It's just so heartbreaking when an anime gets cancelled before it's able to tell its whole story, leaving fans on a cliffhanger that won't ever have a resolution. Often times, only one season of an anime is made, ending in a cliffhanger and never getting a second season.
So let's take a look at some anime that never got the chance to conclude its story properly. Gangsta was an anime that had a lot of potential but it unfortunately fell short in the execution. Gangsta followed two "handymen", Worick and Nicolas, taking jobs for both the mafia and the police that no one else can handle.
In fact, there are quite a few anime that were adapted from manga that have been affected by this dreaded curse. While these anime never got to reach their finish for a myriad of different of reasons, their manga counterparts went on and met a (sometimes) satisfying ending.
While the manga ran until continuation the anime stopped and finished with an original filler ending instead. This was due to Studio Deen growing tired of working on the property for 143 straight episodes. Most definitely one of the most tragic stories of an anime and manga is that of the very popular series Bleach .
The anime is just meant to get you interested enough to go get the manga. Occasionally, the popularity of the series will cause the studio to reconsider and release the manga ending, as was the case with Inuyasha and Full Metal Alchemist.
Indeed, simply verifying the titles of every anime ever made, and the number of episodes for each would be a monumental task. Its impossible, you'll have to be a loser with no life, no work, but is somehow capable of having enough money to support your insane task in order to watch every anime in creation.
Sazae-san - 7,701 episodes Recognized by the Guinness World Records, this anime holds the world record for the longest-running animated TV series. The show is about a mother named Sazae-san and her family life.
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With the 1000th episode of 'One Piece' releasing there is a big question on a lot of people's minds, how much time does it take to watch it all? It would take 23,000 minutes, 959 hours or 16 days to watch the anime start to finish without skipping any episodes or any breaks.
The episodes all ranging between 22 and 24 minutes long. Using the latter as the norm and multiplying it by 927, binging the series would therefore last a total of 23,784 minutes. This would equal 396.4 hours or 16.52 days. That's, of course, if they watched it without ever sleeping or taking a break.
Sazae-sanAnother notable monumental undertaking would be the current Guinness World Record holder for longest running animated show, Sazae-san, which is still on the air with over 7000 episodes--but don't worry, it's actually not even available in its entirety and was never licensed out for western audiences.
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One Piece has the least amount of fillers out of the Big Three, with only 94 filler episodes in total. Considering that it's still running, it now has more episodes than Naruto and Bleach combined. The anime has been running since 1999 and is close to reaching its 1000th episode in a few short weeks.
According to the survey, more than 6,000 anime are produced, and more than 3,200 anime are aired on television. Also, about 60% of the all animations broadcasted in the world are made in Japan.
Top 10 Cancelled Anime#1: “Mobile Suit Gundam” (1979-80)#2: “Outlaw Star 2: Sword of Wind” (Cancelled) ... #3: “Interspecies Reviewers” (2020) ... #4: “Battle Programmer Shirase” (2003-04) ... #5: “Final Fantasy: Unlimited” (2001-02) ... #6: “Nakoruru - A Gift From That Person” (2002) ... #7: “Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo” (2003-05) ... More items...
Eiichiro Oda himself even announced a couple days ago that the final saga is coming. But that all hit very differently today, when it was officially announced that the final saga of One Piece would begin on July 25, 2022, with chapter 1054.
While Bleach weighs in at a whopping 366 episodes, it still doesn't tell the complete story. The anime ends with the Fullbringer Arc, which amounts to a relatively anticlimactic story about spiritually-aware humans who can manipulate souls.
There are times when anime require length to do justice to their characters. The Princess Jellyfish series, unfortunately, is just 11 episodes long. It tells the story of a group of young women who are unwilling or unable to fit in with mainstream Japanese society.
From the very beginning, it seemed as though the anime version of His and Her Circumstances was doomed to fail. The original mangaka, Masami Tsuda, did not see eye to eye with the Gainax staff. The first half of the series was directed by Hideaki Anno — the man behind Neon Genesis Evangelion — who wanted to deeply explore the nature of human relationships with the series. Tsuda wanted more of a rom-com feel, which didn't blend well with Anno's artistic vision.
Romance anime, on the whole, tends to retread the same subject matter over and over again. Masamune-kun's Revenge, however, actually features a pretty interesting concept. Protagonist Masamune Makabe wants to trick Aki Adagaki (who once rejected his advances) into falling in love with him, so he can get revenge by dumping her in the most humiliating way he can imagine.
Few anime feature a transgender protagonist, and even fewer manage to depict trans identities with nuance and sensitivity. While the Wandering Son manga is unique in this respect, little of the original story's brilliance carries over into the animated version.
10 Gangsta. Gangsta was an anime that had a lot of potential but it unfortunately fell short in the execution. Gangsta followed two "handymen", Worick and Nicolas, taking jobs for both the mafia and the police that no one else can handle.
Due to plummeting ratings, Bleach was cancelled before its final story arc, the Thousand Year Blood War arc, which sees the Quincy return to oppose the Shinigami, was even animated. After so many episodes, it's incredibly frustrating that we didn't get to see the proper ending of the series.
After middle schooler Ganta Igarashi witnesses his entire class get murdered, he's framed for the horrific act and sent to Deadman Wonderland, a prison that also doubles as a theme park. While the anime had great animation, it rushed a lot of plot points and removed major characters entirely from the story.
Bubblegum Crisis was widely well received, with fans and critics praising its story and characters, but it was cancelled due to a contract dispute between the two companies that produced the series. Of the 13 episodes it had planned, only 8 were released before cancellation, leaving fans without any sort of conclusion to the story.
For better or worse, anime is a business. As frustrating as it is, at the end of the day, it needs to be making money or there's no point dragging it out. So let's take a look at some anime that never got the chance to conclude its story properly.
The anime was popular enough on its release, and even still has a dedicated fan base holding out hope for a second season. It's highly unlikely that we'll ever get a second season as the first season was abruptly cancelled when Manglobe Inc, the studio responsible for animating Gangsta, filed for bankruptcy, leaving the story unfinished.
Rurouni Kenshin is another example of a hugely popular anime being abruptly cancelled. Rurouni Kenshin followed the adventures of Kenshin Himura, a former assassin who vowed to never kill again and instead dedicate himself to protecting the weak.
However, these 51 episodes didn't cover the entire manga. It was canceled due to having a low amount of viewers and low disc sales.
Sadly the anime was canceled and due to a myriad of problems the manga flopped in the end.
Ranma 1/2 is one of the most recognized anime and manga series there are. Even if you haven't actually experienced the series for yourself you've most likely seen its main character in one place or another.
The ultra-perverted anime and manga of Prison School were a good hit with the anime for the series' exaggerated anime perversion and over the top humor. It had a pretty successful first season as well as a pretty successful manga. Sadly pretty successful wasn't enough for Prison School as it was not renewed for a second season.
Rave Master is a highly rated manga by Hiro Mashima, the same creator behind the Fairy Tail series. It's a manga that starts off strong and ends strong as well. Sadly the same can't be said for this series' anime adaptation.
The popular anime and manga series Rurouni Kenshin (or Samurai X) is a victim of another anime adaptation curse. The curse of an anime adaptation surpassing its source material when it comes to speed. Once this series passed the manga it had to begin inserting its own original material instead of following the manga blueprint.
Sadly pretty successful wasn't enough for Prison School as it was not renewed for a second season. This is due to the fact that the anime didn't boost the manga's sales high enough to warrant a return to an anime format. The manga wasn't selling amazingly but it was selling enough to be considered successful without an anime counterpart.