There are more production committee members to a Japanese animation production than in American animation, and if there’s a new season greenlight, chances are high that it doesn’t so much have to do with a cable network’s future branding initiatives as you would have stateside, instead it has more to deal with the property/franchise’s marketability an array of related merchandise.

This may surprise you, but anime is Japanese, not American, and most of the time, Japanese studios are going to focus on their core audience, which consists of Japanese viewers. Thier tastes are different from ours, so studios are more likely to craft anime for them, not Americans, who are lucky enough to even get to watch anime.

This is not to mention the original creator’s intentions. If a creator of your favortie series is “forced” to continue a series against their true wishes (or they simply leave the production altogether), your favorite series runs the risk of becoming stale, medicore, or just plain bad. Look at the Ninja Scroll TV series and reflect on what American demand can get you.

I’m sure I’m a minority on this issue, but I think Evangelion was done from the last episode. I wasn’t impressed with the movies, and the idea of telling the name story AGAIN from a different perspective seems like wasted time, but I’m willing to watch those episodes.

Instead of complaining that your favorite series is over, check out the hundreds and thousands of other anime titles available to Americans. I have hundreds of unwatched DVDs waiting for me, and I’m looking forward to every single one of them. And once those are done with (as if), I’ll jump to other titles and continue to enjoy as much anime as I can, as I’ve done for over ten years.