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Abridged Series Tropes launched as The Abridged Series: From YKTTW
The Abridged Series launched as The Abridged Series: From YKTTW
liv: Removed semisoma1 from Bleach abridged, seeing as how it's is now kaput. The account got banned a while after Semisoma1 discontinued the series, so there's no reason to keep a dead link there.
ETA: They've been uploaded to his new account, but it's still an Orphan Series.
Kill-o-matic: So, I've been thinking of ways this page can be improved, and since I don't know where to post them, I think I'll just slap them here and see what happens:
1)-the page is growing at an accelerating rate and the examples can use some sorting. Alphabetizing seems the most straightforward choice, though that will break up different series by the same author. If anyone has a better objective criteria for organizing, please be my guest.
2)-I thought it might be useful to add "series status" to the descriptions. You know, things like completed, ongoing, discontinued, on hiatus etc. Though obviously we'll have to settle on some ground rules for that as well, which brings me to...
3)-a lot of people seem to be unaware that there are actual rules for posting new entries (like having at least 2 episodes, linking to artist's channel, as opposed to first episode etc.) While this is perfectly understandable, I believe we can correct it by making the rules more HIGHLY VISIBLE if possible.
That is all for now.
Servitor_2152: Already mentioned on the main page for each, but worth repeating here: Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged and Naruto Abridged are both pretty damn funny, IMHO (and I haven't even seen Yu-Gi-Oh). Can anyone vouch for - or against - any of the others?
Peteman: I'll vouch for Avatar The Abridged, as the show grows on you, but many of the others have really awful sound quality that makes them hard to get into. TFS Dragonball Z is also pretty good. Considering it includes (among others) the guys who made Naruto the Abridged, I'm not surprised.
Tensa: I recommend Code Geass Abridged, the one by Geass TAS. It's more coherent, funny, and has better dubbing than the rest.
Cybele: Vouching for Berserk Abridged. Good video and audio quality. Downright hilarious.
Ash: I'll vouch for Yu Yu Hashiko, Sailor Moon, Gantz, G Gundam, Lupin III, and above all else the criminally underappreciated Wedding Peach.
Apathy: Vouching for Lanipator's Yu Yu Hakusho Abridged and Little Kuriboh's Yu-Gi-Oh.
Lurk Moar: We should probably mention The War of Abridged Series Creators somewhere. Where would that go, exactly?
Lord TNK: There are actually quite a few Medabots abridged videos on youtube, but the weird thing is that most of them are actually watchable.
Ura Renge: I'll definitely vouch for hbi2k's Berserk and Gantz Abridged. High quality, consistently funny, and is the only abridger that lets out episodes regularly.
Fish Called Waldo: I'll vouch for at least three I don't see here - Unwardil Last Exile, Cassius614's Roseof Versailles, and Adam West Lap Dog's pair of Legendof Zelda (He's Done Majoras Mask Recently). And idle note, both Cassius614 and hbi2k have refernced Us, so score!
- Fish Called Waldo: And note: Unwardil tends to go faster then anyone else, when he's actually abridging. That is all.
tinlv7: Avatar The Abridged Series gets most of the big, overarching plots right (pick a quote. Any quote.) but strays from the smaller details of the episode for lulz' sake. So, I'll vouch for it.
The Strom Lord: I'm going to vouch Teh Exorcist's D.Grayman Abridged. There is no plot. Only lulz. Epecially the Ep.1 redo.
Doomlewa: I'll vouch for Team Dattebayo's Death Note The Abridged Series. It's well done, even if they die and come back to life between every episode.
Sensei Le Roof: Just removed the extra Ranma links. Elite Slayer X is already mentioned in the main Ranma Abridged page, and the "Sakasajinei" fandub is not an abridged series.
What about the Higurashi Abridge,or the Higurashi parody fandub?
Excel-2009. Could Evangelion Re Death be considered an Abridged Series?
Ronfar: I think so.
Darkblade: Wouldn't all of the Video Game Abriddged Series more accurately be called Machinma.
Dragon Quest Z: Only the in game parts come even close, and those are still often closer to a Let's Play thing than a Machinima.
The Nerdy Ninja: So what exactly do we classify Abridged Series as? I've seen them under Anime, Web Original, and a few other things. Often there aren't enough series to give them their own genre/medium page. Any consensus, people?
Arceus Can Dance: How about no? There are enough pointless pages already. People put hard work into each and every video, moreso than normal "abridged series". So if you really want to credit them, why don't you show your appreciation by giving them their own page, rather than throwing them onto a page of links?
The Nerdy Ninja: Are there more recommendations that are already in series pages? Because I just removed three from Death Note.
Some Randominternet Guy: Why does this page exist? It's neither about a show or a trope.
Dragon Quest Z: You must think we don't have pages about genres here. We do. And you don't vandalize a page if you think we shouldn't have it. You try that again (if that was you), and we will report you. We have the forum to discuss these things.
