Why wont anime fans wanna watch an anime over 300 episodes???

FGAU1912 said:
mondern day anime fans are lazy people

skyzblue said:

That's ironic because normally watching anime all day long is a good indication of being lazy.

romagia said:
i came to this thread to say just that
watching ten 26 episode shows is a better time investment than watching just one with 260 episode

Cheryll_ said:
because long shows suck ass and it's gonna take a loooooong time to catch up especially when you have a life waiting for you. c:

Dageki said:
In my opinion should everyone who likes shounen watch One Piece etc. They may be long but its definetely worth it.

But yeah I think that most of the people just do not want to invest that much time.

And everyone who says something about life, should just be quit and grow up. Can't stant those comments lol.

TCTriangle said:
Because 300+ episodes = months to years of dedicated watching. Ain't nobody got time for that.

IntroverTurtle said:
No, 300 episodes can be done in less than 2 weeks.

HaXXspetten said:
Takes too long, gets too repetitive, boring watching the same thing for all eternity, tends to have tons of fillers, story arcs instead of an actual beginning and ending etc etc...

IntroverTurtle said:
Has watched no anime over 300 episodes long. And only 2 over 100 episodes long, of the same franchise.

IntroverTurtle said:
Has watched no anime over 300 episodes long. And only 2 over 100 episodes long, of the same franchise.

FGAU1912 said:
he is a typical younger gen anime fan

HaXXspetten said:
... and why do you think that is the case?

IntroverTurtle said:
Yeah, typical. Almost feel sorry for the boy.

Because it says so on your list and I believe I've seen some of your posts. Are you saying not so? That you're still watching an anime for all eternity?

Tyrantarmy6 said:


Some people just don't like watching long series, and I can't blame them for it. While it is easy to just watch them weekly, it is quite intimidating at first to start watching some really long show like One Piece. In return for this they can be quite a lot of fun to watch though

Nikoreo said:
What I never got is how people who only watch long-runners go so far to chastise others just because they can't dedicate their time to something that is time consuming because they have other things to do in their lives instead of watch anime and perhaps are better off with the shorter series that they can finish in a week or two.

IntroverTurtle said:
No, 300 episodes can be done in less than 2 weeks.

Tyrantarmy6 said:
Some people just don't like watching long series, and I can't blame them for it. While it is easy to just watch them weekly, it is quite intimidating at first to start watching some really long show like One Piece. In return for this they can be quite a lot of fun to watch though

HaXXspetten said:
We've had this exact discussion like 3 times now.

Okay, I get it; I shouldn't judge what I haven't seen, I'm aware of that but fact of the matter is I still have absolutely zero desire or intention to watch those kind of anime and I'm sorry but that's not gonna change no matter what you say. I'm not claiming to be right, just standing firm that that's the way it is.

OT: I don't think very many people are able to watch 300 eps in 2 weeks though, that's a bit too much :3

MajinSaga said:


Pussy or crappy chinese cartoons? Hmmmm...

Your life has got to suck if you have that much time to waste watching anime.

Kalisto said:
The BIGGEST reason not to watch anime over 300+ is because, simply put, its a waste of time. Unless you love the characters of that show, I see no reason why to even bother. The only long-running show I've enjoyed is Fairy Tail, but even it had tons of useless fillers which I had to skip.

If these long-running shows progressed the story with every episode, it'd be more worthwhile to watch them. But at this point everyone knows that long series have to milk it by adding fillers.

IntroverTurtle said:
Actually I think that number is higher than you think. It's quite fun and easy when you have the time.

Kalisto said:
The BIGGEST reason not to watch anime over 300+ is because, simply put, its a waste of time. Unless you love the characters of that show, I see no reason why to even bother. The only long-running show I've enjoyed is Fairy Tail, but even it had tons of useless fillers which I had to skip.

If these long-running shows progressed the story with every episode, it'd be more worthwhile to watch them. But at this point everyone knows that long series have to milk it by adding fillers.

HaXXspetten said:
I think you're kinda missing the point here... it's not a matter of willpower or dedication, it's just a matter of even having the option in the first place.

300 episodes takes roughly 100 hours of time to watch (~20 min eps if you skip OP/EDs normally). Over two weeks, that would be 10 work days and 4 weekend days. Now if I got home from work, had dinner and then literally did nothing but non-stop watch anime until I went to bed, I could do that for roughly 4 hours or so per day. Take that x10 and we're at 40. So over those 4 weekend days I'd have to watch 60 hours of anime, I.E. 15 per day pure watch-time not counting breaks etc. And you're saying it's 'quite fun and easy' to raise that number even higher? I mean it's just... how lol.

Well anyway that asides if you're interested in watching let's say 10-15 of the series airing the current season that's more than enough to take up all the time you're willing and able to spend on anime for your spare time. Or at least I reckon that's the way it is for the vast majority of people.

HaXXspetten said:
I think you're kinda missing the point here... it's not a matter of willpower or dedication, it's just a matter of even having the option in the first place.

300 episodes takes roughly 100 hours of time to watch (~20 min eps if you skip OP/EDs normally). Over two weeks, that would be 10 work days and 4 weekend days. Now if I got home from work, had dinner and then literally did nothing but non-stop watch anime until I went to bed, I could do that for roughly 4 hours or so per day. Take that x10 and we're at 40. So over those 4 weekend days I'd have to watch 60 hours of anime, I.E. 15 per day pure watch-time not counting breaks etc. And you're saying it's 'quite fun and easy' to raise that number even higher? I mean it's just... how lol.

Well anyway that asides if you're interested in watching let's say 10-15 of the series airing the current season that's more than enough to take up all the time you're willing and able to spend on anime for your spare time. Or at least I reckon that's the way it is for the vast majority of people.

IntroverTurtle said:
Fairy Tail has like 7 episodes of filler in the first 125 episodes(which is where your list says you are). I don't how that would be tons.

Kalisto said:
The BIGGEST reason not to watch anime over 300+ is because, simply put, its a waste of time. Unless you love the characters of that show, I see no reason why to even bother. The only long-running show I've enjoyed is Fairy Tail, but even it had tons of useless fillers which I had to skip.

If these long-running shows progressed the story with every episode, it'd be more worthwhile to watch them. But at this point everyone knows that long series have to milk it by adding fillers.

tsudecimo said:

FT 34 filler episodes out of 175. That doesn't seem like ton. If your problem is fillers, why not just continue to skip them.

Kalisto said:

I'm actually on 170, my bad for not updating. I'm a little reluctant to find out how this season ends.

But anyway, there were a lot more fillers than just 7. And worse than that, there were filler arcs. (Such as a the Jiggly Butt Gang...or that girl that tried to make a robotic dragon.)

I guess what I was trying to say is that some people might get turned off by long series when they run into these fillers, because in my opinion, they bring down the overall quality of the show.

Jody32 said:
Though what you say does hold merit, sometimes too much filler can be put in, that said they are still easily skippable.

IntroverTurtle said:
Of course there were more than 7 if you are counting the ones in all 170 of the episodes. I was going off of 125 because that's what it said in your list. That's where you start the biggest filler arc.

And like 20% is not tons.

Then just say that. What's up with all these people trying to blow things out of proportions just to prove their point. There's a limit to exaggeration before you just sound ignorant. And I say they have to have filler or else the series wouldn't be able to continue.

Kalisto said:
I wasn't trying to exaggerate. My bad if I'm coming off sounding as if I'm trying to state that my opinion > everyone else's. I'm only stating how I feel to give people an idea of why someone might say no to a series that's 300+.

And to me, 30 episodes of fillers is a lot. I watch anime to be entertained and I find that fillers don't really do that for me. That's why I'd rather just watch shorter series, since they seem to never have fillers.

skuka said:
The long episode count may intimidate them. Their loss - there are many advantages to watching long running series.

skyzblue said:

Like?

skyzblue said:

Like?

skyzblue said:

Like?

skyzblue said:

Like?

Zalis said:
Yet virtually all shows with 300+ episodes and available translations are quite popular in the fandom. You're just taking anecdotes of some people who hesitate/refuse to watch them and extrapolating too far.

FGAU1912 said:

most of the better ones are underrated

IntroverTurtle said:
Being able to spend more time with the characters and story you like, becoming more attached to the characters, having a new episode to watch every week, etc.

Ckan said:
Such as?

skyzblue said:

By watching a number of short shows, the greater the chance of liking more number of stories, and having a bigger array of likable characters.

The attachment to the characters depends how well they are written/potrayed and not primarily on the length.

At one point, you need to see the story end. For the sake of more episodes, if the story becomes repetitive, its a bit disappointing and it damages the overall essence of the anime.