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The Magic 26
shabutie:
Why is it that most animes have 26 episodes per season? (or 13, which is 26/2 for those of you not so good with math ;D )
Out of the ones I've seen (still not very many and I know there's many more out there)
Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Ghost in the Shell (1st and 2nd Gig), Outlaw Star, Gungrave, and Samurai Champloo all have 26 episodes
Hellsing and K-On! both have 13 episodes.
The only one that doesn't fit out of the ones I've seen is Death Note with 37 episodes
Path:
It's a result of the subdivision of Japanese TV known as cours. A full cours span 13 weeks, and two subsequently span 26. Each cours tend to have its own OP/ED, so a normal two cours series (26 episodes) would typically have two different OPs/EDs.
--- Quote from: shabutie on August 18, 2009, 05:34:34 AM ---(or 13, which is 26/2 for those of you not so good with math ;D )
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Four cours correpsond to 52 weeks, or a year.
Lupin:
Currently airing with that number of episodes: Elementhunters, Konnichiwa Anne.
Other popular titles with ~39 eps: Mobile Suit Gundam, Sailor Moon (S and Super S), Macross,
Humanoidz:
--- Quote from: Path on August 18, 2009, 07:39:58 AM ---It's a result of the subdivision of Japanese TV known as cours. A full cours span 13 weeks, and two subsequently span 26. Each cours tend to have its own OP/ED, so a normal two cours series (26 episodes) would typically have two different OPs/EDs.
--- Quote from: shabutie on August 18, 2009, 05:34:34 AM ---(or 13, which is 26/2 for those of you not so good with math ;D )
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Four cours correpsond to 52 weeks, or a year.
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Basically a season. Then I suppose OVA's are all shorter than 13.
Talapus:
--- Quote from: Humanoidz on August 18, 2009, 11:22:40 AM ---Then I suppose OVA's are all shorter than 13.
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Usually, but it doesn't need to be. OVA just means that that originally it didn't air on TV (it was released straight to video). Since that means it's not held to TV seasons, they can be of any length (Legend of the Galactic Heroes is an OVA with 110 episodes).
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