ICHIKAWA!!!!!! PLEASE GIVE US LAND OF THE LUSTROUS SEASON 2 AND MY LIFE IS YOURS!!!

Everything about the anime and manga is perfect, from the visuals to the story, I finished the manga yearning for more.
Land of the Lustrous is a story about the lives of numerous humanoid gems, starring Phosphophyllite, a gem with a hardness of 3.5 and generally considered to be somewhat useless from the perspective of the other gems. The gems do various things around the "school", such as clothing, medicine(?) and of course, education. But they're more notable for constantly fighting off the Lunarians, strange, ghostly, humanoid aparitions who decend from the moon to attack the gems in the hopes of kidnapping them to turn them into jewelry and weapons.
The narrative follows Phos' growth as a character, becomming increasingly independent and capable as the story progresses, with their relationships with the other gems also being increasingly warped and the line between good and evil is blurred. Phos initially tries to find purpose in their life and aquire a job amongst the gems, however, this eventually spirals into existentialism and Phos begins a plot against the gods in order to understand the meaning of everything.

In addition to the series' complex and colourful characters, the visual style is also stunning. Studio Orange really outdid themselves with their fluid 3D animations, the fully fleshed out and natural looking animation is appealing to look at (unlike many other 3D works, cough cough, RWBY, cough cough) which goes perfectly together with the additional 2D animation layered both over and under the 3D, as the animators specifically drew the animation in 2D before rendering a 3D version in order for it to feel smoother and more natural. Clearly, this has worked as I'm yet to see any other 3D animation of any kind look nearly as good as this (although I may be a little biased), so if you're looking for an anime with both a captivating story and characters with a truly amazing visual style, I couldn't recommend Land of the Lustrous more.

My only criticism however is simply that there isn't a second series YET, if you want to fully enjoy the series and complete it, you'll have to read the manga as well as the anime abruptly ends about a third of the way through the series at episode 12, which is a shame as the best fucking part of the series is right after when the anime ends.
Studio Orange has stated that they'd love to make a continuation of the story but are "currently waiting for approval from higher up". Cryptic much? My theory however, is that this "higher up" is actually Ichikawa herself, as she's infamous for purposely postponing the manga for about 2 years in order for the final 108th chapter to be released at specifically at the date of when a green comet flew over our skies. What does this mean for the anime? I reckon that She's either announcing or releasing the first episode of the next series of LotL on approx the 11th of August: 108 days after the 108th chapter of the series, as 108 is known to be reoccuring in LotL since it is significant in buddhist beliefs.

I'm really fucking hoping that there will be a next series, and if there is, of the same quality of the first.
Please Orange, no more beastars, no more trigun, I just want my gems back :(