- School Rumble
Infobox animanga/Header
name = School Rumble
caption = "School Rumble" logo
ja_name = スクールランブル
ja_name_trans = Sukūru Ramburu
genre =Romantic comedy ,Slice of life story Infobox animanga/Manga
title =
author =Jin Kobayashi
publisher = flagicon|JapanKodansha
publisher_en = flagicon|Canada flagicon|United StatesDel Rey Manga
flagicon|United KingdomTanoshimi
publisher_other = flagicon|Taiwan flagicon|Hong KongTong Li Comics
flagicon|SingaporeChuang Yi Comics (Chinese)
flagicon|SwedenSchibsted Forlagene
flagicon|South KoreaHaksan publishing
flagicon|GermanyTokyopop
flagicon|IndonesiaElex Media Komputindo
flagicon|ThailandVibulkij
flagicon|FrancePika Edition
first =2002
last =July 23 ,2008
demographic =Shōnen
magazine = flagicon|JapanShōnen Magazine
volumes = 22 (283 Chapters)Infobox animanga/Anime
title =
director = Shinji Takamatsu
studio = flagicon|JapanStudio Comet
licensor = flagicon|United States flagicon|CanadaFUNimation Entertainment
flagicon|United KingdomRevelation films
flagicon|Australia flagicon|New ZealandMadman Entertainment
flagicon|GermanyTokyopop
network = flagicon|JapanTV Tokyo
network_other = flagicon|GermanyAnimax
flagicon|South KoreaChamp TV
flagicon|TaiwanVideoland Television Network
flagicon|SpainJonu Media
flagicon|Philippines Hero TV, ABS-CBN
flagicon|Malaysiantv7
flagicon|ItalyCartoon Network
first =October 10 ,2004
last =April 5 ,2005
episodes = 26Infobox animanga/OVA
title = School Rumble: Extra Class
director = Shinji Takamatsu
studio = Studio Comet
licensor = flagicon|United States flagicon|CanadaFUNimation Entertainment
flagicon|United KingdomRevelation films
flagicon|Australia flagicon|New ZealandMadman Entertainment
flagicon|GermanyTokyopop
released =December 22 ,2005
episodes = 2
runtime = 25 minutes eachInfobox animanga/Anime
title = School Rumble: Second Semester
director = Takaomi Kanasaki
studio = Studio Comet
licensor = flagicon|United StatesFUNimation Entertainment
flagicon|GermanyTokyopop
network = flagicon|Japan TV Tokyo
flagicon|ItalyCartoon Network
network_other = flagicon|Philippines ABS-CBN, Hero TV
first =April 2 ,2006
last =September 24 ,2006
episodes = 26Infobox animanga/OVA
title = School Rumble: Third Semester
director = Shinji Takamatsu
studio = Studio Comet
licensor =
released =July 17 ,2008
September 17 ,2008
episodes = 2
runtime = 25 minutes eachnihongo|"School Rumble"|スクールランブル|Sukūru Ramburu is a
manga serialized in theWeekly Shōnen Magazine , created byJin Kobayashi . [Ann manga|4113] The final chapter was released onJuly 23 , 2008.A 26-episode
anime adaptation was broadcast onTV Tokyo between October 2004 and April 2005. In December 2005, an OVA was released, containing two special episodes, and a second season titled "School Rumble - Second Term" was broadcast in 2006 between April and September. [Ann anime|6375|School Rumble Nigakki. Accessed2007-01-15 .] The next OVA, titled School Rumble 3rd Semester and containing two episodes will be bundledcite web|url=http://www.animekon.com/news-447-School-Rumble-3-OVA-Announced.html|title=School Rumble 3 OVA Announced|publisher=Animekon|language=|accessdate=2008-02-26] with volumes 21 and 22 of the School Rumble manga, the first of which released onJuly 17 ,2008 .Sony PlayStation games were produced in July 2005 and July 2006.The manga is published in English by
Del Rey Manga . Unlike other Del Rey releases, the manga uses the original Japanese naming order (family name followed by the given name) to preserve thepun s in the manga.FUNimation Entertainment released the first volume and starter box set onAugust 21 ,2007 . [ [http://www.animeOnline.com Fanime '07: Bits And Pieces of FUNi Pre-AX] . Accessed2007-05-28 ]Plot
The plot of "School Rumble" covers the daily lives of students of the fictional Yagami High School and their surroundings. The series is of the
romance comedy genre, with scenes in the story being exaggerated for comedic purposes.The female protagonist is
Tenma Tsukamoto , a second year high school girl with no special qualities who has a crush onOji Karasuma , a stonefaced eccentric. The generally clueless Tenma finds it difficult to confess her love to him. Complications arise withKenji Harima , the male protagonist and a delinquent, who has developed a crush on Tenma. He too has difficulty confessing to her. The attempts of the two characters to confess their respective loves are running gags seen throughout the series.As the series progresses, the story changes focus to the relationship that develops between Harima and Tenma's close friend,
Eri Sawachika , which results from various embarrassing situations involving Eri and Harima. Harima also develops a relationship with Tenma's younger sisterYakumo Tsukamoto , who begins to assist Harima with the development and drawing of his manga.As the story progresses, Harima gets himself into romantic situations with Tenma, the relationship between Tenma and Karasuma progresses, and Eri's and Yakumo's bonds with Harima grow stronger.
Characters
"School Rumble" features a diverse cast of characters, most of whom attend Yagami High School, and the protagonists and most of the supporting characters belong to Class 2-C. While both
Kenji Harima andTenma Tsukamoto are the protagonists, the focus is not exclusively on them, as the supporting characters in particular receive a fair amount of character development.This supporting cast includes
Oji Karasuma , Tenma's love interest, who otherwise does not play a more active role in the story.Yakumo Tsukamoto is Tenma's shy younger sister, who can easily read the thoughts of anybody who loves her, including boys who try to approach her, her sister and her pet cat Iori. Tenma's friends includeEri Sawachika , a wealthy, half-English, half-Japanese girl who becomes attracted to Harima,Mikoto Suo , a black belt inKenpo , andAkira Takano , who is very perceptive, resourceful, intelligent, and mysterious. Rounding out the group isHaruki Hanai , a childhood friend of Mikoto's who is head over heels for Yakumo.Media
Manga
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Sara Adiemus (left) andYakumo Tsukamoto (right).]
*School Rumble
*nihongo|School Rumble Zoukangou|スクールランブル 増刊号
*nihongo|School Rumble Rinji Zoukangou|スクールランブル 臨時増刊号
*nihongo|School Rumble Z|スクールランブル ZIn the manga, the main plot is described in chapters marked with a musical sharp sign (e.g. ♯1, ♯2, ...) appeared in nihongo|"Weekly Shōnen Magazine "|週刊少年マガジン. Incidental or side stories are told in flat sign chapters (♭1, ♭2, ...) which appeared in the monthly nihongo|"Magazine Special"|マガジンSPECIAL, and thenatural sign chapters (so far only ♮1, included in "School Rumble Volume 7") were serialized in the seasonal nihongo|"Shōnen Magazine Wonder"|少年マガジンワンダー. All three magazines and collected volumes are published byKodansha in Japan. The Del Rey version uses the sharp/flat designations for chapters, with the Sharp chapters listed first in the table of contents of each volume followed by the Flat chapters.Flat chapters 1-7 focus on Yakumo, chapter ♭8 focuses on Suou Mikoto and Hanai Haruki, and later Flat chapters feature minor characters from the main storyline or Sharp episodes viewed from an alternative perspective. The only Natural chapter released is a general story involving all the characters and their general relationship during the
meteor shower duringTanabata with no story bias towards any character.After the main series' completion, "School Rumble Z" started serialization in "Magazine Special", also using the natural sign denomination.
Anime
The manga was adapted into an anime TV series, "School Rumble", was broadcast from
October 10 ,2004 throughApril 5 ,2005 onTV Tokyo . It was followed by two OVA episodes, "School Rumble - First Term Extra", which were released onDecember 22 . A second TV series, "School Rumble - Second Term" ran fromApril 2 throughSeptember 24 ,2006 , also on TV Tokyo. The anime series was adapted from a composition of the Sharp chapters, enriched in parts with the Flat and Natural stories. The OVA specials are a compilation of the remaining Flat chapters with an original, new story. Another two-episode OVA is being released, designated as episodes 25 and 26 of "School Rumble - Third Term" [cite web|url=http://sr.kc.kodansha.co.jp/item.html|title=School Rumble Third Term OVA release details|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-08-22] and covering the ending of the main "School Rumble" manga storyline. The first 24 episodes of "School Rumble - Third Term" follow the manga storyline between the end of "School Rumble - Second Term" and the "Third Term" OVA, however these first 24 episodes are not to be animated and exist only as episode synopsis under the acknowledged fictional pretense that these episodes have been broadcast on television [cite web|url=http://sr.kc.kodansha.co.jp/onair.html|title=School Rumble Third Term episode synopsis for episodes 1-24|language=Japanese|accessdate=2008-08-22] . The "School Rumble - Third Term" OVA episodes are being released with special editions of volumes 21 and 22 of the "School Rumble" manga, the first of which was released onJuly 17 2008 with the second released onSeptember 17 2008 .;Theme songs - First Term
* Opening (eps 1-24 and OVA 1-2): "Scramble" (nihongo2|スクランブル) byYui Horie with UNSCANDAL
* Opening (ep 25): "Umi no Otoko wa yo" (nihongo2|海の男はよ) by Kikokumaru's Man Chorus Group (nihongo2|鬼哭丸少年合唱団)
* Ending (eps 1-17, 19-24 and OVA 2): "Onna no Ko♥Otoko no Ko" (nihongo2|オンナのコ♥オトコのコ; Girls♥Boys) byYuko Ogura
* Ending (ep 18): "Hatenkou Robo Dojibiron's Theme" (nihongo2|破天荒ロボ ドジビロンのテーマ) by Jūzō Nanba
* Ending (ep 25): "Scramble" (nihongo2|スクランブル "Sukuranburu") byYui Horie with UNSCANDAL
* Ending (ep 26): "School Rumble 4 Ever" byAmi Koshimizu ,Hitomi Nabatame ,Kaori Shimizu ,Yui Horie
* Ending (OVA 1): "Ginga Ensen '05" byHiroki Takahashi ;Theme songs - Second Term
* Opening: "Sentimental Generation" (nihongo2|せんちめんたる じぇねれーしょん "Senchimentaru Jenerēshon") by nihongo|Ami Tokito |時東 ぁみ|Tokitō Ami
* Ending (eps 1-12 and 14-16): "Kono Namida ga Aru Kara Tsugi no Ippo to Naru" (nihongo2|この涙があるから次の一歩となる) by nihongo|Ami Tokito |時東 ぁみ|Tokitō Ami
* Ending (ep 13): "THE LAST CANDLE"
* Ending (ep 17-26): "Futari wa Wasurechau" (nihongo2|二人は忘れちゃう♡) by the Tsukamoto Sisters, Tenma (Ami Koshimizu ) and Yakumo (Mamiko Noto ) [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6375];Theme songs - Third Term
* Opening: "Scramble" (nihongo2|スクランブル) byYui Horie with UNSCANDAL
* Ending (OVA 1): "Onna no Ko♥Otoko no Ko (Tsukamoto Sisters Ver.)" (nihongo2|オンナのコ♥オトコのコ(塚本姉妹ver); Girls♥Boys) byAmi Koshimizu andMamiko Noto
* Ending (OVA 2): "School Rumble Forever" byAmi Koshimizu ,Mamiko Noto ,Hitomi Nabatame ,Yui Horie ,Kaori Shimizu Music
Video games
PlayStation 2 dating simulation games have been adapted from the story. The first, ', was released onJuly 21 ,2005 . A successive game was released onJuly 20 2006 ,School Rumble Ni-Gakki Kyōfu no (?) Natsugasshuku! Yōkan ni Yūrei Arawaru!? Otakara wo Megutte Makkō Shōbu!!! No Maki . OnJuly 7 2005 , ' was released on a UMD for the SonyPlayStation Portable .Light novel
*School Rumble: Koi, Shirisomeshi koro ni (スクールランブル~恋、知りそめし頃に~)
*School Rumble: Me wa Megalodon no Me (スクールランブル~メはメガロドンのメ~)Live performances
On
5 December 2004 , a concert named School Rumble Presents Come! Come! Welcome? Party featuring theseiyū cast of School Rumble was held at Yokohama BLITZ. It has been released on DVD [Come! Come! Welcome? Party DVD(Catalog No: KIBA-1194)] on24 March 2005 featuring the following:
*UNSCANDAL
*unicorn table
*Yui Horie (Eri)
*Yuuka Nanri (Ichijou)
*Kaori Shimizu (Akira)
*Yukari Fukui (Sarah)
*Mamiko Noto (Yakumo)
*Ami Koshimizu (Tenma)
*Hitomi Nabatame (Mikoto)On
21 July 2005 -25 July 2005 , a stage play called School Rumble Live Butai - Osarusan dayo Harima kun recapping Season 1 of School Rumble was shown. It had been released on DVD [School Rumble Live Butai - Osarusan dayo Harima kun DVD(Catalog No: ZMBH-2401)] on10 October 2005 . The cast members are as follows:
*Ami Koshimizu as Tenma Tsukamoto
*Hiroki Takahashi as Kenji Harima
*Michie Kitaura as Ōji Karasuma
*Satomi Akesaka as Yakumo Tsukamoto
*Yuka Koide as Eri Sawachika
*Mai Yoshida as Mikoto Suō
*Mana Hyashi as Akira Takano
*Mami Sakamoto as Karen Ichijō
*Rikako Miura as Tae Anegasaki
*Keiichi Beshi as Kyōsuke Imadori
*Mondo Yamageshi as Haruki Hanai
*Rie Mashiko as Itoko OsakabeReception
School Rumble has been well received by English reviewers. Eduardo M. Chavez from Anime on DVD commented about the manga that "the execution and randomness is perfect. Readers can literally pick up this title, select a chapter and enjoy. Comedy like that is universal making it a must for readers from all demographics." [cite web
url = http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/manga/manga.php?manga_view=2236
title = School Rumble Vol. #01A of 13
accessdate = 2007-01-15
last = Chavez
first = Eduardo M.
date =2006-02-15
publisher = AnimeOnDVD.com] David Maduram stated that "The "real" strength of this series is its witty use of puns, wordplay, and comic situations." [cite web
url = http://www.davidslife.com/anime/reviews/school_rumble_1.php
title = School Rumble 1 Review
accessdate = 2007-01-17
last = Maduram
first = David
date =2004-10-11
publisher = davidslife.com] Carl Kimlinger fromAnime News Network comments that the anime involves "Great fun, a little more emotional depth, and two of the greatest animation non-sequiturs you're likely to see anytime soon". [cite web
url = http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/school-rumble/dvd-4
title = School Rumble DVD 4 Review
accessdate = 2008-03-09
last = Kimlinger
first = Carl
date =2008-03-07
publisher = animenewsnetwork.com] Tim Jones from THEM Anime Reviews said about the second anime season that "School Rumble Second Semester manages to be funny without being repetitive and boring, a feat very hard to do in a series that goes on for 52 episodes (when you count the first season)." [cite web
url = http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=975
title = School Rumble 2nd semester
accessdate = 2007-01-17
last = Jones
first = Tim
date =
publisher = THEMAnime.org]Media Factory has served a cease and desist notice to the website
AnimeSuki to remove links to fansubs of their works which includes School Rumble; [ [http://www.animesuki.com/doc.php/legal/mediafactory.html AnimeSuki page about Media Factory] . Accessed2007-01-16 .] AnimeSuki had a policy to remove links to a fansubbed anime should its license be purchased. Media Factory-owned anime is the subject of debate over the validity of fansubbing practice. [ [http://ansuz.sooke.bc.ca/lawpoli/cases/2004121101.php Fansub BitTorrent site gets cease-and-desist] mskala's home page : lawpoli : cases. Accessed2007-01-16 .] [ [http://news.com.com/Anxious+times+in+the+cartoon+underground/2100-1026_3-5557177.html?part=rss&tag=5557177&subj=news.1026.5 c-net news.com] Anxious times in the cartoon underground. Accessed2007-01-16 .]References
External links
* [http://www.shonenmagazine.com/works/sukuran/ School Rumble Manga Official Site]
* [http://www.mmv.co.jp/special/school-rumble/ School Rumble Anime Official Site]
* [http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/school-rumble/ School Rumble Animation Second Term Official Site]
* [http://sr.kc.kodansha.co.jp/ School Rumble Animation Third Term Official Site]
* [http://schoolrumble.tv/ FUNimation dub website]
* [http://www.anime-planet.com/animerec/766.html AniRec Database entry on School Rumble]
* [http://www.randomhouse.com/delrey/manga/series.html#schoolrumble Del Rey Manga's "School Rumble" English Website]
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