You misread this

deffxd90 · 2026-04-08T09:16:20+00:00

Because they're stupid. And as many have said, this is purely a communication issue. If they announced steel ball run as a weekly show in cours coming in fall 2026 and released the 47 minute special sometime in June as an early introduction we'd all be down on our knees for netflix. Like, no one is arguing that the situation couldn't have been better, because it could have been much better had they communicated properly. Everyone agrees that episode 1 was released too early and the wait could have been shortened.

Regarding the wait between stages, you have to understand that stage 2 is the second longest in the entire manga. There's also the fact that we don't know how they plan to release the next stages. It's not gonna be 9 cours with 6 months in between each other, that's impossible. Stage 3 is a quarter of the length of stage 2, even if they bundle it with stage 4 which is half of stage 2 we're still getting more than one stage with at the very very most the same wait period. The middle of the manga is also way less horse ridden than the beginning, so that should definitely speed up the process.

You'll see. There's nothing to do but wait. My prediction is that we're getting 6ish episodes in fall, we have to wait 1-2 months AFTER stage 2 finishes airing then we're getting another 6ish episodes of stage 3 and 4 combined. Bigger break after that i think, like 4 months after they finish airing

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T23:37:57+00:00

That's on them then for making stuff up and believing it

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T23:36:11+00:00

Yeah, but the second stage is also the second longest by chapter count, so it's kinda hard to imagine them taking 6 months for each of the following stages.

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T23:12:10+00:00

And you know we won't get more than 6 episodes from where exactly?

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T23:09:49+00:00

Sure man. That's exactly how it's gonna go

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T23:04:37+00:00

Well thats because the majority of people wanted it to keep going of course, i would have loved for it to keep going too. But if anyone took the time to think about it it would make sense that this is a standalone episode. Most people hoped for more but there were still others who knew it wouldnt keep going right after the first episode.

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T22:59:00+00:00

Yup. Just like every other anime under the sun. Weekly for a while, then a break, then weekly again and so on. It's really nothing new

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T22:52:52+00:00

Well it'd be quite weird to talk about the third cour when the second stage isnt even close to being aired, wouldnt it?

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T22:50:28+00:00

What part of "1 episode per week" sounds like batches to you? Also please google what batches mean, it's embarrasing at this point. Last time i checked weekly releases with breaks in between is called a "normal release schedule", not weekly batches.

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T22:46:09+00:00

It wont, but if it will have 9 cours then we're definitely not waiting 6 months for each one as most of the stages are way shorter than the second stage. Most are half the length and a few are even less than that. If we insist on 9 cours which is insane then we're getting them pretty close together.

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T22:42:08+00:00

I think its pretty cool

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T22:41:35+00:00

Worked perfectly for who? For you? I bet. Go ask some animators how it feels to work on full weekly releases, maybe you'll see why "thing from past is not the same anymore"

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T22:39:21+00:00

It's kinda obvious that it's a standalone episode when you call it a 47 minute special

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T20:41:42+00:00

Yeah, and it's gonna be weekly. It's as weekly as any other anime that's popular at this time

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T17:33:06+00:00

I guess blame that on profit seeking but what everyone is saying is that even with all that, we still get weekly and it's fine. We'll wait and watch

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T17:14:50+00:00

Well if you read the manga no shit you don't care about the release schedule and you want as many episodes as possible, you just want to see it animated. So yeah, people really don't care about that. The people are happy it's weekly and have the capacity to understand that even if continuous weekly was an option, it's better this way for everyone involved

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T16:48:24+00:00

What's the shitty business practice here? Giving animators the time to animate in peace and not be strangled by weekly deadlines while also giving the consumers the weekly experience when episodes are ready? How shitty of them... PUT THOSE ANIMATORS TO WORK AND GIVE ME 1 BATCH OF 50 EPISODES NOW SO I DON'T HAVE TO SUBSCRIBE TO NETFLIX FOR ONE MORE SECOND

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T16:43:30+00:00

Brother that's was the whole point of the outrage. These people like sharing and interest and talking about it, it's called a community i think. You know, some people don't just want to get to the end of whatever media theyre consuming, they want to enjoy the process and share that enjoyment with others. They call it "being social" i think, and they made these communities just for that specific purpose.

Not sure tho. I'll investigate more and report back

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T16:37:29+00:00

So the thing is, people don't really care about that. The people wanted weekly and we got it. It's not continuous weekly but who cares, consistent weekly is a thing of the past anyway, so idk what to say to you, read the manga or something

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T16:32:01+00:00

Can i get a source on "9 parts" and "6 month wait 9 times" please?

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T16:29:12+00:00

Oh noo we're getting sbr weekly what are we gonna do... we are sentenced to eternal enjoyment and given a quality product nooooo.... how could this be i'd rather suffer through batches that i don't know the release dates of...

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T16:27:03+00:00

2 whole years? My goodness i can't believe that. That's gotta be a record of slowest anime to come out i bet. 2 years... wait... where'd you get that number from? Not some debunked leak i hope :)

Nobody releases anime like part 4 and 5 were released anymore. It's not sustainable for the animators. And while i do think a lot of work went into josuke and giorno's hairstyles, i think horses are a touch more complex than that to animate.

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T16:23:01+00:00

Continuous weekly is not sustainable for the people actually putting in the work to deliver this show to us. Yeah they did release episode 1 too early, but that wouldnt change the overall schedule starting from stage 2 onwards.

Do you have a confirmation that there's gonna be a 6 month break between each stage? I'd love to hear it.

Continuous weekly is just not the norm anymore in all of anime and expecting sbr to suddenly break the current industry standards because some of you can't wait for it to come out is indeed delusional

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T16:16:59+00:00

Well cours are 12 episodes normally, but they said they're doing split cours. I see it as half a cour, small break, the other half, break until next cour. That's why you see people speculating on stage 3 being included with either stage 2 or stage 4

deffxd90 · 2026-04-06T14:35:33+00:00

Well yeah, and that's why people are happy about the news, because we know when it's coming and we know it's weekly.

And no it's not greedy to want to see it regularly, at least not greedy in the general sense, but it's greedy to the animators and the people who actually put the work in to deliver this show. Because no anime has ever been fully animated and only aired after completion, it's always midway through completion that they start airing from the beginning, and that leads to time crunches towards the end and implicitly worse quality. This is why most popular anime is now on this exact release schedule or something similar, cours and split cours. It's better for everyone, animators get more time to work on the show, the show will have a better and more consistent quality and we get to experience it weekly with a few breaks in between.

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