yes i think their too short as well some of the series/season ony have 12 episodes when they could expand to the 20+ a season like dragonball z and numerous others.
i read a manga called tekkonkinkreet that got me started and then went on to watch some miyazaki movies like princess mononoke and the norse prince and anime and manga have dominated my life ever since. TRUE STORY.lol
the thing that got me sucked into anime and manga was the film princess mononoke and i then went on to read tekkonkinkreet and my eyes just bled with excitement from then on.
yh when i watch anime all of the voice actors in it are in every anime that i've watched most of the stuff i watch are like funimation staff dubbed but are in unrelated animes
i really really loved Ga-Rei:Zero i watched that before reading the manga and i tried really hard to wach naruto and i still can't get into the series.