We recently heard how the studio J.C.Staff is going to hold the production of the second season of Anime One Punch Man instead of Madhouse. As a result of this news, there were many misgivings about it, and rumors about the unfounded cause. We are therefore happy to inform you of the actual reason why an anime is transferred from one studio to another.
This happens from time to time. Anime stops, and when he returns, he is produced by a different studio. Fans then come up with various kinds of dramatic theories involving plots, fights between anime studios and so on.
Often, studios have no rights to anime they work or work on, and have no right to claim any form of exclusive ownership because of their status as "contractors". Their limited powers do not allow them to participate in their proposals when it comes to making central decisions. All they can do is to take on the work they are given and to strive for new work in a competitive manner.
The reason is usually simpler and more logical than the theories of those followers. The whole issue is tabulation. When we see many, many animations produced every season, it is obvious that a studio has to face a workload at any given time. Therefore, if the Production Committee delays and expresses its desire to produce a second season for a particular title, it may then discover that the studio they contracted with in the first season has already been booked in the desired period. In other cases, they may be looking to save money by contracting a cheaper studio.
There may be other reasons as well, sometimes when the work is lead by the director, and the director sees that it is better to move to another studio, or he has created his own studio. In such cases, the production committee will give in to its wishes and transfer the work to start the wheel of work at its new headquarters and from there also to adapt there. Or perhaps the pace of production of the previous season occurred in a mess behind the scenes, and the production committee wants to move their work under a more stable roof.
It may also be one of those competitions to seize opportunities between studios behind the scenes, but all these things remain far from the public eye and hearing. But it is important to keep in mind that unless the anime is created or directed by the studio itself, the latter will not be more than a seller (a service vendor). The way sellers work in the anime business is not very different from sellers in any other field of work.
The negotiations between the anime studios and the production committees are happening so far away from the public that we will never know the truth behind why they were assigned to that studio for this work. These discussions are usually kept in strict secrecy, especially when there is a likelihood that someone will be embarrassed by them. With this in mind, Japanese companies tend to be very disciplined about this type of subject.
Some of the animations that have changed their studios are: Hoozuki no Reitetsu, Yahari Ore no Seishun, Natsume Yuujinchou, Yu Gi Oh, Kino no Tabi, Captain Tsubasa, Hunter x Hunter ...
