Liz Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Can anyone tell me what ARC's are? Keep seeing this word and have no idea what it means Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Im not sure exactly what you are talking about. Is it ARC or IRC? And is it on this list? Could we have some context?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARC_%28disambiguation%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawkester Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 She could mean an arc of an anime, like how Gurren Lagann had 4 arcs or parts, which ever you prefer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted April 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 An ARC of an anime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemmingllama Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Ah ok. Well, an anime is broken up into episodes. There are normally 13 or 26 episodes in a season. However, some plotlines last longer than a season, or there are two plots in a season. So that plotline is called an arc. For example, if there is an anime where they fight the bad guy, then smoke pot, then go on a lion hunt, the fighting the bad guy would be an arc, the pot smoking would be an arc, and the lion hunt would be an arc.tl;dr An arc is a section of an anime with the same plot for that entire section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reptoholic Posted April 28, 2012 Report Share Posted April 28, 2012 Here is a definition I got from WIKI. But in short is a continued story line that goes in a separate direction. Like in Bleach, the Bount ARC still goes with the same story but went away from the plot with Aizen... but it still kept with the same line. "A story arc is an extended or continuing storyline in episodic storytelling media such as television, comic books, comic strips, boardgames, video games, and in some cases, films. On a television program, for example, the story would unfold over many episodes. In television, the use of the story arc is much more common in dramas than in comedies, especially in soap operas. Webcomics are more likely to use story arcs than newspaper comics, as most web comics have readable archives online that a newcomer to the strip can read in order to understand what is going on. Although story arcs have existed for decades, the term "story arc" was coined in 1988 in relation to the television series Wiseguy [1], and was quickly adapted for other uses." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz Posted April 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2012 Thanks to all the replies, I think I have an understanding of what an arc is now:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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