| Hi guys, how many episodes do you think an anime should last but would still deliver a really good story? I don't think it should be more than 50. |
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| However many is needed? 12 normal-length episodes appears to be the minimum. |
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MortalMelancholy said: However many is needed? 12 normal-length episodes appears to be the minimum. TBH i usually want a little more than 12 episodes to enjoy it more. |
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| in my opinion it lost interest after 50 ep for me btw 24 and 50 is the perfect number of ep |
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TaichoMo said: MortalMelancholy said: However many is needed? 12 normal-length episodes appears to be the minimum. TBH i usually want a little more than 12 episodes to enjoy it more. Seems like you've gotten to an answer yourself. Good job~ |
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| Depends on what the content is about, and how much time is required to explain or elaborate on the overarching plot and character development. I'd say a good number for a story-driven anime is 24 episodes. Steins;Gate, for example. For a character-driven anime, maybe twice that. But that's me being greedy. 2 cour is usually plenty. Any more than that, then it becomes more of a saga as opposed to a story, and one should expect characters to come and go, and plot arcs to play a part. FMA: Brotherhood is an example of this, whilst still retaining a decent overall story, so it can be done. Just my two cents. |
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| I'm completely fine w series being broken up as they are I'll get bored if I don't have a break, n w a break, I can watch as long as the show continues |
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| A 2~4 cour for a show feels about right. |
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rioplats said: Depends on what the content is about, and how much time is required to explain or elaborate on the overarching plot and character development. I'd say a good number for a story-driven anime is 24 episodes. For a character-driven anime, maybe twice that. But that's me being greedy. 2 cour is usually plenty. Any more than that, then it becomes more of a saga as opposed to a story, and one should expect characters to come and go, and plot arcs to play a part. FMA: Brotherhood is an example of this, whilst still retaining a decent overall story, so it can be done. Just my two cents. Yeah, i think a lot of those long running shows can learn a thing or two from FMAB |
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| 24 episodes is just right. Long enough for character development, usually too short for significant filler and time-wasting. Or a 2~2.5 hour movie. Let's not forget that those can be some of the best anime out there, and they equate to only 5 or 6 episodes. |
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| 24 episodes for me are enough but I'm new to anime so I guess it will be my thought for now... |
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| For me it depends on a genre. I don't want to sit through 24-48 episodes of school personally, as I feel that it just makes an excuse to spread out episodes for the simplicity of more episodes, unless if it's comedy-driven. And actually good comedy at that. While, adventure/action/fantasy deserves more, gives us a better insight of it's world and the characters while ending before it's outstayed its welcome. |
| 'it depends'. But in general, 20 episodes seem to work best. Small-scale stories often should stay around 10 episodes, like Ping Pong or Stella's Women Academy. Bigger stories, like Psycho-Pass or KLK should stick to 20. More experimental and weird anime should also stay around 10, because it's easier to fuck those up. SEL couldn't last longer than it is. |
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tragedydesu said: in my opinion it lost interest after 50 ep for me btw 24 and 50 is the perfect number of ep This. I'd take all the filler out of Monster because god damn it's fucking LOOOOOONG for a thriller. |
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| 24-26 Episodes O believe.. though the minimum 12-13 Is quite fine too :) |
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| Depends on the series really... but I'd say 25-50 is about right. |
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RedTie said: I've always thought that 24-26 is the right range. I haven't tackled anything bigger than that because it's highly likely I'll lose interest eventually. It's funny, because up until recent years, I never watched anything with fewer than 50 episodes. It just seemed like a pointless endeavour to me; why watch something that lasts so short a time, leaving such a small impression on your life? Then I started experimenting: Samurai Seven, Steins;Gate, KimiUso, Wolf's Rain. Some of my favourite series of all time. It seems I pretty much watch anime of any length nowadays, though I still have a soft spot for the long series. You might want to give it a try. You may lose interest once in a while, but it comes back, and you'll feverishly want to get up to date, I'd wager. |
| It depends on the Anime itself imo. 12 episodes is normal & 24-26 episodes is just right. Again, an Anime could have 100+ episodes & still be amazing. Such as, HxH & Gintama. |
| 2-3 cour is the sweet spot imo...... |
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| It depends on the amount of content they have and how they plan to use their characters and how they develop them.. But if I were to state a number it would be somewhere between 22-25. Long enough to have fully fleshed out characters and short enough to retain interest. |
| 12 to 24, depending on what the series is trying to do. Although a series like fma:b did well with its number of episodes, which was like 60+ I think...I think. |
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| Depends on the scope obviously. It's silly to think that there should be any arbitrary set of numbers to tell a story. It's like some of you people don't even know what a story is anymore. smh. |
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| I believe the minimum should be ~30 episodes, and the maximum ~300. |
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| Not every series is the same, so the ide that there's only a right amount of episodes to be good, is kinda stupid. There are some short series that I like them for being short, the plot progresses and the character develops at the rigth pace and finish at the right time, but that method coudn't be applied to every series out there, especially series with a big cast and a difficuld end goal, if they trying to stretch the story it could affect his quality, altough it could work if the episodes are interesting but this is certainly not always the case. A clear example of this would be Heavy Object, the story doesn't have enough depth and the characters aren't the best written ones, so they're just a certain amount of things that you can do with those, if you try to strech it out the show becomes dull and repetitive, the reason why I dropped it....well, that and the loli idol driving a mecha with her loli idol powers. (Not fuckin kidding, it's actually in the show) KonaKoffee4 said: 61 64....12 to 24, depending on what the series is trying to do. Although a series like fma:b did well with its number of episodes, which was like 60+ I think...I think. |
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-Senpai- said: Not every series is the same, so the ide that there's only a right amount of episodes to be good, is kinda stupid. There are some short series that I like them for being short, the plot progresses and the character develops at the rigth pace and finish at the right time, but that method coudn't be applied to every series out there, especially series with a big cast and a difficuld end goal, if they trying to stretch the story it could affect his quality, altough it could work if the episodes are interesting but this is certainly not always the case. A clear example of this would be Heavy Object, the story doesn't have enough depth and the characters aren't the best written ones, so they're just a certain amount of things that you can do with those, if you try to strech it out the show becomes dull and repetitive, the reason why I dropped it....well, that and the loli idol driving a mecha with her loli idol powers. (Not fuckin kidding, it's actually in the show) KonaKoffee4 said: 61....12 to 24, depending on what the series is trying to do. Although a series like fma:b did well with its number of episodes, which was like 60+ I think...I think. fmab have 64 ep and im in the minority that didnt enjoy watching it :"( |
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tragedydesu said: Oh fuck, you're right...I totally forgot.-Senpai- said: Not every series is the same, so the ide that there's only a right amount of episodes to be good, is kinda stupid. There are some short series that I like them for being short, the plot progresses and the character develops at the rigth pace and finish at the right time, but that method coudn't be applied to every series out there, especially series with a big cast and a difficuld end goal, if they trying to stretch the story it could affect his quality, altough it could work if the episodes are interesting but this is certainly not always the case. A clear example of this would be Heavy Object, the story doesn't have enough depth and the characters aren't the best written ones, so they're just a certain amount of things that you can do with those, if you try to strech it out the show becomes dull and repetitive, the reason why I dropped it....well, that and the loli idol driving a mecha with her loli idol powers. (Not fuckin kidding, it's actually in the show) 61.... fmab have 64 ep and im in the minority that didnt enjoy watching it :"( |
NasalShark said: I'd love to squeeze your nipples until they look like a purple slushie, Senpai. |
| It's too relative, there is no sweetspot there is no ''ideal number of pages'' in a book just like there is no ideal amount holes you can put your dickle in, you make do with what you have. |
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| Depends on the anime and how long the story takes to tell, 24 is a nice number. |
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| Sure, i can understand an anime having a short number of episodes, but when it starts to reach a 100 episodes, i can't help but wonder; can't they just sum it up nicely? |
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| You can't answer that, it depends on the type of story. Hunter x Hunter can have more than 100 episodes and still keep your interest. The Tatami Galaxy is my all time favorite and it only has 11 episodes. |
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| It depends. Some stories are more complex than others and need more than 50 episodes. |
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| probably between 2-4 cours but i dont mind shorter or longer |
tragedydesu said: in my opinion it lost interest after 50 ep for me btw 24 and 50 is the perfect number of ep Agree with this and in my point of view: Standard: 10 to 13 episodes/season Dream: 22 to 24 episodes/season Rare: 24 and above |
| There is no 'wrong' or 'right' imo, an Anime needs as much episodes as the producers think is needed to make it an 'enjoyable' show. |
| I don't know how many episodes are just right, what i know is that 12 episodes series with read the manga endings are just wrong, real wrong. They just should not be a thing. |
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| For me its 24-50 episodes, I never watch 12 episodes single season anime that don't feel rushed or incomplete. Akagami Shirayuki-hime actually did a pretty good job with 12 episodes, there are a few exceptions. Except for Fairy Tail, Fairy Tail can have as many as it needs and still be perfect. |
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| MAL graph tells me in the region of 24 episodes. But it really depends. There are lots of good short anime and the same can be said for longer anime. |
| I prefer ~24 episodes but it depends on the story. |
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| I agree with what most people have said that around 24-26 episodes seem to be a good length. Anything more risks having fillers which no one really wants, unless its following the manga like FMA:B or Death Note. Anything less normally feels like it doesn't gives enough content. |
| I think around 24 is the best length. Not to short, and not long enough to get bored. |
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CannedKindness said: I think a lot of it depends on the story and what kind of story it is. For instance, I love Haibane Renmei, and it's only 13 episodes. But the story is so slow-moving as it is that any more would have been tedious. On the other hand, a story as big as the one in Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood needed even more episodes than 64, in my opinion, to capture everything in the manga. But I personally don't enjoy waiting that long for an anime to end. FMAB seemed a little long to me even though I think it is technically too short. So it's also going to depend on how much you enjoy watching. I think you're right about the 50 episode limit, I like that length a lot. :) Thanks, i really appreciate your tone 😆 |
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| The first anime I started to watch on PC was Fairy tail and the first show as you could call it is 175 episodes.. I finished watching like 75 episodes and I actually have to force myself to watch more if I actually want to continue an Anime that takes this long.. I think I prefer 24'ish episodes, 12 episodes mostly feels like they are rushing the story unless they are making a next season. |
| I would probably say around 15, sometimes i feel like 12 isn't enough |
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