How long has Major been running now? Since 2004. Almost every year after that, new seasons are being put out! Of course, it’s to follow the manga’s storyline, but let’s start with the manga. The manga is ridiculously long. Instead of getting to the point and emphasizing the idea that friendship and teamwork can go a long way in just several volumes, the adventures of Goro and his companions and teammates is stretched into 71 volumes, and counting (Detective Conan much).

In the same fashion, the anime is being made to be ridiculously long. They better wrap it up soon with this next season, because soon their viewers will be exasperated, and will eventually quit watching altogether. Although the action sequences and humor is enjoyable, there’s only so much of the same stuff that someone can handle.

Actually, a lot of truly good series are pretty short. 24-26 episodes, really. The longer ones are usually shounen, because the adventures of the main character, who is obviously a male, is more pronounced and it’s made to impact the viewers greatly. But SIX seasons? And each season’s episode count continually get’s larger and larger. I’m afraid if there are even seven or eight, the count will go up to 400! It might even beat Detective Conan’s long run (or Dragon Ball Z).

Now think. Would this length attract new watchers? No, of course not. They would be daunted by the mere fact there were SIX seasons, and to top it off, they aren’t short ‘n sweet. Just unnecessarily long. (Of course, coming from Sho-Pro, the same people behind Detective Conan, you can be sure it’s going to top Conan, to some extent.)

Anyways, this sixth season will premiere in Japan on
Source: ANN

April 3, 2010.