When I saw that line somehow I knew it would be the one you would pick
When it comes to pacing, I do wonder how they storyboard this stuff. I feel like the rigid ~25min, 12 or 13 episodes must make it difficult. Like how they're going to split up the future content, I have no idea. I have some idea of stopping points but, there's a lot to do and feel like not a lot of great stopping points, though I guess cliffhangers are a thing.
I do wonder if non-aired anime ever gets more freedom of like, "ok this time we're going to do a 32 minute episode". "ok this season will be 16 episodes". Maybe not a thing but wonder if it would make pacing things much easier
wjs018@ani.social 6 months ago
That’s a good question on pacing. If we look at Western media made for streaming platforms, it often varies in length episode to episode. My wife and I recently were watching The Crown and some episodes are a pretty standard ~45 minutes, while some are over an hour long. I think there is a difference in this kind of thing when it comes to animation as it takes a lot more work to just drop in a couple extra scenes.
I suspect that even if an animated show was created and aired for streaming only, that they would still stick pretty close to the traditional pacing/timing. I am guessing that is because that is what the production/animation teams are used to doing and it would also enable it to be aired on broadcast more easily at some point in the future if desired.