###Ro-Kyu-Bu ~ Fast Break!
Genres: comedy, slice of life, tournament
Themes: basketball, Ecchi, harem, lolicon, moe, school, sport
Objectionable content: Mild
Number of episodes: 12
Vintage: 2011-07-01 to 2011-09-23
Plot Summary: Subaru Hasegawa is a high school freshman, he joins the basketball team but soon finds out the team is inactive because the captain is being suspected as a lolicon. He miraculously is entangled with the job of being the coach of an elementary school’s basketball team. With these girls and their love for basketball Subaru will have a hard time getting acknowledged by each of them.
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###Ro-Kyu-Bu! SS
Genres: comedy, slice of life, tournament
Themes: basketball, ecchi, harem, lolicon, moe, school, sport
Objectionable content: Mild
Number of episodes: 12
Vintage: 2013-07-05
Plot Summary: Subaru Hasegawa continues to coach Tomoka’s elementary school basketball team, when suddenly, the children are faced with new 5th-grader basketball adversaries. Tomoka, Airi, Saki, Hinata, and Maho must band together to grow even more, as players and as people.
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Maybe the the deal has fallen through. That is all one could really hope for. 
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[size=15]Sentai Adds Ro-Kyu-Bu! Anime[/size]
The North American anime distributor Sentai Filmworks confirmed on Friday that it licenced the ‘Ro-Kyu-Bu!’ anime. Digital distribution of RO-KYU-BU FAST BREAK! will begin through The Anime Network on Wednesday, July 27 with a video release of the 12 episodes on English subtitled DVD to follow next year.
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Sentai Filmworks Announces License of Ro-Kyu-Bu! Fast Break
HOUSTON, July 22, 2011—Sentai Filmworks today launches a full court press on the anime marketplace with the announcement of their acquisition of the red hot new girls’ basketball series RO-KYU-BU FAST BREAK! Based on the hit series of seven light novel written by Sagu Aoyama and illustrated by Tinkle, as well as the Twin manga series illustrated by Yuki Takami and Futaba Miwa, respectively, the 12 episode series is directed by Keizo Kusakawa (Sekirei, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s,) with character designs by Takayuki Noguchi (Queen’s Blade, Papillon Rose) and script supervision by Michiko Ito (Special A.)
Talk about games being called unexpectedly! Hasegawa Subaru joined the basketball club at Nanashiba High, only to have his hopes dashed when the teams’ play is suspended after the captain is suspected of having inappropriate feelings for the coach’s underage daughter. Blindsided and blocked by bad luck, Subaru expectedly finds an opening for his talent with the hoops when his aunt asks him to take on the task of coaching a young girls’ basketball club - a Ro-Kyu-Bu!. But can a superstar wannabe find true satisfaction while playing sixth man to a team of five girls? Get your scorecards ready and find out in RO-KYU-BU FAST BREAK!
Digital distribution of RO-KYU-BU FAST BREAK! will begin through The Anime Network on Wednesday, July 27 with a video release of the 12 episodes on English subtitled DVD to follow next year.
About Sentai Filmworks:
Sentai Filmworks is one of the fastest-growing anime companies in North America, including hit series like Highschool of the Dead, Guin Saga, Needless, Canaan and Angel Beats!. Sentai Filmworks programs can be found on home video distributed by Ingram Entertainment, Baker & Taylor, Section23Films, The Right Stuf and other good and fine distributors. Digital product offerings may be found at iTunes, Hulu, Netflix, Amazon, Zune Marketplace, Anime Network, PLAYSTATION Network and YouTube. [/quote]
So this is likely (near)simulcast 2. So what’s number 3?
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So this is likely (near)simulcast 2. So what’s number 3?[/quote]
Not a lot left unless it’s a shared one.
I made up some threads for all of the shows left in wordpad format this morning out of boredom. So I can just copy and paste if there is indeed a third one . So hopefully if there is it’s not a shared one cause then I’d have to make one.
This show looks like garbage honestly.
How open minded of you… rolls eyes
Not a fan of sports anime and even less of basketball so will most likely not be watching this one.
Now that all 3 simulcast are through their catch-up stage, time to post my impressions.
Eps. 1-4
This, is the worst of the three, though that doesn’t make it bad by any means, just not up to par with the other two.
In fact, if they wouldn’t have made nude/fetish loli a major focus in this as they have with these first four eps. it would be a serious contender as the best of the 3.
The drama aspects are unusually well done for this type of series.
The story (at least thus far) has actually had focus and purpose.
And the comedy aspect is always fun for me.
It’s the fact that they spend way too much time on the loli fanservice that really drags this series down.
As long as I have time to do so I plan on giving all three a watch this weekend. I have a feeling my initial thoughts after reading a few things and seeing some screen-caps are going to be on the money about this series. I don’t mind fanservice except when it’s the sort this is. There is a way to use the loli in a more cute then perverted way unfortunately it seems to get used in the more perverted way then the cute way.
There has been a change to the broadcast schedule for this title in Japan affecting episodes 7+ here. Episode 7-12 will be released 1 week later than originally scheduled.
Revised Schedule
#6 - Sat 8/13 (this week)
#7 - Sat 8/27
#8 - Sat 9/3
#9 - Sat 9/10
#10 - Sat 9/17
#11 - Sat 9/24
#12 - Sat 10/1