Hours of Fun

"Hours of Fun" is the codename for impressively-long series, so much so that there would be binge-watching fatigue. These are the shows you can't watch in one sitting even if you tried- everyone has to sleep at some point, after all.

The opposite of The Kanade Effect and Rushed Pacing.

In order for a series or franchise to be documented on this page, it must have at least 100 episodes or entries. (Videogames are an exception; for those, there must be at least ten entries.) Franchises with over 1,000 entries (chapters, episodes, etc.) will be marked in **bold**.

## Examples

### Anime/manga

* ***Sazae-san*** is a massive juggernaut in Japan, with *thousands and thousands* of episodes. And it's still in production.
* ***Pokémon*** reached its 1,000th episode in the late 2010s. The videogames also count for this trope, with loads upon loads of videogames laid out across multiple Nintendo consoles. And this isn't counting the games that weren't released outside of Japan in the first place.
	+ The merchandise is no laughing matter either. Literally *every single Pokémon* has seen a trading card of its own, courtesy of the *Pokémon* TCG, alongside every starter getting other merchandise alongside most other Pokémon. And Pikachu? *Loads upon loads of merchandise*. Pikachu's the mascot after all.
* *Hamtaro*: *Hundreds* of episodes televised in Japan. The English dub only barely qualifies, though, barely making it past the 100-episode mark.
* *Sailor Moon*: 200 episodes, a long manga, and a lot of merchandise. And this is just *the first anime series* for it.
* *Galaxy Angel*: With over 100 quarter-hour episodes, the 12-episode Rune, and a few games.
* ***Crayon Shin-chan***: Broadcast since 1992, this is bound to qualify. As of 2021, it has over *1,000* episodes in the franchise.
* ***Doraemon***: Counting the manga and its spin-offs, the 1979 anime, the 2005 anime, and the movies, that's *tons of anime*, *tons of manga*, and *tons of merchandise*.
* *Dragon Ball Z*: As the anime aired from 1989 to 1996, this is expected.
	+ Of course, this is only a small slice of the larger *Dragon Ball* franchise, with hundreds of episodes, movies, and a ton of merchandise (at least in the United States).
* *JoJo's Bizarre Adventure*: Four TV anime seasons, a series of OVAs, the manga, and several pieces of merchandise.
* *Maple Town* has 102 episodes (across two seasons) to its name.
* *Kodocha* also has 102 episodes to its name, but it started out as a manga with 51 chapters.
* ***One Piece***: This franchise is extremely big, with 1,000 chapters as of 2021, the anime headed for 1,000 episodes by the end of 2022, and *truckloads* upon *truckloads* of merchandise, *especially* in its native Japan.
* *Pretty Cure*: Hundreds of episodes, *many* generations of Cures, tons of manga, and tons of merchandise (at least in its native Japan).
* *Beyblade* has 600+ episodes of anime, two films (only one of which was exported outside Japan), tons of the titular spinning tops, and it's still in production.
	+ *Beyblade: Burst* on its own also qualifies, with 153 televised episodes and 104 web episodes (totaling 52 half-hours), for an impressive *257* episodes. And this is just the *first five seasons*.
	+ That said, the *Metal Saga* (counting *Shogun Steel*) reached *199* episodes, and this is just the Japanese version. The number is cut to 167 (which still qualifies for this trope) in the English dub.
* *Astro Bpy*: The original 1963 anime has 193 episodes in the Japanese version, with 105 released in the US (the last episode being sub-only).
* *Yo-kai Watch*: Hundreds of episodes of anime, a couple of films (only the first of which were exported), and tons of merchandise.
* *Kochikame* ran for over *40 years*, meaning that this was inevitable. The anime also fell under this too.
* *Ojamajo Doremi*: Hundreds of episodes in the bag, tons of merchandise in its native Japan, and some manga. Averted in the US, with only 50 episodes (remember that 4Kids skipped an episode), an incomplete home video release, one wave of merchandise, and no manga whatsoever.
* Sanrio:
	+ Kitty White is the main character of ***Hello Kitty***, a massive juggernaut with tons of merchandise, lots of anime, some manga, and a *Guinness World Record reference*, with said record going to someone outside Kitty White's intended demographic.
	+ That's not to say My Melody didn't have some success of her own. Enter *Onegai My Melody*, with at least 200 episodes of anime and a light novel.
	+ *Jewelpet*: Seven seasons, six video games, and a movie.
* *Duel Masters*: Hundreds of episodes, massive amounts of manga, tons of merchandise in Japan, and it's still in production.
* *Zoids* has at least 170 episodes for the original anime run, and this is pre-*Zoids Wild*.
* *Yu-Gi-Oh!*: Eight series (counting "Season Zero"), a Children's Card Game, *truckloads* upon *truckloads* of cards for it, and loads of other merchandise.
* *Kamisama Minarai: Himitsu no Cocotama*: Three anime series, the first of which has 139 episodes *alone*, and a load of merchandise.
* *Bakugan* has *189* episodes across all four seasons, and this is just the original continuity.
	+ *Bakugan Battle Planet*: The first two seasons *alone* have 204 segments (amounting to 102 half-hours). And *Geogan Rising* might bump it up to at least 256 segments (or 126 half-hours).
* *Kirby: Right Back at Ya!* has the *minimum* amount of episodes required to qualify (100). That said, the game series the anime was based on is itself a massive juggernaut.

### Live-action/Radio series

* Let's just say ***Guiding Light*** is the longest-running narrative in human history and leave it at that.
* ***Doctor Who*** ran since *1963*, and is one of the BBC's longest-running programs. It was cancelled in 1989, but it just turned out to be an extended hiatus. There have been *thirteen* Doctors throughout the series' run, with the most recent one being played by Jodie Whittaker.

### Western animation

* Counting *The Legend of Korra*, *Avatar: The Last Airbender* has over 100 episodes in its franchise.
* *South Park*: 300+ episodes since 1997.

TBA.