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The first season of Attack on Titan aired from April 6, 2013 to September 28, 2013, as stated on Wikipedia. Although the anime is popular and there are demands for the second season, the second season is not yet released. I came across this article, which explains the reason for the delay as:

According to the director, there are a lot of things happening in the "Attack on Titan" franchise this year, which hinders the second season production and has delayed the hit-anime to 2016. It was also revealed the delay is due to Hajime Isayama's best-selling manga lacking two-story arc, which make it impossible for Araki to come up with a new season.

This makes fans (like me of course) impatient... What is this lacking two-story arc referring to?

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  • A similar article on earlier date in Jun 2015: http://www.christiantoday.com/article/attack.on.titan.director.talks.s2.delays.rumored.plot.discussed/55201.htm. However, the news of the 2nd season has been announced since Nov 2014. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2014-11-21/attack-on-titan-tv-anime-gets-2nd-season-in-2016/.81305 I guess the author of those articles has access to the event video (probably from the BD/DVD? of the movies) and wrote based on that information? – nhahtdh Jul 28 '15 at 18:31
  • I have watched [the video of the announcement](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9Ex7nf2XEg), and there is no comment from the director about the delay. [Other videos](https://www.youtube.com/user/maidigitv/search?query=%E5%8A%87%E5%A0%B4%E7%89%88%E3%80%8E%E9%80%B2%E6%92%83%E3%81%AE%E5%B7%A8%E4%BA%BA%E3%80%8F+) on the channel, if anyone is interested. – nhahtdh Jul 29 '15 at 17:59

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What is this lacking two-story arc referring to?

I recall reading that and I believe it should have read "lacking a two-story arc", meaning there either wasn't enough material in the manga for the anime creators to do a second season, or the material present hadn't yet concluded any identifiable second "arc".

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