[ SECRET POST #939 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #939 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 17 pages, 403 secrets from Secret Submission Post #135.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 1 2 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 - too big ], [ 1 2 3 4 - repeat ], [ 1 2 3 4 - doing it wrong ], [ 1 - "how the hell is this doing it wrong?" ], [ 1 2 - empty comment ].
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Comments

[kuromitsu.livejournal.com]

I have no other proof than the years I've been spending in Japanese fandoms. Obviously it's not a homogenous place, but as far as fillers are concerned by and large they're like "whatever, it can't be helped" and either watch the filler out of curiosity/boredom or not. I've never seen anyone rage about fillers, unlike in the western fandoms. (I'm not saying nobody ever does, but I've certainly never seen such a thing.) Maybe it's partly because most of them read the manga as well so they already know what's going to happen, unlike many western fans.

As for networks, Japanese TV works differently (to point out one difference: in Japan you pay the network to air your anime). In case of shows like Naruto/Bleach/etc. the popularity is already guaranteed since they're adaptations of very popular manga, so the networks know that they can expect relatively good ratings, there's no need for testing the waters. As for the crew, actually there is rotation, that's why there are so many episode directors, script writers, storyboard creators, animation supervisors, etc.

And "good" is such a relative word. "Enjoyable" would be a better keyword, and it seems that the majority of the Japanese audience still finds fillers enjoyable enough to keep the shows on air. (If the ratings would plummet with every filler the shows would be placed in different time slots or even taken off the air altogether. Yet Bleach, for example, held its previous, Golden Time slot for years, and was only placed in a different (worse) slot because the Golden Time was occupied by Disney's "Stitch!" that Bleach can't compete with in terms of ratings.)