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Like is the plot and scenes determined beforehand, or is it still possible to
change details in the story while an anime is airing. If so are there any
series?


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For anime series without source material, can the plot be changed while airing?


I am assuming you are asking about the type of anime that is made by an
animation company where the plot and story details are all made by the writers
and directing staff.

The straight answer is Yes. The plot can be altered as the series is airing if
it was not completed prior to its airing on television or it was affected by
external factors.

A famous example would be Pokemon: Best Wishes. Where the plot was altered
when the episodes [Team Plasma VS Team
Rocket](http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/BW023_\(unaired\)) had to be
put on hold due to the Tohoku 2011 Earthquake. Originally the two episodes
would have been crucial to the plot of Pokemon BW, the earthquake forced the
production staff to change the plot of the series in order to avoid airing the
episodes that depicted earth-shaking scenes. This is a case where the plot was
altered due to external resons.

> This episode was originally scheduled to air in Japan on March 17, 2011, but
> was postponed, along with the original BW024, indefinitely because of the
> Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami and the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. As
> of Team Plasma's Pokémon Power Plot!, its events have been removed from
> continuity. Unlike the only other skipped episodes in Japan, this two-parter
> was supposed to be important to the overall storyline instead of being a
> stand-alone episode.

However, these cases are rare and some of the time, the anime is being
manufactured as it is airing, so the plot would likely to be undetermined
until just a month or later before airing for really late production crew.

A good example would be [Neon Genesis
Evangelion](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion), where its
plot was changed from having 28 angels to just 18, counting the humans. This
was mostly due to Anno Hideaki failing to complete scenarios on time, changing
plots due to his new experiences as the show was airing which resulted in the
production hell of NGE, and its plot change.

> By episode 13 the series began to deviate significantly from the original
> story, and the initial script was abandoned. The number of Angels was
> reduced to 17 instead of the original 28, and the writers changed the
> story's ending, which had originally described the failure of the Human
> Instrumentality Project after an Angel attack from the moon. Starting with
> episode 16, the show changed drastically, discarding the grand narrative
> concerning salvation for a narrative focusing on the individual characters.


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