Board Thread:Anime/@comment-5774380-20190630165114/@comment-2202259-20191115234719

Season 1 was 25 episodes & covered the material from Volumes 1-8. Season 2 was 4 Volumes covering 12 Episodes again, just like was the case for Season 1B:Female Titan Arc. Season 3 rushed 10 full volumes of content into only 22 episodes, which was a mistake. I wanted 26+ Episodes for Season 3 & there was no reason for it to have less episodes than Season 1 when it covered 2 more volumes.

Normally there would be about 3 Episodes per Volume, however Season 3A had that reduced to only 2 Episodes per volume. What should have probably been 13 or 14 episodes was squeezed into only 10 episodes for Season 3A. I don't want the same fate happening with Season 4, I want at least 2 1/2 episodes per volume for the final season.

We don't know how many volumes the series will end with, however I can't see the series ending within the next 7 chapters without it feeling like a rushed conclusion. I'm expecting at least 33 total volumes (134 Chapters) although it wouldn't surprise me if the manga was still going strong 1 year from now. We could be getting Season 4 split much like Season 3 was to allow the manga to have 34 Volumes, we just don't know at this point.

The anime is currently 59 episodes, I personally don't see why this final season shouldn't have approximately 30 episodes to make up for what Season 3 lacked. I'm not expecting this anime to reach the 100 episode mark & I can't really see the manga stretching further than 138 chapters even if it were to have a long drawn out conclusion.