Good news for all School Rumble fans, the never ending school romantic comedy is bound for a 3rd season with all of the original cast and staff. Bad news is it appears this will be a straight to DVD deal.Gah.
Kodansha will bundle the DVDs of School Rumble: 3rd Term with volumes 21st and 22nd of the ongoing manga so don’t expect the same quality of previous seasons...
Well, I guess either their budget isn't as high as it used to be, or they fear that if they spend to have the third term released on Japanese TV, raws and fan-subs of it will circulate back to Japan thus ending the otaku need to have a permanent re-playable copy of the show. Then they'd kiss bye-bye to extra profits from DVD sales. I guess in this case, DVD sales replaces advertising revenue; DVD sales also doubles as a cheap survey to see how large their loyal (money-spending) fan-base really is.
2 comments:
Hey! Thanks for the link!
Its an interesting remark you make. The japanese industry has indeed taken a personal grudge against the fansub comunity, but it hasnt hurt them as much as it has hurt the western anime industry.
And as a fact, most of the RAWs fansubers use are recorded by the japanese for the japanese, we westeners just take advantage of their work.
The reason for School Rumble to go straight to DVD might instead be that the series had lackluster ratings last season and so the broadcasters might have forgone School Rumble for another show.
Its quite intriguing huh? In the end, I just hope the series delivers the same entertaining value than the previous broadcasted seasons.
Woa if it isnt idle eidolon! No wonder I found your writing familiar! nice to see youre alive!
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