>>2998
>I feel it's kind of the same with how some people say Moe and Slice of Life ruined anime.
Oooh, I knew I'd need these images for an occasion like this (it should be noted that the language used in these images is a lot more agressive than I'm willing to escalate this debat to).

>Although I don't really remember how connected episodes were.
Old Anime had episodic anime too. Doraemon & Astro Boy (yes, I really did torrent & watch a black and white anime) for example were both super episodic.

>I'm sure there were filler episodes too.
I remember as a kid watching Dragonball Z it took *forever* for Goku to cross the dragon bridge to that tiny planet to get training to come back to life. Also I'm pretty sure he fell of that bridge once and had to find a way back on.