Sep 04 Anime that Could've and Should've Lasted Longer

With most Anime Series, I've been fine with their length and endings. But there are some I think Could've and Should've Lasted Longer. Here's my Top 5 Anime Series That Could've and Should've Lasted Longer.


1) Skip Beat!

Info:

It's about a wistful yet cheery 16 year old girl named Kyoko who lives
with her childhood friend and music star Shotaro who ends up betraying her.
Unlike most girls, she sheds little tears and instead vows vengeance on Shotaro. How will she go about this, you ask?
Well, She'll climb the showbiz ladder in order to become
a bigger star than Shotaro in the hopes of revenge and finding herself in the end.

How I started Watching it:

It was one of the first anime series that I watched Subbed (subtitled) besides Naruto Shippuden
when I began to really get in anime.
I was getting bored of waiting for new episodes of Naruto and Skip Beat aired a few days before
and Naruto was the only series I was really watching at the time, so while waiting I decided to to check out Skip Beat.
I enjoyed Skip Beat immensely for it's characters and story.
I also liked how it explored the entertainment industry and acting business.

Why It Could've & Should've Lasted Longer:

Like most anime, it started out as a manga (comic) which is still ongoing (I think) and then became an anime.

The Anime's First (and only) Season covered the first Story Arc and last aired on March 29, 2009.

Many people, including myself have hoped that they will make another Season because there is so much of the story left to tell.
I've read a good portion of the manga where the anime left off and it's a shame the anime series didn't continue.


2) School Rumble

Info:

It's a romantic comedy about a naive school girl named Tenma who has a major crush on a fellow student Karasuma,
while the juvenile delinquent and total bad a$$ Harima is totally in love with Tenma.
It's pretty much a "Love Triangle" and there's whole lott'a hilarity unlike other shows where it's all drama.

How I started Watching it:

When I first went to watch this series, I thought it was going to be this show where students from different schools
would fight each other and the cast consisted of mostly of female characters.

I liked School Rumble much more than what I thought it was going to be.

Especially after I saw what I just told you about above...I watched a few episodes of that and it was really lame.
Though I did like the girl with the blue hair and eye-patch. That was it though.

Why It Could've & Should've Lasted Longer:

The Anime ended just as the Manga did and lasted for three seasons long with some OVAs in between.
But the third season was only 3 episodes long instead of the usual 24 episodes per Season
and because of that a lot of what happened between seasons 2 and 3 was left out.
On the first episode of the 3rd Season they did try to recap what had happened between the two seasons.
But what I and lot of fans of the series would have appreciated a full 3rd Season, but they did give us an definite ending.


If you wanna know what the other three are, check out the rest of my post here:

http://ajvsblog.blogspot.com/2010/03/anime-series-that-couldve-and-shouldve.html

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