'Boku no Kokoro no Yabai Yatsu' Gets Second Season in Winter 2024

RobertBobert said:
about how any show can get a sequel these days

Swagernator said:

No.

Its more about the fact that this most probably, like many, many others was greenlight for 24 eps the moment the project was pitched.

RobertBobert said:
But why? It is unlikely that they need the illusion of the popularity of the show. Moreover, this is a romantic SoL, it could hardly be conceived as a two-cour.

Ionliosite2 said:

While I definitely like this show, this technique of announcing a show's second season immediately after the end of the first is blatantly what Swagernator said, it's to create an illusion that the show was a success before even seeing the numbers when, in reality, they already had the second confirmed from the start. Look at Gakusen Toshi Asterisk, which pulled this before knowing the first season would bomb in sales, and the second ended up bombing even harder, all because they obviously had the second made irregardless of how the first did.

RobertBobert said:
But why? It is unlikely that they need the illusion of the popularity of the show. Moreover, this is a romantic SoL, it could hardly be conceived as a two-cour.

KiliianSleipnir said:
2nd season, NOT a split cours. split cours 'generally' only have 3 months (1 broadcast season) in-between the parts. also, did you not read the article? it said 2nd season. of course, this could be corrected later on.

popularity/disk sales/bumps in source materials sales in Japan are NO LONGER the benchmarks for more than 12 episodes/1 season to be produced in anime anymore. more and more and more cash is coming into the 'pipeline' for anime production cycles from OUTSIDE/INTERNATIONAL SOURCES... streaming, merch, disk sales, source materials sales... right now HIDIVE, Sentai Filmworks' online streaming service is ONLY putting the following subtitles on this show: English and Latin American Spanish... they're not even presently producing an English dub of it. if the production committee didn't want big piles of cash flowing in, why not put this show on SONY/ANIPLEX/Funimation-Crunchyroll and have it subbed/dubbed in 7+ languages? \shrug/ i dunno why... that's their decision. along with the choice to make more than 12 episodes. The Big Yen guys obviously know they're going to make a profit off this show... and more episodes means more profit... or it would have been planned from the start as just 12 eps. 

RobertBobert said:
The idea that this is a disguised split-cour came from a comment I was replying to, not mine.

Swagernator said:

No.

Its more about the fact that this most probably, like many, many others was greenlight for 24 eps the moment the project was pitched.

Yubisoft said:

Greenlighted , illusion ? Excuse me what the hell are you talking about ? If the first season was not a success they would have already cancelled it internally and nobody would know about the  second season .... Studios aren't charities . The shareholders want profit and if the show wasn't successful which  = not enough money from streaming services , merchandise blu ray preorders etc from season 1  , they would have already cancelled the second season .

Swagernator said:

You one of those who thinks Velma got second season because it was so popular and not because it was two season to begin with. Or that witcher season four and five are two separate seasons and not just one split in half and aired as separate seasons.

Arent you. Japan operates at a very similar manner when come to this specific thing.

Yubisoft said:
You can't counter my argument so you start mentioning other series and productions that have nothing to do with this anime ? What ?
Anime industry wants profit , many ¥ in it's pockets and if they they haven't earned enough money to reach a certain goal they don't greenlight shit because they are gonna start losing money by making more seasons for anime which doesn't earn money . Simple as that

Swagernator said:

But i never said that tho.

RobertBobert said:
You ask if I read the article, but did not read my comment. The idea that this is a disguised split-cour came from a comment I was replying to, not mine.

KiliianSleipnir said:
actually i did read the whole thread and was working with this new screwed up inclusion system MAL has recently introduced. too many messages get mashed together in it and i dislike that.

i would NEVER call anything 'secretly planned' because Japanese anime production companies/committees have ALWAYS been tight lipped about internal matters. as a matter of fact, the ONLY show i'm aware of in the past 5 years that had a fully OPEN plan in place from day one was Dead Mount Death Play. they put out the 2 parts and fully announced all the dates for the parts in the FIRST public relations blitz. even the Crunchyroll US announcement for Shield Hero S2 and S3 was a minimal 'we are going to do 2 more seasons.' announcement. and we all know how S2 got a GIANT delay announcement months before it was scheduled to air. 

Swagernator said:

No.

Its more about the fact that this most probably, like many, many others was greenlight for 24 eps the moment the project was pitched.

Piromysl said:
Turns out rumours were totally true. Yamada easily best girls of 2023 so far, so maybe even 2024?
But is there enough source material?

Swagernator said:

No.

Its more about the fact that this most probably, like many, many others was greenlight for 24 eps the moment the project was pitched.

Piromysl said:
Turns out rumours were totally true. Yamada easily best girls of 2023 so far, so maybe even 2024?
But is there enough source material?

Shinuki_n_Reborn said:

If it was originally planned as 24 eps it would be listed as 2nd cour and starting in 3 months (October) like Dr. Stone and the other dozen of split cour anime we see every year. If this show was a flop, no way they would announce a 2nd season for next year.

Yubisoft said:
Exactly this . My God finally someone understands how real life works 

stanleysnyder said:
This is a fully-fledged Second Season and not a second cour. 2-split-cour anime happen 1 season in between, just like it did with Blue Lock, Dr Stone, Komi Can't Communicate (Advertised as S2), among others.

Moreover, S2 will adapt up to chapter 113, which was released just 5 months ago, it's impossible to come up with pre-production for 2-seasons before there is even enough source material for it (As this has proven to be an adaptation, and not anime-original). It's not unheard of the average anime usually ends its production by the end of its airing, with only a few weeks in advance for each episode. 

Some examples are KKC (Part 2) and The Promised Neverland, as they didn't even make the deadline for some episodes and had to deliver low-level 3rd-party animation (Which will not be the case as this is Takagi's studio). 

They probably had already pre-booked a S2 but would only be green-lit after it met some pre-defined criteria both in Anime and Manga (Vol 8 - March - 56K 1st week). As it clearly did, they must have started pre-production by March-April at the earliest. Also, BDVD sales are an extreme success. The 3-volume-special-box (300$) has over 500 stars in Amazon, meaning it sold at least 4K units during its 1-month deadline. Vol-1 officially comes out on the 29th of June. 

It's also worth to mention this is a hella tight deadline, around 9 months (Since March) to deliver a fully completed 1st episode and extensive progress on the rest. But let's remember this is a School rom-com with a small set of characters, no fancy fights, crazy effects or long shots. Most of the backgrounds are gonna be reused, all the character designs, soundtrack, etc.

Best of luck to the whole production team to animate one of the best confession arcs in modern-shonen-rom-com. 

stanleysnyder said:
This is a fully-fledged Second Season and not a second cour. 2-split-cour anime happen 1 season in between, just like it did with Blue Lock, Dr Stone, Komi Can't Communicate (Advertised as S2), among others.

Moreover, S2 will adapt up to chapter 113, which was released just 5 months ago, it's impossible to come up with pre-production for 2-seasons before there is even enough source material for it (As this has proven to be an adaptation, and not anime-original). It's not unheard of the average anime usually ends its production by the end of its airing, with only a few weeks in advance for each episode. 

Some examples are KKC (Part 2) and The Promised Neverland, as they didn't even make the deadline for some episodes and had to deliver low-level 3rd-party animation (Which will not be the case as this is Takagi's studio). 

They probably had already pre-booked a S2 but would only be green-lit after it met some pre-defined criteria both in Anime and Manga (Vol 8 - March - 56K 1st week). As it clearly did, they must have started pre-production by March-April at the earliest. Also, BDVD sales are an extreme success. The 3-volume-special-box (300$) has over 500 stars in Amazon, meaning it sold at least 4K units during its 1-month deadline. Vol-1 officially comes out on the 29th of June. 

It's also worth to mention this is a hella tight deadline, around 9 months (Since March) to deliver a fully completed 1st episode and extensive progress on the rest. But let's remember this is a School rom-com with a small set of characters, no fancy fights, crazy effects or long shots. Most of the backgrounds are gonna be reused, all the character designs, soundtrack, etc.

Best of luck to the whole production team to animate one of the best confession arcs in modern-shonen-rom-com.