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Post by sigurd on Feb 2, 2018 17:12:37 GMT
I often hear people say phrases like "I don't watch anime because it's too long". That might be an over-generalization born from the popularity of shounen action shows, but catching up on 823+ episodes of One Piece is certainly a time commitment. Common sense says that a show's length should complement its message. My question, though, is more about your actual habits.
Do you leap at 12 episode shows because they're low-investment or prefer to settle down in the world of a 200 episode saga? Do you binge watch or tune in weekly?
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Post by MikuMatt on Feb 2, 2018 20:32:02 GMT
I often hear people say phrases like "I don't watch anime because it's too long". That might be an over-generalization born from the popularity of shounen action shows, but catching up on 823+ episodes of One Piece is certainly a time commitment. Common sense says that a show's length should complement its message. My question, though, is more about your actual habits. Do you leap at 12 episode shows because they're low-investment or prefer to settle down in the world of a 200 episode saga? Do you binge watch or tune in weekly? Oh yeah, this is a really good question. As someone who's been catching up with Gintama over the last year (I had to start at episode 1 and I've still got a looooooooong way to go), I certainly sympathise with people who find those anime franchises to be impossible to get into. That being said, I think an anime should be as long as it needs to to tell its story, and then it should stop. Bleach, for example, had a very clear ending point, and it annoys me that the creators tried to extend it past there. Why? What purpose did that serve other than to dilute the impact of the main story? I don't watch One Piece, but if the show really does need 823+ episodes to tell its story, then I think it should do that too. Overall, from a pure time thing I generally end up watching anime that has a defined finish and the creators don't go back for more - something like the Persona 4 anime is a favourite, because if I'm feeling lazy over the weekend I can sit down and watch it through, knowing that it does actually finish with the last episode. |
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Post by sigurd on Feb 4, 2018 17:22:13 GMT
I agree about Bleach's length but for somewhat different reasons. Mainly because 166ish episodes weren't written by the original author. As such, the anime is bloated and introduces problems like: A) not fitting in the timeline B) contradicting later events C) redundancy that stifles the impact of future events. There's also the issue that, despite getting 366 episodes, the manga's final arc never got animated. That part is...flawed to put it nicely, but also has some of the best moments in the series and gives payoff for dozens and dozens of dangling plot points. I do think the author always wanted it there. If the animation studio wasn't going to tackle the true ending, there were better, earlier spots to cut it off.
As a side note, One Piece does justify its 823+ episodes...sometimes. The first half is done fairly well, including some of the filler. Then the higher-ups decided that one manga chapter must always equal one episode, so it became this mixed bag of events that flesh out the story and some very transparent time-stalling tactics. I strongly recommend experiencing One Piece in some form, though, as the story itself makes every scene meaningful.
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Post by hcube on Feb 12, 2018 12:41:48 GMT
This probably sounds super entitled of me but it surprises me how often that a series will get greenlit for 13 or 24 episodes and get hit with pacing issues. You guys knew exactly how many episodes you were gonna get, how do you then drag out the beginning and then rush the ending?
I do like anime that keeps itself short and sweet. I've never really had the patience for any of the long runners.
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