Have you ever wondered why anime only comes out in 13, 26, or 52 give or take a few episodes? Well the answer is simple, a season in Japan (at least as far as anime is concerned) is 12 weeks, or 3 months, or one regular season!
Anime runs in blocks and will either go for 13, 26, or 52 episodes. A season is, of course, 13 weeks or exactly 1/4th of a year. Unlike American T.V., Anime doesn’t stop after one season but continues until it’s finished. There are some expections to this, but on average even if they have to create filler they will be showing an anime from start to finish in one block.
Anything going past about 55 episodes is generally a Shounen anime, something so popular that it’ll be going for a very long time. Examples would be Dragonball Z, One Piece, Bleach, and Naruto.
Anime generally has a major plot change half way through on anything that is 2 seasons longer or more. This generally means on your 12th or 24th episode you will have something major happen to the characters, such as the story being completely solved but something new has begun.
When an anime ends, it’s spot is generally taken up by another anime. Rarely will you find reruns happening… those are reserved for DVDs. Reruns do run sometimes on seperate time slots or after an anime is finished showing.
