I remember showcasing it (Byousoku) to two audiences, and the former wasn’t really that “into” it or appreciative, and the other practically spellbound and enraptured. It’s good to a) Know your audience b) Pick your audience c) Make sure they respect you/the show enough to actually stfu and watch the thing instead of making wisecracks or asking stupid questions randomly (but the latter depends on the average IQ of said group). A lack of all three means failure.

I’d show movies, but TV series… meh, too much of an effort. Both time-wise and time-spent-convincing-said-friends-that-it’s-worth-it.

I was wondering whether or not someone would make a joke of that variety. Oh well.

There is definitely a difference between watching shows by oneself or with others, and when I was in college in it’s anime club, when choosing shows to show during the year, we always had to consider if the show was something that a group can enjoy, since there are some really good animes for personal watching, but that doesn’t necessarily translate to a really good anime for the group to watch. More often than not, I’d say that when a group watches anime, it’s for purely entertainment purposes, hence the MST3King moments when stuff that “isn’t entertaining” shows up. Watching for yourself can also be mainly for entertainment, but it’s more personal, so you could be trying to get something out the anime as more than just for superficial satisfaction. :P