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Last edited by trilaan on Wed Mar 15, 2023 12:08 am; edited 1 time in total

While Trigun Stampede COULD end with episode 12 it would severely truncate the story. I fully expect for episode 13 to begin with an approximation of the beginning of Trigun Maximum. I think so because, even with the changes in these first 12 episodes, Trigun Stampede is still more or less lining up with the story seen in the original Trigun manga before it became Maximum. And that means there's a lot left to come and episode 12 will likely end with spoiler[Vash's Angel Arm destroying July.]

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:

Does Land of the Lustrous even have enough manga chapters for another anime season?

Oh definitely. The adaptation covers roughly four and a half volumes (they cut out the middle portion of volume five, which introduces an important new character), of which currently twelve exist. If the speculation that the thirteenth volume will rap up the story turns out to be true, then it would require two seasons to successfully close out the story.

Of course it did take a year or so after the anime finished to have enough material for a follow up, so it's unsurprising that other projects like Beastars have appeared in the meantime. Trigun Stampede, for example, has been in production for five years, presumably not that long after the anime wrapped up. Also director Takahiko Kyogoku's time is currently being taken up by Love Liver Superstar.

Unfortunately nobody seems to know whether there's continued interest in carrying the adaptation, despite the manga still being a huge hit. Maybe it's a case of schedules not aligning, or perhaps TOHO & Kodansha feel the show has served its purpose as a promotion for the source material & don't feel the need to fund more. It was also a work for hire project by Orange, something they've moved away from with future projects, so if any further adaptation somehow wouldn't allow them to be profit participants etc., there's a good chance they might just walk away. It's all a big mystery.

I know recently Kodansha rented out some video billboards in Akihabara to promote the twelve volume (you can find it on Kodansha's youtube account - warning, major spoilers), and brought back Phos & Cinnabar's VA's to voice the characters. That could be encouraging, although in a press release Tomoyo Kurosawa sounded vaguely irritated that she was being asked to portray a far later version of the character without being allowed to act through the process herself, so ultimately who the hell knows?

tldr: yes. Smile

Cardcaptor Takato wrote:

Does Land of the Lustrous even have enough manga chapters for another anime season?

More than enough. I haven't read the manga yet, but apparently the anime ended around chapter 30 (apparently elements were taken from chapters between 30 and 36) and the manga has 100 chapters right now. There was a hiatus, but if I recall correctly, it was less than two years.

Made in Abyss is the series where the latest anime season was just a few chapters away from catching up (as far as I'm aware, now there are several chapters).

trilaan wrote:

While Trigun Stampede COULD end with episode 12 it would severely truncate the story. I fully expect for episode 13 to begin with an approximation of the beginning of Trigun Maximum. I think so because, even with the changes in these first 12 episodes, Trigun Stampede is still more or less lining up with the story seen in the original Trigun manga before it became Maximum. And that means there's a lot left to come.

I never thought about that, but it actually makes sense. Stampede has been a mixed bag so far, but I would welcome a second season based on Maximum... it would need at least 26 episodes though.

Considering that the series director posted this art of an older Elendira the Crimson-Nail a few days ago, I feel like that's very strong evidence that Stampede's narrative will get more than one season/cour to tell its story
https://twitter.com/kenji_muto/status/1636586786385457157

Also we already know what Elendira the Crimson-Nail is, the previous episode told us that she is a plant-human hybrid created from Knives' genes.

And Plants aren't from another dimension, they are just intrinsically connected and can access the another dimension for their various abilities. They are bio-engineered organism created by humans to basically be living energy power-plants.

And yet again they completely screw over Knives's backstory and Tesla was given no justice.

Knives being a sweet kid before the incident, the details of what actually happened to Tesla, Rem's own flaws, Vash's depression and suicide attempt, all completely skipped. It's like they just waved Tesla in front of us and went "Look manga fans, Tesla!" without actually going into why she made such an impact.

I'd be fine with this being its own thing if it you know, was its own thing entirely instead of taking material from the manga but just rushing through them without doing it any justice.