Tengu Kobo's CG assistant, Naoya Fukushi , discusses production issues for the anime Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? on his Twitter account. He explains the anime's production problems and the reasons for the delay of episode 24.
Translated tweet:
There are many insensitive tweets from people who are unaware of the production situation. The outsourced animation on several episodes completely broke down, and Millepensee (the studio) had to redo everything from scratch. The team ended up being too busy for the subsequent episodes that were booked for them, which is a major reason for the low quality. The team is literally killing themselves to deal with this. Please be patient with the delay…
I agree with the sentiment that regardless of the situation at the studio, what matters is what gets broadcast. No matter the reason, losing the broadcast is highly frowned upon. But I made this tweet because I just wanted people to know that my friends' studio is desperately fighting for this anime. And the people throwing insults won't stop until someone takes their own life.
Furthermore, episode 24 was originally scheduled to premiere last Friday. However, the anime's official website announced last Wednesday that the episode will be delayed due to production issues. The anime premiered on January 8th. However, it was scheduled to premiere last year, but production was severely affected COVID-19
Staff
Shin Itagaki ( Berserk 2016 ) is directing the anime at studio Millepensee , with Shinichiro Ueda as assistant director. Okina Baba, the author of the original novels, is collaborating with Yuichiro Momose on main writing duties. Kii Tanaka ( Hitori Bocchi ) is doing the character design. Masahiko Suzuki, Ryo Hirata, and Hiromi Kimura are credited with monster design. Tomohiro Yoshida is the chief animator. Shinji Nagaoka is the art director, while Chieko Hibi is the color designer. Hideki Imaizumi is the director of photography, Takashi Sakurai is in charge of editing, and Kazuo Yamaguchi is credited as the CG director, with exsa as the CG animation studio. ENGI is credited with assistance in CG animation production. Shuji Katayama is composing the music.
Finally, Okina Baba's Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka? was first published on the Shosetsuka ni Naro in May 2015, and became a light novel with illustrations by Tsukasa Kiryu in December of the same year. The novel received a manga adaptation in December 2015 with illustrations by Asahiro Kakashi in Kadokawa Shoten 's Young Ace Up ; the manga currently has 10 volumes.
