Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28869806-20151211232646/@comment-4521917-20151220195300

Norleon wrote: M4ND0N wrote: Perriot wants to extend the lifespan of Shippuden as long as possible and milk it for all it's worth, but thanks to people tuning out - their efforts are counter productive. That's a good thing. While you're right about the milking part, you're not about people tuning out. The main audience for the anime is still in Japan, and 99.5% of the guys here read the manga, know how the story ends and are okay with more content until the inevitable closure. I did not hear anything about viewing quotas sinking considerably (or sinking in general) because of the fillers. Those who dropped the series are much more present in countries outside of Japan - mostly guys who watch the anime illegally in the first place, so how should Pierrot be affected negatively by their decision anyway?

That's just the thing: Pierrot can afford bringing out all these fillers. And we just have to deal with it.

Well that's disappointing.. but understandable, since Perriot's still doing fillers.

It's really disgusting. They know they don't have much canon story left so they're just prolonging it as long as possible, since Naruto's their biggest source of income.. even at the cost of essentially stopping the story in key moments and ruining the flow of the entire plot for anime only viewers.