I think you underestimate how expensive anime is to make and how much Japanese otaku pay for Blu-Rays. If Japanese fans don't buy enough copies to cover costs or they don't sell enough secondary merchandise(manga, books, toys, models, games, etc.), there's almost no chance that the production committee is going to invest in another season.
This is the answer to the question. Anime is almost an advertisement for merchandise in most cases. The studios actually pay for the time (in many cases at least) for it to be broadcast, it isn't anything like Broadcast TV is in America. Sometimes they might make an investment in another season of something in the hopes that it will increase sales of manga or some other form of merchandise but as far as I know that is rare.
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Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn’t happen.- Steven Wright
Wondering if The Wallflower will continue or not.
This is the answer to the question. Anime is almost an advertisement for merchandise in most cases. The studios actually pay for the time (in many cases at least) for it to be broadcast, it isn't anything like Broadcast TV is in America. Sometimes they might make an investment in another season of something in the hopes that it will increase sales of manga or some other form of merchandise but as far as I know that is rare.
Sponges grow in the ocean. That just kills me. I wonder how much deeper the ocean would be if that didn’t happen.- Steven Wright