I think that's part of why I have trouble getting into anime. A lot of it is directly adapted from the manga, so the plots drag on and on. Dragon Ball Z is one of the worst, especially in the Frieza saga. (This is actually mostly the publisher's fault. Akira Toriyama had intended Frieza to be the last sory arc, so when they were animating it, they dragged it on and on so it would feel bigger and more epic, and keep the show--and hence flow of advertising money--coming for longer. But then the publisher demanded more manga from Toriyama, so he went back and extended it for two more sagas.)