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Originally Posted by Kaisos Erranon
Furthermore, since most anime are promotional in nature, adaptations don't really "need" to do anything other than promote the source.
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While that is generally true, I notice that even recent original productions generally stick to the 11-13 episode format. Obvious examples are
Madoka Magica,
Lupin III/Mine Fujiko,
Suisei no Gargantia, and
AKB0048. The last of these has a sequel; the others do not. Another example might be
tsuritama, but
noitaminA has often commissioned shows in the one-cour format.
The more interesting cases are shows like
Chihayafuru, which is in its second 25-episode season and generally hews quite closely to the manga. If an anime adaptation stimulates sufficient manga sales, as
Chihayafuru did, production committees seem willing to invest in another season.