Last Exile wrote:I prefer to think that KyoAni made nothing after FMP Fumoffu.

Mappy wrote:Once more the fandumb over Endless Eight continues….

I stopped watching this after the second E8 episode. I actually follow it in places like this blog, because it has been more interesting that way, but the repetition of comments and criticisms (from both sides of the fence) are starting to feel like Endless Sheight, itself. I am not immune, as I’ve tended to say the same thing, over and over. What follows is unlikely to be any different.

In the planning stages, this must have looked like a really interesting idea: to convey the boredom Yuki is feeling through the seemingly mindless repetition by showing that repetition on-screen.

At the same time, a studio that has been criticised for not giving people the Haruhi second season immediately after the first in 2006 (and giving them Key adaptations, Lucky Star, K-ON and Muntofail instead) has the opportunity to hit back by making the fans understand the full, horrifying reality of being “careful of what you wish for”.

However, the viewing audience isn’t like Yuki. At all. Whilst Yuki is trapped in the repeating world, the viewing audience isn’t. They can tune out whenever they wish. And they have been. Sure, the die-hards are holding on for dear life, but with E8 running through the arrival of the new anime season, there are so many shiny new shows to take the innately inherent ritalin-munching anime fan attention away from Haruhi that it surely has to be suffering in terms of ratings. Not that that matters much, with so many people watching it online, these days, but still.

And it certainly wasn’t going to please the KyoAni detractors. KyoAni can now (justifiably) stand up and say “see, we knew we wouldn’t be able to please you, so we’re never returning to Haruhi again”. One feels that they might have even done this to kill off Haruhi for good. Or, at the very least, the demands that they make more.

*shrug* Whatever happens, now, will happen. I was hoping for a decent Vanishment arc, but that’s looking less likely with each episode, now.

Mappy wrote:My comments on the Random Curiosity blog about Endless Sheight:

Mappy wrote:Once more the fandumb over Endless Eight continues….

I stopped watching this after the second E8 episode. I actually follow it in places like this blog, because it has been more interesting that way, but the repetition of comments and criticisms (from both sides of the fence) are starting to feel like Endless Sheight, itself. I am not immune, as I’ve tended to say the same thing, over and over. What follows is unlikely to be any different.

In the planning stages, this must have looked like a really interesting idea: to convey the boredom Yuki is feeling through the seemingly mindless repetition by showing that repetition on-screen.

At the same time, a studio that has been criticised for not giving people the Haruhi second season immediately after the first in 2006 (and giving them Key adaptations, Lucky Star, K-ON and Muntofail instead) has the opportunity to hit back by making the fans understand the full, horrifying reality of being “careful of what you wish for”.

However, the viewing audience isn’t like Yuki. At all. Whilst Yuki is trapped in the repeating world, the viewing audience isn’t. They can tune out whenever they wish. And they have been. Sure, the die-hards are holding on for dear life, but with E8 running through the arrival of the new anime season, there are so many shiny new shows to take the innately inherent ritalin-munching anime fan attention away from Haruhi that it surely has to be suffering in terms of ratings. Not that that matters much, with so many people watching it online, these days, but still.

And it certainly wasn’t going to please the KyoAni detractors. KyoAni can now (justifiably) stand up and say “see, we knew we wouldn’t be able to please you, so we’re never returning to Haruhi again”. One feels that they might have even done this to kill off Haruhi for good. Or, at the very least, the demands that they make more.

*shrug* Whatever happens, now, will happen. I was hoping for a decent Vanishment arc, but that’s looking less likely with each episode, now.

Mappy wrote:My comments on the Random Curiosity blog about Endless Sheight:

Mappy wrote:Once more the fandumb over Endless Eight continues….

I stopped watching this after the second E8 episode. I actually follow it in places like this blog, because it has been more interesting that way, but the repetition of comments and criticisms (from both sides of the fence) are starting to feel like Endless Sheight, itself. I am not immune, as I’ve tended to say the same thing, over and over. What follows is unlikely to be any different.

In the planning stages, this must have looked like a really interesting idea: to convey the boredom Yuki is feeling through the seemingly mindless repetition by showing that repetition on-screen.

At the same time, a studio that has been criticised for not giving people the Haruhi second season immediately after the first in 2006 (and giving them Key adaptations, Lucky Star, K-ON and Muntofail instead) has the opportunity to hit back by making the fans understand the full, horrifying reality of being “careful of what you wish for”.

However, the viewing audience isn’t like Yuki. At all. Whilst Yuki is trapped in the repeating world, the viewing audience isn’t. They can tune out whenever they wish. And they have been. Sure, the die-hards are holding on for dear life, but with E8 running through the arrival of the new anime season, there are so many shiny new shows to take the innately inherent ritalin-munching anime fan attention away from Haruhi that it surely has to be suffering in terms of ratings. Not that that matters much, with so many people watching it online, these days, but still.

And it certainly wasn’t going to please the KyoAni detractors. KyoAni can now (justifiably) stand up and say “see, we knew we wouldn’t be able to please you, so we’re never returning to Haruhi again”. One feels that they might have even done this to kill off Haruhi for good. Or, at the very least, the demands that they make more.

*shrug* Whatever happens, now, will happen. I was hoping for a decent Vanishment arc, but that’s looking less likely with each episode, now.

ARTA8SIMS wrote:OK, EP8 is fine but the endless 1 I think we should just watch the very 1st 1 and a random 1 in the middle and the end of it and forget all other BX eps.

Mappy wrote::hmm: Well, it has pretty much guaranteed we aren't going to continue playing it, that's for sure.

Last Exile wrote:

Mappy wrote::hmm: Well, it has pretty much guaranteed we aren't going to continue playing it, that's for sure.

The Wise One has spoken. And so it shall be law!

Mappy wrote:

Last Exile wrote:

Mappy wrote::hmm: Well, it has pretty much guaranteed we aren't going to continue playing it, that's for sure.

The Wise One has spoken. And so it shall be law!

Although it would amuse me if we actually played the first Endless Eight episode 7 times and nobody noticed.

Mappy wrote:

Last Exile wrote:

Mappy wrote::hmm: Well, it has pretty much guaranteed we aren't going to continue playing it, that's for sure.

The Wise One has spoken. And so it shall be law!

Although it would amuse me if we actually played the first Endless Eight episode 7 times and nobody noticed.

Dhumahn wrote:http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-10-08/disappearance-of-haruhi-suzumiya-film-announced-for-2010

Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Film Announced for 2010

Film to open in Japanese theaters in Spring of 2010

"The final episode of the "renewed" airing of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime series ended on Friday with a teaser of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (Suzumiya Haruhi no Shōshitsu) film. The film will open in Japanese theaters in the spring of 2010. More details will be provided on the anime franchise's official homepage at a later date. "

At least Hitler will finally be happy