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NEWS: Hayate the Combat Butler's 2nd Season Titled, Dated

omnistry wrote:

Quote: It will debut on Japan's TV Tokyo station and its network of affiliates on Friday, April 3 at 25:23 (effectively, Saturday, April 4 at 1:23 a.m.) This is kind of a shocker, considering that the first season aired at 10:30 AM Sundays. (I know this 'cause I was able to watch it in Japan while eating breakfast.)

This is probably a result of SynergySP not working on it since they seem to have a lock on Hayate's original time slot. JC Staff has to use one of their locked in late night time slots instead.

This is also potentially a really bad sign. Unless the series is supposed to increase the not-for-kids departments at this point, this indicates that they are changing marketing strategies and some other very big potential shifts in production.

This is also potentially a really bad sign. Unless the series is supposed to increase the not-for-kids departments at this point, this indicates that they are changing marketing strategies and some other very big potential shifts in production.

The otakus in Japan had playfully coined the term "latenight 34:00 hour anime" for Hayate - pointing straight at the shows core late night otaku appeal despite it being on a kid's morning time slot. The change just means the show is put where it is suppose to be (anyone trying to argue that Hayate is NOT an otaku show is terribly dellusional - the central plot is harem and the comedy is loaded with 2ch meme), I don't forsee much, if any, changes to the direction of the show.

houkoholic wrote:

The otakus in Japan had playfully coined the term "latenight 34:00 hour anime" for Hayate - pointing straight at the shows core late night otaku appeal despite it being on a kid's morning time slot. The change just means the show is put where it is suppose to be (anyone trying to argue that Hayate is NOT an otaku show is terribly dellusional - the central plot is harem and the comedy is loaded with 2ch meme), I don't forsee much, if any, changes to the direction of the show.

The "Late night 3400" are "kids"* shows that have an equal, if not stronger in some cases, otaku appeal and was coined for Fairy Musketeers (3300). (Other 深夜34時 animes are Zettai Karen Children and Shugo Chara.) They are still "kids" shows and Hayate runs in Shonen Sunday, a magazine for "kids".

*In the Japanese meaning of the word shonen.

I think the word you are looking for is "teenagers".

Either way you just went full circle and tried managling the meaning of the term "kids" and said basically nothing to dispove my point.

houkoholic wrote:

I think the word you are looking for is "teenagers".

No, teenagers is 13-19. Tweens is closer to the proper meaning but the age group is ~7/8 to ~15/16.

houkoholic wrote:

Either way you just went full circle and tried managling the meaning of the term "kids" and said basically nothing to dispove my point.

You seemed to try to deny that it was a kids show. My point was it is still a show for younger viewers with additional content there for the older audience to get along the lines of Animaniacs.