Originally posted by: Darth Chaltab
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.)
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.)
Incorrect. Toriyama did intend to end Dragonball on the Freeza saga, but the publisher demanded for more. By the time the Freeza saga was aired on TV, the Androids/Cell saga was being published, so they knew what was ahead of them. The reason for draging the story for so long is the pace of the publication and the anime. You had 28 pages of manga and 90 minutes of anime in a month. You do the math. All anime adapted from a on-going manga suffers from this, because the producers try to keep up with the same pace as the manga - which is why I prefer anime created directly for the screen, like Neon Genesis Evangelion, Cowboy Bebop and Haibane Renmei. (*sigh* yes there ARE manga for those anime, but it was created later - every manga adapted from an anime sucks)