User blog comment:Supermorff/Angry Joe interview for YJ: Legacy/@comment-432124-20120618030701/@comment-5020469-20120619172412

That kinda makes sense to me. If they didnt do the time skip, it'd take tons more seasons of eps to show the character growth, which means like triple or quadruple millions in cash to complete it all. Simply put, their trying to show the growth in less time.