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The original was posted on /r/anime by /u/mrnicegy26 on 2024-09-17 17:10:27+00:00.

I have been recently watching a lot of great anime from the 2000s for the first time. Code Geass, Welcome to the NHK, Nodame Cantible, Basilisk etc. And I realized that starting from mid 2010s onwards the amount of anime which got two continuous cours decreased massively. It mainly became anime adaptations of already popular Shonen manga or Isekai light novels which were lucky enough to recieve two cours.

I get that the business changed and it was smarter and cheaper to make one cour of anime and see if it was successful before greenlighting further seasons. And we did recently get a few 2 cour anime like Jujutsu Kaisen, Frieren, Apothecary Diaries, Dungeon Meshi etc. But I wish it was more because a lot of anime can really benefit from the extra time afforded by 12-13 more episodes to tell their story. Not every anime needs that extra time ( like Madoka, Odd Taxi, etc.) but something like Chainsaw Man would have really benefited from having 24 episodes rather than 12.