What classes as a "Long" series to you?

[Captain Cadaver]

Simple question, which those of different taste and experience can give a variety of answers to. How long does an anime or manga have to be to be considered long to you.

Considering the average length on anime today seems to be 12-26 episodes, I wouldn't class anything less than 30 to quantify as slightly long, unless the episodes were far longer than the normal 20-25 minute timeframe. Looking on the medium as a whole though, I wouldn't class anything below 50+ episodes as qualifying as long, with even those beyond that only seeming mildly long. To me, an anime would have to be 100+ episodes, give or take, to qualify as a truly long series, especially considering there were quite a few of that variety during the 70s and 80s.

For manga, things get a bit difficult to tier. Looking at the average length of mildly successful titles in Shonen Jump, it seems that a length of 18-20 volumes is fairly average overall. From that, I'd say any series from 25+ volumes would count as mildly long, with those of truly great length starting at about 35 or 42 if looking at the average for manga in which the anime had 100+ episodes when well paced (eg. HxH's current 33 volumes being adapted into 148 episodes).

 

[Papasmurf]

Anything over 100 or 110 episodes classifies as a long anime for me, although nowadays even 45-50 episodes is plenty above average for an anime series not split into parts.

For manga, I generally consider 30 volumes or longer as long.

 

[Jerk Store]

Yeah, anything over 100 is long.

 

[SSJ2]

I'm going to say 100 too. FMA Brotherhood at 64 felt long ish, but not dreadfully long.

 

[Keedounan]

100 episodes or above is what I consider long.

 

[Let's Go Fearless!]

60+ episodes are considered to be a long series by me such as DB and GT.

 

[YoungWolf]

Anything over 26 episodes is long for me, and if it's longer than that, I'd rather just read the manga.

 

[Jerk Store]

100 seems to be the magic number.

 

[withheldforprivacy]

Anything that will make a woman scream of bliss once it enters her vagina is classified as ''long'' to me.

 

[Satsuki]

50+ for me. I prefer the 24-36 range, but there are exceptions.

 

[Jerk Store]

Withheld trying waaaay too hard on that one.

 

[sei'taer]

50+ for me. I prefer the 24-36 range, but there are exceptions.

A 50 episode anime is usually plenty long to tell whatever story you want to tell. Only adaptations of long running manga series really should go beyond that.

I'd agree about 20+ volumes for manga.