With the ongoing Endless Eight debacle disaffecting what remains of their pathetically masochistic fanbase, Kadokawa and Kyoto Animation have seen fit to continue their jolly antics; their latest fascinating marketing strategy is visible in the release details for the DVDs of the “new” series.
As you can see, not only will there likely be four discs of Endless Eight at full price, they are also patting themselves on the back for their cleverness in identifying the discs only by lengthy and non-sequential series of numbers. As expected of marketing geniuses.
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.142857 ¥6,930 (Disc 2)
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.230769 ¥6,930
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.285714 ¥6,930
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.428571 ¥6,930
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.571428 ¥6,930
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.714285 ¥6,930
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.999999 ¥4,830
Doubtless the fact that four of these discs would have to have the same title never even entered into their thinking.
It will certainly be interesting to see the sales figures for these discs…
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Kyoani should deserves "Troll of the year" award.
they created each episode with different director
so
i think it should be treated as normal
because they paid the same as the other episode
so
not really marketing genius but marketing failure
real fans buy all 8 episodes 8 times! dont think it wont happen, more likely than a guy buying 20 copies of idolmaster
will they sell include the season 1 episodes ???
could be each volume got 4 episodes.
or they will put on each volume a endless crap episode ??
will there also be a Blu Ray version.
Is there any one here really going buy it plz send your money to me plz ??
i cannot understand the senseless crap you are spewing
sales figures? more like FAIL figures! OLOLOLOLOLOL I MADE A FUNNY!
I honestly wonder how many copies they'll sell.
Not so many considering people will only need to see one.
I'm thinking Endless Eight was an idea one of the higher-up's girlfriend had, and he had to put it in for the sake of his sex life.
Isn't it worth enough to see Mikuru and Haruhi in all kind of different cute clothes, like bikinis and kimonos?
No.
I can kinda get the fun-factor in this loop. I don't like it, but I understand the idea behind it. What I cannot believe is the fact that about a third of all Haruhi episodes is going to be the same fucking thing.
In 5 years, when some kid decides to watch some anime, he's bound to hear about Haruhi. And what does he see ? 8 episodes out of 25 that are identical. It's just a stain on the overall series.
And I really liked Haruhi...
ill just buy the last one since its the same ep as the other 7 for the 1st ep on the disk and the way out of the loop as the second.
Man, how ignorant can you be? Don't blame KyoAni for this, they're as fed up as we are. The producers are Kadokawa. Why the hell would KyoAni do entirely new animation for each episode if they were just looking for a profit? That was their way of rebelling imo, though they could have done it better. Like different animation styles instead of just different angles and shit. That could have been fun. But anyway, they are not responsible for the direct decision.
How sure are you of this?
Japan's suicide rate probably increased tenfolds after episode 8 aired. Someone better create a Terminator and go back in time to kick 'em KyoAni's butt. "Hasta la vista baby"
I expect some otaku to buy out an entire shop's stock and smash it all right in front of said shop.
Pssh, I'd like to see Haruhi TRY and swing that sword around in the same room as the likes of Baiken.
It's not genius marketing... is just that as long as they can make some profit out of this, they won't really give shit about anything else.
But I still can't decide of what to think of the people that say that they enjoy watching the same shit repeated over and over for more than 8 times. Lest just go with mere pity for now. :D
Only braindead will buy them all. Not even free blowjobs can change that.
The smart thing to do here is just to buy the disc with the actual Endless Eight ending and that's it.
This should be a perfect chance for all Haruhi fans to take a serious stand against this ridiculous nonsense and boycott these piece of shit dvds maybe Kadokawa will get the hint. HOWEVER knowing how retarded otakus in Japan are, the dvds will probably break record sales.
Sounds clever (sarcasm) than GONZO's Rosario+Vampire Capu2's censorship and Moetan episode 6 recap marketing strategy..
Never the less the might be one hardcore fan that will end up buying 10 of each dvd.
I can't wait to see how much they can sell
E8 drives otaku to madness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3g3P_ZfR0M
E8 drives otaku to enlightment
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3g3P_ZfR0M
Woah......he found his NHK device eh?
All the comments here only prove that KyoAni succeeded in epic trolling everybody.
KyoAni is trying to mess with my mind. No worries. It impressed me with the first season, but it didn't intoxicate. If it weren't because of K-on! I'd destroy them!!!
after endless 8, they are gonna make all the new episodes epic.
that wouldnt surprise me...
KYONAI FAIL !!!
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.142857 (5+1/7)
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.230769 (5+3/13)
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.285714 (5+2/7)
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.428571 (5+3/7)
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.571428 (5+4/7)
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.714285 (5+5/7)
涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱5.999999 (5+7/7)
What a nice freaking way to say we're looping your brains out of your heads
Damn it all the helll...
If they copied endless eight 3 times..they should have the time to create THE OTHER EPS..BUt noooooo
Just wait for it. There gonna do something like"
"You can't watch this DVD's unless you insert endless 8 disk # in" for the remainder of the season."
I think the idea of endless eight as not a bad one, they just carried it too far and ruined it completely, leaving bad after taste.
Had they only done four episodes, the fourth being the last one, this could have been epic, unprecedented in anime and very much in tune with Haruhi's eccentric fashion of organizing episodes and storyline.
Second and third would have had to be more different from each other, with the third being close to ending it, (the one with the plane signs) but coming short for the fourth to finish.
I never expect KyoAni to do something like this. Then again, what the hell do I know.
When KyoAni and Kadokawa become bankrupt as a result of no one buying any of the 4+ DVDs of Endless Eight, they'll blame this all on torrents + fansubs. :/
Meh, they have themselves to blame.
Like I said before they were causing controversy in order to sell this crap to market to the masses of fans that would hope this series has something to offer.
And the real sad thing in all this is....people will buy them -_-
Gives new meaning to capitalist scum...
Jesus, are they like stupid or something? I hope they didn't over-produce those DVD's because they're going to have huge inventories of surpluses because no one's going to buy a bajillion DVD's of the same goddamn episode.
Oh KyoAni, when will you stop trolling us?
Fail Troll is Fail
If Bandai Entertainment is interested in getting the second season for an R1 release, how the hell are they going to release all these identical episodes?
If this marketing ploy works... Well, all I'll do is face palm. I lost my faith in humanity a long, long time ago over more serious issues than professional trolls.
I've heard it said that if you want to train a dog, you should not always give it rewards for the desired behavior (but also never punish it for the desired behavior).
Maybe there's something similar relating to gambling and our monkey-brains ("Maybe... maybe, THIS episode will be 'real'. I'd better watch it just in case").
Haruhi second season has been on my friends' weekly anime-watching lineup, but I've just been sleeping through them.
And if I miss something 'real' -- at this point, I just don't care.
Do they actually compete for the trolling master title ?
If they keep up with E8 for a month, they will earn it. For sure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3g3P_ZfR0M
Lol what?
They ARE sequential.
Discs from 2 to 7, excluding 3 are 5 + x/7, where x is a number from 1 to 5.
3 is special for some reason, it's 5 + 3/13
This is true. Impressive. :) But what about the 8th disc?
I don't know.
Rumored re-done Asahina Mikuru no Bouken Episode00, probably?
Um. Let's see.
2006 Season was released on 8 DVD.
The first DVD was simply called "Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00". Seven other DVDs were called "Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu N", where N was a number from 1 to 7.
Now, seeing as new episodes are trying to fill up the gaps in Haruhi timeline, DVD 1 of new series is called "4: Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" because it goes in between of original DVD #4 episodes and everything else is called 5.xxx because they go after DVD#5 (Lone Island Syndrome 1-2) and DVD#6 (Live Alive and Day of the Saggitarius).
Oh. That could be right. Maybe some more opinions could help to confirm if more people have the same POV or think this could be correct. Maybe you could tell Artefact about this, he's the one who posted the news. He might correct his/her original post to add this, if that's possible. Oh well :)
Hmm, were there rumors about that? Interesting :)
I'm not getting something, though. Disc 2 is mentioned with the 1st vol., but where is the first disc or does volume 1 begin with the 2nd disc? I'm a bit confused :)
How the fuck can japan justify a whooping 7000 yen price tag for an anime dvd. Why not just fuck the customer in the ass whilst they're at it. DVD is a dated 10 year old format too, give us blueray at least.
This is why piracy is good, pirate away andd hope these greedy fuckers go bankrupt, they deserve it.
I hope haurhi folds soon, this anime is done, they can't take this shit any further, it's become a sad joke.
For reasons God only knows, people still buy them. I don't know why anybody would, but I also don't know why all those idiots are buying up everything from guitars to rice cookers just because they were in K-On! As ridiculous as it is, I'll bet these DVDs WILL sell. A lot.
Otaku complain, and they should, but as long as KyoAni still makes a profit, why would they care?
Blu-ray will never become as widely supported as DVD, industry thinks that the future lies in internet distribution.
And DVD isn't really dated, it's enough for ~90% of anime out there. That is, if done properly. Haruhi S1 DVDs were almost perfect.
"This is why piracy is good, pirate away andd hope these greedy fuckers go bankrupt, they deserve it"
Yes, and why stop at KyoAni. All those other animation studios should go bankrupt too! :p
no just no, fool.
Since the early '00s, the cost of a DvD was in the range of 6,800 yen. If you include the World Wide (Soon to be DEPRESSION) recession. The increase to 6,930 yen wasn't too far to be expected. And don't forget the Sales TAX along with that price-tag.
Most Blu-ray sale around the $100 range these days and those sales are still not in the ballpark in sales to the "lowly" DvD.
REMEMBER THIS FACT
Ever since the ancient days of the Betamax/VHS era, there where always -2- episodes in every tape! That's right, Otakus have been buying those varients since the '80s and that trend won't be stopping anytime soon.. unless the economy bottoms out and EVERTHING will require a barrel cart of cash to buy it.
No matter how nerdy an Otaku will be, he can't love his anime while starving.
They should release them like a CCG. Each $80 box contains a random episode of Endless Eight - can you collect them all?
This is SHEER BRILLIANCE my good Anon
We all know that Haruhi looser otaku out there are going to buy like 10 dvds a person and proudly display them.
and we will laugh
I wouldn't buy the endless eight dvds if they gave me a blowjob for doing it.
Well... in that case...
I'd buy them, get the blowjob, then return them unopened for a refund.
Unless it's Hirano Aya, no, even that won't do.
I would take a blowjob from aya. It'll be a nice way to not have to hear her annoying as fuck voice
Butthurt much?
Hating something is so cool, isn't it?
I don't care what's on the disc, you will never see me spending $70 for a DVD.
But it could be Disappearence! You won't know unless you buy, it's what kyoAni is hoping for.
amen
Maybe they will pair 1 episode of the "endless eight" and 1 episode of other non-"endless eight" on the CD, and assume that this season 2 will be comprised of 16 episodes and 2 episodes on each CD,,,
very good marketing strategy there you have, mister
..........
..CD?
You talking about the "Hong Kong" edition release here?
CD,,, DVD,,, Bluray,,, you name it :P
~ Hmmm.....
Never watched haruhi,i don't undestand the greatness of haruhi.
it's about some girl who's delirious about aliens , eventually end up with some superstition characters : back-to-the-future boobie girl , robot stick girl , japanese-style esper girl , and your average japanese man. Their goal is to observe Haruhi due to her unconscious ability to warp time , ...seriously. and that's the greatness of Haruhi.
japanese-style esper girl ??? who?
Mr. T
Me either, I'd like to know more so I know if it's worth watching, but I'm still not sure what the endless eight thing is about?
It's not worth watching.
mmm... if they stopped after the third or fourth, it might have been rewarding to watch; it would pay off in the end.
with eight, it's definitely not worth it.
you can only wait in line for your food so long... before you don't want it anymore.
Finally I know what this endless eight is about, well for me, if I really enjoy something I like getting any sort of new material.
But having said that, it just seems extremely lazy, Usually things get repeative after the third of forth times, but eight? It just seems like their asking for trouble.
It seems to me, and this isn't the first time, that they seem to like or at least continue to treat their fanbase like shit and wall all over them.
It disturbs me that they can pass this off as a new season and I feel sorry for the people who really enjoy haruhi and get something like this as new content.
I guess I understand why a lot of people are upset about this.
ah....but after waiting for 3 years, 8 weeks seems short in comparison.
*just another haruhi-ist trying to convince himself that what he believes in is true*
Yea, then you'll have a perfectly valid and logical reason to kill yourself! :D
I've thus far greatly enjoyed watching the same thing every week. Oddly, laughing at the same jokes done in different ways per episode is entertaining in and of itself. Still, there's no way in hell I'd rewatch all eight at once like I would the original fourteen episodes.
I disagree with Artefact. Watch every second of it, or you will be sorry.
This idea of making the same episode *differently* 8 times is kinda neet but they need to listen to their fanbase. The only reason this second season is made is because of the fans, Haruhism exists only because of the fans.
And the fans are nos so much complaining about endless eight's concept but the pricing, they feel ripped off. And they are right.
When they antagonize their fan base so much they deserve all the shit that goes their way.
If the fans are complaining about
Only if you like moe with some well written cynically super overly sarcastic protagonists though.
Took you 5-6 episodes?
When I heard that the episode 3 was the same as episode 2 I stopped bothering with it.
we weren't familiar to K-on as we did haruhi, I mean it's three years later of this known franchise and there has been only 1 new episode.
Dropped it like on the 5th or 6th endless 8 ep can't tell the difference anymore.
"only if you like generic moe blob crap with rehashed characters were all familiar with."
fixed
“only if you like generic moe blob crap with rehashed characters were all familiar with.”
Isn't that K-On?
Every time an Endless Eight episode is aired, haruhists sacrifice a kitten. THINK OF TEH KITTENS! Stop this madness!
If I had the money to spare, I'd probably buy them.
I will probably buy it when it comes out in the US. I could careless if it's the same episode multiple times. If I can handle school for 180 days a year, I can handle 8 episodes of this.
all hail the kings of trolls
looks like Kadokawai got masochist and gay
who like to buy his stuff, BETTER than former Haruhi fans
i don't see logic reason for them trolling this much...
KyoAni is a master troll, even better than SHAFT or Sunrise.
Dont even care anymore, i like endless eight to the point of watching it but it certainly brought haruhi season 2 down from the top spots in my what-to-fucking-watch list.
i would say kyoani knows whats good and that they can and will get away with this. Whatever, just end it before episode 10 and ill be happy.
what is wrong with you
that's not genius fans are stupid that's all.
For the last seven weeks I've systematically smoked a blunt and watched an episode of Endless 8.
I think this week is the last one because it's called endless EIGHT and it will be the EIGHTH episode, so like Kortaku, I'm still satisfied.
Don't be fool Shaft and Sunrise dont do such thing with their shows.... SZS, MSG OO,etc.
Yeh well, what do you expect from one company that can't even make out a single word of their name, another stolen from the Japanese flag and the other after another name for cock. Trolls from the moment their companies came into existence I say.
This must be the most pathetic insult I've ever come across.
you can't insult the truth.
At least shaft and sunrise don't make th same episode 8 times and sell it at the same full price...
KYOANI are thief!... And I was thinking that they will sell a chronological DVD/BD edition with old and new episodes... how naive I am!
The new era of copy protection:
Defeat torrents with duplicate title names and non-integer episode numbers.
Don't buy the DVDs. You'll waaste your money!
You mean "waste"? ^^;
WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAthegameAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASTE
F*** you I just lost the game... T_T
No, he means waaste
no he means "waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaste"
To think that Shaft just made an anime with 2 almost identical episodes. But then again, "Natsu no Arashi!" Playback Part 1 and Part 2 were interesting and funny.
Those were two episodes... not 9 (nine foking episodes!...)...
KyoAni Sucks... they make K-on just som kawai-moe anime and miss the yuri thinks of mugi!
The Cutie Cherry-chan episode was great if only because of the weird cosplaying and Jun's character songs playing in the background. I don't think of it as an identical episode.