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2.5D Seduction has wrapped up and a new season has been announced immediately. All in all, it was a decent adaptation. The animation was wonky at times and a few things got skipped (if I remember correctly), but they got the spirit of the manga right. Yeah it was way less ecchi than the manga, but that was never the main selling point of the manga and makes this more accessible as well. I don’t think it’s fair to call it censorship either.
It also made realise again how nice the 24 episode format is. You can get nicely accustomed to the anime and it isn’t over once it gets going. I wish there were more 24 episode anime rather than a new 12 episode anime every season that, most likely, will get glossed over because of the sheer amount of other new anime every season.
I agree about 24 episodes. However, it is a bigger investment up front, so I doubt we will see more of these other than the very likely to succeed series (Frieren, Apothecary, etc.). The 12 episode format allows rights holders to try out more series to find out what is able to catch on a bit before deciding to invest more.
The 12 episode format allows rights holders to try out more series
A side effect of this, however, is that we’re overloaded with shows every season, so it’ll have to fight more for our attention. But yeah, you’re probably right. Risk averse investors basically.
After doing some more thinking on this, I suspect there is another factor at play as well. By investing in and producing 12-episode seasons, investors don’t have to wait as long for source material to build up. So, if there is a hot new LN or manga, you can snatch up the rights earlier in its lifecycle.
So, really, the shorter seasons work better from an investor’s standpoint in two ways:
- Lower cost to try out series that are experimental or have an unsure return.
- Allow for an anime adaptation with less source material available to try to capture/build attention while the source is more relevant and fresh.
