Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1863308-20170111072213/@comment-856627-20170124021038

Blue490246 wrote: Well, I hope they don't cut out the sub-arcs too, that'll def bring the episode count into the 20s. That'll be an interesting starting point for the next season if it happens tho... since the Kraken sub-arc I believe happens after right? But then they've technically done a "version" of it already as filler in the First Season...

Side note, I just can't wait to see the Illuminati animated, if ever... they could just spend 11ish episodes to plough thru the Kraken story and the Academy Festival story and spend the remaining 12-14 episodes on the Illuminati / Izumo story. If anything, I'd say the manga arc is inspired on the anime episode, not the other way around. xD

The episode aired June 26, 2011, while the first chapter of the Kraken arc aired June 2, 2012, almost a full year apart.