Post Series Depression

[Infinatex]

Yeh I get this too. It suck when you know that that's it and that there is no more of the series to see. I got this with DBZ, Full Metal Alchemist and especially the Harry Potter series.

 

[BlumiereBleck]

Anime Withdrawal : When you catch up with a series, but it's not finished yet, so in its' incompleteness nothing else can satisfy you.

Damn do I know that feeling. But I got that feeling after the ending to Dawson's Creek. The ending was very depressing and made me want more.

 

[no oneder]

I only remember two, The Sopranos and Scrubs. I actually cried with one of those.

 

[Diver Down]

I get more depressed when I see a series I like go down in flames. Either from over-commercialization or a degeneration in writing what have you.

...Indiana Jones

 

[Hisshiss]

I just finished watching the anime Elfen Lied and I was left with a feeling I have experienced many times. Post Series Depression, Post Series Depression (PSD) is the feeling I tend to get after I have finished a series. Even if it had a great ending and wrapped up everything nicely I still have a strange emptiness left over from the realization that I have taken in all this series has to offer and I have lost the surprise and anticipation I get by watching an episode I haven't seen. This even extends to video games after I have beaten them and unlocked everything. But not so much with movies because watching those with friends feels like a new experience every time in my case.

The series that gave me the worst PSD would have to be.
Elfen Lied (as I had mentioned above)
Lost (mostly due to the crappy ending)
Gantz
The Harry Potter Books
Hellsing
Okami (due to the "Point-Of-No-Return)
The World Ends With You, Castlevania-Dawn of sorrow and order of Ecclesia, and Kingdom Hearts II (I completed them all 100%)

what shows, games, books, or even movies gave you Post Series Depression?

I still don't know why, but I was completely broken as a person at the end of kingdom hearts 2..like I couldn't talk to people for weeks.

 

[Quiet Stranger]

I had it when I watched the last episode of David Tennant's run of Doctor Who

 

[Mcupobob]

I get "WTHDFDT" or "Why the hell did Fox do that!"

Symptoms include being pissed about the cancleation of Firefly, Sarah Conner Chornicals, Doll house, and Futurama. I've been taking my medican like the doctor said, re-watching old episodes of those shows and a weekly dose of that new pill Comedy Centeral came out with is really easing my pain. Escapially about Futurama.

 

[Drakmeire]

I only remember two, The Sopranos and Scrubs. I actually cried with one of those.

well in the case of scrubs it came back, became a sad shallow zombie of it's former self and then got quickly canceled... what a sad end for a truly great show. just ignore the 9th season and you can be happy.

 

[PhoenixKing]

First time I got this was from Avatar: The Last Airbender. It was such a good show. Why'd it have to end? I've also experienced this with The Wire, Digimon Tamers, and Scrubs. My god they're all such good shows. =(

 

[teutonicman]

Samurai Jack, left me with a major case of that. Primarily because they just dropped it like a clingy girlfriend and they have yet to provide any kind of resolution. Man, they better not wait as long as Pixar did to release Toy Story 3.

 

[Drakmeire]

I still don't know why, but I was completely broken as a person at the end of kingdom hearts 2..like I couldn't talk to people for weeks.

how do you think I feel? My avatar is Demyx, I built a replica of his sitar out of polystyrene and am going to dress as him for a bunch of anime conventions... I NEED HELP!

 

[Gaderael]

When Buffy The Vampire Slayer ended, I think I shed a few tears. Angel as well. Luckily I got my in comic book form.

Finishing The Lord Of The Rings always leaves me a little empty, like I'm missing a good friend. Same goes for whenever I finish reading the latest books in the Wheel Of Time, The Southern Vampires series, and A Son Of Ice And Fire.

Oh! And definitely with the end of Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, where she left so many things open, in my mind at least.

 

[RedBeta22]

Mass Effect 2. It was such an amazing game, Sure ME 3 is coming, but nothing will ever match playing though Mass Effect 2 the 1st time.

 

[Sacman]

Serial Experiments Lain, so I just went back and watched it again than bought it on DVD than bought the art book... and I still want more...

 

[burningdragoon]

Post Series Depression, neh? No, I don't think I get that, I get something I call:

Anime Withdrawal : When you catch up with a series, but it's not finished yet, so in its' incompleteness nothing else can satisfy you.

I don't watch much anime anymore, but something like that happened to me with 8-Bit Theater if that counts... a new comic 3 times a week was awesome, but I checked that site all the time, just hoping for little bits of information about it.


I wouldn't say I get too much of this PSD you speak of, but every time I finish some game or tv series, I get a nice dose of "Well... not what should I do." I get so invested in this stuff.

 

[icame]

Can games count?

Star wars kotor 2 gave me this...the announcement of the mmo didn't help.

In movies

The lotr and star wars movies

In anime

Neon genesis evangelion
The melancholy of Haruhi suzumiya...Such a long wait for a second season....it was so shit

 

[Blair Bennett]

Anime Withdrawal

You too? Yeah, I do that as well, where, if a series hasn't ended yet, I find myself just perpetually watching the content this is available.

OT: I'm pretty sure I've suffered PSD after completing every series, film, and novel I've ever exposed myself to. The most notable event in recent memory being when I finished reading Vonnegut's Breakfast of Champions, but it happens with almost everything.

The other thing I find myself doing after watching a series is going on random deviantart binges, in which I search the media in question, spend hours looking at drawing after drawing, and try to sift through/ignore the reams of porn.

Arrested Development.
When that ended, a little part of me died.
That is all.

You, Sir, have just cast me unto the throes of passion!..Now that I've sufficiently alienated everyone reading this, I'll mention just how much I cannot believe I didn't mention this myself. That show deserved so much better. What in the hell is happening to the world when intuitive, witty, and genuinely entertaining shows are canceled after 3 short seasons? They had an episode where a boy with a jetpack fights his uncle, who is wearing a giant mole costume. His uncle for Tyr's sake!!

 

[12capital]

First time I got this was from Avatar: The Last Airbender. It was such a good show. Why'd it have to end? I've also experienced this with The Wire, Digimon Tamers, and Scrubs. My god they're all such good shows. =(

Same, but Nickelodeon is supposed to be releasing a new series that is supposedly going to be a continuation of the Avatar universe sometime soon. There is hope!

 

[Mazar_Nomoid]

My first time getting that was when I watched Shuffle! I loved that series and when I finished it I just felt kinda sad cause the guy didn't end with the girl I wanted him to(I wanted him to get most of the girls since I couldn't decide which one I like better.). But then I found out about the games and Visual Novels so I'm out of that and now I'm trying to get everything I can.

 

[The Austin]

I only suffer from PSD when I get an ending that leaves looses ends. Thank GOD that I never got into lost.

That being said, I still miss Apocalypse Lane!