User blog comment:Bleachfan15/Is the Bleach anime really ending?!?!?!/@comment-1351982-20110112004630

I think what we are having is SIFS or Sky is falling syndrome. I think people are freaking out over the band's blog post, unless it is officially announced, I wouldn't take it seriously. If the anime does go on hiatus, I think it is for the best. I could just tell that recently the animators were not happy about what went down with the last filler arc (i.e., Toju). I have been getting stories from some of the animators, that they were told to create 10 more filler episodes at the last second (thus when Nel and Ulquiorra say in the omakes the Studio Execs told us to wait), and for a while now, they have not been very happy about the quality of their work. That's why the quality has been so phenomenal lately, they want to make the show that they want to make. I have said in previous blogs of mine that Pierrot is refusing to make any more Bleach filler arcs, if this turns out to be true, then I can read people better that I imagined. Plus with the economy and all it makes no sense to market merchandise for characters that will only be around for a few months, then everyone forgets about them. Fillers arcs are not doing anyone any favors. It makes the animators and the fans very unhappy. Plus the dub is on episode 186 (187 airing this weekend), so really by the time Bleach in the states gets to the zanpaktou arc, Bleach will be back on TVTokyo. Again I'll wait for official news, I mean for all we know, it could have been a simple mistake, they could have meant end of the arrancar arc or part 1 of Bleach, because we all know how accurate Google Translation is. Plus, I think they might try to get Bleach in a better timeslot, because the more stricter regulations, might be crunching on their creativity. Bleach used to air on Wednesdays at the 7:30 timeslot, so I think they should either go back to that timeslot, or maybe try a weekend timeslot, ala what FMA Brotherhood did.