episode count

madelajn3 said:
How many episodes will this have? It's been over a month now and it still isn't updated

WehbeGaming said:


Most likely this is a similar situation to the ongoing Dragon Quest reboot, where because it is a reboot that intends to FULLY adapt the source material rather than cutting it short or skimping in the same way its predecessor did, the episode count is still undetermined and unconfirmed. In the case of this we can only speculate based on calculating around the current pace of the adaptation in comparison to the source material. Unfortunately I am not a source reader for this series and therefore cannot contribute to these numbers, so I suppose the last thing I can say is, just enjoy not knowing and watch it as it airs so you have something to watch each week. Unless you don’t enjoy the anime, in which case just drop it I suppose. (Though I will also add the original adaptation from the 90’s had 26 episodes, so I’d say it’s probably around that ballpark.)

madelajn3 said:
How many episodes will this have? It's been over a month now and it still isn't updated

WehbeGaming said:


Most likely this is a similar situation to the ongoing Dragon Quest reboot, where because it is a reboot that intends to FULLY adapt the source material rather than cutting it short or skimping in the same way its predecessor did, the episode count is still undetermined and unconfirmed. In the case of this we can only speculate based on calculating around the current pace of the adaptation in comparison to the source material. Unfortunately I am not a source reader for this series and therefore cannot contribute to these numbers, so I suppose the last thing I can say is, just enjoy not knowing and watch it as it airs so you have something to watch each week. Unless you don’t enjoy the anime, in which case just drop it I suppose. (Though I will also add the original adaptation from the 90’s had 26 episodes, so I’d say it’s probably around that ballpark.)

madelajn3 said:

Thank you so much for the elaborate answer!!

MegamiRem said:
This'll be one cour (12/13 episodes) most likely. Hate to break it to you but there is no source material which you speak of, the previous anime was anime original with no source material. Also this is not similar to Dragon quest remake at all. This is a reboot and not a remake. It has complete different character cast than the original. It just has same setting and themes.

WehbeGaming said:

I hate to break it to you but there is in fact a manga for this which you can find at this handy link right here :) https://myanimelist.net/manga/41701/Battle_Athletes_Daiundoukai
https://myanimelist.net/manga/132156/Pale_Blue_Dot__Battle_Athletess_Daiundoukai_ReSTART

I made sure to double check about it’s claim of being an “original” beforehand, since there were other posts talking about the shit pacing compared to the source :)

MegamiRem said:
No the anime is original lol, I dunno how the manga is related to the anime but these guys here are https://myanimelist.net/people/42473/Hiroki_Hayashi https://myanimelist.net/people/1967/Hideyuki_Kurata
the creator of the original anime.

WehbeGaming said:

They are listed as adaptations of the manga :) character has the same name in the OG as well :)

MegamiRem said:
Yet neither of the author's of the mangas are credited in the anime as original creator. Most likely they were given the script and asked to draw the manga. It's not unusual, many original animes have manga adaptations to increase the profit.

MegamiRem said:
Yet neither of the authors of the mangas are credited in the anime as original creator. Most likely they were given the script and asked to draw the manga. It's not unusual, many original animes have manga adaptations to increase the profit.

WehbeGaming said:


The manga began before the anime, in both the case of the OG series and this new one