Filler or wait?

Fillers are pretty lame, but I feel like they're kind of necessary. If we were bombarded with the main plot for a whole season, a.) it wouldn't last very long and b.) it'd get kind of boring, what with so little character development.

More often than not, filler episodes tend to flesh out characters, both main and supporting. And a lot of times the filler episodes are funny, as is the current case with Inu Yasha. On the same coin though, too many filler episodes can be bothersome, especially when you're already fairly eager to back into the main plot.

Kenshin had probably the worst set of filler episodes in any anime I've seen. It almost wasn't even filler -- the main story was finished after episode what, 52 I think? And for another 40-something episodes, it was just unnecessary filler! I know I'm not the only person who would argue that the entire second arc of Kenshin was unnecessary filler.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

You consider the Band of Seven arc to be filler? I didn't, as I thought it was tied directly to the main plot, what with them hunting the Jewel Shards. Now, this business about Master Musshin and Shippo's Heart Scar attack -- that's filler.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

No, because not only did that particular arc have a tie to the jewel-shard-hunting plot, it also had ties to Naraku and was directly involved with the main plot. In a case like that, I wouldn't consider it filler.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

This is why I'm such a big fan of Twelve Kingdoms (Juuni Kokki). No filler episodes at all. A few flashbacks here and there, but by no means filler. Same goes for X TV.

Hell, I don't think even the original Robotech had much filler in it, if it even had any.

How ya doing, buddy?