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[–] [email protected] 31 points 21 hours ago

Bad habits should be broken, not fed.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

If you want to see an example of anime made for TikTok, then @[email protected] wrote a really interesting piece a while back about Otaku-chans, an anime specifically made for and aired on TikTok, with episodes usually less than 60 seconds long.

I encourage people that are interested to check out the whole article. One bit I found interesting in particular is the constraint that the algorithmic feed places on the ability to tell stories. Specifically, each episode basically needs to start and stop at a similar status quo since the episodes might be served out of order. From the article:

Because viewers are unable to rely upon TikTok’s algorithm serving the episodes in order, anime like Otaku-Chans are forced to work more like syndicated television, where things generally return to the status quo each episode. In fact, the For You feed “generally won’t show two videos in a row made with the same sound or by the same creator” according to TikTok, meaning it’s unlikely that multiple episodes of the show will even appear side by side, let alone in any logical order.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago

There's 45 new animes a season now so I don't think it would be that bad if a few of them were short vertical videos

[–] [email protected] 12 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Some shorter anime are fine for some 4-koma adaptations (loved I Can't Understand What My Husband Is Saying for example), but generally, please no. Especially for story focused anime.

It doesn't even make much sense either. 24 minutes is already short compared to most beloved shows coming out of Netflix, HBO or Prime.

[–] RightHandOfIkaros 17 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

There was already 12 minute episode anime and I hated that, let's please not do more of those. Felt like I was scammed out of half of an anime.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

How, doesn't OP + ED already take ~5 minutes?

[–] emax_gomax 2 points 17 hours ago

Tbf one piece is basically 10 minutes (or less) per episode padded to 20 and with an opening.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 22 hours ago

Hope they go bankrupt because of that BS.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

We already had that. It's called Azumanga Daioh.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

And it is marvellous!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

Feels like they've already been doing this. The last anime I watched had what felt like a 5 minute intro sequence and 5 minutes of credits for each 30 min episode (and sometimes a 5 min recap).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 17 hours ago

So more Ebichu episodes then?......