Another difference I have noticed with anime is that it is much more common for second seasons to be branded as a new show, instead of as a second season to the

Another difference I have noticed with anime is that it is much more common for second seasons to be branded as a new show, instead of as a second season to the old show. I have not seen this blead into the actual content itself (except perhaps that the storylines are potentially more independent than they could be); and this could be an artifact of the western distribution network more than the production itself.