Kadokawa Quality Continues
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Feb 18, 2009 13:18 JST
- Tags: Churuya-san, Haruhi, Haruhi-chan, Kadokawa, Marketing, YouTube
The reign of quality publisher Kadokawa continues with the news that both second episodes of Haruhi-chan and Churuya-san have been released quietly without drama or boatwatching; however, fans may be dismayed to note that the main feature is barely longer than its opening, having become even shorter.
Additionally, Kadokawa have seen fit to completely remove the first episodes (update: they seem to have restored them after a significant period of them being taken offline)…
You can view the second episodes, in all their glorious brevity and with the usual dubious subs, on YouTube. Ero-gamer Nagato does feature.
It seems the length and animation quality have both suffered, with the titles now barely at MAD level; the essential quality of Haruhi-chan remains undiminished at least, though the manga looks all the more compelling.
(Bizarrely, Kadokawa have removed the previous episodes, perhaps mistaking YouTube for a half-baked old media television channel. How do they expect to gain advertising revenue from making people save the anime and watch it locally, instead of revisiting the site?)
It seems they have restored access after quite a few hours offline; it’s not clear what happened there.
Possibly the anime is actually intended just as a commercial for their tacky and ill advised YouTube delivery efforts; certainly it is hard to fathom what they intend to do with it afterwards, as even Haruhi fans may think twice before buying this on DVD, though on the other hand…
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Personally I found the second episode (if we can call it that) a lot funnier than the first.
Thankfully, I ripped the first episodes the day they were released...
The second episode wasn't that bad though. It did make me chuckle.
ero-gamer nagato ftw!
I'll play with you, Yuki!! T_T
they should just focus on making churuya-san coz churuya-san is infinitely better that haruhi-chan right now
i somehow get the feeling that it's made in 3d and they made it look like crappy 2d
ohhh but i kinda like the whole 2d-3d cellshaded look.. but i guess good old hand drawn 2d would be a lot better nyoron~
Despite all the hatred, I kinda like both Haruhi-chan and Churuya.
I think some of you were just expecting too much from the series...
I wasn't even expecting the voices to be made by the original cast...
Even though both of the episodes are short, they were really funny to watch. Churuya san and her "smoked cheese", hahahaha.....
logged on to google..typed "smoke cheese" then click search...LOL! hahahaha the 2nd eps of churuya was indeed hilarious! oh forgot to save the episode..
typing keepvid.com...alright done!
Well, at least Churuya was charmingly funny.
Interesting. Ratings have been disabled as of an hour ago as well...
Also comments
It is because of site maintenance.
Mine included. T_T
Since they apparently clear out negative comments periodically (not confirmed though), it doesn't seem too reliable even when they are up.
I bet their was a shit load of negative comments to boast.
Ah yeah my bad. I just realized I can't comment on any videos lol
Yeah, they should fix that prob.
That "view all comments" trick works not all the time too, pff >_>
wish Haruhi-chan followed suit with Shana-tans & Index-tans quality
Let's hope JC Staff does Taiga-tan too.
While the quality may lack, any means of being able to watch Churuya-san is a good thing.
I'm pretty sure they are doing a Taiga-tan. I believe it was mentioned in a news article on ANN.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2008/11/19/taiga-tan-chibi-toradora-dvd/
They did not publish it as promised.
Hrm
Perhaps you're being a bit too harsh on the quality of the series? Granted it's meant to be a web animation, so I didn't expected it to be of God-tier Kyoani studio quality.
The brevity of this episode is disappointing, but ero-Nagato kinda makes up of it.
I've seen MAD's with better quality. Hell, I've seen flash with better quality.
The first was ok, but this is quite obviously a budget production.
/care
Why, do something better yourself.
I am.
Budget productions don't get the entire voice actor cast of the original series to reprise their roles.
In this case they just spent all their budget on the original cast - the end result is the same.
Besides which, the entire series may only come to half an hour...
it ish not bad! it ish bewy cute and bewy fun so....STFU! its better than nothing...(ah churuya chan...nyo~ron~)
You never give up do you?
You are to be pitied if you can't tell.
Come on, give it a chance it's not that terrible.
It is short but not completely horrible.
Despite it's lack of quality and short air time, I happen to very much enjoy these shorts :3
P.S. Ashakura is so cute!
It's pretty obvious Haruhi-chan was just an afterthought by Kadokawa, so that people would remain interested in Haruhi for when they release season two, some time next decade.
you give them far too much credit >_>
pissed off I can't get to the first ep no more.
It's all over the internet. [Shamisen] fansubs would be your best bet.
I wonder if we'll ever see a Lucky Star Pocket Travelers anime? That was another interesting spin-off of a KyoAni-adapted manga.
What happened to that anyway? I'm still stuck at Ch 2.
uh huh...seeing how season 2 of haruhi is..lucky star ser itason 2 os mini parody appearing on video seems slim....
uh huh…seeing how season 2 of haruhi is..lucky star season 2 or its mini parody series appearing on video seems very very slim….i love lucky star better than haruhi..i know its BLASPHEMY...NOT!
"Bizarrely, Kadokawa have removed the previous episodes, perhaps mistaking YouTube for a half-baked old media television channel."
Totally unlike what Gonzo did with Strike Witches, am I right?
Seriously Artefact, we get that you don't like Haruhi, so why not report on something else, like other web-animations? Maybe something like Candy Boy?
I like Haruhi-chan. It's much better than the original. It's mainly Kadokawa I'm being scathing of.
Weren't Gonzo selling the fansubs for direct download?
Is anyone interested in this "Candy Boy"? Unless Korea tries to ban it, it seems not?
"I like Haruhi-chan."
You definitely have an odd way of showing it :/
I'm not about to be uncritical of something I like. In this case the anime is still lacking...
These are good points.
maybe lasting for about 1-5 mins has something to do with it? or they didnt preserve the original art style of the manga/anime?
I quite liked these, much better than the first two.
That was pretty fast. How often do episodes come out? 1 a week? Is there a certain day they come out each week? I thought I'd have to wait a few more days for this.
Well, considering they seem to be 2-5 minute releases, they damn well better be one week apart, any more is completely unjustifiable for the lack of effort put into it.