Drawn out animes.

[ZantetsukenQ]

What the hell Trigun is still going? I love the anime since it was one of the first 5 I ever watched and really had that combination of humour, action and storyline that sums up the anime genre. Will have to check out the mangas.

I agree about the ending of FMA. Everything could have been explained a bit better and such (which is what the manga does apparently) and yeah that and the film were total cliffhangers. Still the movie was great and damn moving toward the very end.

 

[Lemony]

Some series need to die a most horrible death like DBZ, and Naruto(anime only, manga is decent) *it has been dragged around like a dead puppy. I swear if I hear one more "BELIEVE IT!" from Anime Naruto, I might just assasinate the director...* Trigun was amazing no matter what because it had Vash at his finest. FMA (manga) is amazing but the anime destroyed the series. Bleach is ok and it seems like they fit each part of it quite well but it's losing steam. One Piece needs to die. Period. I mean couldn't we like release Necromorphs and Killer White Rabbits upon the show and its creator so it could end our suffering?

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

What the hell Trigun is still going? I love the anime since it was one of the first 5 I ever watched and really had that combination of humour, action and storyline that sums up the anime genre. Will have to check out the mangas.

I agree about the ending of FMA. Everything could have been explained a bit better and such (which is what the manga does apparently) and yeah that and the film were total cliffhangers. Still the movie was great and damn moving toward the very end.

The Trigun Manga is screwy and strange but still interesting and it's in the end game right now. As of the end of the last volume

Spoiler

During the fight with Knives, Vash's hair has gone all black and he appears to be thoroughly beaten

I didn't like the FMA movie at all.

Spoiler

First they're trapped in our craptastic world away from their family and friends forever and that Ed and Al fail to find and stop the uranium, failing their only other reason to be in our world. What the hell was the point, it implies that nothing they did matters, everything is ruined and bleak etc.

 

[videonerd250]

Inuyasha: Fucking watched it up to Narako's 10th or whatever clone (tree limbs), stopped (same with the manga), and heard that even though the series ended, there was no conclusion. Beat that.

One show that lasted a long time, but I don't feel was drawn out was Rurouni Kenshin. Any one else?

 

[Beowulf DW]

In truth, this is something that much of fiction suffers from: the Never Ending Story Syndrome.

Click on the link to the Print Comics Essay here: http://www.nuklearpower.com/essays.php

The essay deals mostly with American comics, but its major points can be applied to any form of fiction.

 

[ZantetsukenQ]

What the hell Trigun is still going? I love the anime since it was one of the first 5 I ever watched and really had that combination of humour, action and storyline that sums up the anime genre. Will have to check out the mangas.

I agree about the ending of FMA. Everything could have been explained a bit better and such (which is what the manga does apparently) and yeah that and the film were total cliffhangers. Still the movie was great and damn moving toward the very end.

The Trigun Manga is screwy and strange but still interesting and it's in the end game right now. As of the end of the last volume

Spoiler

During the fight with Knives, Vash's hair has gone all black and he appears to be thoroughly beaten

I didn't like the FMA movie at all.

Spoiler

First they're trapped in our craptastic world away from their family and friends forever and that Ed and Al fail to find and stop the uranium, failing their only other reason to be in our world. What the hell was the point, it implies that nothing they did matters, everything is ruined and bleak etc.

Right then. The agenda has now become "Read as much Trigun as is humanly posible". Curse you ^^. Im rather interested how the manga differs from the anime. I imagine that there are going to be more explanations of the backstory of Vash and Knives etc.

I can see what you mean about the FMA movie, seemed like a movie just for the sake of a movie as opposed to anything that would insinuate progression of the story etc, but regardless I still liked it.

 

[cainx10a]

I agree with all of you, feelers have to go, and animes need to be 50 episodes max, than a new storyline if you must (ex: Slayers).

My history with long Anime:

Dragon Ball Z and GT - sorry for bad pun but that anime sucked balls IMHO. 5-10 episode long fights, 5 minute power up sequences in which "hero" stands with "Im dropping a massive log" expression and yells on top of his lungs... no ty. The beginning of original was good, when Goku was going through whole "I didnt know I can do THAT" phase.
One-Piece - dumped around the time after the fight with Crocodile (around 120 ep i think). God that was a horrid drawn out show. Every 10 episodes can be compressed into 1.
Bleach - skipped the New Captain arc. Getting bored slowly. Hope they'll finish it in next 50 eps.
Naruto - stopped watching around episode 100, restarted when Shippoodden(?) came out. Same as above 50 eps and I quit.

Basically I watch Naruto and Bleach just to finish the story now. I dont wait for the episodes to come out anymore. I get my kicks form shorter animes that dont overstay their velcome.

Dude, you really should just read the Naruto and Bleach manga; the fillers really ruined the flow of an otherwise, a very decent story.

 

[AceDiamond]

Seconding Inuyasha. Drawn out to the point that so much nothing happened that it ended with NOTHING HAPPENING! The show nothinged itself to death!

I have to say I've noticed that animes that only last one series or two (FMA, GITS, most Gundam series) end up being generally good. Any one that tries to be an epic winds up becoming progressively more screwed-up and more likely to have nothing happen.

 

[Dante_Alucard]

I don't want to be the one to just say it but I Fucking hat Dragon ball Z. I can not watch an anime where they spend 25 episodes standing still charging up power balls. talking inside of their heads or having flashbacks or having the less strong people do stuff to help the jackass' charging up.

 

[LucanDesmond]

I have a rule of thumb for anime:

"If it's more than 52 episodes long, it sucks and its stupid."

The only exception I've ever seen to that rule was Rurouni Kenshin, which clocks in at 96 episodes. Which was still too long and it is guilty of some "drawing out." Still good though.

Also, Anime's with less episodes can still be bad.

As for some of the anime's mentioned here, well, I'll start with DBZ. I loved that show when I was younger, but I remember the exact moment I realized the writers were lazy and stupid. It was during the Frieza saga, when Vageta made Krillin hurt him so he could heal, knowing that he would recover twice as powerful. I swear, if I could become as powerful as a god by getting beat up a few times... Not to mention, if he knew that all along, why didn't he just have Nappa beat him up a bunch of times before the series started and shown up at the beginning as powerful as an SS4!? The answer: The writers are retarded.

Bleach... dear god. The first season showed so much potential. Then they blew it and basically just turned it into DBZ. The whole time they were in the Soul Society was like40 episodes. And it all could have been summed up in like... 10, give or take. I stopped watching it after that. It was pretty clear to me that the writers subscribed to the same kind of bullshot that the DBZ writers did.

Inuyasha. I think VGcats said it the best: "It's DBZ for girls!"

Naruto... just shut the *&%@ up! Ninja's are supposed to be STEALTH warriors, not annoying little retards in bright orange track suits that can't talk in any volume lower than f***ing SCREAM. Naruto is the equivalent to a forum troll with CAPS LOCK eternally engaged.
B3LI3\\/3 IT!!11!1!!!!1 ....... I hate Naruto more than anything. Not to mention Sasuke, who's garnered a fanboy following that hasn't been seen since the days of Sephiroth.

/rant

 

[BBLIZZARD]

Inuyasha and Naruto

 

[gim73]

uh, most people agree, sasuke sucks ass. Then again, that anime has the most useless character in the history of anime, Tenten. They pretty much make it apparent that no ninja has EVER been hit by a thrown weapon UNLESS they intentionally get hit. What does Tenten use? Massive numbers of thrown weapons. Hell, if she didn't have Rock Lee on her team, they would be completely hopeless.

Bleach pisses me off on several accounts. The Bount filler... yeah, complete garbage that persists in the form of those stupid dolls that are STILL hanging out. The latest filler arc was in the MIDDLE of their trip to the hollow world, and they played it out like it was an alternate reality. Then they had to get back to the REAL storyline, so they rewind and say it never happened. bah.

 

[pigeon_of_doom]

About Rurouni Kenshin, wasn't the last 20 episodes or so filler as the waited for the manga to catch up, but then they finished the anime before it did so? I remember after a certain arc had finished the series stopped having a point before having a rubbish ending episode made up of flashbacks and emotional scenes on a beach. The OVAs make up for it a hundredfold though, essential viewing.

 

[JadeWah]

Initial D, Hunter X Hunter, D.Gray-man, Monster ...etc are all waay over 50+ episodes and pretty good.

 

[KSarty]

uh, most people agree, sasuke sucks ass. Then again, that anime has the most useless character in the history of anime, Tenten. They pretty much make it apparent that no ninja has EVER been hit by a thrown weapon UNLESS they intentionally get hit. What does Tenten use? Massive numbers of thrown weapons. Hell, if she didn't have Rock Lee on her team, they would be completely hopeless.

Bleach pisses me off on several accounts. The Bount filler... yeah, complete garbage that persists in the form of those stupid dolls that are STILL hanging out. The latest filler arc was in the MIDDLE of their trip to the hollow world, and they played it out like it was an alternate reality. Then they had to get back to the REAL storyline, so they rewind and say it never happened. bah.

And now even the non-filler episodes are total crap. The fights with Grimmjow have been the only high points for me in the past 75 episodes.

 

[MrHappy255]

To be honest post my anime phase (something every geeky teenager will go through) I have no interest in long anime series. Stuff like Cowboy Beebop and Samurai Champloo stand up on their own happily but the thought of watching something with 50-100 episodes fills me with a certain amount of "hell no" type attitude.

Agreed. I really enjoy Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Escaflowne, and other 24/25 Episode animes (Heck, I even liked the first season of Ah! My Goddess!), but the long running ones just seem so darned 'the same' over and over again.

Stories are SUPPOSED to have an ending, you know? SOME type of conclusion. Whether it's a happy and feel good ending, or a sad ending, or a piss you off ending...it needs an ending.

I totally agree, this is why I was interested in anime because most of the original stuff that I watched was of the 13 to 26 episode variant which was just enough to tell a story. Very different from the standard american made wash, rinse, repeat style of storytelling.

The long running anime though having periods of greatness often become repetetive and it is understandable that they have to wait for the manga but that is what a hiatus is for.

I would take bebop or evangelion over DBZ or Bleach any day (although some of bleach is great) .

 

[Squeaksx]

I might just be a freak for mindfuckery, but I've always liked things released by Geneon. So far I've only seen Gregory Horror Show and Paranoia Agent, but those two really touched my brain in ways that few shows can. While Gregory Horror Show had a bit of restraint, Paranoia Agent remained quite a guilty pleasure simply due to how bizarre it was. I admit the storytelling style was a bit repetitive and all (With the basic going through one, two, or three character's psyche at a time until they have a mental breakdown and BAM baseball bat,) but I still enjoyed it thoroughly.

 

[Beowulf DW]

Bleach's first season was OK, it had an episodic nature compared to most other anime I'm used to, yet you could tell from pretty early on that it was leading up to something much bigger. I must confess that I genuinely enjoyed the Soul Society arc, but after that it went down-hill faster than a rocket-powered boulder due, of course, to filler.

I just don't get what's so wrong with taking a little hiatus to let the manga catch up. As my dad often says, "If you can't do a job right, don't do it at all."

I will always enjoy Bleach for the most part, though, if only for the comedic jabs at certain cliches, especially coming from the Hat 'n Clogs guy (my favorite character in any anime ever).

 

[Mostly Harmless]

Almost all mainstream anime nowadays are far too long, and just get stretched on forever. Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, and others get stretched on far too long. Not only that but when I watched Bleach and then went back to watching Full metal Alchemist and Ghost in the Shell (my two favorite anime shows) I was particularly surprised by how little actually happens in a typical Bleach episode when compared the a Full metal one.

 

[Sennz0r]

Ofcourse animes are drawn out, duh.

Now to sit back and see if anyone gets it.