Thats just what the buzz is right now. And it comes on the exact same time slot as Super Hero Time. So it very well could happen. I mean they preempt that block for the Olympics and that has nothing to do with it.

I did this on another forum but may as well post it here.

So with the World cup,

Japan is 12 hours ahead of Brazil. so if the games are shown live in japan it would be any game that starts at 7pm(Roughly) on a Saturday in Brazil.



Going by the Wiki

Group A has no games on a saturday in June.

Group B has no games on a saturday in June.

Group C (The Group that has Japan in it) has 2 games on June 14th. one is at 13:00 so that will be 1am on Sunday for Japan. and the second is 22:00 which will be 10am on Sunday for Japan.

Group D has 2 games on June 14th. one is at 16:00 so that will be 3am on Sunday for Japan. and the second is 19:00 which will be 7am on Sunday for Japan.

Group E has no games on a saturday in June.

Group F has 2 games on June 21st. one is at 13:00 so that will be 1am on Sunday for Japan. and the second is 19:00 which will be 7am on Sunday for Japan.

Group G has 1 game on June 21st at 16:00 so that will be 4am on Sunday for Japan.

Group H has no games on a saturday in June.



"Round of 16"

Has 2 games on June 28th. one is at 13:00 so that will be 1am on Sunday for Japan. and the second is 17:00 which will be 4am on Sunday for Japan.



"Quarter Finals"

Has 2 games on July 5th. one is at 13:00 so that will be 1am on Sunday for Japan. and the second is 17:00 which will be 4am on Sunday for Japan.



No semi-finals on a saturday



"Third place match" is on July 12th at 17:00 so that will be 4am on Sunday for Japan



"Knockout stage" all I could find are dates and not times for these but there are a few games on saturdays in Brazil.





So it looks like there are only 2 live games that would take over SHT. but I have no idea if they just dont do live games for Japan and just show them later rather than early morning.. also I was using the time zone for 12 of the venues for the basis of this but apparently 2 venues are a different time zone by like an hour. @_@

They don't preempt it for the Olympics, though. Neither show missed a week during the Olympics this year and I don't remember Fourze or Gokaiger getting bumped for the '12 games. It's usually only one annual marathon and an annual golf tournament that interfere with these shows.

Ah that's right, it's the golf tourney I'm thinking of. But still it's not like there isn't a precedent to do it. The block was replaced once by an airing of Super Hero Taisen even. So it could happen.

Reports are saying now that there won't actually be any games televised at the same time as the SHT block except for one game. But who knows.

I wonder when Kikaider will appear in Gaim anyway, ig that one magazine scan was any indication. I assume that it'd be another special.

Bandai of Japan releases product on a predictable yearly pattern, and that pattern works very well for them. Having a weekly TV series running alongside their annual release schedule--one that works as a constantly updating ad campaign--is a key part of that pattern.

A shortened series isn't going to happen unless Bandai has decided to completely overhaul their release structure. Which, to me, seems unlikely considering the incredible success of their current model.

Decade was the last shortened series. Why? Well, one logical reason is that BoJ wanted to start releasing new Kamen Rider and Super Sentai product lines 6 months apart from each other, to avoid one product line cannibalizing sales of the other. (Note that Decade is the last Rider series to premiere with a Sentai series in Q1--subsequent Rider series have premiered in Q3.)

If we get a shortened Gaim, expect a new toy release paradigm from BoJ. Though, I doubt we'll see a significantly shortened series because BoJ is reporting record sales under the current paradigm.

I really Love this show but I also see this as becoming the new Den-O if this dose happen.

If Gaim does end up being a shorter season, I at least hope it will get the Den-O treatment with tons of movies and crossovers because this is probably my favorite set of characters ever.

I am praying to every God I can think of that Gaim will get a full series and not wind up the Next Decade, because Goddammit it's too good for that!