The summer season may have ended a lot early for Kapamilya anime fans.
Terrestrial network ABS-CBN has announced a brand new schedule of their morning block starting this Monday, April 13, which includes an encore of the teen drama series “My App Boyfie”, under the “WansapanaSummer” banner, starting James Reid and Nadine Lustre.
The new schedule will result to the popular volleyball-themed anime series Haikyuu!! getting booted off the morning block just a week after the program premiered. The seventh season of Naruto Shippuden will now be moving to 09:15am, right after Spongebob Squarepants.
ABS-CBN has yet to give an explanation regarding the sudden schedule change.
Some anime fans took to social media regarding the sudden removal of the anime, and these are some of the examples of which:
Ano ba yan. Isang linggo lang pinalabas ang Haikyuu sa ABS CBN #WalaTalagangForever
— Ian Macasaet (@IyanokManok) April 11, 2015
Kawawang Haikyuu, 1 linggo lang nagtagal sa Local TV bago natanggal sa ere. Buti na lang, ipapalabas iyan ng Hero TV.
— Jan Buensuceso (@ZENjamibu) April 11, 2015
Marahil iniisip ng ABS-CBN na maging successful ang Haikyuu katulad ng Kuroko pero dahil di popular ang Volleyball sa lalake dito di nagwork
— Jan Buensuceso (@ZENjamibu) April 11, 2015
Anu ba naman yan…tanggalin daw ba ung Haikyuu…ang saya!
Posted by Rizza Kenshin on Saturday, 11 April 2015
Filipino-language anime channel HERO has previously announced at the end of last year that it is set to premiere the popular sports anime, but the channel has yet to reveal when it will premiere.
