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The Mike Toole Show - Unfinished Business

Besides, cour is not specific. If you say Moretsu Pirates is a two cour show, I don't know how long it runs, it could be 24, or 26, or even 25. But if you say it's a 26-episode show, everyone knows exactly how long it is.

Banner of the Stars - it feels like there was more to tell in the story.

trunkschan90 wrote:

I have never heard of the term 'cours' before, sounds French.

It is French.

The Japanese term, "kuuru" (クール) is a corruption of the French "Cours"

As for His and Her Circumstances, the author hated how the anime turned out. Hated. Too much comedy, not enough romance, she refused to allow Gainax to make a second season. Following that, Hideaki Anno left production, thus what we got for 14, 15, 19, 24, and 25 was completely different.

For me, the biggest ending dissapointment I can think of that hasn't been mentioned already is Melody of Oblivion. Yes, yes, I know it techincally wrapped up, but I didn't like the feel of it at all. Basically, the show said to me, "and all this stuff happened, but then things basically stayed the same." C'mon dudes, at least let me think our hero made a difference somehow! Although, that might not really fit the show... but still.

trunkschan90 wrote:

I have never heard of the term 'cours' before, sounds French. There's so much unfinished anime that I wish to be finished: Rurouni Kenshin - I want the Revenge arc animated o.o

That had a conclusive ending in Samurai X: Reflections, it just had a radically different ending than the manga. Now I would love to see a remake done closer to the manga, without annoying children, inaccurate portrayal of Kenshin, and the Revenge arc animated to end it.

I still look at the next-ep previews, in all of their scribbly, penciled glory, and laugh; Gainax had no money, but by cracky, they went for it, and it worked!

Actually, looking back, EVA's the only anime I can really say had an unsatisfying ending (for me at least). Mostly because it was all talking about the characters' psychological problems and how they could be solved. "Show, don't tell," after all.

DuelLadyS wrote:

For me, the biggest ending dissapointment I can think of that hasn't been mentioned already is Melody of Oblivion. Yes, yes, I know it techincally wrapped up, but I didn't like the feel of it at all. Basically, the show said to me, "and all this stuff happened, but then things basically stayed the same." C'mon dudes, at least let me think our hero made a difference somehow! Although, that might not really fit the show... but still.

The Melody of Oblivion, huh? Alright...

Final three episode arc: spoiler[Monster Union kills all the Warriors on Earth with one button press as they were stupidly having a convention or something; Two of the final three Warriors get trapped in space and the Monster Union gets a massive reduction in upper managment. It's bit of a downer for all involved but done in the style of musical theatre {Space Opera, get it?} and a local karoake bar so it's easy to miss how depressing it really is.]

Final episode: spoiler[Final Warrior returns to Earth, finds out the Monster King kinapped his girl, kills another Monster on his way to find him and shows why having a real girlfriend is a lot better than having an imaginary girlfriend, killing the Monster King and former Warrior in the process. Unlike the Monster Union, there are no new recruits for these abominations and the series ends with the final Warrior finding new human recruits and chasing down the last two or three Monsters who are in a tight spot without their human servant network. Provided Bocca doesn't screw it up, humanity should finally win.]

As anime goes, it's a fine ending. The only thing I felt was a disappointment was that the monster Medusa didn't get any comeuppance during the course of the show. Even when compared to the guy who could digest his victims for all eternity and who will never fully die so they won't either, ever, she's very disturbing. And she's only really in one scene.

I love this show but this is the closest I've seen anyone get to admitting they liked it.

The ultimate unfinshed show is Genshiken and the show even had the guts to point it out. They had the material, they had the interest {I think} but the producers had a "We're finishing here and that's it." moment near the end of season 2 which is a pretty rare thing for shows to do.

I have never heard anyone use the term 'cour' except when the speaker is a pretentious jack-ass that uses it to lord over others on how much they know about the anime industry.

Baldios, however, didn't quite make it that far down the same path. It was also cut short and later “fixed” with a sequel movie, but its final episode, which closes with the earth engulfed in civilization-destroying tidal waves and an abrupt “END” title card, is hilarious to behold.

I'll bet every single one of you has seen at least one anime OVA that seemed to lack a convincing or satisfying ending.

The rumor of Evangelion running out of money seems to be based on the reasonable but incorrect assumption that the steep decline in the number of drawings meant GAINAX was out of money. Hiroyuki Yamaga and Toshio Okada have both said that Evangelion did not have budget issues; the drastically reduced cel count was a result of time issues stemming from the disorganized production. I've never found any official information on Japan's end claiming the budget ran out.

Every time I see a successful Kickstarter, I remember Mighty Space Miners, and think of what Iida and Triangle Staff might've accomplished if they had that platform.

Personally, I prefer to use cours because it's usually a reliable measure of episode count for most anime. For a real long-runner (like 100+ episodes), I count the way "Gintama" counted it's seasons: each "season" was whatever had aired the first week of April to the last week of March.