| Is it kind of like a filler episode just even more pointless? |
| Its not uncommon for shows to gain popularity while they air. Dont forget anime is made first and foremost for japan, TV at that. Recaps are for casual watchers to dive into the rest of the show. Its pointless for shows with no plot like Goblin Slayer, but JoJo has quite some of it. In japan its not as easy to just watch episodes online, because its on TV. So when you missed it, you are kinda screwed. Many people record episodes on tv to watch later, but for this you would need to have set it up first. When a show gains popularity you can use the recap to gain more viewers who would be lost and loose interest because they missed the entire first season in this case. Granted many times its used to fill the broadcasting slot with minimal effort, because the scenes already exist. Sometimes however they dont reuse footage. I would say its better to have a recap with no footage than no episode at all, which is common over new year. You might have noticed the lack of episodes for ongoing shows. |
| "This emotion is mine alone. It is for Madoka alone." - Homura or how I would descripe Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica. |
wildhood said: The animators didn't have enough time (or need more time) to finish the next actual episode, so they make a recap episode knowing that they won't meet the deadline in time. Animations studios produce all their episodes in advance though. The episode for next week has already been finished months ago. |
wildhood said: The animators didn't have enough time (or need more time) to finish the next actual episode, so they make a recap episode knowing that they won't meet the deadline in time. You actually think they animate everything within a week? lol |
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AshitaNoJonas said: wildhood said: The animators didn't have enough time (or need more time) to finish the next actual episode, so they make a recap episode knowing that they won't meet the deadline in time. Animations studios produce all their episodes in advance though. The episode for next week has already been finished months ago. The digital effects and cleanup were most likely not finished. Next week is going to be a resource-heavy episode. |
| Watch Shirobako, it's explained there. |
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| No new episode because of holidays week, so they put out a recap instead, to serve as a jumping-on point for any casual TV viewers in Japan that might want it. Simple as that. |
bastek66 said: Even though I haven't watched it, this was my first thought. Watch Shirobako, it's explained there. |
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| To gain more viewers mid season. |
| a lot of anime has been doing this recently. I hate it. |
| It's not a recap, it's Abbacchio practicing with his Moody Blues |
| The Animators got a break to be with their families and whatnot for the new year. |
| ha - me |
| it's really muda muda if you ask me |
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Daellwon said: It was New Year Eve's, there were holidays, people didn't work, that's why they did a recap for JoJo. They made a 2nd recap this Friday. Also the 1st season of JoJo didn't have a recap despite airing around New Year's Eve. |
| If the animations need more time/money for other episodes they do filler/recaps most of the time and i think its a good thing better to wait a week but than the epsiode is well done instead of shitty animation etc... |
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