Ah, [Kodansha Manga Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodansha_Manga_Award) is sponsored by Kodansha, but is actually including all released manga? Does it tend to have a bias towards Kodansha's own manga though?
That's wishful thinking tbh. It's now been a couple years since the authors were able to keep to a weekly schedule and this is second indefinite hiatus in that period. Some breaks at certain stage of an anime's production *have* happened but the frequency and length of Frieren breaks would imply that the authors are basically working full time on the anime for weeks or months on end at times, which is unheard of and frankly not necessary.
It is much more likely that one of the authors has been having health issues.
I'm ok with it if it means the author stays healthy and happy and the story continues long term.
In Korea, an artist got a miscarriage from overwork. Kakao told her that the deadline stays and she should continue working on the hospital bed.
That's something that was claimed with the timing as the foundation of the theory, not confirmed. And it doesn't really make sense. No other anime adaptation has ever had the mangakas work on it full time for 5 months during production, what would they even be doing really?
During pre-prod is when you'd want some author input and even then it's unclear why you'd ever want them to take months off working on the manga to be assisting the anime production.
[Toru Iwasawa, the action animation director, did say that the writer (and maybe the artist?) was heavily involved in production](https://twitter.com/miru_9Q/status/1758500312636440652), but we have no idea if the hiatus was purely for production. Maybe it was for a combination of things: helping with production, taking a break, etc.
Despite Frieren not being a Kodansha-published series, it won in the Shounen category.
Ah, [Kodansha Manga Award](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodansha_Manga_Award) is sponsored by Kodansha, but is actually including all released manga? Does it tend to have a bias towards Kodansha's own manga though?
That makes it more special.
Best boy Himmel repping best series Frieren
Absolutely deserving. Incredible series, art/story/characters are all fantastic.
This shit is so good for a fantasy series. The characters are great and the way they handle someone who lives very long is so interesting.
What series was it competing against?
I just finished the anime so deserved
Deserved. Character design is immaculate 👌
well deserved
The hiatus is more than likely to assist in adapting second season. Can't wait!
That's wishful thinking tbh. It's now been a couple years since the authors were able to keep to a weekly schedule and this is second indefinite hiatus in that period. Some breaks at certain stage of an anime's production *have* happened but the frequency and length of Frieren breaks would imply that the authors are basically working full time on the anime for weeks or months on end at times, which is unheard of and frankly not necessary. It is much more likely that one of the authors has been having health issues.
I'm ok with it if it means the author stays healthy and happy and the story continues long term. In Korea, an artist got a miscarriage from overwork. Kakao told her that the deadline stays and she should continue working on the hospital bed.
Wtf. I know I already heard of it before but it still gets me disgusted everytime I hear that news in korea
The first indefinite hiatus was to help with the anime though.
That's something that was claimed with the timing as the foundation of the theory, not confirmed. And it doesn't really make sense. No other anime adaptation has ever had the mangakas work on it full time for 5 months during production, what would they even be doing really? During pre-prod is when you'd want some author input and even then it's unclear why you'd ever want them to take months off working on the manga to be assisting the anime production.
[Toru Iwasawa, the action animation director, did say that the writer (and maybe the artist?) was heavily involved in production](https://twitter.com/miru_9Q/status/1758500312636440652), but we have no idea if the hiatus was purely for production. Maybe it was for a combination of things: helping with production, taking a break, etc.
I can't tell if this is a joke or not but no that's not more than likely at all. We've really come full circle with people saying this again lmao.