"Jin Kobayashi : The Principal of School Rumble..."

"Jin Kobayashi : The Principal of School Rumble..."

Creator and author of School Rumble. In the anime, he voices the role of Sailor F in Episode 25. He also narrates the prehistoric section of OVA 2. He seems to be interested in keeping a low profile and as such, relatively little is known about him. An interesting point is that Kobayashi-sensei's appearance resembles Harima, a fact that caused some fan speculation on how much of Harima is based off of himself.

Of the few public events he has joined, Kobayashi Jin has been seen at the 6th Comic Exhibition at Taipei and also Kawaii Kon 2006 in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Kobayashi Jin was born on 25th May, 1977. He was either born in Tokyo or Chiba, based on two conflicting accounts.Kobayashi Jin started to draw manga seriously in his college years. In 2001, he won the Weekly Shounen Magazine’s Rookie Award (only open to amateurs), giving him the opportunity to serialise School Rumble in the same magazine in the following year, where he has continued to write for the past 4 years. In 2006, Natsu no Arashi, another manga by him started in GanGan WING.

• Favourite Manga: Doraemon


• Favourite Idol: Indiana Jones


• Favourite Food: Curry


• Least Favourite Food: Shrimp


• Favorite School Rumble Character: Takano Akira


• Hobby: Basketball


• Famous Friends: Akamatsu Ken (mangaka - Love Hina/Negima), Arima Keitarou (Tsukuyomi Moonphase).

source: Wannabe Fansubs.info (Article and Picture), Yahoo Image Search (Pictures).

"Let's Get Ready To Rumble with School Rumble!"

"Let's Get Ready To Rumble with School Rumble!"

School Rumble (スクールランブル) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi and serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine. The final chapter was released on July 23, 2008, and the 283 chapters were collected in 22 bound volumes by Kodansha. The sequel, School Rumble Z, is published in the monthly Shōnen Magazine Special as well, but the first two chapters (as of late October) have been short, one chapter stories. The series ended in June 2008.

School Rumble has made the transition into other media as well. A 26-episode anime adaptation was broadcast on TV Tokyo between October 2004 and April 2005. In December 2005, a two-part OVA entitled School Rumble: Extra Class was released. Later between April and September 2006 a second season entitled School Rumble - Second Semester was broadcast on TV Tokyo. Finally, another OVA, entitled School Rumble: 3rd Semester was released bundled with volumes 21 and 22 of the Japanese School Rumble manga. Three video games were also produced; Two were released for the PlayStation 2 (PS2) in July 2005 and July 2006 and a PlayStation Portable (PSP) game in 2005. Two light novels written by Hiroko Tokita and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi were published in April 2004 and December 2007 entitled School Rumble: Koi, Shirisomeshi koro ni (スクールランブル～恋、知りそめし頃に～) and School Rumble: Me wa Megalodon no Me (スクールランブル～メはメガロドンのメ～) respectively. In addition, four official guidebooks written and illustrated by Jin Kobayashi for the series has been released: School Rumble: Private File, School Rumble: Official File, School Rumble: Pleasure File and School Rumble: Treasure File.

School Rumble is published in English by Del Rey Manga. Unlike other Del Rey releases, the manga uses the original Japanese naming order (family name followed by the given name) to preserve the puns in the manga. Funimation Entertainment released the first volume and starter box set on August 21, 2007.

"The First day of School..."

Tsukamoto Tenma has long been keeping her love to her schoolmate, Karasumaru, a secret until one day she heard that Karasumaru is going to move within a month. Feeling desperate Tenma tries any possible way to reveal her feelings to Karasumaru, aided by her little sister Yakumo, and fellow classmates.

On the other side, a young delinquent Harima Kenji falls in love to the seemingly innocent Tenma, but all his attempts have been failing at all times. Would Tenma finally realize Kenji's hidden feelings? Would Tenma's burning love reach the cold and flat Karasumaru? School Rumble follows the funny adventures of Tenma and Kenji with their love confession trials, misunderstandings, and laugh-able desperate measures of teen romance.

source: Wikipedia.org and Minitokyo.net (Article)