Zefyris said:usually a novel series being finished is a sign that they are NOT going to do any more anime season.
Only because LN's tend to far outlive anime's, and in the cases where they don't it means the anime can't count on a wealth of story to be their to draw from...and they know readers(their potential audience) are moving on as well.
And once they do end authors often move onto new projects and are no longer available to assist in production.
Don't get me wrong, I think there is zero chance of a complete S3...could see some more OVA's sometime in the future, could not either. Though I think what had, and continues, to dictate what happens with Horizon is the amount of work it takes to produce it...which is to say its a lot, in ALL facet's of production, not just illustration.
But what I've seen throughout this thread, all the way to the beginning 7 years ago, is a LOT of misunderstanding about how the anime industry works.
The scene, and all the variables which dictate production schedules, are far closer to "Hollywood movie" than "American TV". Season's of anime follow timelines far closer to movie sequels than live TV.
Those on the creative side have a LOT of say over what gets made and when, it's not always being dictated down to them by executives and bean counters. That's not to say funding isn't often an issue, but profits don't decide everything.
People get burnt out and want to work on other stuff, and there's a lot of differing schedules that need to line up...a lot of the people involved head off into different directions and work on different projects afterward(even within the same studio), things don't move so linearly.
So it's not at all strange for many years to pass between anime seasons, for no obvious reason at all. And new seasons don't get announced until they are 100% happening, even if those behind the scenes want, or expect, to continue working on them some time in the future.
There are also a lot of different production studio's, and they aren't all big. Not only can they not just put all their eggs into one basket, it's HARD to make a quality season of anime in one, or even two, calendar years. So studio's have to keep rotating projects in and out, to lessen risk, even if what is being released at the time is seeing success.
This is why you see so many anime's stop, or pause, after season 2. Season 1 takes longer than 1 calendar year to produce, season 2 is rushed, for season 3 they'll often have to decide to divert more resources to production or lengthen the production schedule. And for smaller studio's they can't let other projects, which have been on pause, languish and die in order to spend a longer amount of time, or use more resources, by producing seasons 3+...so they rotate projects in and out.
There's also a lot of collaboration, between both people and studio's. Much like you'll see with actors/directors/producers in Hollywood, their schedules all need to line up right and it's rare that everyone involved will have both the economic means and creative desire to continue working on the same project together for half a decade or longer...and it's only when studio's with very deep pockets are involved can those on the creative/production side be replaced as needed to keep releasing anime without pause without risking the quality taking a serious dive; especially on projects that don't so obviously have mainstream appeal or are very complicated to produce. |