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According to Natalie, Kumeta Kouji's manga Katte ni Kaizo was announced to get an OVA anime adaptation. The first volume will be released on April 27th. The production studio is Shaft and the general director is Shinbo Akiyuki.

Katte ni Kaizo anime official website

Release dates:
1st volume: Apr 27th
2nd volume: Jun 22nd
3rd volume: Aug 24th

Katte ni Kaizo had been serialized in Weekly Shonen Sunday from April 1998 - July 2004. The art and the satire of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei were originated from this series.

Staff
General Director: Shinbo Akiyuki
Director: Tatsuwa Naoyuki
Series Composition: Takayama Katsuhiko
Character Design: Yamamura Hiroki

Cast
Katsu Kaizo: Sakurai Takahiro
Natori Umi: Kitamura Eri
Tsubouchi Chitan: Saito Chiwa
Saien Suzu: Toyosaki Aki

Blu-ray box sets of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series were also announced. The first season box set will be released on March 23rd.

Second Season box set: May 25th
Third Season box set: July 27th

Sources: Natalie, Scan of WSS, MyCom Journal

Modified by dtshyk, 02-09-11, 6:02 AM

#2 01-13-11, 5:56 PM
TreF Offline Joined: Apr 2008 Posts: 458	Does SHAFT have any other directors besides Shinbo? Seriously, what the fuck.

#3 01-13-11, 5:56 PM
Pw3age Offline Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 340	You can count on SHAFT to pick the weird stuff.

#4 01-13-11, 6:00 PM
HawthorneKitty Offline Joined: Sep 2008 Posts: 7201	TreF said: Does SHAFT have any other directors besides Shinbo? Seriously, what the fuck. You say it like it's a bad thing. :D

#5 01-13-11, 6:05 PM
j0x Offline Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 4109	it has action on its genre so ill check it out :P

#6 01-13-11, 6:05 PM
Nachotee Offline Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 534	This will be AWESOME. I have faith.

#7 01-13-11, 6:23 PM
etchel Offline Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 119	HawthorneKitty said: TreF said: Does SHAFT have any other directors besides Shinbo? Seriously, what the fuck. You say it like it's a bad thing. :D Shinbo's a real good director :D Visit our website at http://www.animeotakucorner.com

#8 01-13-11, 6:23 PM
ku5h Offline Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 2266	Looks promising, will watch.

#9 01-13-11, 6:23 PM
Moimy Offline Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 810	Holy carp. This is awesome.

#10 01-13-11, 6:33 PM
GarLogan78 Offline Joined: Jul 2008 Posts: 2294	etchel said: Shinbo's a real good director :D I agree he is a good director, but all of his works start to feel the same after a while. It was unique the first few times, now it is just what to expect if Shinbo is directing. Modified by desolato, 02-10-11, 4:27 AM

#11 01-13-11, 6:42 PM
Kazeshini Offline Joined: May 2010 Posts: 1368	I'll definitely give this a go. sounds like my kind of anime.

#12 01-13-11, 6:47 PM
LightningRamiel Offline Joined: Aug 2009 Posts: 354	Well I guess this makes sense since it's the same guy who made SZS. As much as I loved that series, it got a little too social commentary-ish and Japanocentric in the later series, but this one sounds like it'll have a broader appeal. Ha-cha!

#13 01-13-11, 7:11 PM
Agent_Meow-Meow Offline Joined: Sep 2009 Posts: 79	Sounds good. Looking forward to this :)

#14 01-13-11, 7:20 PM
xXC64Xx Offline Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 1714	dtshyk said: The art and the satire of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei was originated from this series. I'm looking forwards to this series, I love the shows that Shinbo has directed.

#15 01-13-11, 7:37 PM
WingedFish Offline Joined: May 2010 Posts: 12	dtshyk said: Blu-ray box sets of Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei series were also announced. The first season box set will be released on March 23rd. WAY more excited about this.

#16 01-13-11, 7:41 PM
CrystalLake Offline Joined: Aug 2010 Posts: 1163	not so sure if i'll watch...

#17 01-13-11, 7:41 PM
jigglyppuff8 Offline Joined: Oct 2008 Posts: 82	Shinbo + SHAFT adaptaption This is pretty cool, I guess. SZS Blu-ray I just died.

#18 01-13-11, 7:42 PM
Kipcha Offline Joined: Feb 2009 Posts: 2668	Sounds good! Never read the manga but it has my interest.

#19 01-13-11, 8:06 PM
Neverarine Offline Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 3155	sounds kinda funny, so cool "If only if only, the woodpecker cried, the bark on the tree was as soft as the sky" \|\| ♪My mind, heart is broken♫

#20 01-13-11, 8:08 PM
Akamitsu Offline Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 1760	I just finished watching Zetsubou Sensei. But since it'll be on a once a week basis for strange things then I can handle it.

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