Yuji wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:43 pmThere is Black Clover also, but you are correct that most adaptations now seem to follow the seasonal approach rather than the long-running schedule, but that is also because it better allows to test the waters, see if it's a success or not. In a case like Dragon Ball, where success is essentially guaranteed, that would be one less factor to prevent them from opting to air another long-running series.precita wrote: ↑Mon Dec 07, 2020 4:36 pm The problem with the Super anime is it went on for over 130 episodes but they clearly did not have the manpower behind it to keep it going, both animator wise and writing wise. Dragonball cannot be a continuous show that airs all year long anymore. There is not a constant stream of manga to adapt from anymore, and with all of Toei's other shows they don't have enough hands on deck.
Other than Pokemon, One Piece and I believe Naruto/Boruto, is there any other action-oriented anime these days that just continuously airs all year long with barely any breaks? I believe most other shonen anime aren't aired like this anymore, like for example Attack on Titan and My Hero Academia take long breaks between seasons rather than air continuously.
The 'issue' for TOEIs workload with Dragon Ball is: it's almost all about fighting. Just look at the Moro arc.
And the quality demand for those action sequences is very high, because of the heritage from the past.
It's possible to make a high quality fulltime DB series, but it would require a lot of
sacrifices from them. They won't be able to put their top animators on other projects anymore.
Or that would at least become very difficult. And they still have their Japanese market with specific demands to serve.
Why bother if you can keep the money coming in with well 'less investment'.
Maybe some of us can't accept why TOEI doesn't reinvest all their money in their top franchise, they can look at things from their perspective as hardcore fan and don't understand it, but TOEI may see this differently.
