Board Thread:Episode Discussions/@comment-25626003-20150809235106/@comment-4646462-20150810034100

They probably took a huge hit from their budget by making The Last and the Boruto movie. Just animating the canon series non-stop (which would result in divinely-shitty animation, mind you) would not make that money back, at least until the Boruto movie hits the box office. Even then, it doesn't hurt them to make bigger profits on the side by making shitloads of cheap filler. :\