Abridged Series! What comes to mind first when you hear the term? (And can you recommend some good ones)

[Zan]

In the context of anime, an abridged series is essentially a parody/riffing of the original material. While the big guns have all but moved on, the legacy can be felt even to this day. I've been thinking of going on a abridged series binge, and I just wanted to see what series people associate with the idea., and maybe watch some new ones as well.
For me, it's probably Dragon Ball Z Abridged.

...It's a light hearted thread for a light-hearted topic on a Sunday afternoon. Dunno what else more to say then that.

 

[Nairume]

DBZA and YGOA are what immediately come to mind. A lot of the other abridged series didn't quite really click as much as the other two, and even those two had their definite lows.

 

[Imperfected]

The best Abridged series is Hellsing Ultimate Abridged, but considering it's a side-project of the DBZA team obviously everyone's going to think of that first.

 

[ned_ballad]

DBZA, Yu-Gi-Oh and Sword Art Online are like the gold standard for abridged series

I almost feel like SAO is the best of the three in that it took a kind of goofy show and just made it enjoyable to watch. DBZ and Yu-gi-oh are already fun shows to watch, and abridged just makes for neat little alternates, but for SAO it almost feels like it'd work better if SAO:A was the official version lol

 

[Strike]

DBZ

 

[Kingpin Rogers]

Yugioh, I didn't even know those others outside of DBZ existed.

 

[Era Uma Vez]

DBZ until the end of Freeza saga, then they took it too seriously.

 

[Deleted member 7051]

Hellsing Abridged for me. It was the first one I watched and it's probably still the best one they've ever done.

 

[Bishop89]

 

[Bee.Cups]

Sword art abridged actually makes the show good, but dragon ball z abridged is definitely the big daddy of abridging.

 

[Mirage]

I liked the Sword Art Online one.

 

[Turin]

DBZA obviously. Hellsing and FF7MA are also very cool though. Great memories from them all.

Sword Art Online Abridged might be the greatest accomplishment in transforming a, by all accounts, bad show into a good show.

 

[KtotheRoc]

DBZA.

 

[mbpm]

Just Yugi-oh comes to mind really.

I never really liked these styles of humor when I tried them, so I don't have much exp with them.

 

[Shoe]

Yu-Gi-Oh is the only one to pop in my head

 

[Rackham]

Dbza but the short lived yu yu hakusho one by littlekuriboh is really good

 

[Luigi87]

YGO comes to my mind first, then DBZA.

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"Duel Monsters?"
"It's a children's card game. Ancient Egyptians loved it!"
"F***, I'm down! How do we play?"

Kills me every time.

 

[That Dude John]

FFVII Machinabridged was a neat trip. I wish they'd do VIII.

 

[Alexiell]

Code Ment (Code Geuss Abridged)

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE AT SOUP?!

 

[totowhoa]

I never watched SAO past a few episodes. Would the abridged series still be a good time without the original show as context?

 

[Turin]

FFVII Machinabridged was a neat trip. I wish they'd do VIII.

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Would be cool but I'd be surprised since Antfish hates VIII. :(

I never watched SAO past a few episodes. Would the abridged series still be a good time without the original show as context?

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I only saw one episode of the actual show and loved the shit out of Abridged. They contextualize the story well enough.

 

[Metal Gear?!]

 

[Protome]

YGOA was my jam back in Uni but DBZA fully superseded it for me. YGOA was the OG but DBZA really perfected the formula.

 

[Metal Gear?!]

There are a million "abridged" series out there in various states of incompleteness, but in general you can sort them based on the following criteria:

1) Are there more than 2 people doing the voices?

2) Are at least 2 of them women?

 

[Chopchop]

DBZA is practically its own series at this point.

 

[Cess007]

Yugi-oh

I don't even like the show, but the Abridged series had me in stitches

 

[Malajax]

DBZA is the correct answer. YGOA will also be acceptable.

Everything else felt very copycat. YGO started, and DBZA aped that. All the other attempts by creators that were not LittleKuriboh or involved in Team Four Star were all extremely derivative and terrible in their own ways. No one was touching their writing, and very few kept up with their editing.

That was a wild time period though. Every anime new and old had some sort of abridged series. For better or for worse (mostly worse).

 

[zero_suit]

Yugioh

 

[Coyote Starrk]

Code Ment (Code Geuss Abridged)

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE AT SOUP?!

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I MEAN I'M AT SOUP!!!!




(fucking love it lol)

 

[Zan]

Code Ment (Code Geuss Abridged)

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE AT SOUP?!

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Thats where that came from? Thought it was a Tiktok meme or something.

 

[EdgeWilder]

Attack on titan abridge was hilarious. but dbza comes to mind first when i think abridge series. Wish they at least did some more movies

 

[jman2050]

Code Ment (Code Geuss Abridged)

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE AT SOUP?!

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WHY ARE YOU BUYING CLOTHES AT THE SOUP STORE???

But yeah, I was on the Yugioh Abridged train back around when it started and it's fascinating to see how it's developed over the past 15 odd years. LK has publicly had a lot of issues staying in a good mental place but he's soldiered on somehow despite everything. I just hope that if he does make it to the end (and he's fairy close) he does so at his own pace and comfort level, as always.

 

[Fj0823]

Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged, LK has dealt with a LOT of shit so his episodes are now sparse, but when he makes one, it's always tons of fun.

"Speaking of Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal, remember to watch 5D's"

SAO Abridged pretty much rewrites SAO into a competent narrative about two completely broken pieces of shit falling in love and trying to make it work. It's just too good.

"Do you have any idea how many players have died screaming Leroy Jenkins? MORE THAN ZERO."

 

[RockmanBN]

YGO's the main one that started the trend, though DBZA is obviously the most well known one.

 

[Don Fluffles]

SAO Abridged does a fantastic job at giving you an image of what SAO would look like in the hands of a good writer and director.

They give Kirito an actually solid character arc.

 

[Advance.Wars.Sgt.]

YGOTAS. I only came across DBZA years later when it was close to wrapping up.

 

[Zan]

Dbza but the short lived yu yu hakusho one by littlekuriboh is really good

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I've never seen this one. I used to be very up to date on LK's stuff, so is it anywhere?

 

[Rackham]

I've never seen this one. I used to be very up to date on LK's stuff, so is it anywhere?

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You should be able to search yyh abridged on YouTube

edit. https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL48C62BDA38FF2F04

spoiler it's not finished.Rough for the first few episodes. Gets a lot better.