To Filler or Not To Filler

Filler's basically mean,nothing to do with the manga/something extra that really isn't needed.[Yes I Suck at explaining.]

Filler = Murdered Naruto

A filler episode sounds exactly what it means.

Take for example bleach. Bleach basically started out as a manga then an anime adaption was made to Bleach after several volumes had come out. Now the anime of course follows the storyline of the manga, but the manga is still being made by the artists themselves. The problem is manga volumes take longer to make than anime episodes so the anime adaption could literally catch up to storyline of the manga. In order for the anime to not catch up fillers are made so the manga has time to come out to reveal the storyline for the anime to adapt to. Fillers contain no new plot development twists to the main storyline of the anime series.

Basically think of fillers as huge forks in the road which prevent the storyline from continuing.

Edit: This could also explain why some fight scenes are so drawn out.

im still not getting a clear picture, we keep stabbing at Naruto, Bleach, and One Peice who all happen to be adaptation of manga, specifically Shonen Jump manga

but would one consider a filler say a swimsuit episode liek in Shankugan no Shana or Zero no Tsukaima, or a school festival episode liek in Code Geass, which similarity do not progress the story?

i kind have an idea liek "Goku getting his driver's license" but i wanted to be more precise is all

Fillers usually contain a different story arc from the manga that consists of like 10 to 20 episodes or more (In the case of naruto it was over 100 XD). Single episodes like the ones you were talking about are just small breaks from the storyline. Kind of like a teaser.

if you put it that way, then it selectivly applies to lenghy animes such as Naruto, Bleach, and One Piece =P

but didn't the same thing happen with Hellsing? (never seen the anime, read the manga and was talking to my friend and he was bring up fights i never even heard of O_O)

anyhoo back to what i originally wanted to state, i think the opinion of fillers is biased and is based off the assumption that "good" anime doesn't have or need fillers, but from another PoV, if fillers were in "all" anime, would they still be so frowned upon?

You make a good point but fillers exist for the sole reason that the anime does not catch up to the manga. Whether the anime is good or not if its about to the reach the current story line of the manga a filler is necessary because what would you adapt into animation if there was no story line to follow.

edit: To answer your latter question fillers may always be frowned upon due to the fact it stops the main story of the manga and follows a different path that has nothing to do with the manga.

What he said.

Isn't One Piece just a giant filler series? It wouldn't matter if you put more filler in. I mean come on...

If the fillers are at least interesting and well directed to the point of actually being entertaining to watch, that's fine. If not, it makes the anime sooooooooooo boring.

I don't mind filler but when they do it they need to try and make it fill in gaps that have been left out due to the difference between the manga and the anime or they need to be so damn entertaining nobody would dare complain.

i prefer having simple filler episodes full of jokes, rather than an arc, which sometimes just go wrecking my love for the series

You know there's probably a good percentage of fans that aren't as obsessive as most of the people here that don't care or don't even realize that they're watching fillers.

I wouldn't mind fillers if they were more interesting. Does anyone remember a filler episode of Bleach where they spent an episode baking a cake for a ghost? I mean, come on. For me that series has been downhill since the Soul Society rescue, simply because the story was interrupted so much that I lost track; the Bount arc was ok, but the rest have been dire. Surely with the amount of money they make, they could have had a separate team working on a new story for when they needed it.

Basically, by and large they're a necessary evil, but sometimes they get beyond a joke.

Yes yes I was like really really this is what bleach has turned into? Yeah and at the end that one like 5th seat took out a Menos in one hit (oh it’s charged up) fucking lame! How about any of the Naruto filler is just as bad. I mean Bleach filler was bad enough, but Naruto filler is like the holy grail of shitty filler. To fill a space of time why can’t we fill it with something good?

The main thing that bothers me with Naruto filler is that they don't even need it. The moment the Shippuuden anime started, there was a ton of material, thanks to the year-long fillerfest of the first series. Yet they still added a filler arc! Then, once they finished that and got back to the story, what happened? They finished a story arc and then started another fucking filler arc. It's insane. They have enough material to do a year's worth of episodes now (at least a year), and in the time they air it, they'll get even more material. There's no reason to make new storylines. The anime will not catch up to the manga.

Well, while they can be interesting sometimes, they can really fuck you up when you want to know how the story continious...However i'll go with have fillers....

I know that fillers serve a purpose and have to be done, but they're like an annoying brick wall that just appears out of nowhere when things start getting interesting in a series. I really HATE the filler arcs that drag on longer than the main arcs *cough*naruto*cough*bleach*cough*...some stupid story that has nothing to do with anything going on and then having it run for gods knows how long. :(

Fillers basically kill an anime lets not forget the NaruFail of 07 *shivers*

I HATE FILLER *going in to nerd-rage* ... come on calm down... Ok I hate filler but yes I now that they are needed but they could at least make them fit some wher in the story.

Lol... have you never watched american television? That's almost exactly what happens. A new season starts in sep-oct and goes for 6-8 episodes, then takes a break. It comes back jan-feb doing the same again, then does the last few episodes starting april-may. All told, it takes nearly nine months to show 20-22 episodes and there are almost no new episodes during the summer months... that's the time for new series and tv movies.

There is no reason whatsoever why an anime series based off weekly comics couldn't just alternate seasons. For example Bleach and Naruto could share the same timeslot, one getting Jan-March and July-Sep, the other getting April-Jun and Oct-Dec. The only reason this doesn't happen is people people are willing to watch crap and it still makes money.

As for the original question, filler isn't entirely bad, but it's usually pointless. Bones has done a really good job with filler in their manga conversions, so I don't mind that at all if for example a hero stops in 5 towns on his journey rather than one two. I'd really prefer to watch two 26 episode series than 51 episodes of a single series, and I really doubt that the manpower required to do the former is much greater than the latter.

The main reason they did that was because they knew Naruto was becoming popular worldwide so they want to make more money cus they knew ppl would still watch it and i hate the fact that alot of companies r run by money hungry ppl
only if Akumetsu was real and attacked the Anime business
heres a link to the Akumetsu manga if u wanna check it out