How do you create a story that remains entertaining for hundreds of hours, thousands of pages later? The Anime Ichiban team tackles this question when debating what goes into a successful long-running anime series. They also dive into the unique nature of Octopath Traveler’s divisive story-telling as well as Cells at Work!‘s ability to portray niche topics in fun, yet accurate, ways.
TIMESTAMPS
0:00 – Introductions
2:51 – Topic: Making long-running series work and the tricky art of filler material
13:00 – Octopath Traveler and the nature of long JRPG’s
38:20 – Cells at Work! and Anime’s Portrayal of Niche Topics
55:43 – Closing Remarks
TRACKS
Intro – “Make my story” by Lenny code fiction ( My Hero Academia Season 3 second opening theme)
Intermission – “Fish” by Kaleidoscope
Outro -“CheerS” by ClariS (Cells at Work! opening theme)
Anime Ichiban 13: How to Make a Masterpiece
Anime Ichiban 12: One Moe Punch to End Them All
Anime Ichiban 11: Take the Good, Take the Bad
Anime Ichiban 10: And The Winner Is...!
Anime Ichiban 8: And Now the Weather, With Makoto Shinkai
Anime Ichiban 8: Fall Into Anime
Anime Ichiban 7: Attack on Dracula
Anime Ichiban 6: Why Haven't We Been Summoned to Another World Yet?
Anime Ichiban 5: The Fate of Magical Girls
Anime Ichiban 3: Too Sexy For My Sexy Robot
Anime Ichiban 2: Killing Some Live-Actions
Anime Ichiban 1: Pilot and Shenanigans
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