Schedule

In the Dragon Country plane, the anime industry originally developed on the Japan Island. To accommodate the scheduling demands of television broadcasting, these animated works were uniformly bunched together for release during the four major months of January, April, July, and October. This is the origin of terms like "seasonal anime" and "new series."

In the mainland, because the development of the anime industry coincided with the popularization of the internet, the broadcast of animation did not form this phenomenon of bunched releases. As long as you finished production, you could release it online at any time.

However, the Japan Island region is different. Due to the habits formed during the era of television broadcasting, the habits formed by the 2D community, the habits formed by the entire industry over many years, and the habits of the islanders themselves, this has led to a situation where... even in an era where the internet is so widespread, television broadcasting still holds an influence that cannot be underestimated. The industry basically still adheres to the habit of bunching the release of works during the four major months of January, April, July, and October.

Of course, do not think that anime works can make money by being broadcast on television; the television stations will pay you broadcast fees. On the contrary... many animation studios pay these television stations to broadcast their works, much like buying advertising time, attempting to rely on the influence of the television stations to spread the influence of the work, and to promote peripheral sales, Blu-ray Disc sales, and secondary copyright creations. These are the actual profit-making processes for anime works on the Japan Island.

Otherwise, there wouldn't be so many animation studios going out of business every year due to poor management.

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