Why are western cartoon theme songs always just refrains of the

that's not always true anon sometimes it's an actual song
https://youtu.be/hiKPm0--sw4

>>94678243
why are eastern cartoon theme songs always unrelated to the actual show?

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>>94679427
Because they're literally adverts for the bands.

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why don't we have minute and a half of openings and endings in western shit?
with similar run times you'd think they would take advange of having to animate less per ep, being able to get twice as many eps with a but of stretch and better animation quality for the same price with the time they saved.

>>94678243
>>94681621
>why don't we have minute and a half of openings and endings in western shit?

Less time for commercials.

>>94681498
truth

>>94678243
Here you go anon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWdm5CWKrwk

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>>94681498
What about openings sang by the cast?

>>94682027
Damn, I 100% forgot that show existed until now.

The Ed, Edd n Eddy theme was pretty much just instrumental. Same for Gravity Falls and Rick & Morty

>>94679278
>https://youtu.be/

>>94678243
Because ever sense Adventure Time started this horrible trend of action cartoons being split into 11 minute segments, there's literally no time for anything else.

>>94684451
>Adventure Time
>action cartoon

Because that's the ideal form of an intro song. Anime intros used to be the same, before they got hijacked by the jpop industry and lost their way.

In all honesty I think something like Adventure Time's theme is the perfect way to have a theme song.
Catchy tune, tells you the barest information about the show so a new viewer isn't totally lost, shows off some/most of the characters and settings, it works really well.

>>94682438
It's just karaoke for the actual band.

>>94684451
>ever sense

>>94681621
because openings are an outdated concept
it made sense back in the day when you had to watch shows on the tv's terms, the intro gave you time to get ready to watch the show
there's a reason netflix automatically skips them