{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "Oh for reference\nThe reason anime are usually 26 (or sometimes 13 or 39) episodes long are because Japanese broadcast TV is...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/643534722007433216/", "html": "<p>Oh for reference</p><p>The reason anime are usually 26 (or sometimes 13 or 39) episodes long are because Japanese broadcast TV is planned as 13-week seasons.</p><p>This is why episode 14 is often a New Year&rsquo;s-themed clip show, as a recap to hook viewers with a newly-open time slot for the winter season</p><p>[<b>update</b>; people tell me this has since shifted to 12-week seasons]</p>"}