| i rarely see other anime, but everyshonen jump its allways a full few seconds of pre opening full minute of recap for the previous episode, then the opening then the actual new stuff. then ed credits |
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| Normally so they don't catch up to the manga. Hence filler and flashbacks to last episode. |
hazarddex said: i rarely see other anime, but everyshonen jump its allways a full few seconds of pre opening full minute of recap for the previous episode, then the opening then the actual new stuff. then ed credits To remind you of important things that have happened which are relevant to events in this episode which you may have forgotten about if it's been a week since you saw the last episode? Also to fill time. It's not as bad as American 'reality' shows and stuff like Ultimate Warrior I remember when I checked a few eps of that out and the structure was Stuff that's gonna be in this episode Introduction to stuff Stuff we are going to do Recap of intduction of stuff doing stuff Preview of stuff we are goig to do recap of stuff we did do stuff preview of stuff we're going to do recap of stuff we did etc. Then near the end a complete recap of everything that happened in the pisode before the final verdict. I swear there was only 10 minutes of actual content in a 1 hour show. |
siccoyoteFeb 26, 2019 10:53 PM
siccoyote said: hazarddex said: i rarely see other anime, but everyshonen jump its allways a full few seconds of pre opening full minute of recap for the previous episode, then the opening then the actual new stuff. then ed credits To remind you of important things that have happened which are relevant to events in this episode which you may have forgotten about if it's been a week since you saw the last episode? Also to fill time. It's not as bad as American 'reality' shows and stuff like Ultimate Warrior I remember when I checked a few eps of that out and the structure was Stuff that's gonna be in this episode Introduction to stuff Stuff we are going to do Recap of intduction of stuff doing stuff Preview of stuff we are goig to do recap of stuff we did do stuff preview of stuff we're going to do recap of stuff we did etc. Then near the end a complete recap of everything that happened in the pisode before the final verdict. I swear there was only 10 minutes of actual content in a 1 hour show. ya no we don't need a recap to remember what happened last week were not toddlers. |
| "among monsters and humans, there are only two types. Those who undergo suffering and spread it to others. And those who undergo suffering and avoid giving it to others." -Alice “Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them; and each mind perceives a different beauty.” David Hume “Evil is created when someone gives up on someone else. It appears when everyone gives up on someone as a lost cause and removes their path to salvation. Once they are cut off from everyone else, they become evil.” -Othinus |
| You should use word "precious" differently here. Yap they are saving precious time with recaps to fill full episode time count :) because if they don't do it then we will rather have smaller amount of episodes. More of that you should "hate" industry for not making "writers room" there. They totally should do like they are doin in USA with comic book TV adaptations. Or they just shouldn't "order" manga/light novel to series when it has short amount of story revealed, they should wait longer. And then re-think all and build it better. One of worst things is that there are a lot of good series that ended too fast with only 13 episodes of S1. It never should be "one and done" theory here because most of anime should either have one season with 23 episodes or 2 seasons with 13 episodes each. |
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| Because the creators of these anime gain amusement and personal gratification from torturing their viewers. |
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| I'm pretty sure I've watched 10 episodes worth of recap solely from the beginning of every HxH episode. People who watch shonen don't have the attention span nor brain capacity to remember what happened in the last episode and therefore the recaps are entirely necessary for its audience. |
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| Um..what do you mean precious time? Plus if it bothers you just skip the recap or ops or eds or flashbacks or whatever. |
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junmisugi said: One of worst things is that there are a lot of good series that ended too fast with only 13 episodes of S1. It never should be "one and done" theory here because most of anime should either have one season with 23 episodes or 2 seasons with 13 episodes each. I agree it is time for season 2 of Witchcraft Works CapedBaldy-sama said: Um..what do you mean precious time? Plus if it bothers you just skip the recap or ops or eds or flashbacks or whatever. Yeah I watched the whole of Death Note without any Ops Eds Previews or Recaps. When I had finished the show I watched the op, didn't like it, glad I hadn't been watching it, would ruin the mood. |
siccoyoteFeb 26, 2019 11:03 PM
| Money saver & yeah, because they don't catch up with the Manga. |
| Because anime airs on TV in Japan... |
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| To make money spending less. and it is a shounen, no one is really interested in the story... they just wanna see meaningless fights, and the hot girl flirting with the MC. and it is a well of material for the indie artists, cuz shounen always have a lot of hot girls. |
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| Are you taking about long-runners like One Piece? In some cases the volume of recap gets out of hand to save time and basically functions as filler, but in general a quick recap of where the show is at is nice and useful in case you need to refresh your memory. Which can easily happen if you watch in on japanese TV but don't get to catch every episode, or if you save up episodes for months until you binge them like I do with One Piece. Remember, these shows are not generally meant to be binged, they're meant to air on TV so people can catch an episode whenever they can, and it's nice to know where the story is at when you do. For the most part the recap is there for people who did not get to watch the previous episode(s) so pretty much all the complaints in this thread are void because they're based on having seen the last episode. zBluee said: To make money spending less. and it is a shounen, no one is really interested in the story... they just wanna see meaningless fights, and the hot girl flirting with the MC. and it is a well of material for the indie artists, cuz shounen always have a lot of hot girls. Please stop pretending to know why people like something, it's embarassing to watch. You obviously have no idea what makes battle shounen so popular. |
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| Reuse of old footage means they don't have to spend time, money, and effort to animate new material. Wasting time is also beneficial to them in delaying catching up to the manga and running out of material to adapt, which usually results in filler. I know what you mean though, that kind of stuff is super annoying as a viewer, even when you are watching weekly. It really kills a show's momentum for me. |
KruszerFeb 27, 2019 4:40 AM
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| It is called padding...also those show tend to be very long so recaping is somehow practical. |
| It's not specifically because they're Shounen Jump series, but because they're long running shows. They have to fill as much time with as little content as they can, because if they catch up to the source material they'd have to do much worse things like insanely misplaced filler, or even deviating from the source material and having an anime-original ending. All the dumb and bad decisions aren't made for the hell of it, they're made for that reason specifically. Imagine having an anime that is caught up to the manga. You need AT LEAST 2 chapters of the manga to make an episode of the anime, if you only use a single chapter, the pacing will be HORRENDOUS. If the anime is caught up, then in one week the studio has to make an episode with minimal content. Recaps are annoying, but they're more desirable than what'll happen to many of these shows if they're gone. It's what happened with Fullmetal Alchemist, the manga was not completed when the original anime came out, so they were forced to change the anime into it's own thing. |
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| Most recap do is to save time, delaying the catch up from its source (manga) and functions as a filler, in a way. But there's no denying that a recap is useful if you need to refresh some important plot points. |
| Because most people is dumb, they need recaps and the things explained at least 4 times, if not the plot is confusing and the show is shitty. |
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OnionKnightRises said: You need AT LEAST 2 chapters of the manga to make an episode of the anime, if you only use a single chapter, the pacing will be HORRENDOUS. You mean like One Piece has been doing since the Dressrosa Arc? (or so i've been told?) |
| Some are worse than others. I don't have a problem with a quick 30 sec recap. But, I remember Bleach not even starting until 6 minutes into the episode during the latter half of the Arrancar Arc. That's ridiculous. |
| Yeah but not all the Shonen Jump anime does that. You should say Shonen Jump battle shonen, because I didn't see a recap in Nisekoi, To LOVE-Ru, Shokugeki no Souma etc. |
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| Shounen Jump shows are usually long running shows so in order to save costs/catching up to the manga albeit only saving a few mins here and there it does add up in the grand scheme of things |
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LiedElfen said: CapedBaldy-sama said: Um..what do you mean precious time? Plus if it bothers you just skip the recap or ops or eds or flashbacks or whatever. The time is the most precious thing we have so i think that he meant that they make their audience lose precious minutes of their lives with recaps. Who are we kidding here? Unless you mean in that few minutes we could rather watch some other anime, right? |
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Stygian_Prisoner said: OnionKnightRises said: You need AT LEAST 2 chapters of the manga to make an episode of the anime, if you only use a single chapter, the pacing will be HORRENDOUS. You mean like One Piece has been doing since the Dressrosa Arc? (or so i've been told?) I guess so, I've only watched up to like episode 40 of One Piece. Wouldn't surprise me if one episode only used one chapter |
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| I'm not sure if this applies only with shonen anime, But i know it is appreciated when an anime has a bit of stuff after the credits, and then the recap before the next one covers that bit of stuff in case you didn't stick around after the credits on the last episode. |
Pullman said: zBluee said: and it is a shounen, no one is really interested in the story... they just wanna see meaningless fights, and the hot girl flirting with the MC. You obviously have no idea what makes battle shounen so popular. Then what makes shounen so popular?! People always discussing about fights "more than everything else". They always say that guy is the coolest character ever and they say see how powerful he (or she) is. Even an anime like HxH which doesn't have good fights people just say see how cool is Hisoka or Killua (btw I still haven't completed HxH). But I say the opposite about hot girls. Sure harem shounen have hot girls but other than that shounen characters are partly made for fujoshi fans and it has some fanservice for them... |
| More than anything it's that it makes it easier for people to keep watching these long running shows even if they missed last weeks episode on tv. There's also time constraints, since these shows are made on a way more strict schedule than your average one cour anime or alike. |
| Because they want the series to run as long as possible while being as slow as possible. |
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