User blog comment:Wirdang/lets make this fast and quick!!/@comment-1595565-20101201070642

They're going slowly so they can put more distance between them and the manga. The Marineford arc in the anime began early on during Luffy's flashback after the war in the manga. Th anime usually tries to stay behind the manga a certain amount, and they were moving too fast when the marineford arc started in the anime. They want to put some distance between the anime's arc and the current storyline. The anime was also slowed down to compensate for the hiatus.