| What I mean by this is anime that are in the "hundreds of episodes" or "hundreds of eps and still counting" mark ala Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, FT, etc. How do you feel in particular about the length of those types of anime. Do you feel it works for or against the story-telling? |
| I like them but I'm not nearly as infatuated with the idea of these kinda anime as I used to be, so I won't bother to marathon any more of them after I eventually finish Gintama. I'll stick to smaller episode counts. For stuff like One Piece and the way it's story plays out, the episode count is definitely a plus for it's story-telling, though this is still at the cost of some rather snooze-worthy pacing at certain times, especially post time-skip. |
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| I may not be a fan, but I suppose that One Piece is an example of a long-running shounen anime keeping the attention of the fan base consistently. However, keeping attention is not the same as keeping up quality. My personal opinion is that stories can't really be that long without impacting negatively. A story that can be told properly in a shorter amount of time is of a higher quality to me. For example, a 12 episode anime that is really moving, verses "it takes 9000 episodes to get good". I'm just not into it. |
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| It tends to work against them because of all the filler, I think if they stopped adding filler more people might prefer longer over shorter. I personally love long running anime. |
| There's shows that work, and not work. I find One Piece really helps, as the "filler" didnt feel like filler to me, but more like it's supposed to be there, part of the story. Naruto on the other hand ... it feels extremely filler'ish? - examples would be the missions they keep getting which didnt have anything to do with what happened before or after. There are some filler episodes that were good, Kakashi filler arc f.e. |
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| Long running series are usually good. I say this because you start to familiarize the characters more, and it's always interesting to watch the development of those characters further in the series. But the main problem is, that long running series have a lot of fillers. The first example is Shippuden. It's a good series, (although the manga is crap) but the fillers decerase the quality of that anime. I mean, the animators make better animation in fillers than in canon, it's crazy |
| There is only so much original and entertaining ideas you can come up with for one anime. In my opinion, the longer they run, the worst they tend to get. |
| I think whenever you start writing a work of fiction, you should already know you're going to end it. As long as you stay true to that goal, then most things can work out. However if you just start making things up as you go along, it will almost always drop in quality before long. As far as super long stuff goes, it doesn't necessarily have to fall into that second category, but I think there's an overwhelming risk of it at least. This doesn't just go for anime, but all kinds of fiction and media. Though of course if it's from some sort of plotless genre like pure comedy, then the journey is all that really matters rather than the ending in which case this way of thinking doesn't really apply as much. |
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| I like some of them. Good thread... |
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tsudecimo said: I like some of them. Good thread... |
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tsudecimo said: I like some of them. Good thread... What's the point of posting that, other than telling him you're an ass. |
| I'm pointing out, that there is no discussion going on here, or something to discuss. The OP didn't bother writing a proper opening post, he only picked long running shounens, and so far every reply have been stereotypical and doesn't leave much room for meaningful discussion. Everybody can, and might answer the questions he asked, without some sort of discussion stirring up, hence the lack of effort in my post, and the sarcastic remark. |
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tsudecimo said: I'm pointing out, that there is no discussion going on here, or something to discuss. The OP didn't bother writing a proper opening post, he only picked long running shounens, and so far every reply have been stereotypical and doesn't leave much room for meaningful discussion. Everybody can, and might answer the questions he asked, without some sort of discussion stirring up, hence the lack of effort in my post, and the sarcastic remark. Apparently the people above you disagree? If you were looking for a good discussion maybe you should try to get the ball rolling with something you think is "meaningful" then. |
| As long as I like the storyline and character development then I welcome long series. Lets face it, if the series is extremely terrible then most people would probably quit after giving the series a few episodes. |
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| They're okay, depending on the cast and story. |
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| I have no problem with them as long as they would have a proper ending unlike Bleach. I don't know what shit took place but the anime adaptation stopped and the manga is still running. I hope this won't happen to One Piece. Unfortunately HxH fell victim to this but that only because it lacks source material. |
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| If they're enjoyable all the way I don't have a problem with long, but it makes it far harder to start a show |
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Grunbeld said: Only 2 are masterpieces And what are those? |
| I generally like them. They help give me something to look forward to each and every week. |
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ExtraZero said: Grunbeld said: Only 2 are masterpieces And what are those? i believe hxh 2011 and one piece |
| Remove the filler episodes and they're actually good. |
| I like long running series. |
ExtraZero said: Grunbeld said: Only 2 are masterpieces And what are those? Hunter, and of course, Hunter. That's why we ship them as Hunter x Hunter. |
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D1C3M4N said: tsudecimo said: I'm pointing out, that there is no discussion going on here, or something to discuss. The OP didn't bother writing a proper opening post, he only picked long running shounens, and so far every reply have been stereotypical and doesn't leave much room for meaningful discussion. Everybody can, and might answer the questions he asked, without some sort of discussion stirring up, hence the lack of effort in my post, and the sarcastic remark. Apparently the people above you disagree? If you were looking for a good discussion maybe you should try to get the ball rolling with something you think is "meaningful" then. You missed my point. And this meta talk is not gonna help this thread. |
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| I like them but it's unfortunate when they drop in quality. I love the One Piece manga but I only really enjoyed the anime up until the end of the WB war. After that the pacing started slacking, but I think that's more-so the studio's fault. |
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| They're great, generally better than shorter anime. And they usually make their length work for them. With some anime like One Piece I don't even think you could compress it to under 200 episodes and still have it work the same. You also get very attached to the characters which leads to better drama moments and an all around better connection with the series. Their slower pace and structure make it very easy to marathon too. On top of that they provide a good anime to watch every week for years acting as something to look forward to. |
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| I like a good amount of these long runners (namely PoT, ES21, Conan, Uchuu Kyoudai, Major). Most of these had the benefit of having more episodes than the normal two cour anime. Sometimes length could be a good thing. More time with your favourite characters, more time to grow...etc. lm_L said: If they're enjoyable all the way I don't have a problem with long, but it makes it far harder to start a show ^ |
| i dont mind them, LOGH is actually one of my fav anime |
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| The longer the better Like Stargate |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| I geuss i used to like them more before, i try to avoid watching anime that pass 200 eps, although i am watching gintama currently :/ If they dont have annoying fillers then its fine. |
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| I like them if they can go at a good pace without too many fillers. Anime series like Hunter x Hunter 2011is a good example. If it had been shorter then it would have missed out on more details and been boring. |
| I like them if they can go at a good pace without too many fillers. Anime series like Hunter x Hunter 2011is a good example. If it had been shorter then it would have missed out on more details and been boring. |
| They're great but they take dedication and motivation to watch. I mean, I used to watch them all the time, I watched Naruto, FT, op etc. I still watch one piece but I can't start other ones. I know i'll eventually watch Gintama and Legend of the Galactic heroes but the episode count is demotivating. |
| Raise it up, raise up the happiness. |
| I feel that they are long. |
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| It works if the pace is well done. |
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JumpinJackCrash said: [AGREE] | [DISAGREE]They're objectively better than short-running anime. There's also not enough of them currently airing. |
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| ~300 episodes and under: sure thats fine, Ill watch. One Piece: lemme know when something happens but fuck watching/reading it. |
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ScazoN said: JumpinJackCrash said: [AGREE] | [DISAGREE]They're objectively better than short-running anime. There's also not enough of them currently airing. +1 |
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| Well... IMO some of these anime are actually enjoyable, like Naruto, mostly because the story expressed in even more impact and much easier to understand than the manga especially in the recent arc... tho those filler episodes kinda ticked me off since they took like 10-15 episodes until they continue to the main story... All I can say is long running anime are decent enough, but can get boring later on... |
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JD2411 said: size queens will claim otherwisethey're no different than short anime; some are good and some are bad. |
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| Pros: Lots of Episodes Cons: Lots of Episodes Basically most of these big animes have been going on for years and they still aren't finished, which is a bit frustrating of course. Then again you can watch it every week but I prefer binge watching. In animes such as Naruto probably near half of the anime is fillers which I got tired of eventually |
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justvincexd said: It's different if you actually like long running series and enjoy them.Pros: Lots of Episodes Cons: Lots of Episodes Basically most of these big animes have been going on for years and they still aren't finished, which is a bit frustrating of course. Then again you can watch it every week but I prefer binge watching. In animes such as Naruto probably near half of the anime is fillers which I got tired of eventually Pros : Lots of episodes Cons : Ending* :/ |
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| I prefer my anime short and sweet. Long running anime is not for me. |
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