All five stations in Japan that aired the School Days television series have preempted the anime's final episode this week, in light of a real-life axe murder of a Kyoto-area police sergeant allegedly by his daughter Tuesday. The 12th and last episode of School Days includes a scene of a schoolgirl going on violent rampage on a victim. Kanagawa Prefecture's tvk, the first station to preempt the episode the day after the murder, instead aired a series of unrelated scenery images and the following text: "The programming has changed due to certain circumstances."

Police say that the 16-year-old daughter of a 45-year-old police sergeant in the traffic division at Minami Police Station in Kyoto Prefecture bought an axe in advance of the murder. She also allegedly changed into a black dress before killing her father in the early morning of September 18, as her 41-year-old mother and 19-year-old sister slept. Officials say that they found her in the same dress with bloodstains, and that she admitted to the crime in custody.

After tvk decided not to air the final episode of School Days, TV Chiba, TV Aichi, TV Tama (in Saitama), and TV Osaka followed suit. The tvk station had already planned to air the episode with the blood in the violent scene re-colored from red to black, before preempting the episode entirely. The Anime Theater-X (AT-X) satellite channel, which runs School Days repeats after the over-the-air episode premieres, says it is "considering" its plans. AT-X specifically restricts some programming to audiences over 15 years old. The official website for School Days has posted a notice saying that the decision on whether to air the final episode later will be announced the homepage.

The School Days anime is based on an adult computer romance simulation game, in which a girl is torn between her feelings for a boy and her selfless desire to help the boy pursue another girl. Some of the multiple endings of the game involve the characters killing and getting killed in violent manners.

Only School Days and Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai have had their episodes delayed. I doubt Gurren Lagann had anything to do with a sharp blade and killing a person with it. These two on the other hand, share similarities with the incident.

Now I'm really pissed because they delayed the best episodes of both series. Everyone was waiting for the conclusion of School Days' "bad end" and we were just getting to the amazing part of Minagoroshi-hen, but this damn wench had to do something as stupid as to kill her dad just because she hated him, and at the worse possibly freaking time.

I want to know more about the girl... why did she kill her father? Perhaps she was molested. :O

I think the Polygon Episode of Pokemon is being repeated...

The 12th episode of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni Kai murder mystery anime aired on TV Tama in Japan's Saitama Prefecture, Sun TV in Hyogo Prefecture, and Chiba TV in Chiba Prefecture on early Tuesday morning, despite the episode's earlier preempting on two other stations due to an axe murder case — and despite the news reports of a second axe murder attempt.