Topic: Anime...

[UruseiNeo]

That's because people aren't really getting it. They think that Anime are cartoons and that its for kids.

Anime is for ALL ages. I'm trying to start an anime club at my school, one of the first events we MIGHT do is the Hare Hare Yukai Dance ^_^

[sidzero]

That is NOT a freaking exaggeration. I've been going over the episodes lately.

And before posting that, I actually counted the episodes between when Frieza makes his little "blow up the planet" attack, and when the planet actually blows up on an episode list. So no, it's not an exaggeration.

Changing the topic a bit abruptly, has anyone noticed how animes nowadays seem to be so small?

If by small, you mean short, 26-episode runs, then yes.

[UruseiNeo]

when you counted them did you use the uncut series or the cut series? I think I used the cut series so there may have been more episodes than I counted.

I have names for the different series length.

13 episodes is a "Quarter Season Series"

26 episodes is a "Semi Season Series"

52 episodes is a "Full Season Series"

Anything more, you count the number of openings/endings and call it "(Number) Season Series"

Ex. Urusei Yatsura has 9 Endings so I can it a 9 Season Series. Ranma is 7 Season Series.

[FallinG_StaR]

The animes are smaller... (I think we discussed this before) because of the amount of anime that is produced/released every year... and the amout of anime companies making them... and probably the costs of making the animes...


Ex: I used to play Sonic the Hedgehog... for Sega Mastersystem and Mega Drive... The game was big (severeal levels) took me days to finish the games... Now I play the PC, PS2, PS3 versions... And I dont even take half a day finishing it...

PS. Naruto in the end will have Sasuke's baby... you want to know why??? Because Naruto and Sasuke are Ghey... XD

[Kroptik]

That PS was eandom and unnecessary... o.o

I have names for the different series length.

13 episodes is a "Quarter Season Series"

26 episodes is a "Semi Season Series"

52 episodes is a "Full Season Series"

What about smaller ones?
-6 Angels has 6 episodes.
-Zaion I wish you were here has five episodes.

What are these, tiny season series?

[UruseiNeo]

The best way to describe those ones are series that couldn't last long XD

Nah, I know that there are series that didn't want to go for long, I'd say Short Series works for them.

Or maybe "Week Long Series" as you can watch them in a week.

Which do you think is better?

[sidzero]

If a series has that few episodes, it's usually not a TV series, it's usually an OVA series.

[UruseiNeo]

usually, but not always. That's why I can't just label them as "OVA Series"

[FallinG_StaR]

Smaller series are sometimes used just to promote the manga or visual novels... as well as there's now a new trend that is the ONA's (Original Net Animation)... That are only made available via the Internet or Interweb as I call it... XD

[UruseiNeo]

any ONA's that we might know?

[FallinG_StaR]

I know a few... like Penguin Girl... it's a 7min/episode series currently as 22 episodes total (at least for now)... that would correspond to 7 21 min. episodes... (I think) XD

[sidzero]

Technically, all those little flash movies you find on sites like newgrounds would fall under the category of "Original Net Animation", if you want to go there...

[FallinG_StaR]

Lets not go there... XD

[UruseiNeo]

Lets not go there... XD

Damn... and I had a comment for that XD

[cata]

I think I know what you guys are talking about... xD