Talk:Episodes, films, and shorts/@comment-11453673-20140415205246/@comment-5837525-20140417005809

"...the gap between Seasons 2 and 3 was 3 months longer than the gap between Seasons 1 and 2... the gap between Seasons 3 and 4 was 2 months longer than that of 2 and 3..."

That's hardly indicative of anything. Each production span lasts for as long as the writers and animators are capable; a number of things are factored into it: budget, meeting deadlines, etc.