why?

KittyKatNoir said:
These recaps usually occur to allow the animation staff more to fix or finish episodes within this season. Most series only have a few weeks in between them finishing up animating an episode to it's release and airing of that episode, so there's a huge time crunch to finish on time. And when they don't, they use recaps to buy themselves more time. It's not a huge secret that those in top positions within the animation industry in Japan, act as slave drivers towards the workers in this field. They work them like dogs for less than minimum wage and I'd rather wait for a new episode next week, with a recap episode now, rather than have the working staff be pushed for more productivity from their labour. .

"Anime and manga industry workers are clearly at risk of death from overwork, as seen in the case of veteran animator Kazunori Mizuno. Others have been subjected to blatant labor violations, such as withholding overtime pay.

Animators on average log 50-84 hours of work every week, and are mostly paid below the poverty line in Japan.

...in the anime industry the only observable gains are for part-time work. However, independent contracting and full-time positions are what are necessary to keep up with the current pace of production needs." http://shingetsunewsagency.com/2019/01/01/worker-led-solutions-for-anime-and-manga-industry-labor-exploitation/

So for all of those miffed about getting a recap, should take a step back and consider this on the whole. Because we should all be more miffed about how the industry treats those who physically create the content material that gets pumped out for our viewing pleasure that we enjoy so much via slave labour-like conditions. If they were treated better, there'd be a lot more who'd willingly strive to become part of the animation staff and content creators, who'd be no less happy to work in this industry, since they'd be given fair treatment to work at a place where they can passionately delve into their art. And that means, we'd have more staff, which equals more labour productivity, which equals less of a time crunch to finish ones own work when theres more workers to lighten the load, which equals no need to buy extra time for worker productivity by using these 'special' recap episodes.

Just some food for thought

Merve2Love said:
Every single time some Anime happens to make a Recap-Episode this happens...


Guys, this isn't new. And back when you Pirates where at least satisfied with what you stole, you just took it on the chin and waited another week, you know^^ Cause you just liked a Show and were happy just having access.

How is it today everyone is feeling entitled to everything, everywhere,on demand and when they need it. ASAP. It's funny to me^^

On a (Half) Serious Note -> All the things above:

Recaps are a good thing for the production and for the people working on that project, aswell. It gives them a break, it's resource management and just an overall smart tool for companys to run things. It's done for ages, deal with it.

It takes a load off the shoulder's of people who actually need to work their butt off, so you can later just steal their product, while complaining about the delay (:P) So , I think it's fair overall and not worth talking about much.

blablablablabla.....