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DragonsRevenge
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For instance, I want to check out One Piece, but at 400 episodes and counting, it kind of discourages me from starting it. Same goes for Detective Conan, Bleach and Inuyasha, even though the latter isn't nearly as long. Plus putting my time into such series (I only watch one at a time) when there's other, shorter series I want to see as well only keeps me from starting them as well. Is anyone else in the same boat?
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Paploo
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Most longer series are episodic, so once it gets to be a 200 episode series, you can really start anywhere- I find movies might be a good spot to start. I started with the Ranma 1/2 OVA's, which are technically at the end of the franchise, but were self-contained and at the time cheaper then trying to collect one of the TV seasons.
With One Piece, maybe check out the movie Funi's released, which is a self-contained retelling of one of the TV seasons. Another thing I do is wait until they're in cheaper boxsets or until I see them on sale- finding stuff on sale is where I got most of Urusei Yatsura and YuYuHakusho. The cheaper season sets of Case Closed are making me feel like I should pick those up. Then there's also the manga versions, which are a bit easier to pick up if it's a popular series, and already fairly low priced. |
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cyberbeing
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First thing is calculating how many hours you would need to watch before you catch up. For example, One Piece is up to 441 episodes. If you assume 20 minutes of watchable episode without the OP and ED, that works out to 147 hours.
Then you set a time frame. 14 days = 31-32 episodes (~10.5 hours) per day 30 days = 15 episodes (~5 hours) per day 60 days = 7-8 episodes (~2.5 hours) per day Wait until you are bored, on vacation/break, or have nothing better to do and just go for it. Stick to your planned time-frame and before you know it you'll be caught up. If you've not done so, I would suggest at least marathoning a 24 or 26 episode series in a single day and see how your focus and endurance holds out, before even thinking of trying to marathon a 400+ episode series in some reasonable period of time. |
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PetrifiedJello
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About as long as it takes to put a DVD into the player.
That being said, if it's something I'm going to watch, despite its length, time is not an issue so it won't be difficult at all. |
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Redbeard 101
Oscar the Grouch
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Paploo brings up an excellent point. With most really long series (over 50 episodes) you get filler and/or episodic runs of episodes. At most maybe a few episode arc. So you can really jump in anywhere and not miss much. Plus many run the same formula throughout so even at episode 450 it's the same action and plot as episode 1 really. Hello DragonBall. As for me personally I don't look at length generally so picking up and starting a longer series is not a problem. I do try to start longer series when I have more time to devote to them but if it's a series I want to watch then I watch it. Plus one benefit to a longer series is the episodic nature. You can pop in any dvd from any season and enjoy a few and not miss much in terms of the main plot. |
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PiercingArrow
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i finished watching One piece up to episode 430+ for about 3-4 months as far as i know. At first it was just a try out to see if the series was really good. Then after realizing that the series was great, i started watching like 3-7 episodes every weekdays, 10+ episodes on weekends and 20+ episodes on holidays or something if i remember right. i watch other animes too just so that i could mix in the mood and i wont get sick of just watching One Piece the whole time. It's really fun watching One Piece, im glad i didn't end up regretting watching the series
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everydaygamer
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yeah i would just start watching on a day when i'm bored. was how i got into bleach, naruto and hitman reborn (and one piece but i don't really watch the anime anymore).
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ShinobiX
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Watch most of my anime during the summer or other breaks. Snow days etc.
When you have nothing to do watch anime. That's how I finish long series. Of course my method may take longer depending on how active you are. |
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sailorsarah08
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I find it hard to start a long series. If you jump in smack in the middle of the series, you run the risk of being confused and spoiled. I've been meaning to start the Pretty Cure franchise for quite a while, but I can't commit myself to 5 series, at ~40 episodes each. I don't have the time, nor attention span, to watch that many episodes in a reasonable amount of time. I'll take a break for my sanity, and then start something else, a month later, I've forgot every character, most of the plot, and now I have to start all over, which is daunting.
Generally if it's more than 52 episodes, it better be the best thing I've seen, ever, and have something that makes up for how unbearably long it is, like great character development, or that it really can be taken at any order, like Funimation's Shin-Chan. |
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Gewürtztraminer
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The longest series I have watched completely was Urusei Yatsura, 194 episodes, 11 OVAs, and 6 movies.
Anything longer than that will never hit my radar. If a series is over 40 episodes, I have to think really hard before starting it. Sorry D Grayman, Monster. This all comes back to liking to buy what I watch. Committing to purchase a 50+ episode series is not trivial. There is no give up at the half way point for me. I just hate being strung along, tell your freaking story and end it! I followed Bleach into the 50ish episode range when I TOTALLY lost interest due to the number of unaired episodes. I made it through Inuyasha, and will watch the newest season, but that was before I had become the twisted creature you see before you. |
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LaFreccia
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I tend to avoid long series. For me they give the impression of not really telling a story, because the story is designed to never end.
Another problem I have with some of these shows is the amount of re-used footage. One Piece really bothered me in this regard. When marathoning such a show, I became annoyed because so much of each show was a recap of the previous episode, then a character would reminisce about an event in a much earlier episode (at length). I think I gave up on One Piece at around episode 100. |
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kingofaces
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From what I remember, it was only those earlier episodes that had a major amount of reused footage, although the short retelling does still come into play. I always used to be suspicious of One Piece turning out to be episodic and repeating a lot like Dragon Ball Z, or even Bleach after seeing how long it was, but it actually has a fairly surprising flow to it's plot. There are a few filler arcs you can skip, but overall I thought most episodes were worth watching. Sure if you want a quick story that's one thing, but One Piece is more about an actual journey and what happens during it, something that actually fits into being a many episode series without being entirely cliche. That's mostly what I can say about One Piece, it's not episodic and it actually has a decent plot. Most other longer running series turn me off pretty quick, either by a decent sampling of the series, or just by seeing the plot. I won't automatically reject a long series, but I will often be picky about them when the content becomes an issue. |
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zawa113
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Eh, pretty difficult, it looks really daunting at first. I know if it's a good series that I'll eat it right up, but....tough to want to start it to begin with.
Ok, Legend of the Galactic Heroes, 110 episodes + 3 movies + 52 episodes in side OVA. It's ridiculous and now that I've seen the main series, I can't wait to rewatch again it again because it was just that good and now that I've seen it I especially don't want to watch any other long series because I doubt they'll live up to be as good as LoGH, something well worth the time investment for once. So yeah, now that LoGH is done, it's only going to be harder to watch a longer series because now it has to live up to higher expectations, lol. Also, I still need to watch those side OVA eps and the third movie... But the way I got to watching LoGH was I thought of it as 4 seasons of about normal length, give or take a few eps, and then it seemed a lot less daunting. The other way I convinced myself to start it was that I saw just as many episodes of Bleach where things move a heck of a lot slower to keep pace with the manga and I figured "If I watched that much Bleach, I could surely watch that much of a show that is supposed to be significantly better without needing to include those bs filler episodes that made me quit Bleach to begin with" and that seemed like a logical argument I couldn't refuse. Of course, I consider 52 episodes to be "long" and the last show of that length I saw was Higurashi, but that was also chunked into smaller pieces and got me hooked by the end of the first segment. Also, it was finished, being finished can be important too, that way I can marathon it. |
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Graddick
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A series longer than 50 episodes is a commitment I haven't made in a long while. There are plenty of shows I'd love to start watching (Kenshin, Urusei Yatsura) but I'm hooked on OAVs and 13 episode series. I need something new every couple of weeks or I'm afraid I'll just get bored with a show.
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Kruszer
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Starting them is easy, now finishing them....that's the problem. I usually tend to have nearly zero motivation to watch a long series. I usually only dig into them when I'm bored and don't have anything else. ZZ Gundam, Fist of the North Star, Beast Player Erin, Black Jack, and Urusei Yatsura I've been chipping away at for a long time.
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