Da Capo episodes, 25 or 18 minutes long?

I've watched 5 eps. and there all 18 minutes long. why does the site page say 25 minutes long? i found them on another site and there still 18 minutes long. It says there is 15 min of anime then a 5-10 min side story per episode. are they seperate or am i missing something?

All of the episodes are 25min long when they were aired on TV and released on DVD ..... but they are NOT 100% of related anime story. You are watching some groups edited (or chopped down) release.

Episode 1 to 7 all have (live-action) pop-video sidestories, and after episode 7, they start with the anime side stories.

And reading from Forbin's nasty comments about these side stories or distractions, I think that you are getting a good deal in not having to watch (or waste time on) them.

Forbin poetically forbinized .... Why isn't it a buy? Them DAMN side stories. They are USELESS!!!! (They feature the girls without the boy and some stupid cat). They break up the flow of the story and just confuse the hell out of it. They should've been independent stories of their own. Example: The 2 main harem girls are having it out (To the point where they aren't SPEAKING to each other) but the side story starts up and there they are, eating ice cream next to each other. What a flow break.

And oh .. if you want a laugh .. check out ANIDBs summary and Mikomi's summary

There are members of the MIKOMI team who work on and post to other anime review sites (and visca-versa)

You know I wrote that over 3 years ago. I had to stop and think and go 'did I even watch DaCapo'..haha

Ewww my memory is going. But the picture reminded me of the whole story all over again.

Edited on 08/21/2008 11:59 AM.