Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-4556650-20140411113722/@comment-5912473-20140418081214

I have to disagree there. I'm certain Madhouse knew they would end the series before Togashi came back from hiatus, given that it started almost at the same time the anime began airing. If they really wanted to stretch it out, the Greed Island arc would have been twice as long.