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Are short-form portait style Anime the future?

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Apr 4, 8:52 AM
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I’ve been seeing more short-format anime content that’s optimized for vertical viewing. These bite-sized episodes—sometimes under 5 minutes—are made for quick consumption on mobile. Is it just a trend or the start of something big?

Apr 4, 9:26 AM
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Hopefully that won't become the standard.
Apr 4, 9:34 AM
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I doubt it. How can you sell character merch of some girl that appears on the screen for a few minutes? Anime are intentionally 12 episodes because when you go so short, it isharder to market the series. We would see more short anime already if it wasa successful strategy.
Apr 4, 10:24 AM
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Well I just watch whatever anime shows pop out on Youtube.
Apr 4, 10:30 AM
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We already got shorts from Vtubers, HoloLive, and idols like Hasu no Sora (Love Live). That wouldn't be surprising me if they started to put one-shot anime there to gauge popularity and reactions from viewers.
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Apr 4, 10:34 AM
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Yeah. AI generated anime on TikTok more precisely.
Apr 4, 10:38 AM
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Yeah. AI generated anime on TikTok more precisely.
@Yotsuba84 well do you actually trust in this AI content?
Apr 4, 10:41 AM
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@Yotsuba84 well do you actually trust in this AI content?
@DesuMaiden I'm trusting the trends, it doesn't mean i like them
Apr 4, 10:52 AM
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I don't see this catching on for anything beyond Short duration (under 5 minute) ONAs or, like The Vtuber shorts Eldinis mentioned, Highlight reels to try to advertise the main series.
Apr 4, 11:17 AM
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Could you give some examples of what you're watching? I watch a lot of short-episode series myself, but I'm not really fond of the vertical layout used by some of the newer ones.
Apr 4, 11:23 AM
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I hate vertical videos. We just established a standard that all monitors and TVs are widescreen, now everyone's posting vertical videos that wastes all that space. If you're recording on your phone at least hold it sideways to get the proper aspect ratio ffs.
Apr 4, 3:57 PM

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"Optimized for vertical viewing"

Shows picture that is reduced size in a horizontal frame
Apr 4, 3:58 PM

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Vertical/portrait video formats, bite-sized episodes, bite-sized subtitles, and music playing in the background while the episode is playing, just might be the future of anime-watching lol
Apr 4, 5:06 PM

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Vertical/portrait video formats, bite-sized episodes, bite-sized subtitles, and music playing in the background while the episode is playing, just might be the future of anime-watching lol
@GinInYourJuice with a subway surfers gameplay on the bottom right.

Apr 4, 5:45 PM

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oh look, a one piece fanboy with only one quarter of a brain functioning, all one piece waifus are sluts and oda is a drug addict who can't draw, seeing this disgusting shit in AD makes me feel mal is doomed, you clowns are an embarrassment to anime fanbase
Apr 4, 7:32 PM

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@GinInYourJuice with a subway surfers gameplay on the bottom right.
@KitsuFrost haha yes, that too. I guess the attention spans of every new generation will be getting exponentially shorter.

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