Why are anime openings so long

These sequences also show the talent of their creators, who are not necessarily the same staff members who produce the weekly episodes. Thus, a longer opening and ending sequence can fulfill the task at hand with more ease. Namely, this has been an almost fixed trend since the s and has since, during the decades, become an unofficial rule that most animators follow.

Table of Contents show. How Long Are anime Openings and Endings? About The Author. Arthur S. And as a bonus, This goes for any dub, any show; what we're seeing here is the usual fallacy of "dubbed anime is only the version they show on TV.

Nabris Offline Joined: Aug Posts: I actually hated both of the openings, and I didn't like the first ending. Openings that feel long and never ending are usually ones that I don't enjoy watching. That may be why you OP think that. Douluo Offline Joined: Dec Posts: When they're not just FF; I don't get the annoyance. Every TV show and movie has one. Hell some of the Bond films are times as long if you count the initial setup.

Zymf Offline Joined: Dec Posts: Hulmy-chan Offline Joined: Jan Posts: Too short, maybe. BBCode Signature removed. You spoiled brat BBCode. Raiden Offline Joined: Jun Posts: Cheaters Offline Joined: Feb Posts: I assume they just think they are utterly or partially pointless. No one is that unbearably lazy not to skip it whenever they feel like doing so BBCode. Kruszer Offline Joined: Dec Posts: BBCode "This is the land of the rising sun, your desecration shall not be allowed.

Hibbington Offline Joined: Dec Posts: I second this post. It puts you in the mood for that anime, like I always watch D-frag's opening. Monad Offline Joined: Jun Posts: Now they just threw opening away.

I'm glad anime keep the tradition of openings and endings. Joekstar Offline Joined: Jan Posts: Ahmer Offline Joined: May Posts: Xannieh Offline Joined: Apr Posts: For example "Yona of the Dawn's" opening is one of the few animes that uses just instrumental as opposed to a song with lyrics. In addition, it recaps a bit of the story.

Other theme songs have lyrics that are written in the character's point of view, introducing you to their world. Carole and Tuesday is a newer anime that used beautiful art to captive its audiences. Older animes like Sailor Moon were also very creative and used different elements to get the audience captivated. Originally a manga series, the work has since produced a musical as well as an anime.

After songs "performed" by characters Echizen Ryoma and Fuji Shusuke went on sale in , character songs became a major mainstream trend extending far beyond hardcore otaku circles. Over songs have been released to date. Songs from TV series such as The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star have recently hit the Oricon weekly Top Ten music chart, and character songs are gaining recognition as a new genre of pop music.

One anime that has been attracting particular interest on the character song music scene since is Hetalia: Axis Powers. Hetalia is based on a comedy manga series featuring characters named and modeled after countries of the world.

In another emerging trend, several voice actors have become stars on the back of the character song they have sung.