

This anime runs incredibly fast, even for some of the shorter, 4-koma series
I've seen. The story progression, if you want to call it that, seems to skip
forward drastically off screen. When watching this, it seems like the
characters voices have actually been sped up to maybe 1.5x speed. The latest
episode, episode 3, was just under 2 minutes long.

From the show's [MyAnimeList
page](http://myanimelist.net/anime/31621/Ooyasan_wa_Shishunki) I was able to
find out that it's aired weekly, on Saturday nights at 22:27 JST. Does the
time slot it got have something to do with how short this anime is, or is
there some other reason?


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Why are the episodes of Ooyasan Wa Shishunki so short?


Sometimes 4komas are adapted into full-time anime episodes and it doesn't look
really good because they have to be diluted with filler content (Looking at
you, Azumanga). It may not look good, so some studios apparently choose to
ignore this "normal" time format and just do what they think it's best in very
short episodes.

Also, short formats are common for anime contests, where the quality matters
above episode duration. This way both animation studios and directors can show
off their skills in adapting or making an original title into animation.

As for airing time slots, anime is usually not earning any money by itself,
but rather by ads shown during and around their airing time. A 3-minute
episode doesn't work very well for earning money this way, so TV channels
usually give it a slot that doesn't earn them too much money anyways.


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