The Official Abridged Series thread!

So, who here likes Abridged series?

For those of you who doesn't know when an Abridged series is, allow me to explain... well, at least TRY to explain. An Abridged series is a TV series (usually an anime) who's episodes has been redubbed and shortened. This is done in a humorous manner, and often pokes fun of some of the more ludicrous aspects of that show. I guess it can be defined as a fan parody. An Abridged series can vary from the really good to the really bad.

So yeah, this thread is for discussing what sort of Abridged series you like, and then show them to your fellow users. Allow me to start first.


Yu-Gi-Oh Abridged:

I'm not sure if it's the first Abridged series ever, but it's at least the first Abridged series that really took off. Created by YouTube user LittleKuriboh, YGO Abridged parodies the exploits of Yugi Moto, who has to face his destiny and battle some of the greatest evils that earth has to offer... by playing a children's card game. It's pretty hilarious, even if you aren't already a Yu-Gi-Oh fan.

Season 1 playlist



Episode 1 Redux (with better voice acting and in STUNNING HD! Watch this after watching the original episode above ito see how far littleKuriboh has come).



LittleKuriboh's YouTube channel


Naruto Abridged:

Yeah, you've most likely heard of Naruto, the young ninja student with a bright orange jumpsuit (wait, is that an oxymoron?). Watch in awe as 10 episodes of filler is reduced to 10 minute videos! My God, the creators must have some crazy editing ninjitsu!

This series is actually made by two people: MasakoX and Vegeta8639.

Episode 1



Vegeta8639's YouTube channel

NOTE: It seems like a lot of the Naruto Abridged episodes are not on the original creator's channel, so you have to search around if you want to see all the episodes. Shouldn't be too hard, though.


Dragon Ball Z Abridged

Now, this may be one of the more refined Abridged series, as it's made by a whole team of abridgers called TeamFourStar (which includes both creators of Naruto Abridged, and with LittleKuriboh cameoing as the narrator), and you will notice the added effort that is put into each episode. Also, who doesn't love Dragon Ball?

This Abridged series is also special for being one of the few that are featured on a very high-profile site... namely, ThatGuyWithTheGlasses.com.

Playlist



TeamFourStar's YouTube Channel


Well, that was it. If you're not familiar with these Abridged series (or even any Abridged series at all), I won't force you to watch all the episodes in the playlists that I've posted. Now, what do you guys think? Ya like these?

Also, I'm well aware that there are MANY more Abridged series out there. If you got some favorites that isn't listed here, why not share them with us?

And as an added bonus question: If you were to Abridge an animated series, which series would you abridge? Personally, I'd probably go with Sonic X. Or possibly Beyblade (damn, that show is a joke by itself).

the dbz one is by far the best if you as me

the yugioh one was AWESOME

not a big fan of the naruto abridged as for yu gi oh and especially DBZ i just can't help but check their profiles every ten minutes hoping for an update XD

lol thats fucking wicked, i like the yugioh one the best

Just finished watching the Abridged DBZ season finale. Fuckin awesome! Hahaha makes me want the new Ghostbusters game that much more!

Dukey wrote:

Just finished watching the Abridged DBZ season finale. Fuckin awesome! Hahaha makes me want the new Ghostbusters game that much more!

Lol that was a great season finale, maybe they will carry nappa over like that for a few episodes XD he was to short lived :p