What is the longest anime episode of all time?

10 months ago by tgirlschierke to c/anime

I've noticed that most anime have 20-minute episodes, so I've decided to start finding shows that go higher than that. Obviously, a lot of shows have double-feature episodes (such as RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne), but here's the top 5 I've been able to find.

Made in Abyss: "The Challengers", "Gold" [reportedly around 60 minutes each]
Hellsing: Ultimate: "Hellsing X" [67 minutes]
Pluto: "Episode #1.1" [71 minutes]
Oshi no Ko: "Mother and Children" [82 minutes]
Key: The Metal Idol: "System" [97 minutes]

Please do not recommend episodes that are below an hour in runtime.

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ludrol 13 points 10 months ago

By carefully stretching the definition of an episode we could argue that Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya S2E1 has runtime of over 3 hours.

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VivianRixia 2 points 10 months ago

I'm pretty sure Endless Eight was only 24mins

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ludrol 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah, but if we count the all of Endless Eight as one episode split into eight broadcasts then it's 24min*8=192min.

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