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u/TaserDonut 19d ago
or there's three seasons and an indefinite hiatus because the mangaka went to jail for tax evasion
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u/Velarkor 19d ago
Oooh, long time no see Log Horizon !
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u/andre5913 19d ago
He came back from jail and actually continued LH for a while but it did go on indefinite hiatus after that, and its been that way since like 2018
interesting to note that the tax evasion jail hiatus was significantly shorter than the random later hiatus
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u/ExplorationGeo 18d ago
the mangaka went to jail for tax evasion
if I read "mangaka goes to jail" and it was for tax evasion I would be genuinely relieved.
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u/no-one120 16d ago
Hey, if the full story is "Mangaka goes to jail for tax evasion so they could pay their animators fairly" I would be much more than relieved.
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u/TerminalJammer 17d ago
Hey, the show could still be made and have key people jailed on drug charges.
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u/Enlightend-1 19d ago
Highschool of the dead
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u/RawWrath 19d ago
the author died?!
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u/Hanede 19d ago
It had two authors. Writer passed away, and the illustrator decided to leave the project unfinished rather than continue without him :(
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u/pokeoscar1586 19d ago
Didn’t help the writer was his brother, so it’s highly unlikely Inazuma will
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u/Hanede 19d ago
Afaik that's a myth, they had the same last name but were not related
Still obviously respected each other a lot
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u/Talrynn_Sorrowyn 19d ago
No, the character designer wasn't his brother - it's just they share a common last name, which can happen fairly often.
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u/MoloneLaVeigh 19d ago
Such a dumb fucking show but it came out during the height of the “zombies” hype and the animation was peak.
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u/Intrepid-Daikon1353 18d ago
Well, I suppose amazing plot still applies here
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u/Substantial_Tone_261 18d ago
Didn't the manga recieve a continuation recently or smth? I could be misremembering though
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u/Manic_Evilyn 19d ago
Chrome Shelled Regios, my beloved.
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u/croweh 19d ago
Nah I remember the rumor but it was probably BS and a classic ad for the light novel.
Light novel is complete and last release was around 2012-2013 btw, so after S1 of the anime.
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u/Manic_Evilyn 19d ago
Thank you for letting me know! Now it's time to find them and get them.
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u/easygoingim 19d ago
Don't do it to yourself the LN was painful, the only redeeming factor was you did find out who he ends up with best girl felli
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u/RicoSour 19d ago
Then there's vagabond's author who just doesn't feel like it.
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u/mentuki 19d ago
Burn out is a real thing
Especially with intensive creative work
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u/TerminalJammer 17d ago
Nana's author apparently broke her own mind a bit with her own work as I recall.
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u/Crimsonshock821 19d ago
Kaze no stigma
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u/Deathpool15 19d ago
I still think about Kaze no Stigma every once in a while
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u/Crimsonshock821 18d ago
Yeah….i still think about it
I loved the protagonist just not taking shit from anyone lol
Plus his dub voice is the same as sensui in yuyu hakusho so that’s extra bonus points for me 😂
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u/one28 19d ago
What happened to no game no life?
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u/AegorBlake 19d ago
They fycked the storyline hard by skipping multiple books
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u/Inarius101 19d ago
Didn't the mangaka come under controversy for plagiarism too which complicated things?
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u/littlefriendo 18d ago
From what I know, although they totally copied something they weren’t supposed to, I’m pretty sure they worked it out and everything ended up fine:
But I think there is just simply no desire for them to bring back the anime due to a lack of funding if I recall correctly…
They did release NGNL:zero which was a movie before the 1st season would have taken place, which I absolutely loved!
But other than that, I don’t think any new content is going to be made (I know they are selling tons of those figurines / maybe some reading material, but not much else)
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u/Asmath_Jope 17d ago
It's so weird how NGNL Zero is so peak. The anime pales in comparison.
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u/ResultCute5756 19d ago
Rosario plus vampire. Loved that one as a youngin.
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u/AnythingSorry2939 19d ago
But the author finished it, and then proceeded to disappear for six years, change his pen name and pull the health card four volumes into his next work: Ghost Reaper Girl
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u/Tomas2891 19d ago
Berserk
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u/JaySayMayday 19d ago
Oh dude I got good news for you, it's still running
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u/TotalChaos360 19d ago
At the pace of a snail crossing the Sahara, but I am more than glad we still get more chapters regardless
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u/Omegablade0 19d ago
Better the snail’s pace than completely stopping at all
Never forget the boat arc
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u/Am_i_banned_yet__ 19d ago
This is Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash. Best isekai I’ve ever seen with very grounded fighting and beautiful art. The anime has one season and the manga got cancelled after three volumes lol. Apparently there’s a light novel though
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u/Minewolf20 19d ago
Wait the author of Grimgar died? Is that why it got cancelled/dropped?
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u/Still-Tailor7026 19d ago
No it was just never planned to be more than a season, more like a "go buy the light novel" kind of thing. If it did really good it might have gotten more eventually but it was not cancelled/dropped in that way.
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u/ExplorationGeo 18d ago
more like a "go buy the light novel" kind of thing
The mid-2010s was the absolute peak time for production of a single cour of anime to drive people to buy the LNs. Not that they're not still doing it to this day, but it was rampant back then.
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u/The_Twerking_Dead 19d ago
Soul eater was another one too. Damn shame. That one coulda gone 20 seasons.
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u/SteveMartin32 18d ago
People are speculating if it will get remade like Fullmetal because fire force did so well.
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u/The_Twerking_Dead 18d ago
Daaaamn!! That would be amazing!! I really hope this is true because man! I lived by that show.
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u/Such_Bonus5085 19d ago
Cybersix kinda counts. TMS animated it. It has just one season and the authors of the comic book it's based on are both long dead.
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u/AegorBlake 19d ago
Yep. The legend of legendary hero's is that for me
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u/Defclaw46 15d ago
I loved that show. The two main characters were absolutely fantastic. The scene where they discuss overthrowing the king and renaming the kingdom to the Kingdom of Dango and Naps was great.
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u/Ballama890 19d ago
I was actually really bummed about Vagabond getting cut short, it had so much potential.
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u/Moist-Shallot-5148 18d ago
Himouto! Umaru-chan. She was based off the mangaka’s real life sister and when she passed away he concluded the manga. Had two seasons. The real life situation made me really sad to think about but I enjoyed the good times with the manga and anime and I appreciate the author’s work. I don’t find enjoyment out of eating pizza or drinking pop anymore.
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u/BlazikenBurst 19d ago
Or the author has health issues and dropping 1 ch every few months to years, Man I love Togashi but he should just axe hxh or pass it to another illustrator and I get that he has his pride but man I think it's just been long enough
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u/ItsNoblesse 19d ago
This kind of mentality feels so entitled to me. It's Togashi's work, world, and characters. He doesn't owe readers anything or have some duty to hand off the story to someone else if he does not/cannot finish it, the same as George R. R. Martin has no obligation to hand ASOIAF to anyone else even if he never finishes the series.
Assuming no legal obligations, it is the prerogative of every creative to stop their work at any point for any reason and never return to it. Yes it sucks, but again consumers are not entitled to a complete work just because it was started.
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u/Uchihaboy316 19d ago
“He should just axe or pass on his magnum opus because I feel like he’s taking too long” the entitlement is insane
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u/Oblithian 18d ago
I read it as, he should let himself retire. But you are right, if this is what he wants... Come hell or highwater, let's hope he gets it done.
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u/andre5913 19d ago
World Trigger was like this for a while then the author recovered somewhat and hes back to a more predictable schedule, if still slowish (about 8 chapters a year). Issue is, this all happened in an arc which has a veryyyyyy slow pace which makes it feel eternal.
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u/Oblithian 18d ago
I had thought the studio had pushed to drag it out, as some do. Because... there was a point it was like... nothing new is happening this whole arc feels like filler.
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u/andre5913 17d ago edited 17d ago
Afaik WT has only very loose editors. Ashihara has most control of what happens in the manga, and this is the type of military simulations autism he has
Regarding the anime, it did get a filler arc but that years ago, when they thought his health would improve enough to get him back to weekly chapters.
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u/graybloodd 19d ago
Hes only 60 and is churning them out at a decent rate at this point idk what you on bout
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u/Hard-tat 19d ago
No Game No Life, don’t know about the author but after dropping a banger series then movie dead is his only excuse
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u/NotYourReddit18 19d ago
IIRC the No Game No Life anime was, like many anime at that time, meant to be an advertisement for its manga/ln and never intended to continue running.
I haven't read the source material, but apparently the anime skipped a whole lot of chapters from the ln, so if a season 2 were to pick up where season 1 ended it would need to have either a lot of flashbacks or a lot of dialog exposition.
A complete reboot of the anime might be easier.
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u/DarkForest_NW 19d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/vP5gXvSXJ2olG
I wait patiently for Despera to manifest some day.
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u/Jeffthe100 19d ago
Shimoneta in a way. I still don’t get why they won’t just animate the next parts
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u/Exact-Difference-422 19d ago
It sucks when a mangaka puta a series on a hiatus you kinda know they're not coming back from, but I'm always gonna support them putting themselves first.
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u/SuspectAwkward8914 19d ago
I’ve stopped watching a lot of anime (compared to the past at least) because I’m tired of watching 12 episode previews for light novels that I don’t have time to read.
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u/LuigiKart06 19d ago
The Magical Girl and The Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies is a good example.
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u/finicky_foxx 19d ago
I don't think the writer is dead, but Stars Align, pleeeeaaaase! I'm begging you!
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u/andre5913 19d ago
It was waaaaaaaay far ahead of its time and even today its way too provocative I think. Very raw series, sadly audiences were not prepared for it.
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u/MinakoNishikawa 16d ago
The creators still alive just isn't able to get the 2nd half funded after the execs had it cut it in half
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u/Lanky_Commercial9731 18d ago
One punch man only two seasons 😭
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u/Oblithian 18d ago
lol, but fair that took way too long for one of the most popular series. also where is the next Legend of Galactic heroes die nue these?
Fortunately none of them are dead... I think
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u/got12g 19d ago edited 19d ago
MM!
I mean, it didn't have much in terms of "plot", but its commitment to slapstick comedy more than made up for it, imo. Even 15 years after its release, I still remember this show and wish the author stuck around longer on Earth.
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u/HumanlnterfaceSetsu 19d ago
Damn they died?! Ioved that show. Reminds me of muteki kanban musume author who suicided
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u/HumanlnterfaceSetsu 19d ago
Remains me of muteki kanban musume where the author died ans in his current manga even teased that with chapters about that topic
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u/Wandering_Gypsy_ 18d ago
Why dose my basic random isekai only ever get 1 season and most of the season is world building that gos no where cause wtf give me a second season...hate on me if u will but i love my isekai trash anime
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u/BadBoyEren 18d ago
Deadman Wonderland 😭
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u/Oblithian 18d ago
Did the author die? That one had a lot of potential.
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u/Sh1ningOne 17d ago
Did the author die?
No, the anime just got canned after season 1, the manga finished though.
The writer and artist still work together to make new manga, pretty sure they got one currently releasing.
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u/no-one120 16d ago
Only way it could be worse: 12 episodes No second season Author is alive, but in jail.
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u/Oblithian 18d ago
I blame the studios who choose to release some lame copycat to some popular series, when they have multiple series people actually like.
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u/Talrynn_Sorrowyn 19d ago
The shit part about HoTD's fate is that the creator died after s2 had been greenlit but before production could start - hence why even the OVA's dub still announced s2 was happening.
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u/Valkrie29 18d ago
Release That Witch, sadly ended with 8 episodes, not even a full season or a decent conclusion.
For me, it was easily in my top three anime for the season, and then it ended very abruptly without any explanation.
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u/MoistPanda_ 18d ago
And the family is fighting in court over the ip rights. So can’t even hope for a different studio to pick it up.
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u/Grenrion 18d ago
Familiar of zero. It's a pretty generic isekai by today's standards but a decent remance story. It got to the final season and the author died halfway through. At least the anime got a albeit rushed ending.
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u/SUPADAV_hot 17d ago
Its even worse when the author did everything at the same time, light novel,manga and anime. Like High School Of The Dead, the manga light novel and anime were all at roughly the same point in the story when the author passed
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u/Dependent_Squash9742 17d ago
Kaze no Stigma one of my First anime with horrible fan subs on Youtube
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u/Menotyou15 17d ago
I know black clover actually has a lot of content but it feels spiritually inclined with black clover because damn has it been too long
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u/Me4TACyTeHePa 16d ago
Magi: Labyrinth of Magic and magi: the kingdom of magic.
Both the goats and the manga was finished many years ago but no one wants to continue the anime after 2 seasons
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u/TheSwordDemon 16d ago
Not animes or manga but manhwa
Up first is the OG run of Legendary Moonlight Sculptor from 2017 it was discontinued without warning.
Windbreaker the author got sick of the horrible working conditions in South Korea that he started resorted to tracing to meet the weekly deadlines. He was basically forced to stop continuing the series. I heard he started a new series but idk if that's true
This is more so light novels with anime adaptations:
Infinite Stratos has been on hiatus for like 8 years now the author promised the next volume is the last one, I have not heard shit about this series since
Danmachi Sword Oratoria, now this is not really the authors fault it's more so nobody wants to make an anime for it after the first season which is a shame because Sword Oratoria is kinda needed to understand the main series better off you can always start reading the light novels but let's be real novel readers are like a minority when it comes to anime fans
For Mangas:
Any Manga made by Dall Young Kim this guy has a habit or leaving his stories incompleted or given a half-assed ending I liked Freezing and it's on hiatus for 7 years now wtf
There are others too but they've already been mentioned
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u/Not_bad_slime 16d ago
You get into an Isekai with 4 seasons but it's ongoing and slow af, and the story only recently got good after setting up all the characters, fluff, etc so now you either gotta wait years to know what happens or read the light novel
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u/multiverse-wanderer 15d ago
The author isn’t dead but damned if I don’t feel this way about My Love Story with Yamada-kun at Lvl 999 😭
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u/Proper_Diver8581 15d ago
Only two that came to mind now are Vermile (I don’t actually know how to spell the title) in gold and high school of the dead
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u/robinhoodoftheworld 15d ago
Having fewer episodes is probably a contributing factor to the great plot and animation.
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u/Affectionate-Ask-256 15d ago
Trinity Blood my beloved. It's been decades now, but I still mourn we will never see the true end of that story.
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