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Old 2012-10-29, 23:30   Link #4
4Tran
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Originally Posted by NinjaRealist View Post
If I try to think hard about it, I really can't think of very many mini-series at all, and they never seem to get very much attention. Am I just not aware of a ton of incredible mini-series' out there? Or do mini-series really not get the same attention as full-length series? If so, why do you think this is?
There's just not very much time in a short to develop characters and a story in a short piece of work. It just doesn't work for creating an involved narrative and so it's incompatible with many kinds of shows. They're also a bit hard to watch if there are lots of short episodes.

There is an exception to all of this thought: Azumanga Daioh was originally released as a series of 5-minute shorts. And it's about as well-loved as any comedy gets.
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