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PrinceAli12

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@i Revive lol everything I know about an anime is in jeopardy in that case.
It seems like every anime I have started watching or watched, ends. Quickly. I'm new to anime, are all animes like this because it's very sad to see some very good shows to just abruptly end.

11-Aug-2012 16:39:38

Jesse B77

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@Alisocool
I'm just gonna jump in on this 'second season of HOTD' thing as well. As I Revive already said, there hasn't actually been any formal announcement from any animation studio that a second season of HOTD is on the cards. Short of an official green-light statement on ANN, very little evidence is actually 'trustworthy' when it comes to second/third/fourth seasons of anime.
The 'evidence' in favor of a second season here, and were the majority of the rumors and misinformation on this subject stem from, has to do with a con panel that had the director (I think) of the first season. He was asked if there was any possibility of a second season and, after having the question translated to him and having his reply translated back, the response was something along the lines of 'definitely, as long as we have everyone's support'.
Personally, based on the evidence at hand i'm willing to wager that the meaning of the question as it was asked was lost in translation, and the response that came back was something more akin to 'would you like to do a second season'.

11-Aug-2012 16:51:11

i Revive

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No, not everything is like HoTD with no ending. That's why I'm saying it's just fanservice with zombies, that was the whole purpose of the show. It doesn't really have to have a definite end because that's not the purpose.
There are a fair amount of 12-13 episode shows that are just basic ecchi/harem/comedy stuff. They just try to appeal to people with the girls, to get them to buy merchandise and the BD/DVD. If sales aren't well then no season 2. If people eat it up they keep cranking it out to milk as much money as they can get.
The only time I watch stuff like this if it's currently airing.

11-Aug-2012 16:55:46

PrinceAli12

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I would really like to see a second season nevertheless, i'm not sure if i'm just easily amused or I actually enjoy the show.
But do animes often come to an end like this? It seems every anime I watch ends after two or three seasons, and nothing is ever heard from it again. I know anime's actually have plots and stories, and of course those end. But does this happen often in anime or is it just me?

11-Aug-2012 17:00:00

i Revive

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I think you're just easily amused with anime since you're new. I didn't really get into it heavily until last year. That's when I watched HoTD and I loved it and really wanted a S2. Now, after watching a lotttttttttt I realize that it really isn't that good and could care less about a S2.
I don't know if you read my last post yet, but refer to that for your question. I think that pretty much answers it.

11-Aug-2012 17:06:33

Jesse B77

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An anime lasting long enough to fully exhaust its source material is far more the exception than it is the rule. With manga adaptations specifically, which its fair to say make up the bulk of productions, its common practice to reach the end of the assigned amount of episodes with something that can pass as a resolution and leave it at that, rather than keeping companies tied up with the same show for extended periods of time.
Also, I don't think its that your 'easily amused' so much as your preferred themes mesh well with the bulk of the remainder of society. HOTD is hardly a masterpiece of storytelling, but more often than not its 'popular' themes that get the product sold. Considering the way in which zombies are currently the 'in' thing, and that T+A will always sell to the modern male consumer, its not hard to see why people like it, it just takes a more cynical and analytic mindset to see that.

11-Aug-2012 17:07:29 - Last edited on 11-Aug-2012 17:10:47 by Jesse B77

PrinceAli12

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Thank you for your insight Jesse. i Revive, I did your other post but I struggled to understand fully, as English is not my first language and when I don't understand something I just leave it.
As for the amusement, I actually don't really like zombies, and I believe I'm just over enjoying everything probably because I'm new to anime. I also do not like the amount of ecchi in it, it almost makes me feel they are going to pull a Game of Thrones at times. Nevertheless, maybe I'll get over it once I'm done watching, maybe I won't. But, there are many animes out there, I'm sure there's one I will enjoy a lot more than HoTD

11-Aug-2012 19:48:57