Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Pacing is potentially one of anime's most important elements. While often brought up in conversation, it is frequently eclipsed by the other elements that influence it. Direction, storytelling, and especially animation, usually hog the spotlight. But what if the directors stretch out scenes? What if the animation is reused? And what if source material content is cut? All of those scenarios would surely affect pacing, right?

Join me as I discuss variations on what makes a show well paced and what makes a show poorly paced, how each type of adaptation affects pacing, and how every other anime element plays into it.

I wrote this video in June. I wanted to upload it in January. I promised early March. I'm sorry :(

00:00 The Scenario/Good Pacing
05:12 Bad Pacing (Slow)
10:59 Bad Pacing (Fast)
14:26 The Type of Adaptation
16:34 Manga
20:17 Novels
21:26 Novels: Dialogue Hell
24:24 Novels: Show Don't Tell
27:36 Novels: Good Pacing
29:16 Novels: Bad Pacing
31:51 Visual Novels
37:32 Anime Originals
38:26 Anime Originals: Failure to End
41:21 Anime Originals: The Follow Through
44:11 Pacing/Outro
46:29 A Special Message

Music list when I get the time... This time I only used the free stuff :3