in the beginning, and what to at least give a shot. Even if I ignore it, once it actually starts I might pick it up based on what others are saying here or the occassional editorial feature thing they do on ANN i.e. Kannagi. Studios and former projects are informative too. I would've glazed over Yojo-han Shinwa Taikei in my list if I didn't see "directed by the creator of Kaiba" in there. In terms of other's lists, I would've have known Black Rock Shooter was coming out if no one else had mentioned it. So at the very least, I skim other lists for info like this. It's not so much "I'm judging the entirety of this show based on a picture and a sentence" as "based on minimal info and my existing knowledge of what I [dis]like as well as the habits and projects of studios and previous shows I'm going to try out the following shows next season, then I will reassess based on the first few episodes and consider other shows based on what I'm hearing from other people". Nothing is set in stone here.

But really, it's just something to post about, which makes my epenis bigger, which makes me feel better, so why keep it to myself? And isn't that what the internet is all about?

I often (or rather, usually) find myself going against the crowd in anime, so much of what you do can't apply to me. I base my judgment of anime on database scores (if a lot of people like/hate it, there must be something there...) and my own experience.

I keep my own picks to myself because I know I'll be watching something else in the future. I mean if I'm going to post something, I might as well say something meaningful rather than something I know is totally useless and uninteresting.

EDIT:
Sora no Woto 06
Loved how this episode tied everything together. Slightly reminiscent of Haruhi and Baccano's ways of storytelling.