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Why Does Anime Constantly End at Cliffhangers?
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It's because they started the anime at a time when the manga had no hope of finishing. It's one of the few reasons I'm thankful that some individuals wait for the manga to have enough material that they can keep adapting the story.
CLAMP adaptations are usually good about this, with the exception of X and a small amount of others.
CLAMP adaptations are usually good about this, with the exception of X and a small amount of others.
KillerMan91
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It's extra shitty because the anime adaption was so goood before that ending. Fuck that ending. They could have had pretty much same open ending with manga material. Now they just ruined the whole fricking show with that ending.
ShemhazaiX
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I just want to take this time to say "Screw you, Hunter X Hunter anime".
They knew they couldn't finish the series due to catching up with the manga, and yet they STILL decide to introduce the other world stuff AND tease Kurapika stuff in the very last episode.
I hate whoever wrote the last episode so damn much. ._.
They knew they couldn't finish the series due to catching up with the manga, and yet they STILL decide to introduce the other world stuff AND tease Kurapika stuff in the very last episode.
I hate whoever wrote the last episode so damn much. ._.
It can be production, though it's also worth pointing out that a lot of Japanese story telling doesn't really have definitive endings. Western story telling is big about wrapping things up so it can be a bit jarring until you get used to it.
As for manga-based adaptation I'm usually okay with it because filler is awful. My all time most loathed for this has to be GTO. Just stopped right in the middle and they made up an ending.
As for manga-based adaptation I'm usually okay with it because filler is awful. My all time most loathed for this has to be GTO. Just stopped right in the middle and they made up an ending.
Ambition
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killer rin
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Sadly the medium is pretty much an advertisement for Manga and Light Novels. It does start to get really annoying to be someone who watches Anime because you know more often than not a show won't get a second season. Even if the show sells alot, gets great reviews and is popular its never guaranteed that it will get a sequel.
I'm personally waiting for Toaru Majutsu no Railgun, Attack on Titan, Arpeggio and Space Brothers and for most of those, we're just completely left in the dark. It may get a sequel, it may not. It really turns into a skill of learning to watch and forget.
SolicitorPirate
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The Shadow Skill anime aired in 1998. The manga finished mid last year.
I pray every night that it gets a Brotherhood treatment, one of my top 2 favourite anime ever
entremet
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striferser
Huge Nickleback Fan
Yeah, the show you listed are adaptation of ongoing manga. If you wish to watch complete series, watch original show or adaptation of completed manga (example: Level E, Parasyte, FMA Brotherhood)
ArkhamFantasy
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You upset over sekeri bro? Try watching Berserk and you will understand what true despair is.
Berserk is considered the greatest manga of all time. An anime would have to be Cowboy Bebop level of greatness to do it justice.
I want to finish up Sekirei though. I liked the show. It was cute and a change of pace from other anime I've been watching. It was more like comfort anime because it really about Minato's relationship with his Sekirei than some overarching plot.
Also American shows today have overarching plot lines. It was not like that in the 80/90s. I remember Renegade never really focused on the fact that the main character was a fugitive. It was common for American shows to delevop a premise and use it in unrelated plots.
CadetMahoney
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pretty much. I bet they will blame piracy for it too or something.
victreeb3l
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I think most anime are basically advertisements for the LN / manga they're adapted from. So they do enough to get you interested and then hope you pick up the source material afterwards. There are also budget reasons too.
Of course I could also be speaking out of my ass.
Of course I could also be speaking out of my ass.
Vincent Alexander
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Yeah. It's because not all anime is meant to just be an advertisement to the manga as strongly as is suggested in here.
ElMexiMerican
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They do it a lot to get people interested in the source material. If the sales are good for the DVD/Blu-ray, then you'll usually get another season. Sekirei probably just didn't do well enough to warrant the next season they were hoping for.
The Broken Ska Record
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fuck you gainax
Ha ha. I was just going to mention this.
Berserk is one where they never got to make a sequel for the original anime. The Berserk movies at least end at the actual end of the Golden Age arc, questionable CG aside and trimming some stuff for budget reasons. The original anime didn't, it just stops in the middle of the Eclipse because they probably ran out of budget at that point and had to end it there.
Berserk spoilers inside:
The anime series also doesn't even have Skull Knight, it's bullshit.
RadioJoNES64
Banned
Ehh,
at first I was bothered by how lackluster it was but I realized the whole series was a build up to that fight. The fight had to end eventually.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Some anime are adaptations of manga or light novels.
Some are not.
Whether any given anime has a satisfying conclusion is difficult to find out prior to watching without running into spoilers.
Some are not.
Whether any given anime has a satisfying conclusion is difficult to find out prior to watching without running into spoilers.
Team Alucard
Banned
Trigun had an ending, it was just a horrible one. Vash refusing to kill that genocidal maniac proved that he learned absolutely nothing throughout the entire show.
I hate the constant anime endings where the main character just leaves everyone and everything to become a roaming tramp and/or hermit.
It wasn't the fight. I meant the closure. I didn't say it was terrible. It just wasn't great.
It wasn't the fight. I meant the closure. I didn't say it was terrible. It just wasn't great.
But that's just the beginning of the real story. Unless they were planning on doing more, it ended the way it should had ended. Anything else would have been insulting to that masterpiece.
RiderKairuu
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This trend burned me really bad as I watched through both Inuyasha and Ranma 1/2. I really wanted conclusions for those anime but they were still ongoing manga at the time I suppose..
Sekirei like Seikon no Qwaser has an interesting concept but gets brought down because Japan gotta Japan. I would have loved to see a real battle shounen where there are a bunch of people wielding different elements, as in periodic table stuff and not the earth/air/water/fire thing which is just done amazingly in Avatar.
PsychoSoldier
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There are plenty of shows that have good endings but shows produced from manga or those that are hoping for second seasons are highly likely to have spotty ones.
There are definitely endings that I can think of (Kare Kano, Fruits Basket) that leave room for more story but end in a pretty satisfying place.
Even though I like the movies I had to stop watching Ranma because the first season appeared to have something of a cohesive story where relationships were moving forward but it got off the rails by the second season for sure---some of this is just because the manga though, I believe.
There are definitely endings that I can think of (Kare Kano, Fruits Basket) that leave room for more story but end in a pretty satisfying place.
Even though I like the movies I had to stop watching Ranma because the first season appeared to have something of a cohesive story where relationships were moving forward but it got off the rails by the second season for sure---some of this is just because the manga though, I believe.
SuperChoco
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This reminds me that Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo ended literally mid arc, though that was for vastly different reasons than this thread; apparently Japanese parents complained that it was too violent for children.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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Inu Yasha has Final Act which wraps up the story.
Oh god, this made me so damn mad as a kid when it aired on Toonami. BUILDING UP FOR THIS NEW ARC, CHARACTERS JOINING TOGETHER TO FIGHT A NEW BIG BADDIE....
.........LULZ JUST KIDDING THAT'S THE END. Hell, even the characters THEMSELVES were legit shocked at the fact it was the final episode.
Also, I still can't believe BO-BOBO of all shows got complaints for being too "violent." There wasn't even any blood like in the manga.
Anyways, the problem is most anime are just to promo the manga, which usually isn't finished. So you either just stop at whatever arc you can, or try to come up with some "gecko ending" which....might not always work out. See: Soul Eater, Full Metal Alchemist....ya know, most anime that Bones has to make an ending for.
UUUGGGHHHHHH. WHEN IS THAT NEXT SEASON COMING.
fuck you gainax
fuck you gainax
Like many said, it's because the story isn't finished yet in the manga. There are some anime that just make up stuff to have an ending (Hellsing and the first FMA anime). I find that this is less of a problem with 13 episode anime. They typically have a resolution and less filler overall.
Worst cliffhanger of all time is Berserk. The author also hasn't even finished the manga after what, 20 years? It was ASOIAF before there was ASOIAF
Worst cliffhanger of all time is Berserk. The author also hasn't even finished the manga after what, 20 years? It was ASOIAF before there was ASOIAF
firehawk12
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Pretty much this.
Crash Station
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Adaptations.
Unfortunately, very few series get full adaptations, and the ones that do are generally poorly animated and not the most competently-directed.
There are exceptions of course, but if you'd be better sticking to anime original stuff.
Unfortunately, very few series get full adaptations, and the ones that do are generally poorly animated and not the most competently-directed.
There are exceptions of course, but if you'd be better sticking to anime original stuff.
bobawesome
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Because you don't want to see what happens when they run out of budget.
RiderKairuu
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Yeah, it was all over the place at times for sure. Maybe I should check out the manga for comparison.
Oh man I forgot all about that. Is it worth watching?
Frozenprince
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People really don't fully understand just how little people in Japan care about 95% of anime. A Hokuto no Ken prequel series aired every day at 2AM because it was literally just made to help sell the Manga.
And that's all anime is, a device to sell the real driving force of the industry, Manga. Most anime do have an ending, but the longer or higher budgeted ones, or ones made from famous series, usually end with a "see you next time folks" because there is going to be a next time. It might be an OVA, or a series 2, or even a full theatrical film. But ultimately they're just platforms to sell more merchandise, not as a creative media set apart as it's own thing.
When the Manga gets far enough ahead there will absolutely, 100% be a series 2. Hunter x Hunter is a biiiiig name, not a chance they don't have another series.
And that's all anime is, a device to sell the real driving force of the industry, Manga. Most anime do have an ending, but the longer or higher budgeted ones, or ones made from famous series, usually end with a "see you next time folks" because there is going to be a next time. It might be an OVA, or a series 2, or even a full theatrical film. But ultimately they're just platforms to sell more merchandise, not as a creative media set apart as it's own thing.
When the Manga gets far enough ahead there will absolutely, 100% be a series 2. Hunter x Hunter is a biiiiig name, not a chance they don't have another series.
Already answered well in this thread. That's why it's best to stick to anime with a foreseeable end in the future or with a manga that is ending soon (ie. it's safe to watch Naruto now after all those years because the manga has ended).
There are still quite a few anime that have proper endings like Death Note, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vision of Escaflowne etc.
There are still quite a few anime that have proper endings like Death Note, Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Fullmetal Alchemist, Vision of Escaflowne etc.
I really don't understand why they would have an original ending if nothing was solve. I guess they really wanted a fight with
Priscilla
We're lucky if we get 10 chapters a year, that's enough for about 5 episodes. The manga won't get enough material for a new anime season anytime soon.
Frozenprince
Banned
Hell, look at a recent show like Diamond no Ace. Diamond no Ace is getting 72 episodes after having it extended from 52 last year because it was so popular and yet series 2 will likely be another 2-3 years because the Manga will take another 10 to finish unless the Mangaka just stops writing or ends it before he's been hinting it'll run till.
Manga runs the bidness because the whole industry is just licensing books. It's like optioning the first Harry Potter when 4 hasn't even been written yet.
I'm not saying it'll happen soon, but it will happen eventually.
Manga runs the bidness because the whole industry is just licensing books. It's like optioning the first Harry Potter when 4 hasn't even been written yet.
I'm not saying it'll happen soon, but it will happen eventually.
Subpar Spatula
Banned
A lot of anime doesn't get picked up for another season because overall it wasn't profitable.
By the time they have enough material for a new season 5-10 years will have gone by, at which point they might as well just do a new adaptation from the scratch since there will be a lot of new viewers, and old viewers might have moved on.
Frozenprince
Banned
Nah that's not how it works though, you only get a new adaptation if the original went it's own way.
There will be a series 2, it's just gonna be a while, if it takes long enough they'll just make OVA's.
VanillaCakeIsBurning
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You can always ask animeGAF if the show you are watching or want to watch drops off a cliff at the last episode.
I haven't watched all of it but if you grew up watching the show on YTV like I did you'll probably want to check it out at least for closure since it has a definitive ending.
I haven't watched all of it but if you grew up watching the show on YTV like I did you'll probably want to check it out at least for closure since it has a definitive ending.
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