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It seems there's a lot of these short (e.g. 3-5 minute long) anime series
recently, specifically ones that air on TV (as opposed to ONA's). Shows like:

  * [Fireball/Fireball Charming](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireball_%28anime%29)
  * [Chii's Sweet Home](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chi%27s_Sweet_Home)
  * [Encouragement of Climb](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encouragement_of_Climb)
  * [Recorder and Ransell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recorder_and_Randsell)
  * [Aiura](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiura)
  * And an older one, [Di Gi Charat](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Di_Gi_Charat)

What started the trend of short 3-5 minute per episode TV series. How does
that fit into a regular TV time-slot if it's so short?


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What started the trend of 3-5 minute long episodes for anime series?


They channel airing the show would just shift things forward or backward 5
minutes.

So something that normally starts at 12:00 would start at 12:05. The shows in
the evening will start at the usual time by, over the course of the day,
removing 1 or 2 adverts each advert break. The channels that keep a strict
schedule just remove most of the adverts during an advert break and play the
show then. They do not allocate a 30 minute slot to a short. However, if they
have a 15 minute show, they would play that directly before or after the
short.

Channels make a lot of money from adverts so they only remove adverts for
series they expect to get a high viewing.

As for what started it, I can not say, but while I can not remember any, I am
sure I have seen shorts that aren't anime, but the vast majority would
probably be anime. I think the main reason we see more shorts is because anime
companies are getting bolder due to more sponsors and producing more franchise
such as games and figurines etc., but I think mostly due to larger viewing
numbers. 10 years ago companies might have had a hard time making profit on a
short and so channels would not want to air them, but now more money means
they can get better music, scripts and animation for shorts (or any other
things that make them worth watching) so channels will want to air them.


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Japanese television is common to have short series. Most drama episodes are
only 10 minutes long. It's just something to watch daily in the morning or
something.

For example, a channel at 9:00 shows a few different series and usually, the
short ones are all crammed into one drama viewing period. After all the short
episodes are aired, something long like the news comes on.

I think it also helps a lot of people who are on a schedule and don't have
time to dedicate half an hour of their day for a show.

A lot of these short anime are also taken from 4-koma manga, so the episode is
like getting a comic strip in the newspaper.


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