Talk:Volume 8/@comment-24592308-20200203201110/@comment-4010415-20200204023223

Yep. 7-8 months is pretty reasonable, though they could honestly use more time than that.

They have to


 * Write out the scripts for the episodes, so they can sort out the exact details of what the characters say and the exact direction of each scene.


 * Create new sets for the scenes to take place in, which requires figuring out what it will look like with concept art -> building the models -> drawing the textures and applying them to said models -> rigging models to move if necessary (for example, doors that open and shut)


 * Possibly even create new models for objects that are present or get used. See the process above. For example, in Volume 7, they made a new model for the new style of Scroll. They also had to make models for the cake, the casserole, Jaune's Stop sign, the floating camera drones, etc.


 * Create new Grimm. Again: Concept art -> build the model -> texture the model - rig the model so it can be animated.


 * New models for any new weapons, like with Elm, Clover, and Marrow's weapons.


 * Record the voice acting for each episode, which takes longer than you would think. They don't have the voice actors just walk in, say each line once, and then walk out. They do multiple versions of every single line that they speak so that the crew can choose which ones sound best.

And this is all before they even start working on the actual animation, which has multiple steps of its own. Animation, even in 3D, is awfully time consuming.