As a matter of fact, it's not the case. The recaps weren't originally part (cf. the CG staff's blog - its translation was posted on this LJ, btw, so you can go at the tags page to search for it) of the series and were added when the audience that caught on CG - after hearing praises from other fans - and consequently couldn't have watched ep1, requested a special recap phase to fill them in before the staff could continue with the plot.
Also, ep8.5, the first recap, will be included in the DVDs, but NOT as an full ep - as a matter of fact, it's listed as a 'special' or an 'extra'.
Which means that the entire series will have 50 eps + 4/5 recaps, since, I say again, those eps weren't planned from the very beginning. As such, they weren't supposed to take up normal episode slots. Sunrise/MBS is just delaying the future series so that CG can fit in without interruption/cuts.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
ninetydegrees![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
(no subject)
Also, ep8.5, the first recap, will be included in the DVDs, but NOT as an full ep - as a matter of fact, it's listed as a 'special' or an 'extra'.
Which means that the entire series will have 50 eps + 4/5 recaps, since, I say again, those eps weren't planned from the very beginning. As such, they weren't supposed to take up normal episode slots. Sunrise/MBS is just delaying the future series so that CG can fit in without interruption/cuts.