

On almost every anime I've watched, they stop producing the anime even though
there is more story in the manga, and then to get the rest of the story you
have to read the manga.

For example, I've watched _Maid-Sama_ , _Fruits Basket_ , _Ouran High School
Host Club_ , _Magi_ and none of them finish off what they started. The only
show I've seen that has tried to animate the whole manga so far is _Fairy
Tail_.

Why don't producers just animate the entire manga, or why do they start
animating the manga and never finish? Why don't they finish the anime based on
the manga?


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Why don't anime shows finish the manga?


As some of the comments have pointed out, anime is expensive to make and is
often just advertising for the manga and merchandise. Another important aspect
is that at the start of a season, the producers have to decide how much of the
material they're going to adapt. They may be limited by whether the manga has
already finished or not, or whether it has a good existing stopping point that
they can use for a season finale.

Given a standard 13-episode season, it makes sense to try to pace the story
out so that it covers a decent amount of ground before hitting some kind of
climax in the finale (compare that to the evergreen series that can have 30
consecutive filler episodes before randomly having a massive battle scene and
then continuing the story like nothing happened). So if there is enough source
material, the producers may have a bit of a choice at the start - they can
either try to cover the length of the material by skipping to the good bits,
making for a solid show with a convincing ending but where things aren't too
fleshed out. Or, they can take the first 1/2 or 1/3 of the manga, follow the
story more closely, work in some of the more interesting small details, but
finish on a weaker note.

So, I guess your question is, why go with the second option most of the time?
And the answer is that by doing so, they keep the possibility of a second
season open. The hope is _always_ that they will get to keep going and finish
the story. After all, twice the seasons means twice the profits, twice the
audience who can then go and buy merch, and twice the amount of material that
can be turned into merch (well it doesn't mean any of that but it sounds nice
in theory). Except, as it so happens, for whatever reason these shows don't
rate so well and hence they get dropped and the producers move on to the next
shiny new thing.


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