r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Jul 03 '25

Episode Dandadan Season 2 - Episode 1 discussion

Dandadan Season 2, episode 1

Alternative names: Dan Da Dan Season 2

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u/OtakuAttacku Jul 03 '25

Streaming bullshit, episodes are cheaper in bulk, 24 episodes are cheaper than 2 seasons of 12 episodes. So Netflix orders 1 season, 24 episodes, and split it in two. Then marketing gets to advertise the same season twice and drum up engagement. People will resubscribe to watch season 2 and the streaming company gets to get new shows coming out whenever there's a gap in new content

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u/Sen0r_Blanc0 Jul 03 '25

It also allowed them try the new model of releasing the first 3 episodes as a "movie" to get even more engagement/money at little cost. I saw the movie: besides the recap, it was literally just the episodes, you could even see the edits between episodes, and without the intros, tho didn't even do the intro once, which was disappointing.

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u/Zeph-Shoir https://myanimelist.net/profile/Zephex Jul 03 '25 edited Jul 03 '25

More and more revenue that you bet isn't seen by the animators who actually work to produce art.

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u/wloff Jul 03 '25

Animators have a salary.

There's a lot of good reasons to criticise working conditions in the anime industry, but suggesting any random studio employee should have their pay dependant on if the show is successful or not (meaning, if the show tanks, no pay) is batshit insane.

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u/RedRocket4000 Jul 08 '25

Yes and the culture problem that causes the workers to not organize and strike.

Seeing how Black Companies in Japan work it not something that could work in most cultures. If you treat people like garbage in a desperate for workers economy like Japan most places in world everyone quits and goes somewhere else.