The fuss over super long Anime?

I'm not sure why so many people like super long anime like Naruto, Bleach, One Piece and Pokemon, I have tried to watch such anime, but after awhile giving up, I like an anime that can wrap it's story up in around 35 episodes at the most, any more and I do get bored, so you who like long anime, do so because it gives you something to go back to for such a long time?

it allows for an awesomer story line with alot of diffrent characters that gives more people characters to pick there fav and to cosplay as

They're just kind of like T.V soaps. Just keep going on forever. I kind of like that, though. I feel sad if I've finished an anime that I really liked, because there's no more left of it. I guess it's just what everyone prefers.

you're prob reacting like this cause you're not up to date with the story and cba to watch 200++ episodes to catch up
some us have been following it since it was released so... to us it's 1 episode a week

KawaiiCupcake wrote:They're just kind of like T.V soaps. Just keep going on forever. I kind of like that, though. I feel sad if I've finished an anime that I really liked, because there's no more left of it. I guess it's just what everyone prefers.

I know what you mean, some animes have a great story and would be great to have a sequal but some i love the anime and ending but i think it would be best if some stayed as 1 season

anbuckcl wrote:you're prob reacting like this cause you're not up to date with the story and cba to watch 200++ episodes to catch up
some us have been following it since it was released so... to us it's 1 episode a week

I'm not, I started watching these animes when they were new to the US/UK, but couldn't keep watching

Anniexo wrote:

anbuckcl wrote:you're prob reacting like this cause you're not up to date with the story and cba to watch 200++ episodes to catch up
some us have been following it since it was released so... to us it's 1 episode a week

I'm not, I started watching these animes when they were new to the US/UK, but couldn't keep watching

Either way, i like them. I just love anime You have your opinions and i have mine
Imo most animes made are good because they have to have been popular to a degree for it to become animated, I judge animes mainly by the "kind" of animation used for the anime

or people like me who love it that much theyll spend time catching up

IMO the best animes are the ones that wrap up in 26 episodes, sometimes with a season 2.
The only long anime I enjoyed was Pokémon, I don't like Bleach, One Piece, or Naruto, but not because of their length xD;

The length of an anime doesn't really bother me, though I tried watching Bleach and only got about 10 episodes in before I gave up "/ Just not my cup of tea I suppose. I did used to watch pokemon on TV but I lost interest in that and only play the games now. I'd love to get into a super long anime, because they always have amazing fandoms and personally, fandoms are my favourite part of anime! As much as I love watching the actual series, I like seeing fanart/fanfiction so even after I've finished the series (not much experience with never ending anime, so I'm switching to finite ones), I can still feel involved with it? Or something like that ^^; Plus I get to meet awesome people like that :3

I see what you mean about the fandoms Mimi, though there are a lot of fairly short anime, more often shojo I've found, that have gigantic fanbases xD
I think it's nice if you have an reasonably decent length, then maybe a second season or maybe a movie afterwards.
Though I don't really care much for this anime, K-ON! is an example because it's fairly short, has a second season, AND a movie, and a giant fanbase lol

I stay away from super long anime. I tend to wait until I have a whole, complete anime to watch and then marathon it. I guess it's more about time and money for me. If I like an anime, I feel obliged to buy the DVDs. If a series airs for hundreds of episodes, I have to keep waiting for it to be subbed/dubbed/released on dvd before I can legally buy/watch it.

I don't understand what's so great about series that air for hundreds of episodes- surely there's only so much you can find out about a character, no matter how long a series lasts. After seeing the same main characters face the same kind of situation over and over again, I'd get bored.

The length of an anime doesnt particularly bother me if i like it
i caught up with the whole of the pokemon anime because i like it
but short animes are nicer in a way because you can watch them all at once (if they are over already obviously)

i love bleach been watching it since it first aired in england and im always exited for when new episodes are released also fairy tail, naruto shippuden, i watch that are long story and they just keep me hooked episode to episode thats why i keep watching them everyweek

I think the longest anime I ever watched aside from Pokémon was this kiddies anime called Kodocha, or Kodomo no Omocha, that I watched a few years ago...it had about 107 eps, and was filled with fillers and plotline repeats xD Idk why I could put up with it lol.
Plus I look back on it now and think I actually didn't like the animation style much. It's funny how fast tastes can change haha.