Funimation may have played their hand strong and fast by scuttling Fujimi Shobo’s Interspecies Reviewers (known as Izyuzoku Reviewers in Japan) with the intent of forcing other streaming networks of being unable to air the show since they had the North American distribution rights, but the production committee for the anime didn’t let Funimations machinations to undermine fan-service get in their way. They kept pushing forward, kept making deals, and managed to compensate for the broadcasting outlets that dropped them.
Sankaku Complex spotted the news, where on February 28th, 2020 the official Twitter account for the anime posted up the update explaining that Biwako Broadcasting picked up the show for airing starting March 7th.
【放送情報】
3月7日(土)よりびわ湖放送にて「異種族レビュアーズ」の放送開始が決定いたしました。
各日2話ずつの放送となります。https://t.co/1gAbtpugIc#isyuzoku pic.twitter.com/EA4N3IbqgH
— ＴＶアニメ「異種族レビュアーズ」公式 (@isyuzoku) February 28, 2020
They will be broadcasting two episodes per day throughout March and up through April 11th, 2020.
This is the second major broadcaster to pick up the show within a week’s time, with Gifu Broadcasting having landed a deal to air Interspecies Reviewers just a couple of days ago.
This still doesn’t quite compensate for all of the market coverage they initially lost when Funimation, Sun TV and Tokyo MX dropped the show, since syndicated streaming services like Amazon Prime also lost the show when Funimation cancelled Interspecies Reviewers out of the blue.
They still haven’t managed to find an adequate supplement for Funimation, but the committee hasn’t given up yet, so I’m sure we’ll see them pull out another card to keep the show’s market breadth as wide as possible leading up to the season finale.
For now, though, the show is still streaming on AnimeLab and broadcast uncensored on AT-X. Given how much support the show has received for bucking the trend and sticking it to the politically correct puritans, I imagine the Blu-ray sales will be off the charts once the season finally wraps up.
(Thanks for the news tip VersedGamer)
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