ABS-CBN Airs Gintama Out of Order, Angers Fans
January 24th, 2010 | Published in Anime and Manga | 1 Comment
Surreal slapstick comedy anime Gintama has started airing on terrestrial channel ABS-CBN to the delight of local fans.
However, much to their disappointment, the episodes were shown out of numeric order, in an attempt by the channel to make the storytelling of the show “more linear”.
After comments decrying the apparent butchering of the series were left by Gintama fans on the channel’s Facebook account, ABS-CBN has released an official statement regarding the issue.
Initial Focus Group Discussion results showed that with the original order of the episodes, majority of our mass viewers couldn’t understand how the storytelling unfolded due to its non-linear storytelling and format. … A compromise had to be done on the first week just to get the show on air.
With that statement, the show is still currently running out-of-order. Fans have left even more acidic comments on the aforementioned Facebook account, including barbs about their main rival on the local anime scene, recently reformatted TV5.
March 8th, 2010at 17:49(#)
yeah but even if it’s not in order it’s fun to watch it!!!