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Post by J-0080 » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:00 am

Arigatomyna wrote: Is it odd that I tend to get into anime that lasts longer than the average length - are we saying that anything lasting beyond 26 eps is bad and *that* is why it's so rare? Or is it just that the English dubbers like to grab long anime so they can sell more dvds?

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I think it just means you're inspecting what they said to closely.


Anyway, an ending is there for a reason, the author has made his points and sent his/her characters where they needed to go, and anymore follow-ups would simply be redundently redundent.
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Post by Trident » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:52 am

I was disappointed that Kare Kano ended where it did... they stopped it right when it started to get interesting (though not interesting enough for me to buy the manga, which continues on longer).

That has pretty much nothing to do with anything though.
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Post by Scintilla » Sat Jan 10, 2004 1:59 am

Trident wrote:I was disappointed that Kare Kano ended where it did... they stopped it right when it started to get interesting (though not interesting enough for me to buy the manga, which continues on longer).
I always held that Kare Kano, while a very good and funny series, had the worst ending ever.

Now I can't decide between that and Berserk.
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Post by badmartialarts » Sat Jan 10, 2004 2:25 am

Arigatomyna wrote:Is it odd that I tend to get into anime that lasts longer than the average length - are we saying that anything lasting beyond 26 eps is bad and *that* is why it's so rare? Or is it just that the English dubbers like to grab long anime so they can sell more dvds?
Actually, my opinion is that is NOT the case. Anime companies seem to be afraid to bring over long series, for fear that the audience won't be able to afford all the episodes. (DBZ is an exception...its fanbase usually has parent/guardian credit card power to buy the DVDs/tapes for 'em). Some examples of long series that took forever to hit DVD or never will:

Maison Ikkoku (was on VHS)
Ranma 1/2 (has it all hit DVD yet? was on tape, though)
Urusei Yatsura (required massive fan begging)
Macross (again, required massive fan begging)
Legend of the Galactic Heroes (wish there WAS some fan begging, other than me)
Marmalade Boy (fan begging is building steam)
Kodomo no Omocha (also, building steam thanks to the release of the manga)

The only long series that come over are the guaranteed purchases (i.e., the ones shown on Cartoon Network, like DB/DBZ, Yu Yu Hakusho, and Inuyasha). Which, if you think about it, makes sense. Now, when is Cartoon Network gonna start on Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu? :)
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Post by ryuu_hime13 » Sat Jan 10, 2004 12:13 pm

Arigatomyna wrote:
ryuu_hime13 wrote:Weiss Kreuz is 25-26 eps, and it's followed by Weiss Kreuz Gluhen which is...13, I think, or maybe 11.
But altogether it's in the 40 ep range, right? Most of the anime I watch tends to be that long or longer. >.<


Weiss? Not really. The Gluhen series was made a few years after the original one, but different animators, and even the character designs are different. The guys are still hot, mind you. But fans of the original series pretend the second doesn't exist. :( Oh, and there's a third still running in manga. Why don't they translate these, dammit?

Lots of anime is in the 40 ep range...but shorter series are much more common now.
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