Third Season of Hayate no Gotoku! Confirmed

by dtshyk
Jun 29, 2012 5:45 PM | 193 Comments

According to Weekly Shonen Sunday, the third season of Hayate no Gotoku! was announced to be aired this autumn. The production studio is Manglobe. The story of the new anime will be newly written by the manga author.

Source: Scan of WSS

Hayate no Gotoku (2012) on MAL

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vault2049 said:
Thanks Maglobe for creating this ugly mess. You just ruined the Hayate no Gotoku franchise in the anime department for me and many more. Congrats!

Dropping this crap after 4th episode. After they defiled Hina-chan on the previous episode, I couldn't go on any longer.

+1, cannot say this better.

Feb 19, 2013 10:07 PM by kagamihiiragi123

Well, Hinagiku is already irritating, making her slightly uglier doesn't ruin anything for me. And I have no clue what problem you people have with the designs anyway, I stomach them okay.

And while I do agree this anime was worse than others (although I still remember the first season as a bad one, probably all the stupid anime-originals and being much less colorful compared to s2), but Can't Take My Eyes Off You tuned out pretty well story-wise, IMO. Sure, it starts kicking in the last third, only dropping a few hints before that, but Hata managed to make the story interesting and I think any Hayate no Gotoku fan should watch the series beginning to end, there are some revelations about the characters, particularly Nagi's parents.

Also, they finally animated the "Who's Paying" piece, I've been waiting to see animated for years. Sure, they made some changes, but I don't care, one of the funniest HnG yet for me.

Jan 2, 2013 7:34 AM by eworm

HauntingShock said:
^
If you'd notice, the latest chapter's designs are like that too... maybe it was originally the intended design? But J.C Staff just made it look better...

What I noticed, and it seems quite many fans in Japan also agree, is that the latest design may look a bit odd on manga, but when it gets animated it looks damn jarring. I also wonder whether those random bits that are not connected to the main story at all are the author's idea -- it also looks jarring and it misses more than hits (even though I am quite used to Japanese humor).

Oct 25, 2012 2:02 AM by symbv

^
If you'd notice, the latest chapter's designs are like that too... maybe it was originally the intended design? But J.C Staff just made it look better...

Oct 24, 2012 10:52 PM by HauntingShock

Just take a look at the comparion of Hinagiku of season 1, 2 and 3...
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-12451.html
I don't know why they made the new Hayate season like this. I wonder what they were thinking...really. The character design really pushes the limit of me. I watch this season because I love Hayate no Gotoku, but with this.... plus the humor seems to have turned harsher and the many very weird intermissions do not help...The new character is a turn-off for me so far...sakuga turned worse; pacing turned worse... I think I am on the verge of dropping it too..

Really strange that apparently the author seems to be actively involving in this new season... How come it becomes like this??

Oct 24, 2012 10:27 PM by symbv

Thanks Maglobe for creating this ugly mess. You just ruined the Hayate no Gotoku franchise in the anime department for me and many more. Congrats!

Dropping this crap after 4th episode. After they defiled Hina-chan on the previous episode, I couldn't go on any longer.

Oct 24, 2012 9:29 PM by vault2049

It's funny how people think this is a true Season 3, it isn't.

Oct 24, 2012 9:19 PM by crysisxforce

Great....more comedy.

Oct 4, 2012 4:54 AM by Zack_Harvey

divinicide said:
I thought the first season was great from episodes 1-26 and afterwards it felt like a chore. The second season is my favorite but I feel as if more people like the first season best.

It's generally hard to tell which show people like more, because some people are simply louder than others, but I share your impression.

I think my biggest problem with season 1 was that they did a lot of references to shows I had never seen, which made a lot of stuff appear just random and pointless to me and awesome to others. Plus with all the references and parodies there wasn't enough time for a serious plot that would make me care about what happened.

Considering that season 2 was apparently closer to the manga and the manga's creator is directly involved in this one I suspect that season 2 fans might be the luckier ones. Either way, it looks like the creator's ideas are good enough to shine through any kind of production ^^

JPblueser said:
What I really like about HnG is the way the story always seem to change from happy-go-lucky comedy to some serious plot from time to time. Reflects how life actually is, I think.

Indeed. That's how life is and what a show usually requires to be rated 'masterpiece' by me (which didn't happen with HnG yet, but I must've had my reasons).

Sep 30, 2012 6:23 PM by kyo-236

divinicide said:

Soshintsu said:

HnG has always been a pretty bumpy ride. The first season was riddled with episodes that were a chore for me to watch, and then they pushed the reset button to some extent, but at the end of the day I always loved the show as a whole.

I thought the first season was great from episodes 1-26 and afterwards it felt like a chore. The second season is my favorite but I feel as if more people like the first season best.

Exactly my thoughts :D

Sep 30, 2012 2:51 PM by HauntingShock

Soshintsu said:
HnG has always been a pretty bumpy ride.

Indeed.
A cool ride? For sure! haha

Each season has its strong and weak points. Season 1 had more comedy, more action and also went all out with the parody aspect, but lost many points by steering away from the original story too much after ep. 26.
Season 2 was somewhat the opposite. More serious, fewer parodies, focusing more on the characters and plot development. It also has the "issue" of Hina being featured prominently.

That is a drastic change. I can see why some people like season 1 more and others even "hate" season 2. It all comes down to personal preference.

What I really like about HnG is the way the story always seem to change from happy-go-lucky comedy to some serious plot from time to time. Reflects how life actually is, I think.

Let's hope "CTMEOF" will be even better! :P
Probably it will be a cross between seasons 1 and 2, so chances are that a lot of people will like it!

Sep 30, 2012 9:41 AM by JPblueser

divinicide said:
I thought the first season was great from episodes 1-26 and afterwards it felt like a chore. The second season is my favourite but I feel as if more people like the first season best.

I feel the same, the first half of the first season was great but when it started to go with the original story I didn't find it as interesting, then the second season was just amazing.

Sep 30, 2012 8:43 AM by Sedaka

Wow, I didn't see that coming. One of my earliest favorites rises yet again :-D

HnG has always been a pretty bumpy ride. The first season was riddled with episodes that were a chore for me to watch, and then they pushed the reset button to some extent, but at the end of the day I always loved the show as a whole.

So I'll just take things as they come and be on the optimist team :-)

Sep 30, 2012 6:03 AM by kyo-236

I really don't know how I feel about this. I loved the first season but the second season was just awful. I have cautious optimism for this

Sep 26, 2012 7:56 PM by magishine

divinicide said:
New Hayate commericial. Chiharu is shown. Just two more weeks until airing.

Funny that how they took the title based on the songs that I love (Even the movie title itself based on a song by Berlinda Carlisle)

Sep 26, 2012 7:50 PM by JafriZin

It's disappointing that we can't see EoTW arc (Athena's arc), but then if the original story is from Hata Kenjiro, I'm okay. I'm looking forward to this. :)

Btw if anyone's in Facebook, there's a fanpage :
http://www.facebook.com/hngnew

Sep 26, 2012 2:35 PM by mysticswordsman

1 more day and we can already count it down with our hands :D

Sep 21, 2012 5:06 PM by HauntingShock

divinicide said:
New Hayate commericial. Chiharu is shown. Just two more weeks until airing.

First impression: Nice! :)

Can't wait!

"Wait... where's Hina?"
Please, ignore that comment. I'm just thinking it out loud.

My guess is that she won't have as much screentime as she did on Season 2. I personally don't think it's a "bad" thing. What matters is quality, after all. :) (rejoice, haters!) (Just kidding. I have nothing against "not liking a certain character". I respect that. I myself wasn't very fond of Nagi, until recently)

But then again, what happened is that season 2 was mostly to show Hinagiku-san developing her feelings. I don't think she had that much "screentime" ever since, even on the manga. We can even consider it as whole arc, so to speak.

Anyway, excited to see Hayate, Nagi and co. animated again! =)

Sep 21, 2012 8:12 AM by JPblueser

JPblueser said:
Hmm... Interesting. Just found this:

http://fantasyrandom.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/%E3%80%90%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A4%E3%83%86%E3%81%AE%E3%81%94%E3%81%A8%E3%81%8F%EF%BC%81cant-take-my-eyes-off-you%E3%80%91-hayate-the-combat-butler-adds-new-character/

Not sure if it's legit, though.

Could this be another addition to Hayate's harem? lol

Sep 12, 2012 2:57 PM by HauntingShock

Hmm... Interesting. Just found this:

http://fantasyrandom.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/%E3%80%90%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A4%E3%83%86%E3%81%AE%E3%81%94%E3%81%A8%E3%81%8F%EF%BC%81cant-take-my-eyes-off-you%E3%80%91-hayate-the-combat-butler-adds-new-character/

Not sure if it's legit, though.

Sep 12, 2012 12:40 PM by JPblueser

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