| The problem seems more to be your inexperience with the medium, not in the way of being an insult, but you just have not yet seen what can be done. It actually seems almost the opposite, to where series should be reasonably long to even have a proper chance at being incredible. I've always found the strongest type of anime/manga to be what has the viewer feel as if they have already lived lifetimes upon completion, and this is something that most brief titles seem nearly outright incapable of by nature, them being much more suited to tightly-written, concise narratives. Incrementally building something up over dozens and dozens of episodes is something I've seen anime succeed quite well at. Around 50-episodes give or take is a golden standard, which still is not too long, but is enough time to provide a worthwhile experience without becoming overlong and dragging on forever. This is not to say that long and great are synonymous here as there are plenty of awful long-running titles. This also is not to say that that shorter titles cannot be good. Seasonal 1-cours generally seem to have it the absolute worst, often not being able to match the highs of anime films in terms of visual presentation and lack the breadth of episodes required to capitalize on being memorable in making the most of being a series. Good anime films and 2 or even 3-cour series are far more numerous on the other hand. Character attachment is seemingly non-existent with most anime films and 1-cours given how little time there is to actually build that attachment, and upon completion they often fade from memory incredibly fast, to where series which run seemingly forever stick much better. There are exceptions of course, examples like Ping Pong, or Lain, which manage to achieve a fair bit in a short amount of time while presenting things in an interesting manner, but in terms of actual memorability and the potential of what can be achieved, even the best of shorter titles can hardly stand in the way of the best of long-running works. Who needs 50 seasonal 1-cours when a single show can be more valuable than all of them put together? Every single one of my favorite anime/manga barring Texhnolyze are overall at least on the medium-length to longer-side so if you want to experience the potential of long-running titles, you can give them a try. |
KonakanaJan 18, 2020 2:02 PM
| I couldn't agree more, and I'm so glad these shows aren't as dominant in anime as they used to be, when it comes to long stories the best way to adapt is to cut it down to seasons. You have less bullshit filler episodes, which means the anime looks much less intimidating to newcomers, you let the manga keep being ahead of the anime, which once again avoids filler, and one important thing, is that you give the studio more time to work on each episode, usually resulting in a much better looking anime. This is eapecially true to shounens where the stories are usually very long, and newer shounen series like haikyuu, jojo, Dr stone, demon slayer, attack on titan and my hero academia (and so many more) have benefited from this greatly Meanwhile you have animes like one piece, fairly tail, naruto, bleach and more recently black clover, which have been filled with these problems I talked about earlier of bad pacing and production problems (not even talking about how intimidating 300 eps look) The only times I think these long shows could work is if they are just adapting the full story without filler, and don't make it too long like full metal alchemist brotherhood or death note or be a more comedic anime in its nature like gintama (which by itself has the problem of scaring away newcomers with its size) |
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Konakana said: Seasonal 1-cours generally seem to have it the absolute worst, often not being able to match the highs of anime films in terms of visual presentation and lack the breadth of episodes required to capitalize on being memorable in making the most of being a series. Good anime films and 2 or even 3-cour series are far more numerous on the other hand. Character attachment is seemingly non-existent with most anime films and 1-cours given how little time there is to actually build that attachment, and upon completion they often fade from memory incredibly fast, to where series which run seemingly forever stick much better. ... but in terms of actual memorability and the potential of what can be achieved, even the best of shorter titles can hardly stand in the way of the best of long-running works. Who needs 50 seasonal 1-cours when a single show can be more valuable than all of them put together? While I agree with whole of your post, about shorter anime you can always "rewatch" them so you get attached to the series. With 2 or 3 times rewatching a 1-cour or a movie, you get much attached to the characters that I don't think any long show can get you this much attached and after rewatching you also know many details of story and every other thing about it and forever (or for a long time) it sticks in your mind and even if it fades away it just takes around 5 hours to complete it again and now your attachment gets back. But you still have a point and that's shorter anime give you a limited of experiences and situations while longer shows give a broader (and yeah absolutely better) experience. I can get the attachment to the series and characters for longer shows are better but I don't get how longer shows can be more memorable. I'm still a newbie but in this more than 2 years since I started watching anime any longer titles I watch (or read) aren't more memorable for me and after some time I have forgotten the most parts of an anime I even enjoyed. Yes there is parts which I probably never forget but that's also common for shorter titles I enjoyed so I don't know how anyone say longer shows are memorable but shorter shows fade away after a time. Like I don't know how anybody can memorize every arc of one piece but forget the first arc of the promised neverland (just an example) because it was only 12 episodes... [my whole post was because of this chart] Interesting chart and this is probably weird to you but I never watched an episode nor played any games of Pokemon and literally don't know anything about it and this is a stupid question but can I start from Sun and Moon?! Konakana said: There's a major difference between re-watching the same same show a dozen times and experiencing a single, continuing narrative that spans dozens of episodes. The latter allows time for characters to properly shine, the time spent with them undergoing development and revealing various facets of themselves is allowed by a breadth of episodes. Someone could watch say, Sora Yori multiple times and manage to like its cast more, but 1-cours can only dream of doing what is provided by 126-episodes of Ashita no Joe, or 214-episodes of Ojamajo Doremi in terms of their characters for example, the latter of which in particular can only manage its immense scope due in part to its episode count. Hmm, you're right, completely agree. In terms of memorability, I'm not speaking to memorizing every single scene of a show, moreso the overall work put together in what it manages to do, and its impact over a long period of time. 12-episodes is generally not enough to provide long-lasting impact unless the show just happens to do something so extraordinary that it's unforgettable. One could remember the plot-details of The Promised Neverland's adaptation if they're asked to come back to it for whatever reason, yet never think about the show again outside of that. Consistency of good episode after good episode for dozens and dozens of episodes sticks much better and has a greater chance to leave a sizable impression on the viewer so that they'll actually think about the show on a regular basis. The accumulation of good episodes lends itself for things to blend together as a cohesive journey, and it is precisely that blending which allows the viewer to feel that, "wow, so much has happened." The fewer episodes something has, the more vital it is for each individual episode to be strong, with disastrous consequences if such happens to not be the case, given each piece is a larger % of the whole. Longer shows have a little bit more breathing room to potentially have a few weaker episodes given a single episode only amounts to ~1/100 of the show's entirety. One good episode may not be all that much, but followed by dozens and dozens of other good episodes, and suddenly, a journey is formed and show feels much greater than the sum of its parts. Fair enough, but there are persons thinking about The Promised Neverland if not everyday, they think about it every week and adore it and I think the examples are different for each person; Personally I think about Suzumiya Haruhi and Madoka Magica a lot but you still have a point because I'm thinking about 2 shows among 200 but for longer shows "probably" I think about all of them (obviously if I enjoyed it). Starting with Sun and Moon should be fine. While the show still references things from previous seasons, such as old characters returning and whatnot, it basically begins anew anyway as Pokemon generally does. Thanks! I don't think I watch it soon but it's in my priorities now... |
mhkrJan 20, 2020 1:58 AM
mhkr said: Konakana said: Seasonal 1-cours generally seem to have it the absolute worst, often not being able to match the highs of anime films in terms of visual presentation and lack the breadth of episodes required to capitalize on being memorable in making the most of being a series. Good anime films and 2 or even 3-cour series are far more numerous on the other hand. Character attachment is seemingly non-existent with most anime films and 1-cours given how little time there is to actually build that attachment, and upon completion they often fade from memory incredibly fast, to where series which run seemingly forever stick much better. ... but in terms of actual memorability and the potential of what can be achieved, even the best of shorter titles can hardly stand in the way of the best of long-running works. Who needs 50 seasonal 1-cours when a single show can be more valuable than all of them put together? While I agree with whole of your post, about shorter anime you can always "rewatch" them so you get attached to the series. With 2 or 3 times rewatching a 1-cour or a movie, you get much attached to the characters that I don't think any long show can get you this much attached and after rewatching you also know many details of story and every other thing about it and forever (or for a long time) it sticks in your mind and even if it fades away it just takes around 5 hours to complete it again and now your attachment gets back. But you still have a point and that's shorter anime give you a limited of experiences and situations while longer shows give a broader (and yeah absolutely better) experience. I can get the attachment to the series and characters for longer shows are better but I don't get how longer shows can be more memorable. I'm still a newbie but in this more than 2 years since I started watching anime any longer titles I watch (or read) aren't more memorable for me and after some time I have forgotten the most parts of an anime I even enjoyed. Yes there is parts which I probably never forget but that's also common for shorter titles I enjoyed so I don't know how anyone say longer shows are memorable but shorter shows fade away after a time. Like I don't know how anybody can memorize every arc of one piece but forget the first arc of the promised neverland (just an example) because it was only 12 episodes... [my whole post was because of this chart] Interesting chart and this is probably weird to you but I never watched an episode nor played any games of Pokemon and literally don't know anything about it and this is a stupid question but can I start from Sun and Moon?! There's a major difference between re-watching the same same show a dozen times and experiencing a single, continuing narrative that spans dozens of episodes. The latter allows time for characters to properly shine, the time spent with them undergoing development and revealing various facets of themselves is allowed by a breadth of episodes. Someone could watch say, Sora Yori multiple times and manage to like its cast more, but 1-cours can only dream of doing what is provided by 126-episodes of Ashita no Joe, or 214-episodes of Ojamajo Doremi in terms of their characters for example, the latter of which in particular can only manage its immense scope due in part to its episode count. In terms of memorability, I'm not speaking to memorizing every single scene of a show, moreso the overall work put together in what it manages to do, and its impact over a long period of time. 12-episodes is generally not enough to provide long-lasting impact unless the show just happens to do something so extraordinary that it's unforgettable. One could remember the plot-details of The Promised Neverland's adaptation if they're asked to come back to it for whatever reason, yet never think about the show again outside of that. Consistency of good episode after good episode for dozens and dozens of episodes sticks much better and has a greater chance to leave a sizable impression on the viewer so that they'll actually think about the show on a regular basis. The accumulation of good episodes lends itself for things to blend together as a cohesive journey, and it is precisely that blending which allows the viewer to feel that, "wow, so much has happened." The fewer episodes something has, the more vital it is for each individual episode to be strong, with disastrous consequences if such happens to not be the case, given each piece is a larger % of the whole. Longer shows have a little bit more breathing room to potentially have a few weaker episodes given a single episode only amounts to ~1/100 of the show's entirety. One good episode may not be all that much, but followed by dozens and dozens of other good episodes, and suddenly, a journey is formed and show feels much greater than the sum of its parts. Starting with Sun and Moon should be fine. While the show still references things from previous seasons, such as old characters returning and whatnot, it basically begins anew anyway as Pokemon generally does. |
KonakanaJan 19, 2020 6:53 PM
So far 921 episodes of One Piece have been aired. With a total of 103 reported filler episodes, One Piece has a low filler percentage of 11%. https://www.animefillerlist.com/shows/one-piece |
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| Long running anime are, or at least can be, great. Naruto is objectively the greatest anime of all time, and that's largely in part to all the amount of time it had to develop the world, characters and plot. |
| Lolicons are scum. BABYMETAL is more metal than Metallica. Naruto is objectively the best anime ever. HxH 99' is decent. HxH 11' is bad. |
| I agree with your criticisms of a lot of long running animes. But I wouldn't write something off just because its long running. They're not Japanese anime but South Park. American Dad, and Family Guy are all very long running shows and are basically classics now. I don't think anybody has a problem with their length. That being said, I think it takes a much more compelling story and far more creativity to make a long running TV show good than it does to make a short one good. And I find it especially impressive when a long show is still extremely good after 100 episodes. So I disagree with the assertion that having 120+ episodes automatically knocks it out of the running for a 10/10 rating. I'd say if a show can still keep you on the edge of your seat and you can't wait for the next episode and the show is 120+ episodes, that that takes some real talent on the part of the writers and a very strong story concept. That being said, I do think a lot of long running shows are made long just for the sake of it. And when this happens you often find that the show noticeably diminishes in quality over time. |
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| i agree with you and prefer seasonal better, though im not hating a long running anime just i dont watch them. the only one i watch from the start till end with 100+ episodes is Hunter X Hunter, as for Naruto im skipping a lot and only watch the fights that i have seen in the manga. if only long-running anime is like HxH, then i dont mind following them |
zalapenoJan 19, 2020 7:32 PM
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ArabianLuffy said: So far 921 episodes of One Piece have been aired. With a total of 103 reported filler episodes, One Piece has a low filler percentage of 11%. https://www.animefillerlist.com/shows/one-piece Yeah One piece actually has a pretty short amount of filler especially post TS.The most common complaint is still the bad pacing of the anime. |
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| I prefer 12-25 episode anime as well, but I feel like you're being a bit unfair. Yes, 12-25 episode anime don't get dragged out as often as 100+ episodes of an anime, but that doesn't mean everyone's gonna prefer a concise show. Even if I consider shorter anime better, I still see longer running anime have certain things shorter shows don't, so it's unreasonable to say shows shouldn't be allowed to be a 10/10 just for not being seasonal. I think One Piece is shit, but if someone feels genuine joy from watching it then I'm happy they're watching it, they can get to seasonal anime after they've caught up or are taking a break. Shouldn't give up something you enjoy just because there could be something better, take it at your own pace. Also, some shows being filler heavy doesn't mean all of them are, some shows actually have content in there runtime and genuinely do need that long running status to tell a longer story, not just to milk the show for more dosh. Some like Gintama not only have content, but the fillers are damn fun as well to the point you can't even tell what's a filler, it'll all make you laugh just the same. |
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Missaliensan said: Yeah One piece actually has a pretty short amount of filler especially post TS.The most common complaint is still the bad pacing of the anime. Bad pacing of the anime? I don't understand this part. The anime goes exactly as the manga. If the anime reached close to the manga, Toei would need to make filler episodes, so that the manga can keep ahead dozens of episodes. Or you mean Toei stretch an arc by adding some scenes that never happened in the manga like Hancock fantasizing her marriage of Luffy during Marineford arc. Either way, I prefer the manga over the anime, because if there are some panels that aren't exciting/important, the anime quality drops. Unless it's some big fight: Luffy vs Doflamingo Luffy vs Katakuri and stuff like that, they rise up the budget of animation. |
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ArabianLuffy said: Missaliensan said: Yeah One piece actually has a pretty short amount of filler especially post TS.The most common complaint is still the bad pacing of the anime. Bad pacing of the anime? I don't understand this part. The anime goes exactly as the manga. If the anime reached close to the manga, Toei would need to make filler episodes, so that the manga can keep ahead dozens of episodes. Or you mean Toei stretch an arc by adding some scenes that never happened in the manga like Hancock fantasizing her marriage of Luffy during Marineford arc. Either way, I prefer the manga over the anime, because if there are some panels that aren't exciting/important, the anime quality drops. Unless it's some big fight: Luffy vs Doflamingo Luffy vs Katakuri and stuff like that, they rise up the budget of animation. The most recently example was the episode with the luffy's fight against urashima(the sumo guy).That episode was ridiculously stretched out to the point of being comical. |
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Missaliensan said: That shit got stretched to six or more episodes.In one episode it was just kabe-don kabe-don.They were slapping each other like a complete episode.ArabianLuffy said: Bad pacing of the anime? I don't understand this part. The anime goes exactly as the manga. If the anime reached close to the manga, Toei would need to make filler episodes, so that the manga can keep ahead dozens of episodes. Or you mean Toei stretch an arc by adding some scenes that never happened in the manga like Hancock fantasizing her marriage of Luffy during Marineford arc. Either way, I prefer the manga over the anime, because if there are some panels that aren't exciting/important, the anime quality drops. Unless it's some big fight: Luffy vs Doflamingo Luffy vs Katakuri and stuff like that, they rise up the budget of animation. The most recently example was the episode with the luffy's fight against urashima(the sumo guy).That episode was ridiculously stretched out to the point of being comical. |
| Me too, I’m really impatient. I can’t even watch airing anime |
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| I also am not a huge fan of long running anime I prefer to watch shorter 12-24 episode anime. I have been trying to watch HxH for months now still have about 20 episodes to watch just don't have motivation for it |
| My argument: length isn't necessarily an indicator of quality, rather if the story was written with a pre-defined end. My evidence: I'm going to look outside of anime for this example, because I feel it will make my point more clear. Let's take some very popular action/drama shows in America. Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones, Walking Dead. Breaking Bad is a long-ish running show that had a predefined episode count. They went in planning 62 episodes if the show was successful. It's heralded as one of, or if not the best American drama series of all time. And for good reason. The show only got better. It ended strong, with lots of time to build to the epic conclusion. Game of Thrones, a longer-ish running show which ended with 73 episodes. It was a show that had some super, super strong first couple seasons. But as the show went on, and as HBO broke away from the source material, the show degraded in quality, with a lot of fans ticked off at the end. Walking Dead, a long-running show which currently has 139 episodes. Strong start, but over time became repetitive with lots of filler. I think of this as a lot of the big animes these days. Great moments, but waste of time. Besides the super-fans, most people I know dropped Walking Dead by season 5. Action type shows do thrive with more than 1-2 seasons, foresure. It does allow for the truly epic moments to arise. But, my point is that more is not always better. Having a story with a goal, where every arc is truly important is what makes for a great Shounen. By my formula, the longest a show should really be, assuming 24 minute episodes, is 120 episodes. Amazing stories can be told within 120 episodes. Anything more, and you know the writers don't have any direction. |
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| The longer it is the more likely it’s going to go downhill, but there is some long anime that have been able to keep it up. I don’t watch a lot of super long running series because I have the attention span of a 4 year old but hopefully I’ll get to some well regarded long shows like hunter x hunter, which I’ve heard gets better the farther in Konata avatar gang |
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| sometimes im hesitant to watch anime that have more than 24 episodes, like im giving the anime so much of my time, what if it gets bad? if its a 12 episode anime and it starts to get bad its like whatever, but if ive wasted 30+ episodes watching something that becomes shit i'll feel more betrayed |
| Long running manga >>>> Long running anime. Mostly for filler reasons...but I also think it's just easier to consume a long story in manga form (like One Piece) |
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| I agree. For me, it makes it harder for me to start the show because they are so many episodes. And towards the middle, I start losing interest. For example, the anime Monster. It has 70 something episodes and I lost interest at episode 61. |
| It depends on the show, and the amount of filler that's included. I really enjoyed about 130 episodes of OG Naruto before it turned into a filler shit-show for the rest of its run. I quickly lost interest and only picked it up again when Shippuden started. Then I lost interest again when it started throwing in 10-20 episodes of filler at a time before we'd get 1-2 episodes of canon. The only anime over 100+ episodes that I haven't lost interest in was Hunter x Hunter. It only had a couple of recap episodes and the odd mixed filler-canon episode. Even though the wait can be painful between seasons, I much prefer seasonal offerings because they trim all the rubbish. |
| I agree with you whole-heartedly. 9 times out of 10 you won't catch me watching an anime longer than 40 episodes and if you do then it was for a challenge. |
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| I totally love long running anime, the longer it is, the longer the enjoyment lasts. |
ChocoPuni said: DillonA said: As the title says, I hate long running anime. I feel that if your above 120 episode (in one season) then your not in the running for a 10/10 anymore. Most long running anime in my opinion aren’t long running for the sake of world building, most long anime like shounens are long just for the sake of being long with all the filers unnecessary slow pacing and all that mumbo jumbo. In my opinion instead of watching 400+ episode series, you could be watching multiple seasonal anime. Wat do you guys think? Instead of making this topic, reading it and browsing the forums in the first place... you could have watched a long-running anime, try to be patient and learn how wrong you are. :) "Just how wrong you are", don't make me laugh, its called an opinion bud. I consider myself a guy with a lot of time, saying something like "you could be watching a long anime instead of browsing here on mal" is literally idiotic. Don't you dare talk about paitence when you have 3,408 dropped anime. Maybe instead of finishing that long series or as you said browsing on mal, you could finish the anime you watch?? Don't even get me started buddy, everybody sharing their opinion is making me consider trying Gintama but you are completely ruining it. Dont give an opinion when you contradict yourself |
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alshu said: DillonA said: I hate long running anime. But there cloud be different reasons for being long. Also I am guessing that you are not actually hate, just skipping on them. DillonA said: I feel that if your above 120 episode (in one season) then your not in the running for a 10/10 anymore. Everything that is not a movie or longer than 26 episodes is obviously not aiming for 10/10. DillonA said: Most long running anime in my opinion aren’t long running for the sake of world building, most long anime like shounens are long just for the sake of being long with all the filers unnecessary slow pacing and all that mumbo jumbo. Yes, most of them are like that but this goes with everything - only small percentage is really good. DillonA said: In my opinion instead of watching 400+ episode series, you could be watching multiple seasonal anime. What about most of the seasonals being totally boring to you and dedicating your time to something a bit repetitive, slow burn and low key but fun and relaxing? Also no one said that watching those should be done on few drastic binge watching sessions. You just schedule them on the empty seasonal slots when you realise that 2/3 of what you planed from the season is not worth it...or something like that. Honestly you make a good point, I do feel like I haven't watched enough long anime. I'll definetly give Gintama a try. |
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| I agree, usually the longer it runs the larger the chance of it disappointing me becomes. 12-26 episodes being a letdown is MUCH easier to shrug off than something I wasted years on with no proper resolution or satisfaction. There are quite a few good series that are under 100 episodes but I've only been able to find a handful of exceptions for things over 100. |
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Kruszer said: I agree, usually the longer it runs the larger the chance of it disappointing me becomes. 12-26 episodes being a letdown is MUCH easier to shrug off than something I wasted years on with no proper resolution or satisfaction. There are quite a few good series that are under 100 episodes but I've only been able to find a handful of exceptions for things over 100. If this was youtube I would pin your comment |
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| Longest anime I've ever watched is Kodocha, at 102 episodes. In general, stories which actually need more than 2 cours are vanishingly rare. |
| A good story has no length restriction. I hate excessive consumerism and short anime supports this more than long runners. If you've already forgotten all the anime you've watched then its just weird tbh. Ofc you forget a few, but people dont even pay proper respect or attention to most of them anymore. |
| i used to not even bother starting shows with a long episode count because i found it intimidating for some reason. but now i will give anything a chance regardless of episode count because i dont feel obligated to finish anything and will drop it with no remorse lol. the longest anime ive finished is hxh and even though its so long i enjoyed it so much that i didnt want it to be over. |
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| I still think that long-running anime are for kids and those jokes you see in the likes of One Piece or Inuyasha will eventually seem lame and stale. It's like every long-running anime has to have an aggressive female character delivering monotonous and seemingly pointless as well as aggressive slapstick humour. Imo, that's what a modern-day Saturday morning cartoon is. On top of that, welcome to the 21st century. Oh! and slapstick humor isn't the only thing monotonous you'll find in long-running anime. When you think of long-running anime, the word monotonous will come to mind in a flash, hence those terms are easily interchangeable. |
Kurt_IrvingJan 21, 2020 7:07 PM
| I don't like them either. Dropped Naruto pretty much after episode 20 because Haku died and he was the only character (and Zabuza) that I actually cared about lmao. The problem with these long-running anime, especially the shounen ones, is that it follows... basically the same formula. Main characters get into a deep pile of shit for a while, but they manage to climb back out through the power of friendship or love or both or some other bullshit. Like, you already know the MCs will win at some point, what's the point in prolonging the drama, yanno? For this same reason, while Detective Conan was wonderful and there was still an underlying plot that they gotta solve, it still followed that same monster of the week format and it got tiring pretty quickly. Though I did drop it in the late 2000s around episode 200 or 300 or so, so maybe a lot has happened since then, I don't know. The others I won't even bother with - well, except Gintama. I've heard so many good things about it and when I see the memes I can't help but be intrigued (and also die laughing), so I vow to get to it someday. I prefer one cour anime, because as someone with a 9-5 job I only have so much time to really spend on watching anime since I have other hobbies. It sucks being an adult with responsibilities, sigh. |
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| I'm a bit of a walking contradiction, I wont pick up any long series over 60 eps long as I find myself too overwhelmed and uninterested in filler and just how slow everything is. But I'm all for more, but shorter series XD like if I found out my favorite anime was announced for another 5 spread out seasons of lets say 12-20 eps each season I would gobble it up. I like the time invested into developing the characters, setting and well slower pacing than normal but I cannot find myself to commit to anything over 100+ in one season alone. It's nuts to me. That said I find it hard to pick up anime that have finished airing that have got more seasons since then when I haven't watched the original yet either, iit might just be a "feeling overwhelmed by amount of watching/episodes" rather than hate of long series. Fillers aren't bad per say, I can enjoy them but I've tried to watch Fairy tale and some other and I find the fillers it has are... common tropes like a beach episode e.g and well if it was unique I wouldn't mind but it's been overdone and feels dead to me now |
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| You can just skip the filler...That's what most people would do,myself included, depending on how good the fillers were. |
| Is this seriously a thread? Don't watch them. A lot of people's issues with long running anime (mainly One Piece, Naruto, Bleach) would be solved if you just read the manga. |
| I really can't do long-running anime. Even the longest shows I've seen were split up. Sonic X and Pokemon XY were ones that I watched years and years ago on a weekly basis so I can't remember it being hard. Even Cardcaptor Sakura @ 70 eps was hard. I watched the first 20 and then took a 2 year break before binging the rest right before Clear Card aired. Precure is at least different enough that I can slowly work on a couple seasons at a time |
| Watch Hunter x Hunter (2011) and Yu Yu Hakusho and you may change your mind. |
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| To be part of long franchises is to have a guaranteed impressionable yet chaotic adventure. When you find the thing that clicks with you, it doesn’t feel like much time at all. The moment you treat it like homework is when it stops being fun. Personally, it’s about the pilgrimage. My favorite thing about them is the character interaction. I don’t think it gets any better than smiling at characters simply existing during domestic bullsh!t after some heavy drama/plot. |
| I don't agree. Long running Anime allow you to spend more time with the characters and world. The problem with most 13-26 episode Anime are they rarely have a complete ending or they are too short, or they don't use the time they have effectively enough. Longer Anime also are more forgiving when it comes to how they manage their time each episode. |
| I agree. And the fact that many of the longest anime are somehow the most popular is just beyond me. It feels as if people who still watch those only do cause they refuse to accept they've wasted their time. |
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