CATDOLL: Industry insiders: If you want a second season of the anime, you must buy the disc and pay for it

Fellow anime fans! Have you ever had this feeling: this anime is so good and so popular, why doesn't it have a second season (or the next season)? What is the reason that the producers don't make this anime anymore?

In fact, whether each animation will produce the next season is related to its original plan, the sales of the current season's animation BD and various incomes. To be frank, after the production of this season's animation, if the profit is very bad, then there will be no funds to produce the next season's animation; vice versa.

For this reason, some media interviewed relevant industry insiders. According to the content of the interview, we concluded that if you want a sequel to a work, there are specific methods as follows:

1. If you want to support a work or release a sequel, the best way is to buy the disc

If it is difficult to buy, you can also watch it online for a fee

2. Investigate the structure of the production team

Especially those companies that are ranked at the top should pay special attention to the outstanding results

3. Purchase official peripherals

Try to buy from the shop of the production team members as much as possible.

4. Support the original work

If there is a publisher in the production team, we should actively purchase the original work.

5. Don’t forget to play the game adaptation

Online games’ krypton gold will also affect the sequel

Here are the details of the interview:

Q: When hoping for a sequel, what other ways are there to support it besides buying the disc?

A: Actually, there are many ways, but the best way is still to buy discs. After all, this method is the most direct, and because the disc unit price is high, it can have a high return. And maybe everyone will be disappointed and think "What, in the end, I still buy discs..." But after all, if the production of animation falls into a deficit, it will be difficult for the production to continue. Regarding discs, although I can't give specific data, compared with other peripheral products, the feedback from disc sales is the most direct. So please buy discs (laughs).

I even want to say that if you like an animation, don't just buy one set, buy more. To take it to the extreme, if you buy a set of discs, it's okay to sell them quickly before they depreciate. The sales of discs have such an impact on the sequels.

Q: Some works on the Internet are criticized for "sales explosion", so it is difficult to make sequels in this case...

A: For animation, we will initially create a business plan and a spreadsheet. If the actual sales are much worse than we expected, then it will be very serious. On the contrary, if the sales are more than expected, then it is more likely to launch a sequel.

Q: So apart from buying the discs, it’s really difficult to hope for a second season of the work?

A: It's not just that. For example, recently there is a "paid broadcast" on the Internet and mobile phones. Each episode costs about a few hundred yen, and a season of works costs only a few thousand yen, which is much cheaper than buying discs. Although the fee is not high, the feedback to the production team is not as good as that of discs, but I still hope that everyone can support paid broadcasts. If everyone has the idea of ​​purchasing animations on several websites, I will be even happier (laughs).

Q: In other words, even if you don't buy the full set of discs, there are still other ways. So besides buying the work itself, what other channels are there? For example, buying official peripherals.

A: Although buying official peripherals is not a bad thing... But to be honest, you won't get much benefit in terms of copyright fees. Of course, if you go crazy and buy expensive pillows, that's another matter... If you want to support the work through channels other than buying discs, then first pay attention to the composition of the production team.

Q: What is the composition of the production team?

A: In the theme songs of animations, there will be a subtitle of "XXX (mostly the name of the work or any group name) production team". If you want to find a way to cheer for the work besides buying the CD, I hope you can investigate this production team.

Some production teams may not appear explicitly in the animation, but they can be found through Wikipedia or the animation's official website, etc. The companies that appear here are the ones that invested in the animation production.

It is especially important to note the companies at the top of the list. Usually, this is sorted by how much money they contributed, so fans should pay more attention to the top names. The order of the production teams is very important.

Q: So in reality, what do we need to do with the production team to make it effective?

A: Back to the original topic, if the company at the top is the one responsible for making and selling DVDs, then it is necessary to buy the discs. If it is a publishing house, then it would be more effective to buy the original works.

Q: What about some of the companies ranked below?

A: Even if it is not the most advanced company, it is still effective to prescribe the right medicine. For example, the production team will join some companies that operate animation malls. If you want to buy goods at this time, just buy them in this store. Although many people don't want to change places because they have accumulated a lot of points in one store, as long as you choose a store in the production team, you can contribute to the sequel.

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Also, if there are music-related businesses, I hope that everyone can buy the theme songs, ending songs, and character songs. It would be even better if you can buy these music CDs at the store of the production team members.

Although buying products from companies that are not part of the production team can help, since you have spent precious money, you should make it as relevant to the sequel as possible. So spend it on the investment companies.

Q: Recently many animations have launched online games and the like. How about this?

A: Of course, it would be great if everyone could play it. And I don’t shy away from saying, “I hope everyone will spend money on it.” To be honest, the return rate of spending money on it is much higher than that of ordinary peripherals.

Q: Thank you very much for your answer. If there is another opportunity, I hope to hear more from you!

Finally… We met with people from the animation production company, and they once said, “We will meet some viewers who ask: Please make a second season! However, since we are not involved in the production team in most cases, it is difficult to answer. But if we can hear that everyone is waiting for the second season and likes this work, then we will be purely happy. And it can make our work more passionate and the quality of the work higher.”