Forum - View topicThe Fate Of The Filler
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Deltakiral
 Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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Right I agree with you, I think the term that is being used a lot now is Stand Alone, meaning it can stand alone on it own away from the rest of the series. Thank you GITS:SAC for that, but you are correct filler can't have mulitple meaning, perhaps it time to establish a completely new word so that there is a difference. Till next time, Delta Kiral |
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Villhelmya
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What was the filler in Bleach, the modded soul and bontu arc?
they seem good enougth for me, then whats ment to be happening, like the next real arc? i dont mind Bleach filler well i didn't know it was filler til now... narutos a different story though 
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IchigoK90
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That would be correct. The next arc I believe deals with spoiler[Aizen returning and Ichigo and crew fighting him from what I heard a while ago from my friend who reads the manga]. "Believe it!" - IchigoK90 |
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Kidder
 Posts: 188 Location: Bat country! >.< |
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not entirely true. The manga hasn't actually reached that far yet. WARNING: MANGA SPOILER spoiler[In the manga, the arc after Soul Society introduces the hybrid Shinigami and Hollows (ie. Hollows who've gained Shinigami powers or vice versa). The Hollows were being converted into Shinigami by Aizen as he experiments with the Stone (lol honestly can't remember its name  ) to try and produce the ultimate Hollow/Shinigami Hybrid. Aizen hasn't actually appeared in the real world or Soul Society. Instead he sends his Hollow hybrid experiments into the real world to test their powers and keep the Shinigami busy.]
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vickeyv
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Well i think the most important thing in fillers is to make sure that its a financial success.
The reason why R.Kenshin was taken off air was because the producers had made too much of an investment in the fillers, like having a brand new opening song and animation for like the last couple of fillers and then a new ending song and animation and if you notice closely the animation quality of the last couple of fillers is very high comparing with other series rleased during the same time frame like flame of Recca and Escaflowne. The colors are much more vibrant. And the producers didn't get equal dividends and so they never resurected the show and then moved on. The thing with Bleach is that the characters are just superb. If you notice there is nothing really special about the story, like Grim Reapears with samurai swords, and "i want to get stronger" "i want to protect my precious freinds" crap. And then the whole ghost busting with hollows. Thats all really cliched stuff. But the characters are just amazing. So Bleach never needed and will never need an amazing story line all it needs is your basic situation and thats it. The thing with Naruto is its story line was really complex. Like over 135 episdoes and yes it did have cliched elements but the story was diverse that it kept you intresed since alot of stuff happened in those episdeos like tournments, wars, etc not just a solitary strike on SS. in any case since thats all gone now all we are left is with a bunch of noisy kids and adults donot like noisy kids. But kids love to watch such stuff. And if Pokemon can survive for decades without a story line why the can't Naruto with a story line unsuitable for adults. I won't call it bad, i love the fillers, my younger brother likes em', so whats the big deal, |
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HitokiriShadow
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The important thing is to get good ratings. If the ratings dive below a certain level, the show will get cancelled.
Ongoing series like this tend to switch openings and endings every x number of episodes regardless of where the series is in the story. The higher animation quality is probably because they were informed that the series was getting cancelled and they had to wrap up, so they didn't need to hold back for more episodes.
I'm not quite sure what you mean by this, but I suspect you are wrong. |
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Deltakiral
Posts: 3338 Location: Glendora, CA (Avatar Hei from Darker than BLACK) |
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Till next time, Delta Kiral |
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vickeyv
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As in didn't get desired amount of return on the investment they made. As in made high quality episdoes got bad ratings in return, when you get smacked on the face like that you have little choice but to cancel the show. Studio Periott at the moment has lowered there animation quality for the fillers and its clearly noticeable, since younger shonen donot really care about that as long as they get their weekly dosage of Rasengan, Naruto is more than safe at the moment. Naturally the ratings for Naruto might have taken a hit during the fillers but Studio Periott isn't really investing that much in it. If Studio Periott went all Gonzo for the fillers Naruto will sink before you can even say animation. |
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Kidder
Posts: 188 Location: Bat country! >.< |
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Me thinks you got your cause and effect mixed up. The last few episodes of Rurouni Kenshin were higher quality animation because they were told they were going to be cancelled. I'm guessing the producers basically figured they might as well finish off the budget since the show was over. The show was already experiencing very poor ratings for a while, which is why the powers-that-be decided to drop what was once a hugely popular show. |
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Kelly
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Kidder brings up an excellent point. All filler is not equal. If it's made just for the sake of dragging a popular series out, that's one story. If it includes character development that helps us get to know and like the characters better so that we care about what happens to them, that's another. Filler episodes might not be the best in a series, but they can be absolutely critical to the overall effect that the important, dramatic episodes late in the series have on us. |
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