06-07-2016, 06:05 AM
(06-06-2016, 01:13 PM)Shade Wrote: A movie is a stand-alone feature that introduces and carries out a plot that comes to a full or partial conclusion by the end. I find that length has little to do with it as long as that's accomplished.
What about stuff like Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone (and other DBZ movies)? That isn't really standalone (I'm pretty sure it doesn't newly introduce the characters), it has a place in the anime's timeline and is even referenced in later episodes. Still counts as a movie though.