Original Content #1 (Week 14)
"Share an example of your experience as a fan of a show that was cancelled. Help us feel the feels."
There haven't necessarily been any shows that were cancelled while I watched them, but there were shows that were removed from streaming services while I was watching/rewatching them.
Psych and That '70s Show were removed from Netflix, and while I had already watched both of them all the way through, they were still comfort shows that I would enjoy every now and then, or just in the background while doing other tasks. Now, I can still watch them elsewhere, because both shows have been finished for years, but It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is still going (since 2005). Before season 12 had made it to Netflix, they decided to remove it. Now it's on season 16, and the only way for me to watch it is on Hulu... (with ads!)
These are just three examples of shows that escaped my reach because of greedy streaming services, though none of them have been cancelled or ended unexpectedly.
Stone Ocean is the most recent part of the 6-part anime (9-part manga) of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. In the summer of 2019, part 5 had concluded, and so we all waited for the announcement of the beginning of production for part 6.
Then, COVID-19 happened. And nobody knew how long the delay would be for Stone Ocean to start production.
Stone Ocean was then bought by Netflix, produced and released en masse (monthly releases of multiple episodes rather than weekly, single releases), and didn't come out until the end of 2021. Such a long wait for the next part (2.5 years versus the average 1-1.5 years) to be animated, and then for the wealthiest streaming service to buy it and release the episodes in bulk instead of weekly was all enough for me to stop caring about it for a while. I am still a great fan of JoJo's, but it may take me a while to get back into it.
