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When a show (usually of the [[Failure Is the Only Option]] or [[Stern Chase]] variety) comes to an end with sufficient lead time, the production team may decide to go out with a bang by ending the endless chase, destroying the undestroyable foe, or in some other way definitively and permanently changing the core axioms on which the show depends. It usually resolves all the conflicts that have driven the series over its entire run, and offers some kind of resolution to the dramatic tension that they have powered.
This is the '''Grand Finale''' — a way of very clearly saying to the audience "Okay, the show is really over. There's no more. Go watch something else." (That this [[Uncanceled|doesn't always get through to viewers]] can be a problem in and of itself...)
In contrast to American television series, anime series tend to be single, continuous season-long stories that build, like an episodic novel, to a climax in the final episode. In these cases, a Grand Finale is the only fair (and the usual) way to end the show. Of course, since most anime is based on manga, occasionally the anime [[Overtook the Manga|gets ahead]] of the manga (or gets canceled before the manga ends) and the anime writers have to [[Gecko Ending|make up their own ending]], which is usually not as good as the eventual ending of the manga. Alternatively, a la ''[[Bastard!!]]!'', ''[[Angel Sanctuary]]'', and ''[[Ichigo 100%]]'', the writers can just leave it hanging.
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