Why Soul Eater Couldn’t Be Remade Today
When Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood was released to huge critical acclaim, audiences everywhere saw the potential in remaking anime adaptations that suffered from similar issues as the original FMA. One such request was a remake of 2008's Soul Eater, a show that was received well, especially in the west on Cartoon Network, but that was criticized for its ending, which diverged from the manga.
Like Brotherhood, Soul Eater was a production by Studio Bones, and it was overseen by director Takuya Igarashi of Ouran High School Host Club and Bungo Stray Dogs fame. It followed a group of «Weapon Meisters» and their sentient weapons as they attend an academy to learn to become grim reapers to hunt monsters. The divergence from the source material at the ending of its anime adaptation was criticized for numerous reasons. Namely, how the themes of teamwork felt abandoned in place of a conclusion that favored only a few characters rather than the team the series had been about. The reasons are more numerous than that, certainly, but it's led to demand for a remake that — in all honesty — probably couldn't be made.
Soul Eater: Every Main Character's Age, Height, And Birthday
The anime industry is nothing like it was a decade ago, and this is not a condemnation nor an appraisal. It is simply a fact that every few years, the topical and popular anime change, along with the dominant styles and techniques being employed. While the changes reflected within the media have been good and bad, the industry trends within studios have become increasingly worrisome.
In 2018, the Teikoku Databank reported that 30% of studios within the industry were at a loss financially. Even the percentage of increase in revenue among other studios was dropped
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