User blog comment:GVASS/Chapter 52 Predictions? Possibility of a Time-skip?/@comment-23811814-20131110020418/@comment-24121336-20131110022939

I agree, that is how I found out about the manga in the first place and got into it. But there are ofcourse other perks with having the anime like merchandise sales and such, but im sure the main reason was to attract a larger following behind the manga.