| Many of the best anime have something that most american TV avoids: story arcs. When the arc is over, the series ends. American TV avoids arcs because they all hope to be hits and want open ended concepts for unlimited numbers of episodes. Also they want to run in syndication when the episodes might not run in order. Also they don't want people to give up on a series if they miss an episode and feel like they can't follow the story anymore.
You can do a lot when you don't have to hit the big red reset button at the end of each episode. 24 is a good example. |