What's the reason why some animes doesn't have second seasons?

[kowaiyo]

What's the reason why some animes doesn't have second seasons even if they are well-loved?

 

[InfiniteMugen]

Because the whole story the mangas based on is told in one, a la flcl, outlaw star, trigun, champloo, etc.

 

[Titania Erza]

1: no money
2: that is where the manga/novel ended
3: the manga/novel is still going on

 

[Avani]

If it's cancelled, it would be probably because it wasn't as much loved as you believe it to be.
Other reasons may be that the manga it was based on didn't have enough content for a second season and what not.

Here is a good article on how anime industry operates:

But the one question that stumps even long time fans is how is money made? We've seen time and time again how industry insiders are saying anime is declining or how piracy is killing the industry.

Let's examine how money is made, and where anime fits in the equation. Think of this as a crash course that will give you the basics, and hopefully help you understand why anime does the things they do.


Anime for kids and families make bank.

This may come as a shock, but the anime you watch is not mainstream, unless you watch shows made for kids and families.

7,181 episodes and still ongoing. Sazae-san routinely pulls in 14% to 20% of TV viewers when it airs.

The truly successful anime air between 8 am to 9 pm. Shows like Doraemon, Detective Conan, Pretty Cure, One Piece, and Sazae-san have a broad appeal among Japanese children and parents. Not only do people tune in to watch them on TV, but people buy their merchandise and source material in droves. This constant demand and fans buying pays for the 100+ episodes that the series produce.

Franchises like Sword Art Online and Attack on Titan help prop up the anime industry as well, even though they are not as kid friendly. The key is merchandising. Other than PVC figures and dakimakura, the popular shows will sell fashion items, action figures and dolls for kids, folders, binders, inspired jewelry, and limited edition food packaging.


Late night anime is extremely niche.

Most anime that the international community consumes are "late night anime." These shows air between 11 pm to 4 am in Japan. They also get laughably low TV ratings and the average Japanese person has never seen them.

I'm willing to bet that International fans of the Rokka anime outnumber Japanese fans.

Since their TV ratings are low, these anime make money from Blu-ray and DVD sales. Merchandise helps too.

The low ratings are explained with Japanese work culture and school hours. The average employee works 12 hour shifts, which doesn't leave a lot of free time to watch every anime, even with a DVR.

Then there are the school hours and the massive workload Japanese students have. Except for certain holidays, Japanese students only get Sunday off (which is why the weekends are packed with anime). However, the workload for students, club commitments, and general teenage life can get in the way of late night anime viewing.

That leaves the otaku crowd, who are willing to stay up late to tune in to watch these shows. Basically, your favorite anime isn't making money from TV, but that was the plan from the beginning.


Most anime are infomercials.

This is an open secret for Japanese fans. Late night anime, unless it's aired on the Noitamina program on Fuji TV, will always be an infomercial.

The average late night anime budget is small (about $2 million to $4 million for the entire series), and that is by design. If you look at the production committee of late night anime, you'll find the TV station is a committee member.

That is because they use anime as a low budget way to fill in the late night time slot so they can get a low viewership. At that time of day, a low viewership is better than no viewership.

Also sitting in on the production committee are manga and light novel publishers, music production companies, and general advertisers (like Pizza Hut in Code Geass). These members couldn't care less about low TV viewers or low DVD sales, because they are not trying to sell you the anime.

The business world calls this "synergy."

Manga and light novel publishers are using the anime to promote the source material. If people aren't watching the anime, but sales of the source material are increasing during the run of the anime, they will be happy. Music companies are concerned with selling image song CDs or promoting their idols (think Love Live!).

If a manga or light novel finishes, the possibility of another anime season becomes nonexistent. That's one of the reasons a third season to A Certain Magical Index has not been made; the light novel ended in 2010. Unless ASCII Media Works wants to celebrate an anniversary for the series or remake it several years down the line to introduce new fans to the light novels, you'll be forever waiting.

Original anime works are not free from this either, since they tend to be adapted into manga and light novels. However, they do have more leeway in terms of story.

The crazy thing is that this business model works. In 2014, the manga industry made 282 billion yen (2.3 billion USD) in Japan alone. The anime industry brought in 242 billion yen (1.9 billion USD) in 2013 from the Japanese and international markets combined.


What about the studios?

Anime studios are contractors. Once the production committee forms and decides on an anime to make, they'll scout out anime studios and offer them the chance to work on the series. The studios are given the budget money to work on the show, and they start their magic.


But how do they make their money? This is where things get tricky. Studios like Madhouse will split the Blu-ray and DVD profits with the distributor who is on the committee (like Pony Canyon). They may split profits with merchandisers too, if a PVC figure uses the anime design created by Madhouse. The amount of profit is low, which is why studios try to save money by hiring freelancers and working on multiple series a season.

Studios like Kyoto Animation and Sunrise are powerful enough to sit in on production committees. They can essentially invest their own money in the shows they are working on, so they keep a bigger chunk of the profits.

Kyoto Animation also does more than anime; they are a manga and light novel publisher and they run their own store in Kyoto. However, it is worth noting that they are the exception.

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[HashiraMadara]

Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood :T_T: There is so much that can be written about Xerxes

 

[Yatori]

Cos it's not loved by japanese. No matter how much non japanese people loves it.

 

[-Punk-]

Sometimes if an anime is - manga adaptation for like example code breaker( I know that one) they just wanted some boost in manga sales so having a first season in the anime gets people going and may jump into the manga.

Second one is they don't have enough material for them to make a second season so they have to wait until they do.

Third one is the story has already ended with one season and you don't need a second no matter how much you want to, ex: Another

Fourth one the budget, if it wasn't a hit then rekd.

 

[InfiniteMugen]

Cos it's not loved by japanese. No matter how much non japanese people loves it.

Lol I agree with this somewhat, not that they don't love it, but in the fact that we forget that these amazing anime to us are nothing but their equivalent of our Saturday morning cartoons(thats how it's always seemed to me anyways) like the old gi joe and ninja turtle cartoons. They're just way way way WAY better. This came to me when I was listening to naruto in English, it's corny, it's cringeworthy, and in English sounds exactly like an some cheesy American kids cartoon. Don't know why, but language changes it for me lol

 

[Yatori]

Lol I agree with this somewhat, not that they don't love it, but in the fact that we forget that these amazing anime to us are nothing but their equivalent of our Saturday morning cartoons(thats how it's always seemed to me anyways) like the old gi joe and ninja turtle cartoons. They're just way way way WAY better. This came to me when I was listening to naruto in English, it's corny, it's cringeworthy, and in English sounds exactly like an some cheesy American kids cartoon. Don't know why, but language changes it for me lol

Yup it could too due to bad timing thus low rating. It's the same concepts of our local tv (popular one even got special episode lol). I once watched interviews where they asking random people on street in Japan to say few anime names. To which surprised me most of that non ours mainstream anime lol. Guess their current popular anime changes every weeks.