Delays in the anime world have become as natural as breathing in recent years and this has not gone unnoticed by fans who enjoy their favorite series every season.
Although many of the animation studios that experienced problems in early 2020 have gradually returned to their schedules, the delays that made a dent in the fans remained and this is just what we will talk about today.
The animes whose postponed premieres bothered their followers the most, why these delays occurred and the consequences of the same for both sides you will find below.
Industry delays due to coronavirus
It is almost incredible that at this point in the story we continue to talk about the reasons why anime suffers delays, but there we go again starting with the pandemic.
March 2020 was one of the most difficult times for the industry, after all the COVID-19 reached the shores of Japan and the cases were increasing exponentially every day.
With a population of 60% made up of the elderly, preventing the spread was key to protecting the sector that was believed to be the most unprotected at the time.
Sure, the level of risk increased for everyone later on, but with this in mind schools, universities and businesses voluntarily closed their doors for what they believed would be 40 days.
During this time, the studios were not only grappling with keeping everyone at home, they were also faced with the reality of having subsidiaries in China that handle animation transitions.
These files are sought by an executive who travels to China to bring them, something frankly difficult because they were precisely the largest infectious focus.
Difficult decisions
Faced with these problems, some producers decided to delay their premiere as much as possible, while others worked with what they had, since time blocks on TV can be difficult to relocate.
This led to animation problems in some cases, others simply delayed by several months while audiences waited for their favorite series at a point where most of the world was only at home.
It is impossible to know how Japanese fans received this, but in Latin America and the United States some users, usually very young people, expressed their discontent openly.
The reality is that this type of “fan” makes noise on the networks, but in reality there are few, since every anime follower with two fingers of forehead understands that if a production is delayed it is much more harmful to the studio itself , than for the viewer.
Income that evaporates and money that is lost
Unlike the world of video games in which a developer can survive on a presale for a whole year and then come out with a badly programmed game to fix it in parts (Yes, we are talking about you ‘Cyberpunk 2077’) maintain an anime production without brand new is to burn money.
This is because the anime only makes a profit once it airs and as long as it is on hold or the job is not completed, the team continues to spend resources, be it personnel or materials that were not in budget.
In itself it is difficult to know if the anime and its merchandise will generate a large profit margin, as they know it could become one of the most unnoticed series of the season and be in the red.
So no, lagging an anime is the least of a problem for a true fan, especially when the complaints generally come from people consuming anime on unofficial websites.
Even so, among the series that caused the most “controversy” or “disdain” from the audience are anime like ‘Ex Arm’, ‘Tsukiuta. The ANIMATION ‘and’ Re: Zero ‘.
Enough of coronavirus
Although the coronavirus and its repercussions are a reality in our lives and in the anime industry, at the beginning of 2021 we all resorted to an unwritten rule about failing to mention this as a main actor in problems.
In the anime it is reflected very well, since even though Japan is not free to alter its itineraries due to this factor, the studios have again resorted to failing to specify the reasons for the delays.
With statements that go straight to the point, writing in networks and on web pages that the anime is not ready and that therefore it will not come out on the agreed date with a public apology at the end, the studios return to the routine of not revealing more information than strictly necessary.
Speculation without confirmation
This is where we enter the realm of speculation and although in some series you can define what happened by the conduct of the production, fans rarely get a direct answer.
A good example of this is ‘EX-ARM’, although the anime began its broadcast at a time when delays were on a silver platter, the Visual Flight anime had already been in production for a couple of years.
When it came out, the fans of its original work and even those who only gave it a chance without knowing the manga in March of this year, came to the conclusion that it was one of the worst produced series in history.
With a terrible 3DCG animation, which at times jumped to a 2D capable of frightening those who saw ‘Nanatsu no Taizai: Kamigami no Gekirin’, it goes without saying that the wait did not bear fruit.
Reasons that get out of hand
Just as we have terrible unjustified productions, we also have problems that get out of hand, but in the absence of an explanation the public jumps quickly.
One of the most controversial in recent months is ‘Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season’, which although the delay of its premiere was not so problematic in itself, because again, every true fan knows how to wait, which causes more commotion. it is the result.
While MAPPA is one of the best studios today, ‘Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season’ was destined to be a catastrophe that closed its first part with the only complaints of “The use of 3DCG on the titans sucks”, ” Eren didn’t wear the jacket like in the manga “and” Mikasa isn’t pretty anymore. “
This must be put in perspective, a study that received the last season of a series recognized by Wit Studio and that it made from scratch in just 3 months instead of 9, received hatred for miniscule details.
The hatred was such that the director of the anime closed his Twitter account and Hajime Isayama himself came to his defense, showing how the animators had returned his manga panel by panel at times.
It is impossible to get a more faithful adaptation and even so many users, again for the most part consumers of the anime through pirated pages, were given the task of harassing the team.
If the story of ‘Shingeki no Kyojin: The Final Season’ leaves us with anything and everything we have talked about so far, it is that the problem is not waiting for a premiere, instead the fans are more likely to protest once it is in transmission.
In the story, a group of young students commit mass suicide guided by the protagonist, who embarks on a psychologist horror story to tell us how common this type of case can be in the region.
With a reduced list of anime based on biographical stories and true events, this is your chance to make it grow so don’t hesitate to leave us your favorite in your comments if it’s not included.
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