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Romuska
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Frankly there are VERY few shows that I consistently watch opening sequences for so if they think changing it up will benefit them that I'm all for it. One Piece only has one song for the opening and no end theme and that's worked out just fine for them.
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feitan000
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please NO
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Vadara
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Who actually watches the OP and ED each time? These days I usually don't even watch either one for anything other than the first episode if that.
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H. Guderian
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I would also add some shows have content, then the OP. Or how about ED and then a tiny C Chapter afterwards? Re:Zero often didn't use OP/EDs, though it clearly had them. I recall during Kill la Kill they interrupted the regular flow of the ED for a villain could taunt the audience. Macross Frontier #17 had a single one-time OP which was one of the best songs for that character. Remember Madoka not revealing its true ED until episode 3? How about the nice sweet love song OP in Gundam 00, that for a single episode was humorously sung by the males instead, what a fun twist!!
OP/EDs are part of the art and experience, and like most shows themselves they are rather forgettable. But they can be used to fantastic effect. This is not a change anyone is asking for, when all of the solutions are so much simpler. |
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MarshalBanana
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Just because someone predicts something will go away, doesn't mean that it Though i do not quite get why a show that is streamed needs to have a shortened Op, it's not like it has to account for ad breaks. In fact you would think it would be the other way around, where TV shows are the ones having to ditch OPs.will
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MakioKuta
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I watched B! It was a fun and weird little show that I wish I had more people to talk about it with. They aren't citing B as an industry standard though - it's mentioned because it straight up follows the format being talked about here. It was made directly for Netflix and was put up all at once and never had a TV broadcast. It has a 15 second OP that was very tolerable for watching lots of episodes in a row. It's pretty relevant to the topic at hand. Side note - It's ED song is really good. Anyway, I'd rather see these sort of shows made specifically for Netflix have a longer OP in the first episode, and then have none or the 15second OP style for following episodes. (or the option to skip would be best.) I love anime OPs and would be sad to see them disappear, but I get why they don't have a place in a binge-watching environment. |
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DeTroyes
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Disappointing, but not surprising. I've thought this was coming for a few years now.
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RoninX
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I loved B’s format. I wouldn’t mind if anime went that route because it’s ED always cut into the episode right it ends and segways into the credits. (I’ve never skipped B’s ED so it kinda defeats its purpose lol )
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thekingsdinner
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Look, I get his points. I really do, even though I don't stream, but I hope to everything that is sacred OP's and ED's will not disappear. It's an iconic part of what makes anime "anime" imo.
Looking up openings and endings for anime is in fact, a lot of times, what gets me to watch a particular show in the first place. A text-only synopsis does not get me interested in the least, so I tend to look up OP's and ED's (while being careful for spoilers). |
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Rednimue
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For me OP/ED are integral parts of the experience, I don't mind a few shows here and there experimenting something new by shortening/removing them etc ... But outright cutting them out of the experience, for me is a big NO. As H. Guderian has pointed out, there are many inventive and effective way to use them adding value to the show as a whole.
If this means funds from china to allow Japanese studios and creators to do and create what they want, OK ... Otherwise ... this is another big NO for me.
Although it's inevitable, this is another big NO for me ... in particular if it means more ugly and clunky 3D CGI animation and effects and less traditional 2D animation. |
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Kougeru
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How about Netflix can go die? They're stupid auto-skip has skipped after-credit stuff for me more often than it should, for example. They want to force EVERYONE to binge, even though most anime fans love to watch anime as it comes out every week. Netflix is like the opposite of Burger King's "have it your way", they want you to "have it our way". I don't really care about "TV Ver." songs. I like full versions of the music I enjoy, but they WORK well at building hype before a show starts and finishes and I love when a show plays out to an ED song.
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Kougeru
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Thisis the real problem. They think EVERYONE wants to binge watch. Have the option to skip OP/ED but don't remove them. A large % of anime users don't "binge watch" - we prefer to watch things weekly. Of course, Netflix of America wants to force everyone to binge watch instead. They need to stop with that BS. Give us new anime weekly and not all at once. People that want to binge can still binge, people that don't want to binge can watch it weekly. Yes, people can still "watch it weekly" when it's all out, but as I've stated here before, a large problem with this still is that it destroys basically every discussion forum for the show. Weekly speculation and debates are huge part of the fandom. |
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Wyvern
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No, you don't. If anything, the streaming model frees creators up to make the opening, and the episode, whatever length they like, since there's no longer any reason to worry about a strict 30 minute timeslot with commercial breaks. It doesn't make sense to me to sacrifice the intros for people who want to see them, when Netflix has a skip intro button that people can push if they don't want to see the opening. Leave it in for people who want it and let those who don't skip it. Viewers appreciate having a choice. |
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MarshalBanana
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If they do this, how are weebs supposed to discover new music?
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