Final Episodes of 'Long Riders' to be Delayed

by tsubasalover
Dec 8, 2016 9:25 AM | 27 Comments

The official website of Long Riders has announced that the regular broadcast for the series, which will end on December 24, will only air the first ten episodes of the show. The two final episodes, titled Night Land-hen and Shimanami Kaidou-hen, respectively, will be delayed until February 5, 2017 and will air on AT-X during their back-to-back anime broadcast. The schedule on other channels regarding the episodes will be announced at a later time. A pre-screening event for both episodes will also be held on February 4, 2017 in Tokyo prefecture, as well as in Hiroshima and Onomichi near Shimanami Kaidou, where the setting for the twelfth episode will take place.

Long Riders is a slice of life sports manga drawn by Taishi Miyake. The anime is currently animated by studio Actas and premiered earlier this Fall. Episodes three and five were also subjects of delay. The series is licensed for North American release by Sentai Filmworks and is currently simulcast by Anime Network Online and Daisuki in various regions.

Source: Moca News

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Ahegyao said:
To answer a late reply as to how Actas is still alive, one word: GuP

Either way, I feel like this studio would rather work on anime in an OVA format with how much they keep delaying their series. They probably should try it. Maybe their quality would be better off.

They were so behind schedule and over budget that they lost money on the GuP movie. They weren't on the production committee so they didn't get any of the profits.

OVA format where the production committee doesn't care how late you are? Where they don't care about the release schedule being kept or thrown out the window? Doesn't exist. Even Shaft being late on the Kubikiri Cycle is a bad thing as Aniplex spends advertising money with the release schedule they agreed upon. Being late is never a good thing, people cancel pre-orders and don't bother to order it again, buy something else instead. The marketing money, events and so on may be messed up. Now Shaft and Actas are behind in preparing for their NEXT projects. Well... Actas, does it have a next project? Be late too many times and there may be no more projects.

Shaft won't go away because of a few late things as they're well established but it still isn't great for them. Kizumonogatari movie made very little money compared to how it would have sold if it had come out in 2011, 2012... 2013.... when the Monogatari series was selling much stronger. It's not as bad to have a secret project pushed back but one with marketing money spent, PVs up... it isn't good.

Jan 27, 2017 2:21 PM by hpulley

To answer a late reply as to how Actas is still alive, one word: GuP

Either way, I feel like this studio would rather work on anime in an OVA format with how much they keep delaying their series. They probably should try it. Maybe their quality would be better off.

Jan 27, 2017 9:57 AM by Ahegyao

tr1ckst3r said:

Shunaria said:
>>> will air on AT-X during their back-to-back anime broadcast

what this mean?

maybe they will air the remaining episode back to back.
Simply put, maybe they will use a one hour timeslot to air both episode continuesly.

Actually, it will air from the very first episode and then air all 12 eps. in one day.

Dec 12, 2016 2:46 AM by tsubasalover

Shunaria said:
>>> will air on AT-X during their back-to-back anime broadcast

what this mean?

maybe they will air the remaining episode back to back.
Simply put, maybe they will use a one hour timeslot to air both episode continuesly.

Dec 11, 2016 11:44 PM by tr1ckst3r

GuP 2.0

#30characterlimit

Dec 11, 2016 2:55 PM by MagicalMahou

>>> will air on AT-X during their back-to-back anime broadcast

what this mean?

Dec 9, 2016 3:27 AM by SSSS_Shunaria

#Animation
#Delay

To be honest you have to wonder just what the heck happens here.

Dec 9, 2016 2:41 AM by CocoaGalaxy

Not too surprised, but kinda annoying from Actas, since they have good art & animation most times. Wonder how's their debt growing, or maybe they all work from their mom's basement. TV broadcasters likely aren't happy with the schedule changes as well.

Dec 8, 2016 6:51 PM by gophercg

Goddammit! Not again! I was hoping there'll be no delays anymore.

This happened to GuP and Regulia as well. Sigh

Dec 8, 2016 5:48 PM by Magito

elior1 said:

hpulley said:

...for hiring Actas...

well at least it wont be long delay for the final 2 episodes

could still be delayed further...

Dec 8, 2016 5:10 PM by hpulley

hpulley said:

jc9622 said:
With all the delays, I knew there was no way they were going to finish the show's 12 episode run this season. Great job Studio Actas for being one of the most consistent studios I've ever seen in terms of being incompetent. Though, you can't blame it entirely on Actas. The blame also falls on the Production Committee.

...for hiring Actas...

well at least it wont be long delay for the final 2 episodes

Dec 8, 2016 5:07 PM by elior1

Truly shocked...

Dec 8, 2016 3:19 PM by Tenth

That's kind of a shame, I'm really loving the series :/

Dec 8, 2016 3:14 PM by Salokannel2

Just Actas being Actas, nothing new to see here.

Dec 8, 2016 2:50 PM by Hongu

...for hiring Actas...

Dec 8, 2016 2:19 PM by hpulley

I put the show on hold a few episodes in so I haven't invested much time in watching it. I am glad I did too. If I had kept up with it I would be super annoyed at having to wait to watch the last two episodes.

Dec 8, 2016 1:49 PM by TFO1013

Yay.
Kekkai Sensen time!!!

Dec 8, 2016 1:05 PM by Desperationation

hpulley said:

ichii_1 said:
It's like a tradition now, I wonder how they're even open with how much money they lose on each series.

We're in for the long ride :)

THIS! It must be a hobby company or tax loss for someone from all the money they're losing. They are paying for each and every one of these delays. The production committee won't give them more money for this silliness, might charge them late penalties or withhold bonuses.

SymphoniacTippy said:

I know this, and honestly its pretty much a shame, especially with the scheduling because I do enjoy some of their stuff, and heck, they're the same people that made Koutetsushin Jeeg, and that was pretty much a good show with some good production. I wonder what the fuck is happening to them around there... and well, I knew about the Regalia schedule but I need to catch up to it of course, but that along with this is pretty horrible and it can be noticed... It's still a sad thing to see honestly.

It is very sad but you need to evolve in this world. You need to inspect and adapt, do continuous improvement processes. The fact that they are still doing this 4 years later is just unforgivable.

The fact that they stayed like this for that long makes me wonder also why haven't they died yet, unless there's some luck into it honestly. But it's pretty sad, as I said, but we can't do much on the matter, only they can do so, but that's just... I dunno if this is the CORRECT word, wishful thinking I guess? If that can be put that way.

Dec 8, 2016 12:41 PM by removed-user

With all the delays, I knew there was no way they were going to finish the show's 12 episode run this season. Great job Studio Actas for being one of the most consistent studios I've ever seen in terms of being incompetent. Though, you can't blame it entirely on Actas. The blame also falls on the Production Committee.

Dec 8, 2016 12:10 PM by jc9622

ichii_1 said:
It's like a tradition now, I wonder how they're even open with how much money they lose on each series.

We're in for the long ride :)

SymphoniacTippy said:

hpulley said:

This is made by Actas! The same studio that did the EXACT SAME THING with GaruPan in fall 2012! Eps 11&12 came out in March 2013... and the same animation studio that LOST MONEY making GaruPan Der Film (which made billions in ticket and disc sales) because they were so over-schedule and over-budget and weren't on the committee to get any of the profit. And the same studio that delayed Regalia for a month for "quality issues" and then restarted the series with almost no changes other than being a month late. Every single job Actas has done has been a major scheduling disaster. I'll be surprised if anyone else ever has them make a show again, which is a shame as I do enjoy their work a lot. They need a good production manager who knows how to schedule and budget his way out of a paper bag.

It is very sad but you need to evolve in this world. You need to inspect and adapt, do continuous improvement processes. The fact that they are still doing this 4 years later is just unforgivable.

Dec 8, 2016 11:46 AM by hpulley

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