Peach Boy Riverside Episode 5 Discussion

betaweeb said:


i would guess it's the classic case of a creator getting too arrogant for their own good, he probably just thinks he knows better. that's how we also get all these terrible anime original endings and it's not like changing the structure is particularly new. personally, i just find it unfortunate that they fail to learn from past mistakes made by others every single time.

theGodde said:
I feel like this one isn't quite like that
Also I'd like to remind you most story alterations are born out of necessity not want. There are obviously some exceptions like TPN Season 2, but for the most part it was born out of a different mindset when it came to making anime. The emphasis was on presenting the audience with a completed story or at least a continuing series. It was more important that the audience got to see the rest of the anime adaptation within 1/2 years than striving for reputation or reviews. It was common practice to create an anime only ending when a series was ongoing and on hiatus or just not producing manga/LNs fast enough to catch up. Perhaps it was out of fear for the audience losing interest in the show if it went off the air for too long. Either way, it is a practice that has fallen out of favour lately. Modern anime audiences are willing to wait for a more faithful adaptation of their favourite series, as we can see with the Black Clover anime ending so that the mangaka could get some rest and work ahead.

what we're seeing here is something else entirely. From my completely inexperienced perspective of only watching the anime, it feels like the episodes themselves seem to be accurately following a source material (after a while you can kind of feel when anime sticks and doesn't stick to their source material). It's just the episode order that has been changed. Anyone with half a brain in the industry would know that reordering the episodes will never enhance the experience - it can only be a detriment. Anyone with enough experience to consider themselves a skilled director would never make such a decision on the grounds of "improving" a pre existing show. So there's got to have been some shady business going on behind closed doors. Perhaps the animation team had prioritised certain episodes without consideration for their respective airdates, and was forced to work ahead of schedule and just release the episodes they were making in order of closest to completion? Who knows.

fintob said:
how do people still like this shit order? are you only watching it for fan service? lol