| No, as long as they're enjoyable to watch. But the main problem is that I don't have much time to watch all of it , only in holidays I think. |
chaoz28 said: I'll pick any long good anime series anytime. Watching it makes it special for me because I'm giving up my free time just to binge it instead of putting my time on some productive work lol. One of the reason is if I'm watching a particular series for a long time, it will grow on me and will be part of my life. I don't want to be dramatic here but watching/reading Naruto for 10 years is such a treat for me and I don't regret it. Yes, most of the long running shounen series tend to get a lot of fillers but you'll get used to it. For me I just skipped them all. I'm not particularly fond of series with 10-14 episodes, why? Because there's a high chance that the anime will be rushed and I don't want that. My last reason is it's kinda tiring for me to search every 3 months for a new good anime series to watch. I'd rather watch a single anime with 48 episodes a year than to watch four anime with 12 episodes each for a year. If I need to skip certain parts, it's a blow against the anime. No anime should be made with skippable parts. A story needs to make every second important or else it's a waste. |
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EarWax said: What difference does it make that you're watching a 100 good mini shows vs. 5 long good ones if in both scenarii you're enjoying yourself?Sapewloth said: How does that argument even makes sense? How doesn't it ? I said that it's a waste of time and I would have rather watched 100 short anime than watching 5 long mainstreams. At the end of the day you're still doing the same thing, a.k.a watching chines cartoons. |
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| Does Precure count? If yes, then no. But generally yes, because a) I prefer marathoning over watching airing b) I hate generic fighting shounen |
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| Yes, I avoid it like a plague, if you have something to say better be quick Monogatari might be the only exception |
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| Yes I avoid the long running shounen stuff that have hundreds of episodes which 50% is full with filler. |
TheBrainintheJar said: bigivelfhq said: Counts, because it is a meta series. That is like saying that Doraemon doesn't count because it is episodic, or Pokemon neither because each season is a different area and such. Also due to Digimon being right now in movies I didn't counted. Note that the count end with 31 Fairy Tales. Even if you don't to count Digimon because of the meta aspect, you have that Digimon Adventure 02 is a sequel of the Adventure 1, together they have 104 episodes. You can also start to add Adventure tri, that if we go by Crunchyroll episode division will end up with 24 more episodes. But Digimon Adventures are recognized as separate shows. Each has its own story that concludes. It's also possible to enjoy all three not in chronological order. It doesn't force you to keep up. Recognized as separate shows. A ton of series are also recognized as separate shows. Example: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Gt. Naruto and Naruto Shippuuden. Pokemon, Pokemon Advanced Generation, Pokemon Diamond & Pearl, Pokemon Best Wishes!, Pokemon XY. Own Story that concludes. Episodic series have each episode with its own story that concludes by the end of it. Sazae-san has more than 6000 episodes, all of them are episodic. Will you say that it doesn't count because of that? Also most arcs in long running series also are their own story that concludes. Digimon Adventure 02 has characters of Adventure 1 doing stuff, 2 of those characters are even main characters in both shows. Adventure Tri main characters are all main characters of Adventure 1, and there is a big implication that the ones in Adventure 02 will be a part of it too. All the rest of Digimon series are in the same universe and there is even strong implications of following a timeline. The latest Digimon(Data Savers and Xross) even bring characters from the previous Digimon series to appear in some episodes. Possible to enjoy all three not in chronological order. The same exact stuff can be said to all long running series. Majority of American people only watched Dragon Ball Z, they can very well go later watch Dragon Ball and enjoy it. There is no special difference between that and Digimon. It doesn't force you to keep up. You're not forced to keep up in any series. All anime series air in Television and viewers can start watching the series anywhere. That is specially true at the beginning of an Arc. Series like One Piece is so popular even currently because people can jump aboard at any time. Also note that while Digimon have different seasons that have different names, there was no pause between airings, they were made to watch one right next to the other, specially the Adventure 1 and 02. |
TheBrainintheJar said: chaoz28 said: <br />I'll pick any long good anime series anytime. Watching it makes it special for me because I'm giving up my free time just to binge it instead of putting my time on some productive work lol. <br /> <br /> One of the reason is if I'm watching a particular series for a long time, it will grow on me and will be part of my life. I don't want to be dramatic here but watching/reading Naruto for 10 years is such a treat for me and I don't regret it. Yes, most of the long running shounen series tend to get a lot of fillers but you'll get used to it. For me I just skipped them all. <br /> <br /> I'm not particularly fond of series with 10-14 episodes, why? Because there's a high chance that the anime will be rushed and I don't want that. <br /> <br /> My last reason is it's kinda tiring for me to search every 3 months for a new good anime series to watch. I'd rather watch a single anime with 48 episodes a year than to watch four anime with 12 episodes each for a year. <br /> If I need to skip certain parts, it's a blow against the anime. No anime should be made with skippable parts. A story needs to make every second important or else it's a waste. I get your point. The reason why I'm skipping fillers is because I actually knew it's a filler because I'm also reading the manga. Some fillers are good, some are just a total waste of time. |
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bigivelfhq said: TheBrainintheJar said: But Digimon Adventures are recognized as separate shows. Each has its own story that concludes. It's also possible to enjoy all three not in chronological order. It doesn't force you to keep up. Recognized as separate shows. A ton of series are also recognized as separate shows. Example: Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Gt. Naruto and Naruto Shippuuden. Pokemon, Pokemon Advanced Generation, Pokemon Diamond & Pearl, Pokemon Best Wishes!, Pokemon XY. Own Story that concludes. Episodic series have each episode with its own story that concludes by the end of it. Sazae-san has more than 6000 episodes, all of them are episodic. Will you say that it doesn't count because of that? Also most arcs in long running series also are their own story that concludes. Digimon Adventure 02 has characters of Adventure 1 doing stuff, 2 of those characters are even main characters in both shows. Adventure Tri main characters are all main characters of Adventure 1, and there is a big implication that the ones in Adventure 02 will be a part of it too. All the rest of Digimon series are in the same universe and there is even strong implications of following a timeline. The latest Digimon(Data Savers and Xross) even bring characters from the previous Digimon series to appear in some episodes. Possible to enjoy all three not in chronological order. The same exact stuff can be said to all long running series. Majority of American people only watched Dragon Ball Z, they can very well go later watch Dragon Ball and enjoy it. There is no special difference between that and Digimon. It doesn't force you to keep up. You're not forced to keep up in any series. All anime series air in Television and viewers can start watching the series anywhere. That is specially true at the beginning of an Arc. Series like One Piece is so popular even currently because people can jump aboard at any time. Also note that while Digimon have different seasons that have different names, there was no pause between airings, they were made to watch one right next to the other, specially the Adventure 1 and 02. The difference is, each Digimon show has 50 episodes and actually ends. The Dragon Ball shows got more episodes than legs on a millpede and the same goes for Naruto. |
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| Try reading the manga. Few years ago I would've watch a lot of long running shows... now.. no. |
| since watching monster .I have a phobia of long anime |
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| No if they have a dub. Drag my feet if they don't. Honestly wish every long anime had a good dub to go with them because I like watching long anime at night before bed. |
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| I tend to avoid them. The only long running anime I ever watched was Shugo Chara!! and that took me nearly a year and a half to complete (of course I forgot about it for like 4 months but still.) |
Gator said: Shiratori-san said: Yes, I avoid them like the plague. Why? Because I've grown up. So that's why you gave Dragonball Z a 8/10 huh? Watched it when I was a kid ;) I remember I was all obsessed about it, but it's pretty bad xP Mayuka said: Shiratori-san said: Implying they're all for little kids?Yes, I avoid them like the plague. Why? Because I've grown up. Yes, usually, they are. I mean, is there even an example of a 100+ anime which is not? |
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Shiratori-san said: LoGH, oh wait, yeah its for kids.Gator said: <br /><br /> So that's why you gave Dragonball Z a 8/10 huh? Watched it when I was a kid ;) I remember I was all obsessed about it, but it's pretty bad xP<br /> <br /> Mayuka said: <br />Implying they're all for little kids? Yes, usually, they are. I mean, is there even an example of a 100+ anime which is not? |
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| Usually, yes. I believe in quality over quantity. |
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| I do . Because i come across so many i want to watch and adding a long series (50+ episodes) to that would take so much more time watching them all. One day though there's a couple hundred episode series i'd like to watch . |
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| No, 100 eps I can finish in no time. |
| I told myself that I would stick to shorter series after being disappointed by so many of the long running anime, but then I watched Fairy Tail and really ended up liking it, so... Also following Dragon Ball Super (even though it's one huge disappointment up to this point), which is likely going to be a long runner. I haven't given up on long running series completely, but it feels safer to just watch short anime. Even if they suck, they only last for 12 episodes at most. |
| No, they're fun. |
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| if it's not 700+ fucking episodes long and still going |
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| Pretty much. I don't have the patience to watch all those episodes. |
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| Yep. For now, I rarely watch more than two shows at a time so anything over 150+ episodes is an instant no no. Even if the anime is good I'll get tired of watching the same show within a month, especially when there's so many good and varied anime to watch. |
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| 50/50 for me. Yes in that there are some I would'nt watch(too long, not interested or its UTTER GARBAGE(I'm looking at you, Naruto)). No because there are some I wouldnt mind watching or are good enough to keep up with. |
| Ayy I'm currently following one and that's Arc-V. The slowness kills me sometimes but otherwise it's really enjoyable. I wouldn't start watching OP or Naruto (again) though because of the adaptation's problems. But I'm more leaned on the 'I'll take it' side, so no, I don't avoid longer anime that much. |
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| Mostly. I made some exceptions for D. Gray Man and Fairy Tail. Otherwise they're such a commitment that I'm not sure if they'll keep my interest. |
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| No, I feel a little bummed about it since I'm so far behind on them. |
| I usually try to avoid any anime having upwards of 50 episodes because I don't have the time to spare. As a university student, I really have to be careful with what I choose to watch in my spare time. So I go for the ones with around 12-30 episodes, something that I can watch steadily but finish reasonably enough, but also something I can marathon when I have more time. |
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| I try to stay away from long shows because i just haven't got the time, i'm also slow at watching shows i hardly ever watch things back to back unless its really good. |
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| Yes, i've got commitment issues lol |
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| Long animes are far too much of a commitment. I would rather watch 5 short series then just two long animes. Yeah, some long series are great, but watching an assortment of anime keeps me more interested. |
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| Yes. They test my patience But HXH is so good it hurts to claw through the 10 eps I have left. |
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| No, I watch anything that picks my interest. |
| I don't avoid them. In some ways I actually prefer long-running anime over 12 episode anime. It gives you more time to connect with the characters and get engaged with the story, as opposed to 12 episode where I have a really hard time connecting with the characters and fully getting engaged in the story since its over so fast. |
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Disorderina said: I try to avoid even those series that have more than 25 episodes. I get bored easily and have problems with remembering after a while what happened in the first few eps so it gets frustrating. Of course, this depends on what anime I watch. I have Fairy Tale on my "plan to watch" list but I'm pretty sure I will never watch it, despite my interest. 175 eps is far more than I can take. Oh nose. You'll miss a lot of good stuff that needs time to build. Medabots, Tamers and Erin are really good. |
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| yeah i noticed i tend to avoid anime w/ at least 100 episodes because most of the time i have 0 patience for story development loool. if it takes things too long to progress in the anime, i'll probably give up by the 3rd episode. for example gintama is the only long running anime i actually enjoy and have the motivation to watch. |
| If it was said already in this topic - is it only for anime because the adaptation is always so slow + fillers. So considering this fact manga should be counted (i understand that this is anime topic). If the manga and anime woul've been on par with each other then i probably would watch it, except when anime is worse than manga like FT. So for the answer - yes, i'm reading One piece, Naruto and FT even if they now are quite bad :) |
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| I don't avoid them, per say, but unfortunately they usually suck. Some are still entertaining, but the writing still isn't very good and most contain too much boring filler. |
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| This souly depends on what u look for in an anime. If you like seeing the characters you have come to know and love develop ovr a long term scale e.g. Naruto, Onepiece. Then you would obviously not avoid long anime. If I may add my personal opinion, I avoid long term anime because you start to get use to what the characters do and you get bored very quickly. Thats why the longest anime I have watched is soul eater (check out my list plz) but like I said it depends souly on what you want from an anime |
| Generally I seek them out. |
| Nope, i personally prefer long run series over the constant influx of 12 episode seasonal shows. Dont get me wrong i very much enjoy many shorter shows but a lot of time they just feel rushed around ep 7 or so where as they is nothing but time for development and exposition in longer anime. |
| Nope. I've watched most long running shounen and some sports anime. If you like something then having more episodes is a good thing. |
| Usually yes. Because if it's 10 times longer than anime's average length for example, then I have ten times more chance to find something I like by spending that tme watching 10 series than watching one long running series. And lots of long running series aren't just ten time longer than the average length, if you catch my drift. |
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| A lot of the series I'm interested in, are longer running. Like half my faves are 75+ too. Maybe I gravitate towards them, IDK. |
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| I may have answered differently if it was me before but now? I don't. There are good long running shows out there and I've realized that I've missed out on them when I was avoiding them. |
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