>Original creator checks out after Zexal
>Franchise dies

>>281210301 (OP)
Skirt too long.

>>281210317
So is the anime literally dead right now, for real?

>>281210588
Not necessarily dead, but we don't know what Konami is planning for the anime, ever since they broke up with Bridge, and the disaster Rush was, the anime does not have something to promote.

>>281211135
Wtf, I thought the Rush shows were doing great in Japan? At least that's what anons here used to say and Go Rush aired for 3 years.

>>281211135
Rush is whole different can of worms, anime got fucked hard by arc v production issues that spilled onto vrains, then finally bankrupted studio.

Konami got their own animation studio as now but they want focus on OGC stories rather than Kaz works.

>>281211242
Isn't it because Kaz is literally dead and they want to honor his memory by not touching his IP? Though after Arc-V, Vrains, Rush idk if that's really an issue.

>>281211296
Toriyama died and it was a fucking bloodbath at shueisha.

But YGO success is more due card game, so weight falls more on TVtokyo and Konami. Also, KAZ artwork never pop on games without permission and MD is missing a fair amount of cards thanks to this for example.

He never got involved that much past GX either way. 5ds,zexal and Vrains was just character designer, ARC V didn't had anything done by him since everyone was too busy producing movie.

>>281211364
He was more than character designer for 5D's, he provided them with the show's entire concept and wrote the Bonds Beyond Time movie of which he sacrificed the GX movie for. Zexal he did the designs of which he conaider d Astral and Yuma his best design to date, but Also provided them with a concept for the show (the whole alie space adventure thing) which kinda got rejected/ altered but later fully reused for Go Rush.

>>281211155
Yes, the anime did good, but anime are to promote a product, and AFAIK Rush Duels didn't hit that hard, hence no reason to promote them more.

>>281211453
The alien plot was reused for Zexal II, and if I'm not wrong, he also designed Anna(As a sketch).

>>281211515
You can see his designs in his artbook. Anna was intended to be the main girl if Zexal yes. But Kotori VA played the TCG so...

>>281210301 (OP)

>>281211537

I special summon Nibiru and tribute every face up post in this thread

>>281211548
>>281211537

>>281211533
>Anna was intended to be the main girl if Zexal
On the one hand her having like four appearances plus the "everyone shows up at the end" saved her a lot from being a complete loser, but on the other hand she is the best and I fucking hate Kotori. Frankly I can't tell which would've been better.

Zexal was garbage. IV and Vector were the only characters who were fun.

>>281212715
Vector is one of the best characters in the franchise bro. Same for Shark. Zexal is far from being garbage. Heck it is one of the better written ones.

>>281211364
If Kaz gave them an outline for Arc-V the show would have been saved. Arc-V didn't suffer from lack of episodes but from having no direction after the first 50 episodes.

>>281212881
Shark is literally Jonouchi 2 before they turn him into an alien.

>>281212715
Facts, 5D's and Vrains were the only time this franchise was good past the og.

>>281210317
yeah the skirts long

>>281212922
>muh 50 episodes
Synchro arc of Arc-V was literally better than anything that came after from this franchise. It was better than most of 5D's where lolyuseiwins too.

>>281212989
>RECAPains
>good