User blog comment:NinjaClockworker/EC Anime Themes/@comment-6827858-20130317174320/@comment-6192846-20130714181640

No... not necessarily. If that were the case, we wouldn't have so many anime ending with one or two seasons with the last two episodes slapped together to end the series and not remain faithful to its original work. When a creator signs a contract to have anime be made, they are usually not legally involved in the creation of the actual wored; that is all decided upon by the producers, directors,and writers adapting the creator's material.

Yes, sometimes the creator is asked to pitch in or have some involvement, although manga artists are usually just asked to make designs for anime-only characters and little else. So yeah, there is definitely a reason to worry that mothy won't have a say. Many directors justify it is "there interpretation" of the work or that it is "improved" when the manga continues to be successful while the anime is never renewed for another season.

A recent marketing fix (and excuse to rerelease old series) is what has happened with FMA Brotherhood and Hellsing Ultimate, make a faithful adaptation once the material is finished or nearly finished to advertise to those fans who were mad about the "changes" to the work and then resell the original anime series in HD or Blu-ray for the fans of the first. The economical reason is obvious but it has helped bring the creator's vision of a story into colored animation.