One season anime

[Roto13]

I usually stick to anime with 26 episodes or something. Right now I'm watching Monster, though, and that has 72 episodes. I've made a commitment. :P

[Azure Chrysanthemum]

Kenshin is three season. Most of which, as I understand, is filler that ends after the Shishio arc.

[Eiko Guy]

i like long anime because i hate to see my characters end

for example in cowboy bebop i want to see what happens between faye and spike after he kills viscious

[Tasura]

i want to see what happens between faye and spike after he kills viscious

Spoilers =(

[superflyy]

I find that the best animes are the ones that only go for one season. But thats just me.

i completely agree, fillers kind of ruin everything! But some animes are very good with continuous seasons (ie. Sailor Moon /not the dubbed but subbed version)

[JKTrix]

Anime that are not based on manga tend to run for one or 2 sets of 13 episodes (13 episodes is one 'season' methinks), but they can run longer. Things that aren't based off an already existing product don't have anything that qualifies as 'filler'. Like Eureka 7, it's 50 episodes of original work (not based off manga). There are some slow parts that people might say are 'filler', but it's all part of the overall story. There is an Eureka 7 manga, but it's based off of the show.
Jump! anime, however (Naruto, DBZ, Kenshin, Bleach, etc), are much more prone to filler--things made to fill in the gaps between the official/real story of the original work.

Some anime certainly have more material to continue, but they end in a good place (like Cowboy Bebop). Besides, there are always movies and OVAs to be made. They can keep their new and good ideas condensed to a 90 minute movie or a short series of episodes instead of having to 'fill' up a 26 episode season with degenerate quality.

[Navydav]

There is one anime series I enjoy immencely that lasted only one season was "Love Hina". The series ended after 25 episodes. The first 24 episodes were part of one storyline and the 25th was to begin an all new 24 episode arc, but from what I have heard that production company ran out of money. There was still some unresolved questions. I know they were able to make two Movie Specials and that OVA sequel "Love Hina Again", but that ended after only 3 episodes. I wish they at least had at least another episode so that could wrap up the manga in which the 2 main characters finally got together and later married, and it showed us what became of everybody on the show. The Manga had 14 volumes and I hear they only got through about 12 at most, and even left out some colorful elements.

[edczxcvbnm]

I have no problem with long never ending shows as long as they stay good. It is a shame that most have to filler it up with complete crap. Bleach for example was awesome up until the filler started. Now I have stopped watching all together.

There are plenty of 50 episode series that are good such as FMA, Eureka Seven, some of the Gundam series.

There are also plenty of 24-26 episode series that need to be another 15-25 episodes longer to flesh out some characters and explain more of the actual story. Evangelion is at the top of that list but it would not have needed to do that had it not wasted its time all over the place.

[feona17]

I can sit through anime like Cardcaptor Sakura and Love Hina, because they weren't redundant and weren't too long. (Both less than 100 episodes).

I've made somewhat of a commitment to Inuyasha which still isn't done in Canada. DBZ, even though I wanted to watch GT, I just couldn't.

[ffsw19]

Has anyone on here ever watched the anime Blue Seed? It kicked ass! It used to play on the Action! channel. I will probably buy it on DVD sometime online whenever I have some spare money. Whenever that will be.

[Crushed Hope]

Tenchi had 3 seasons. Universe rocked.

I wish there was a second season to Kenshin, though...wait...there practically is, considering the movie(s)...

Kenshin is more than one season. Sadly, most of it after Shishio is kind of less cool as the rest of the series. It ended off in the OVA Reflection, in a less than stellar way too

[Navydav]

Man I love the Tenchi series to death.

But with Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki there are 3 OVAs each with about 6-7 episodes apiece, made over a period of about 10 years. So I don't know how that works in seasons. I know the first 2 OVAs were shown on U.S. televison as just Tenchi Muyo! although they were pretty editted. There was a movie as well that took place after the first OVA, but kinda ignores the other 2 OVAs. I believe its U.S. title is Tenchi Muyo! The Movie: Daughter of Darkness.

Then came Tenchi Universe which did air on TV in Japan for 26 episodes and later in the U.S. Once again the Cartoon Network editted the episodes. This series didn't follow the OVA timeline. It was made by the co-creater of the Original. It had 2 movies that followed called Tenchi in Love and Tenchi Forever. This series was made by the original creater without any imput from his buddy and better received than the last one.

Third came Tenchi in Tokyo which showed Tenchi going to school in Tokyo and getting a girlfriend, but these shows changed everybodies personalities and many people didn't like it. It was alright in opinion at times, but the OVAs were great and so was the sequel TV series. But it 2 ran for 26episodes. It like the second series had its own timeline.

Lastly a new TV series debuted in 2002 I think it was. It was called Tenchi Muyo! GXP which followed the timeline set up in the OVAs but with mostly new characters and took place in the GP (Galaxy Police), same organization Mihoshi is in. It is as almost a risque as the OVAs and even has cameos or small parts of our favorite characters. The lead character is named Seina and looks alot like Tenchi and his good friend. It too ran for 26 episodes.

As of now nothing Tenchi has since come out. I wonder if the series is seemingly over? I have yet to finish seeing GXP and I didn't finnish watching Tenchi in Tokyo.