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30: How many anime episodes is 'ideal' for you?

Probably single-season, so 13? Mostly because I trust single-season shows to have a clear, coherent story with a proper ending, as opposed to 'la de da, let's see how long we can milk this' (how is there an actual sequel to Naruto, dear lord). Also I am terrible at marathoning, and easily distracted, so the shorter a show is, the higher the probability I'll actually get all the way through to the end. :wince:

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konsectatrix

I thought I was the only one. 13 is definitely ideal.

Back in the day I could watch DBZ on badly dubbed (or undubbed) bootleg VCR tapes at 3 in the morning with my friends. I'm at the point now that I'll only watch a series when I'm assured they're done, and 26 episodes might still be too many.

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jennaria

In fairness, there's currently a one-season anime series (GARGANTUA ON THE VERDUOUS PLANET, I think is the title) that has been sitting in my queue, /one episode/ from done, for ages now. :wry:

I'm generally only willing to marathon if either (a) I don't have to be really paying attention to what's going on, or (b) I'm doing it with other people. And since (a) is never true for anime, on account of subtitles, and (b) is less and less true as I grow older and it gets harder to set up hang-out time with friends...

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konsectatrix

Aw, hee! I admit I have this situation with a non-anime show, I am literally two episodes from completing the 1st season. And it's not like it's terrible and I don't WANT to see the episodes or anything, it's just one show out of the handful I watch at any given time that I've been watching alone.

I agree about the marathoning. There's been a few things like Sword Art Online that I managed just because W and the kids were marathoning it and I got to float in and out while doing other things. I really enjoyed Soul Eater to the point of actually sitting still and watching from beginning to end, and that only happened at first because W was watching it and the art style and concept grabbed me (and it caught me at a good time I guess). But I rarely venture deep into the world of anime these days anymore despite really loving animation because yeah, same.