Anyone know what the longest Anime/Manga series is?

[MaxwellDemon]

Pokemon being one of the earlier generation anime (most people here seem to have seen Pokemon first than any other anime)... I'd say Pokemon probably had the longest run. Unless there were some really ancient ome anime that was running as long as Pokemon has.

[Daniel E.]

Originally Posted by BaltazarDZ

Which Anime has the most series?

Probably this one:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...me.php?id=1317

Doraemon is one of the longest running TV series in Japan, while Sazae-san has been running longer, there are more episodes of Doraemon. While the original 1973 series was not very well received and fizzled after only 26 episodes, the 1979 series still runs today, with over 2000 episodes (total) to date.

[Terrestrial Dream]

Isn't Doraemon the longest running series? The show supposedly had over 600 episodes. And there is Detective Conan, I think this is still going and supposedly it's almost at 500 episodes.

[MaxwellDemon]

Originally Posted by Daniel E.

Probably this one:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ency...me.php?id=1317

Doraemon is one of the longest running TV series in Japan, while Sazae-san has been running longer, there are more episodes of Doraemon. While the original 1973 series was not very well received and fizzled after only 26 episodes, the 1979 series still runs today, with over 2000 episodes (total) to date.

Oh yeah, I totally forgot about Doraemon (somehow it didn't even occur to me as an anime... shame on me! XD).

[panzerfan]

Well, in the longest OVA, I'd think Legend of Galactic Heroes takes that crown.

[-PoLLuX-]

Umm, there was a series called kochirakamearikouenmaehasutsujyo or something, that was pretty long, and also Sazae-san, Doraemon, Crayon Shinchan, Anpanman and Chibi Maruko-Chan

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Originally Posted by -PoLLuX-

Umm, there was a series called kochirakamearikouenmaehasutsujyo or something, that was pretty long, and also Sazae-san, Doraemon, Crayon Shinchan, Anpanman and Chibi Maruko-Chan

WTF how would you even pronounce that?!!?

[Tri-ring]

Ah, she forgot to break it down.
It's "Kochira Kameari Koenmae Hasutsujo"
Meaning This is Police booth in front of Kameari park"

[Spectacular_Insanity]

Originally Posted by Tri-ring

Ah, she forgot to break it down.
It's "Kochira Kameari Koenmae Hasutsujo"
Meaning This is Police booth in front of Kameari park"

Thanks, there's no way I could have seperated those on my own.

[-PoLLuX-]

ah that was it it had soo many kanji I could hardly separate it either

BTW in japanese its: こちら葛飾区亀有公園前派出所 so it becomes longer: Kochira Katsushika Ku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo

[Oppius]

Doraemon and Kochikame.No kidding.

[siya]

(If you count all of the series as one giant series) Gundam has been out since like the 80s...So that could be one

[bayoab]

There is only one correct answer folks and that is Sazae-san with almost 2000 episodes. Airing since 1969 and still airing today, it is the longest running anime series. (Doraemon does not have 2000 episodes. This is a mistake in the ANN encyclopedia.)

[Xellos-_^]

Originally Posted by C.A.

With help from Yahoo and Guiness World Records, I got the answer in 5 seconds:

Guiness World Record for Longest-Running TV Show:

Meet the Press, 2649 shows

Link to Guiness page on 'Meet the Press': http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/index.asp?id=47851

Originally Posted by Quarkboy

Isn't sazae-san not only the longest (in time period, not in episode) running anime, but it's actually the longest running television program of any kind, animated or otherwise, in the entire world?

I think I heard that somewhere...

Meet the Press is just around longer bu the Tv Series with the most Ep is Guiding Light at 15000+.

The Tv series started in 1952 and before that there was a Radio Serial which started in 1937.

It holds the record for just the longest Tv series but longest series of any show.

[Siegel Clyne]

Soreike! Anpanman has been on television in Japan since October 1988. Its 900th episode aired earlier this year.

Even with Japan's low, declining birthrate and aging, inevitably shrinking population, Soreike! Anpanman, aimed at very young children, annually generates hundreds of millions of US dollars in character and merchandise sales in Japan.

[aohige]

Correction. Kochikame is known as one of the longest manga series in publication, along with Golgo 13.

Its anime counterpart, while very long, is less than 370 episodes, and nowhere near the big-dogs of the long running anime such as Sazae-san, Doraemon, Anpanman, Crayon-Shinchan, and Chibi Maruko-chan.

[-PoLLuX-]

Oh, I knew that it was an extremely long Manga so I just assumed it would be an extremely long Anime too Oh well its an great Anime

[JustInn14]

Dragon Ball Z.

[Blaine]

Now that One Piece has just got to the 500 chapter mark, i was wondering what the longest manga is. SO far i can only think of;

Hajime no Ippo - 800 chapters - 90 volumes(?)
One Piece - 500 chapters - 51 volumes(?)
Naruto - 401 chapters - 43 volumes(?)

[nadare]

Jojo's bizarre adventure finished at 63. But has sequels.

According to mangaupdates.

One sequel finished at volume 17 and another still ongoing at volume 14. So a total of 94.