Summary
- The CEO of Studio Pierrot, Muchiki Honma, has revealed in an interview that the company is going to rely more on the seasonal format for anime going forward, inspired by Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War's success.
- This means that the Boruto anime, when it returns, could also be seasonal, finally fixing its main issue of excessive filler.
- Despite its flaws, the anime has a rabid fanbase that will surely be looking forward to its return.
The return of the Boruto: Two Blue Vortex.
The anime aired between February 5, 2017, and March 26, 2023, and served as a sequel to Naruto Shippuden. Centering on the life of Boruto Uzumaki, Naruto's son, the anime, unfortunately, was not always well-received. As an ongoing anime with no breaks, Boruto had to use an incredible amount of filler episodes to give the manga time to release new chapters to adapt.
In an interview with Comic Natalie, the CEO of Studio Pierrot, Muchiki Honma, revealed that the success of Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War helped them realize that the seasonal format could be best for anime, and it could be applied to their future projects, including Boruto. This had fans excited, as it meant that Boruto would no longer be plagued by filler episodes.
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Boruto's Future Could Be Bright
Switching to a Seasonal Format Could Solve the Anime's Main Issue
The success of Demon Slayer urged Honma to reconsider Pierrot's method of production. The studio released yearly anime like Naruto, Bleach, Black Clover, and Boruto non-stop, and the demands of such a grueling production schedule inevitably had an impact on the quality. Demon Slayer's seasonal format allowed Ufotable to dedicate a lot of resources and time to it, and the end product was a beautiful work of art that blew up all around the world, leading to one of the most successful anime ever.
Please look forward to the future of Pierrot, who is taking on the challenge of creating new animation.
-Michiyuki Honma, President of Studio Pierrot.
Studio Pierrot then decided to experiment with the seasonal format for Bleach: Thousand Year Blood War and the results were astonishing. The anime received high praise for its amazing visuals and incredible animation, and this development helped decide that the studio would proceed with this production method.
Black Clover could also return on a seasonal schedule.
The anime of Boruto aired a year after the manga started, which meant that there wasn't a lot of source material to adapt. Furthermore, the manga's monthly schedule meant that the anime caught up quickly, and Pierrot had to include non-canon filler to give the manga more time to advance. Although Boruto's fillers often add meaningful content to the story, the majority were disliked by fans. A seasonal Boruto means that the anime will have enough material to make 12 or 24 episodes, with an interval of about one year in between each season to allow more chapters of the manga to be released.
Boruto Will Be Back Better Than Ever
Furthermore, seasonal Boruto also means that the staff will have enough time to make the quality as good as they can. Boruto: Naruto Next Generations already has a strong fanbase that's willing to overlook its flaws, so one can only wonder how good a seasonal Boruto: Two Blue Vortex will look like.
Source: Comic Natalie.
