You're right. Though unlike what a lot of others will tell you, there's not a lot of outright filler. Most of the added time is from panning shots and characters staring and not talking.
There's actually a fan project that re-edits the series to take kess time and improve the pace a lot
you can't condense 1000 20 minute episodes into a few hours
Definitely, but I’d be willing to bet a good chunk of those 1000 episodes could be cut without losing much of the plot.
I've never actually watched it, but my wife does, and I've seen enough to say you're 100% right
You're right. Though unlike what a lot of others will tell you, there's not a lot of outright filler. Most of the added time is from panning shots and characters staring and not talking.
There's actually a fan project that re-edits the series to take kess time and improve the pace a lot