Each episode presented a self-contained story, which never carried over into a subsequent one.

She found it easier to get into manga because they were self-contained stories that started at the beginning.

Each book has a fairly self-contained story, although they are still chronological and connected.

A second type are films made up of several shorter self-contained animated stories.

Each page tells a self-contained story, but there are a few recurring characters.

Films Films are self-contained stories, usually running from 75 minutes to an hour and a half or so.

Each chapter reads as a self-contained story, like episodes of the television show.

It was an anthology series where each episode had a self-contained story and a new set of characters.

Each film is a self-contained story with a different cast.

Each song they deliver is a self-contained story in a familiar setting.