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by ArchedThunder » Tue Dec 27, 2016 2:05 pm
As far as we know, Super episodes tend to be animated in 6-10 weeks, but I'm willing to bet that the episodes made on the lower end of that scale has more to do with Super's ability to get staff than anything. I'd like to hear some people's input on what I'm thinking the possible outcomes of the 10 weeks of filler will be.
Absolute best case (and very unlikely) scenario of this 10 weeks of filler is bringing the production to the point were some episodes could have upwards of 20 weeks for animation, similar to Pokemon, but again that is absolute best case scenario and is VERY unlikely. In the unlikely event that this is what happens it would be much easier for Super to get staff, especially if Hatano Morio is still on the show. Nobody should expect this large of an improvement, this is pie the the sky stuff, but not necessarily completely impossible.
Middle of the road scenario, which I think is relatively likely would be this improving the schedule by about 5 weeks, giving Super upwards of 15-ish weeks for some episodes. I base this on there being 5 weeks between Champa and Trunks, where as we are getting 10 weeks here, giving us an extra 5 weeks between arcs (not exactly the most scientific conclusion since production isn't a straight line). With this episodes would probably be made in 10-15 weeks, with regular episodes on the lower end and that being a pretty average turn around time for an anime episode, and the large episodes being on the upper end and that being an above average turn around(and pretty in line with its piers). This outcome would also greatly improve Super's ability to grab staff, not as well as the absolute best case scenario obviously, but it would still make the show much more attractive to work on. While I think this outcome is fairly likely I also don't think anyone should expect this one either, I'd say there is still a sizable chance this is not the outcome so to avoid disappointment it'd probably be better to hope for this, but expect worse.
Lower end scenario, the production is improved by 2-3 weeks, with episodes typically being made in 8-12 weeks, potentially 13 for a giant episode. This would make Super's production only average, but still far more workable than previously and would make it easier to grab staff, but not nearly as easily as the middle of the road scenario. While 8-12 weeks would only be a small improvement it would still have a large effect on Super and would likely be enough for the majority of episodes to be supervised by one person. I'm not really basing this off of anything, but I would say that this and the middle of the road scenario probably have similar chances of being the outcome, but to avoid disappointment I think this should be the expectation.
Almost worst case scenario, no improvements are made to the production and the quality of the arc will be pretty much identical to the Trunks arc. I see this as being more likely than the absolute best case scenario, but much less likely than the middle and lower end scenarios, but still likely enough that we should be prepared for it.
Absolute worst case holy shit everything is on fire scenario, the quality of these filler episodes is what we will get for the next arc. I'd like to think this scenario is about as likely as the best case scenario.
TLDR; I think expecting as little as 2 weeks of improvement to the schedule, hoping for upwards of 5, and being prepared for no improvements is the most logical way to look at the effect of 10 weeks of filler.
Thoughts?
