>>93159409I haven't, anyone who has is probably stupid because they could just go watch anime.
But if you want to make a good serious drama, then it should not be episodic, it should be a fully serialized show. Adding comedic elements is fine.
>>93159389Very few examples of it working.
In fact, both SU and GF are/were held back by their plots.
Both of these shows were at their best when they weren't focused on their plots and they had great premises outside of the plots.
SU could have been a great show were a young kid and his alien family fought a bunch of weird monsters in cool and alien places, structures and temples. At at the beginning, this was what the show was, and it was much more charming and likable because of it.
GF was a show about two kids on a summer vacation in a town where weird and mysterious stuff happened everywhere.
GF is a bit different, the plot and mystery was built in, but, over the course of the show in most of the episodes it took a complete sideline to the episodic adventure, it really didn't disrupt the show much, and when the show had to bring a plot point to a conclusion it ended having plot episodes, and those episodes were usually far less watchable than the other episodes and were downright confusing if you hadn't seen all the build up to it. As well as the fact that this created a goal for the main characters that one of them was clearly a detriment to despite the fact that had there been no pressure on her to improve as a person and her completely not doing that, she might have been charming and humorous just as she was. But because her character didn't just cause bad shit that was wiped away in the episode and instead had world destroying consequences funny quirks turned into infuriating character flaws. All leading up to a disappointing conclusion that can either be seen as the show spending too much time on random events that ultimately meant nothing time, or having the plot at all
