One Piece Looks Short Next To These 10 Longer-Running Anime.

An article lists 10 anime whose runs and episode counts exceed One Piece's thousand-plus episodes, naming examples such as Doraemon, Anpanman, Detective Conan and the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.

One Piece can feel daunting for new viewers because it has over 1,000 episodes. The article gathers 10 anime series that have produced many more episodes or have run for longer periods. The selection spans children's programming, family slice-of-life shows, and major franchise sagas. It notes how several titles became multi-generational fixtures in Japan. Notable long-running anime: - Mobile Suit Gundam franchise: began in 1979 and now includes many series across multiple timelines, creating a large combined runtime. - Detective Conan (Case Closed): airing since 1996 and reported to have more than 1,100 episodes. - World Masterpiece Theater: a seasonal series (1969 through the late 1990s) that adapted classic literature into many episodes across decades. - Pokémon (Ash's saga): Ash’s story ran about 25 years with more than 1,200 episodes and ended in 2023, while the franchise continues with new central characters. - Crayon Shin-chan and Chibi Maruko-chan: family- and comedy-focused series that have each surpassed 1,000 episodes since the 1990s. - Anpanman and Doraemon: long-running children’s shows with reported episode counts over 1,500 and more than 2,000 respectively, airing since the late 1980s and 1979. Summary: The list illustrates that One Piece’s thousand-plus episodes are not unique in anime history and that many series have been on air for decades. Several of the shows named continue to release new episodes, while others have shifted focus or concluded specific character arcs. Undetermined at this time.