Talk:Re:Zero Light Novel Volume 13/@comment-99.109.89.228-20170721053048/@comment-24727405-20170818173829

You have a very good theory, but at the same time, those theories are kinda flawed imo. The anime began production in Oct of 2014, right? That means at that time it was produced either during or after the release of vol 5 of the LN in japan. And the anime aired 2 years after its production and during working on the LN. The anime aired on April of 2016. It was a month after vol 8's release. So if you put together the 6 LN(or 7) during production, and add the LN that was before production, that means it took about 10(11) LN while managing the anime because they would need to analize and recreate the 1st 2 arcs. Not to mention the LN collective short stories durring the production. In the LN case, it currently only has 4 volumes of the 4th arc. That so, it's too early to produce it in its current state. If they were to aired next year, they would have to compile into 3 options: Use the WN to use as a refference, compile it with filler episodes, or rush the anime altogether. Like whappened to ep 23-25, the end quarter felt like it was rushed with an aggressive amount of cut content.

As most people said, the 4th arc is somewhat combined with 3 arcs combined, but slightly shorter. So the 4th arc would end somewhere in the 15th or the 16th volume. And the 5th arc would end somewhere in the 19th or the 20th volume. So as of right now, the production wouldn't start right away. My guess it would start sometime in 2018.