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Originally Posted by 2ndSndWve

I think I've figured out what's wrong with 00... it's how it's spit in half. I think the writer intended it to be a single 50 episode season, with 1/3 being devoted to the events before the 5-year time skip and 2/3 of the episodes devoted to the time after. But because the show had to be cut cleanly in half with the time skip in between, the first part had to be stretched out and the second part condensed. That would explain the odd pacing.

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Originally Posted by FormerTitanium

Actually I believe it was because Bandai told Sunrise to make Gundam 00 with half of the usual budget that goes into a full 50 episode show. And if 00 did good enough Bandai would give the other half to Sunrise to make a season two.

So I guess they never expected a season two to happen? I just know the first issue was budgeting that's all.

I don't know much about the production behind the show, but since 00 aired in the break between the Code Geass and R2, it must had been planned to air as two seasons from a long time.