[Sunred]

This whole continuity issue has been a lingering problem ever since the walkman days as far as I can remember.
Even when I was a little kid I could not help but frown when they ended the anime incomplete/"open-ended"/with quickly wrapped up endings, or fed us filler eps so that the continuity gap is distant enough from the source material.
But, on the bright side, some titles are gradually applying the seasonal format that most American shows follow these days, and I think it is great.
Because it means less pressure for the source material creators and anime companies don't have to pump out that many fillers.
At the same time, I can see why they try to get these adaptations out early sometimes, and probably because they want to ensure the source material is selling while it is still hot.
Bottom line, I do hope that even if we still get anime adaptations early on in the story, the creators are wise about it i.e. season formats so that they don't repeat the cycle of finishing it off with an incomplete/"open-ended"/quickly wrapped up ending or the stampede of filler eps.