When Can We Start Saying No To Sequels?

Recently in anime news, we have heard about some popular anime series receiving new seasons and we even had a large number of sequels to popular series releasing this year. As a fan, I should be happy to see more content from my favorite anime but unfortunately, I can’t help but feel conflicted. Realistically I have to understand that money plays a much more important part than a creator that wants to further develop their story. I thought because of these conflicting feelings I’ve been having, I would like to share them here with you guys and see if you guys are feeling the same way or you can tell me if I’m overreacting. I’m not perfect.

So the first anime series that I wanted to talk about was One Punch Man. As much as I was super excited that we were going to receive a second season, the excitement deteriorated once I heard that there would be a different studio and director behind it. I felt that the same tender love and care wouldn’t be applied on this season and we would just receive a hollow shell of what Madhouse had laid before us. I understand that the show must go on as a business and these things just gotta happen but when you hear all the issues that J.C. Staff has had with producing these episodes, you wonder if the business side just believed that any studio can just be plug and played in to produce the same content. It’s a little infuriating but I also understand that there’s a ton of information that we as the fans are not privy to.

The next series I wanted to talk about is one that I have considered to add as an entry in MY top 5 anime of all time, Psycho-Pass. The series was a big part of what got me back into anime when it started airing and it just fit everything I was looking for when nothing else was interesting to me. What I loved the most about the series was the ending of season 1. It seemed to be intentionally left open-ended for us to figure out the missing pieces. I personally enjoyed that but season 2 came and went bringing me disappointment. So it is just hard for me to take it seriously when it is announced that they will have THREE new movies and ANOTHER season. It felt entirely like a money grab and it will be very disappointing if we do not get the closure that this series truly deserves.

I feel like I just have to talk about this series. It’s only right. The series that I am referring to is Dragonball Super. As much as we know that Dragonball has been a money grab for years Dragonball Super just seemed to revive it with the guise that Akira Toriyama wanted to tell this cool story and its just the level of popularity can warrant it. There will always be a high demand for Dragonball Super. No matter what. It is actually free money. I would rather see some more budget thrown at newer shonen series that can really reinvent the genre like Promised Neverland and the future hit, Dr. Stone.

I hate that this may have turned into more of a rant than anything but this has been something on my mind for quite some time and things are just starting to get out of hand. I know that at the end of the day this post will not change anything but I just hope to hear from you guys to either justify what I’m feeling or even just get a conversation rolling. Any feedback would be appreciated. Hopefully, this post finds you well and you are already having an awesome week!