Kos Rendah

Kos Rendah (Malay for Low Budget), referred to as Kos Rendah: A Low Budget Story outside of Asia, is an anime series by Studio Aura, based off of the Low Budget television franchise. The anime was announced on April 14th, 2021, even though Studio Aura have hinted at a Low Budget anime several months prior. The anime is co-produced by AnimeCore channels AnimeCore Asia and AnimeCore Extra and premiered in October 2021 in Southeast Asia, with a dubbed premiere set for January 2022 on AnimeCore Extra in the United States. Crunchyroll, Funimation and Flare+ would stream the show in North America; there has been no announcement on whether or not Flare+ will stream the series in the UK and Ireland.

In May 2022, AnimeCore Asia and AnimeCore Extra ordered a second and final season, titled Kos Rendah: Pembetulan Ekonomi (Malay for Low Budget: Economy Fix) for a summer 2023 broadcast. Crunchyroll, Funimation and Flare+ would stream the second season in North America. The season would be referred to as Kos Rendah: Economy Fix outside of Asia.

On September 2nd, 2022, YTV 2 announced it had acquired the Canadian broadcast rights to the series in a deal also including other content from AuraNightfall, AnimeCore Extra and AuraAnime Licensing. Dubbed episodes would stream on Teletoon+ in Canada following each episode's YTV 2 broadcast.

Characters

 * Siti binti Jiwa

Premise
Siti binti Jiwa learns that her job would move from Malaysia to Singapore in six months, and that she must save enough money to move there within that timeframe or lose her job. Unwilling to lose her job, she sets up a budget (similar to Mirinda from the main series), cutting out all of her wants in order to save up for the trip. However, she has to overcome obstacles along the way, including pay cuts, lawsuits, and avoiding scams.

Episodes
TBA.

Trivia

 * The anime would be AnimeCore Asia's first original series since Singapore Nights in 2011-13.
 * Portfolio Entertainment have confirmed that they would not be involved in production of the anime due to working on Recovery: A Low Budget Story.
 * This would be the first Low Budget-based series not based on effects of the stock market crash from the original series.