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Sosseres:
I just wanted to create a topic where I wanted to see a discussion if OP/ED fills enough purpose to warrant a repeating 3 minute content in each episode with unusually high quality. Wouldn't this producer time be better spent developing characters and the plot instead of having content that (in most series) doesn't add anything to the overall storytelling.

My reason for wondering if most people actually do want OP/ED is that I tend to watch  95% of all OP/EDs once and then skip them for the rest of the series. Only watching the first 2 seconds to see if it is the same one or a new one. In a few series where they use the same OP/ED many times you could cut an entire episode of the series away without losing a single minute of unique content.

So what are the arguments for OP/ED that doesn't do anything new or special. What value do they add to a series (except reducing costs in many cases due to repeating content)? Is showing the cast value?

Arveene:
I really like some of the songs and animation in some of them. There really aren't too many OP/EDs that I skip. I suppose the real question is this: If they didn't put the OP/ED in every episode would you really get more per episode or would it just be more commercials?

Sosseres:

--- Quote from: Arveene on August 02, 2009, 09:53:20 PM ---I really like some of the songs and animation in some of them. There really aren't too many OP/EDs that I skip. I suppose the real question is this: If they didn't put the OP/ED in every episode would you really get more per episode or would it just be more commercials?

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Ah but since I don't watch anything at all on TV that doesn't apply. ^^ It is true they might simply cut content though.

relic2279:
I think op/eds do serve some purpose. While I'm too lazy to think of more more then 1 right now, I list the first one that comes to mind.

It sets the tone for the entire show/season. A lot of us just download episodes or whole shows and watch them all at once, but they're meant to be watched a week at a time. It's almost a reminder of what's to come or how to feel about a show since you just went 7 days before watching the last episode.

ant900:
Overall I enjoy OP/EDs, even though I usually just watch them on the first and last episode of a series.  Overall I would have to say it doesn't hurt the series in anyway.  I doubt we would get any noticeable bonus if they got rid of them.

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