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Originally posted by SCDawg:
Makes sense, instead of having a show you try and string along to see how long it will last have it run a set time. Too bad the money is not what it use to be, for everything.
This is getting quite afield, but the conversation is going to go there eventually anyhow...More or less, here's the deal. Anime tend to end badly, a lot. This is in large part due to most anime being based off of a manga. There are several reasons for this, which can include any of the following:
1) Short show based off a gargantuan manga (a LOT of shows have this problem, ESPECIALLY older OVAs). In this case, either the show will just end, or they'll try to compress huge amounts of it to MAKE it end, or they'll just make up an ending.
2) TV show gets greenlighted, goes into production stages when the manga hasn't finished. They may discover that hey - there was a major plot point we cut, or changed, because we didn't think it was important!
The TV shows that are unique creations of the production staff have better chances, but even then it's a toss-up. Consider The Big O, which got axed halfway through.
And then there are travesties, like the third season of Ruroni Kenshin, wherein the creator left to go finish his manga - and the creative powers that be decided 'let's make more!' and so they kept going, and created a third TV season...by making stuff up, and it sucked.