“If We Do A Haruhi Movie, It’ll Be Endless Eight Again”
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Aug 8, 2009 18:45 JST
- Tags: Bizarre, Haruhi, Kyoto Animation, Movies, Production Controversy
Haruhi director Tatsuya Ishihara has expressed an interest in making any movie edition of Haruhi another iteration of the reviled Endless Eight saga.
The interviewer poses the strictly hypothetical question of what material might be used to create a Haruhi movie, much to the consternation of 2ch:
“There are a lot of episodes from the novels which have not been animated. We’d love to hear which of those you would like to make into a movie.”
Ishihara: “Endless Eight… :-) Can’t we do that again, adding some new extras, try some film tricks out? Or is it too much? :-)”
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I can just imagine it... two hours straight of seeing the same events repeat itself again and again, leaving with an indefinite ending, doomed to continue the endless cycle.
id start peeling the skin off my fingers just to keep myself amused
Make that "start peeling the skin off my dick".
FUKKEN HAET TO ENDLESS EIGHT!!
more nightmare for the harutits?? ;_;
Seems like he wants to torture Haruhiist.
No. I mean, i do loev Haruhi. But that Endless Eight arc? No.
HE. IS. JOKING.
JOKING???
HELL YEAH ENDLESS EIGHT AGAIN IS TRUE
MAKE ALL LAUGH
I KNOW SOME GAY LOVE TO BECOME MASOCHIST BY SEE ENDLESS EIGHT MOVIE VERSION
BETTER JOKE?
SVCK YOUR OWN DICK, YOU WORTHLESS GAY WHO LIKE GET TROLLED
If he makes one more joke like this, he's gonna be invited to a private, one to one talk with Altaïr's palm(and its little metallic buddy).
Hilarious.
Absolutely hilarious idea. Remember, this kyutard can't make a FIVE hour movie profitable. So a hour and half show can be made and the idea of the repeating story isn't new.. I hate bringing this up since I've been knocking down all those morons here trying to compare that TWO MONTH long travesty to the movie 'Groundhog Day'.
Simply put, now I'm comparing a Movie to a possible movie and 'Endless Eight' could be told as such. Problems with that is the lack of history of all the characters which can't be crammed into the movie to make it understandable.
..Also, 'Endless Eight' was the Dullest story from '~Haruhi' ever to be put on t.v. in the HISTORY of Anime! 'Angel's Egg' was a roller coaster of high action in comparison!
Imagine yourself watching a home video of you walking around, going to the store(misc) stopping by a friends house and gab, sitting down watching the tv, driving around, complaining about the shitty food you've been eating made by your parents (wedded other), finishing off a beer, and then finally going to sleep.. uninterrupted for FIVE FUCKIN' HOURs....
That was the FIRST EPISODE feeling I got from that abomination. I can not imagine how this kyutard can pull anything of worth out of that fucking crap.
The only way for the kyutardies to make a movie about '~Haruhi' would be to make a tale that weaves in the meeting of Kyon and Haruhi that leads them to a Epic Tale of .. well, whatever Epic it could be.
A six-paragraph rant in response to an obvious joke interview response from KyoAni? You have got to be the most easily trolled person in existence.
lolz
OR you can just leave the theatre...
can you get your money back?
fuck you ishihara with that endless eight shit
He's trolling.
Actually, Groundhog Day was quite a good movie, imho ;D
Yeah but in groundhog day he was aware of it through out the whole movie and decided to do what ever he wanted.
and it ended in a romantic way
NOT THIS PIECE OF SHIT FO A CONCEPT
If Kyon had remembered everything Haruhi would send him insane.
Nagato:"On the 1,634th, 3,948th, 6,592nd and 10,287th iterations Kyon forcibly initiated intercourse with Haruhi."
"during all of them, Haruhi decided that once is not enough and spend the whole summer break in Kyon's room"
ans still she wasn't satisfied
In the ass, in the cunt, in the mouth, btw the tits, btw the legs, foot fuckin', in the arm pit...
Skull fucking, ear fucking, Nose fuckin', the Other eye socket, made various holes with a dagger fuckin', brain fuckin', Hell- Corpse Fuckin'!
Haruhi with Nagato, with the big titty girl, ~with Nagato and the big titty girl, the entire posse in the nasty yaoi land of sick~
And Still!...
The Corpse of Haruhi is not satisfied.
Repeat.
and i'll call it "the aristocrats!"
WIN!
LOL The Aristocrats: Japanese Home Edition
XDXD
Groundhog Day was good movie, because they actually made every day preety much different, not showing same scene over and over again, just focusing on things that differ all those days.
If it was "Kagetsu Tohya" movie announcement by Type-Moon I would probably jizz in my pants, since it's goldmine of totally different routes, scenes and (sometimes creepy, sometimes hillarious) Bad Ends.
When I hear that KyoAni consider making the movie of same fucking 30 page story they already did SO MANY FUKKING TIMES I can't help but to rage, to avoid mantal breakdown. I just can't... fuck... brb, shooting range.
“Kagetsu Tohya” movie?
I doubt it would work as well as you think.
'Type Moon' always tried different routes in every game they've made. That's why those games drew in so many people.
I wished they'd do '~Atraxia' though. Loved that game!
you mean 4 eps of endless eight? hell that's less than the original episode run.
I thought there is already a movie like that called Vantage Point.
Except throughout that movie, it was shown through different perspectives with added scenes accompanying those viewpoints and added a bit of a clue each time.
'Vantage Point' was a great idea.. but by the 4th replay I couldn't stop my hand from rushing to the FF button.
I was one of the unlucky ones that saw that in theaters...God that movie was horrible...you could hear the crowd moan every time it restarted. =/
He intended it to be a joke. If you didn't get that then you're fucking stupid.
I intended it to be a joke. If you didn't get that, then you're fucking retarded.
Got that wrong,
HE is the joke.
You can't eat a baby then make jokes about cannibalism.
The eighth circle of hell it is. Ah the goddess provides both pleasure and pain.
~ I have to agree with that 110%..
It was enjoyable to see and read of all the (overly) dramatic(s) which ensure over the E8's, as I was also amazed, at the QOS that everyone needed to sustain themselves.
love those drawning much better/cooler, for the pic
They can release a DVD that replays automatically!
:Clock ticks to 6AM:
♪"Then put your little hand in mine
There ain't no hill or mountain we can't climb..."♫
♫"Babe"♪
♪"I got you babe"♫
♫"I got you babe..."♪
"Okay campers, RISE AND SHINE! Don't forget your booties, because it's COLD out there!"
"It's cold out there everyday."
"What is this, Miami Beach?"
"Not hardly."
It's still less time than the anime has subjected us to...
I don't really think it sounds like he's serious. It sounds more like he's just teasing 2ch.
Even if he is just teasing, I can assure many people reading this will get pissed off.
I am one..
Count me in.
Me too. Me too.
Indeed, since it's basically him insinuating that he'll refuse to say something along the lines of, "Oh, yeah... Endless Eight sort of sucked. We didn't really know what we were doing because I'm a philistine tightwad who never saw Groundhog Day, or Higurashi no Naku Koro ni, or Blind Chance, or Lola Rennt, or 12:01 PM, nor have I ever played a game like Majora's Mask. The only thing that keeps me going in this industry is my ego and pride, and having to admit such a thing would easily hurt both."
It would be like a Nazi teasing a Jew by saying "Hey man, you look like you could use a shower." Serious or not, it's completely distasteful and not likely to be taken in good humor.
I actually find that hilarious.
Don't expect sympathy from Holocaust survivors. Be more sensible, please.
Distasteful? More like hilarious.
A movie eh?
Endless Eight is too much
oh man not again..
this will never end! XD
NO. Just. no.
And what is poor Mikuru doing there??
i think the picture is kinda cute, wallpaper quality
we are trapped in an endless recursion of time..
if an endless 8 movie happens, and not a disappearance movie or anything else..
im sure 4chan and 2ch will rage so much that the internet will overload its tubes.
Endless night is endless
wow, what a troll
NO MAS, POR FAVOR!!!
srly, i was forced to watch every single one just because it was Suzumiya Haruhi anime, but making a movie of it... JUST NO!!! *sobs like a baby*
he's trolling
He's obviously joking, asking "Or is it too much?" There's no way he could possibly be serious, NO-ONE could rise to the top of the anime industry by being THAT stupid... or so I thought before they made Endless Eight in the first place. Now, I'm actually not so sure.
Maybe they idea was: 'Hey, let's make this new series REALLY shitty, like so shitty and boring, everyone would be surprised, and we'll get our share of attention'. Stupid retards.
They repeated the same shit 6 times. They CAN be THAT stupid, and more.
Just try it you shameless bastard, I'll shove this movie up your ass. And have I actually watched Endless Eight? No! I'm not THAT retarded.
It COULD be interesting if they would show how everyone felt the endless eight
Kyon's loop
Koizumi's loop
Nagato's loop
You get the idea
Don't give the man ideas..
Kyon: notto disu shitto agen
Koizumi: Kyon in a swimsuit MMM-HMMMM
Nagato: idc
Mikuru: I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON SO HERE ARE MY BOOBS
There you go.
+1 xD
+2
+3
+4
...So if he KNOWS no one was going to like it, WHY DID HE DO IT?
Fire him. ¬_¬
they need to replace this director with someone else, he's just a fucking moron.
If they really do a Haruhi Movie that was set on the events of Endless Eight, i'd say Japanese Film has already reached hollywood slump levels.
*facepalm*
He is enjoying... orz
This guy's a sadist.
Looking forward to that movie!
A idiot will forever be an idiot.
Dear Diary: made the Excalibur face for the first time in days. New record?
Soul Eater's Excalibur? Awesome! =w=
And the Excalibur face is the face people make when they see Excalibur. This made me make that face.
The consument is king. Just don't buy the shit and they won't make the shit. Simple, really.
NUCLEAR RAGE
I have 2 words to say to the guy.
FUCK
YOU
PWND!!
So its like Groundhog Day but kawaii?
can Bill Murray be in it?
Lost in translation 2: The Groundhog Day of Haruhi Suzimiya.
I want a musical Endless Eight just for the heck of it.
FUCK YEAH, FUND IT!
Oh, he can make another 4 loops (2hr divided by 25 min)
KyoAni at its finest.
YEAHHHH!! Now this is a waste of money! Kinda makes me wonder why Gonzo is in tight budget these days...
They should go and make a movie out of Planetarian instead. Second best Key game after Clannad.
You sir, are a genius.
Agreed, do want.
+1
Though 3 OVAs might be better. My attention span is the usual 23-26 mins, so movies are sort of...
You have a great idea there, sir. Need to tell kyoani about this idea of yours, but how?
Sheesh, it's like they've been taking notes from Nintendo of America on how to piss their fans off.
people missed the sarcasm in his words...
Yes, they did. Because people are stupid.
hes just fucking trolling us...
you can tell by his emocon
indeed, and by the post that you can read below, he fukken trolled a lot of people :D
if he does this again i will kick his fuckin arse up to heaven and give him a divine kick into the bottom of hell to be raped by gay gansters and then have him castrated. a haruhi movie is a good idea but on things not adapted, not this shit or a repeat of anime. def don;t want to see that until i seen all been adapted into anime as it is a brilliant show aside from endless eight after the third episode
Endless Eight was painful to watch, yes. But you can't deny that the concept behind it is hysterical.
I have to wonder... exactly why is it painful to watch a fucking television show? You guys are really uptight. It's for fun. Get over yourselves.
I love Endless Eight just because it proved how many of you are fucking idiots.
Lovely comment, I can agree to your opinion that the concept behind it is hysterical. Isn't it interesting to question something? Love for the philosophy and all theories!
yeh its for fun....watching the same shit with a few minor changes isnt fun...at least for me.
(not a haruhi fan since 2006)
You seem like someone who would watch grass grow. People who enjoyed the anti-climactic arc are obviously easily amused. You should buy the DVD's and watch them ALL everyday in an Endless Eight two week marathon.
HYSTERICAL MY ASS!! I still say EE is a shit,it is possible to watch a good show more than 8 or more times but EE was neither good nor memorable. It's just that you love trolling show and any shit Kyo ani makes.
Another endless days? Who's the idiot who hired this guy? May he felt the fury of all otakus around the world..
You are a fucking idiot.
Love, K.
fuck you, ishihara!
ENDLESS RAGE
Its a joke, but this is not even joking material... If he does even another joke, he is going to get death notes all over His office.
And they won't be mine.
Cheers,
Nick
Jokes like this are how the Japanese deal with this kind of situation. If you read the comment in a cultural context, you realize that he's making a pretty severe criticism of of the idiot producers.
Openly criticizing your business partners and bosses JUST ISN'T DONE in Japan. Making an oblique reference in a joking fashion like this is about as scathing as it gets.
once you enter the theater you will never come out for another 5430 year :D
YES PLEASE
Reads to me like he's taking the piss. I mean, he surely must be aware that the fanbase isn't exactly delighted with Endless Eight's TV interpretation.
Either way one could argue it's not something to make light of, and I'm sure many viewers will find it insulting. But then, I think you have to step back and say to yourself: "it is just a TV show."
Indeed. It is just a TV Show.
If you get insulted by them trying out new things, then you need to grow up.
Why all the ruckus? Just don't watch it. Leave it~ and all problems are solved.
Moar love for Endless Eight <3
Oooh! Well they can run the 'Endless Eight' movie again as long as every one that watches gets their last 5 years of life back, and its July 2004 by the time we are done watching it.
Joke or not, the idea of a Haruhi movie is quite interesting. Now, what material would we put in the movie?
I think the most appropriate would be the Intrigues of Suzumiya Haruhi. Or maybe... maybe NEW material not included in the novels? :)
Agreed. Intrigues would make any Haruhi fan feel much more comfortable with the series...
Fuck you director.
Fuck you director.
HA! HA!
Even directors like to troll sometimes.
woohoo if the release Endless eight movie.
100 % buy nice thinking of the director.
fucking master troll.
I know he's joking but it still pisses me off.
he's a mother fucking sadist
Fuck you.
I believe otakus deserved this.
I really hope most of the above pissed off people are joking. Like Ishihara clearly was. Harmless throwaway jests are apparently Serious Business now.
What a boastful Jackass this guy is. Why not just jump off a bridge to see if it might be painful? If this "Endless Eight" was any indication of what not to do maybe drinking ebola water would be a good idea as well?
On the contrary, his tone makes it seem to me that he (and the rest of Kyoto Animation, if you've read some of the other comments that have come out of the studio) are just as unhappy with the situation as the rest of us. Because of the way things work in Japanese society, he can't come right out and SAY that, but just making the joke (which is what this obviously is) IMPLIES as much.
It's pretty clear at this point that stretching out EE was Kadokawa's decision, not KyoAni's. The studio was stuck: either do it the way Kadokawa told them to, or don't do it at all. They decided to try and make the best of a bad situation. It's Kadokawa that deserves the hate, here.
If KyoAni disliked endless eight and had any semblance of integrity they would say "fuck no" so they deserve equal blame.
I hope the dvds sell only a few hundred copies, if not i'd say we need more truckdrivers stabbing every Haruhi fan around akihabara.
I don't necessarily disagree that it might have been better for artistic integrity to walk away than to do it this way, but I don't know what that would have entailed contractually. Breaking a contract isn't always that easy to do - that's just the reality of doing business.
At the very least, I don't think it's fair to say the blame is "equal," and certainly not without knowing the details of the contract.
Does Anonymous have proof of this? That Kadokawa is the one who stipulated that in the contract?
Strangly, the thing that annoyed me most was everytime Haruhi walked in with an ice lolly and told the crew there was no pay for working so hard, she just wanted the bloody suits for herself
only in japan could they get away with this crap.
just with harutards
I bet they're just doing the endless eight thing cause they have no idea how to continue the series
They did the Endless Eight thing because Kadokawa doesn't want Disappearance animated yet, if at all. Kadokawa has been fighting with the author over royalties ever since the first anime, which is why the tenth novel keeps being delayed. In response, Kadokawa has been dragging its feet on further anime adaptations.
According to the scuttlebutt on 2ch, Kadokawa insisted on doing Endless eight over many episodes, in part to cut costs by reusing footage and in part to avoid doing Disappearance during this series. KyoAni appears to have fought them over it for some time (hence the delay in airing) before MOSTLY giving in ("mostly" because they ended reusing footage much less than Kadokawa wanted). At least one producer has already been fired by Kadokawa because of the backlash.
Of course, no one at either KyoAni or Kadokawa is going to address this openly, but jokes like this one that Ishihara made make it clear that KyoAni isn't happy with how they were forced to do it.
Any SOLID proof behind all your claims except for some random 2ch trollposts?
If it's it japanese, it must be true!
I read the 2ch posts frequently and it's just about everywhere. However, it's still only a rumor. No one has any solid proof and there have been fake articles related to this before...
I, for one, wouldn't be surprised if it were true, but regardless, it happened and we just need to calm down and hopefully get back on track with the series... assuming it comes back on track...
No, no proof, but it seems consistent with the facts that we DO have. MORE consistent, IMO, than just chalking it up to KyoAni either trolling the fanbase or being totally incompetent as so many are doing.
As such, though I usually take rumors of this with SEVERAL grains of salt, I'm inclined to believe that the points here are probably more or less true.
What a magnificent troll this guy is. Maybe even legendary?
HAHAHAHAH you gotta be bullshitting me this dudes a asshole.
Endless Trolls: confirmed!
You know, at first I was mad, but now it's something to laugh at. It's kind of like how some people were having Twitter withdrawl and others were revelling in the madness of the moment.
It's not funny to even joke about putting fans through this shit a second time
well its offical Kyoani is just laughing at us at this point.
The movie will still sell well since haruhi fans are basically RETARDS.
Kyoani found a gold mine
Harutards must be fapping to this
OMG! They are dicks! KyoAni are DICKS!
And this is the same guy who did Clannad?? What's wrong with him!?
But they already made an Endless Eight movie, it was called Groundhog Day...
Assuming the interview was from the new Newtype, which has the Endless Eight feature, of course if you keep talking about Endless Eight they'll make a joke about an 'Endless Eight' movie given the chance. They wouldn't give a serious answer because then people will start expecting it.
one word...
NO!!
Now jump of the cliff Ishihara! XD
I'd watch it. Look forward to it too! I'm not kidding/trolling, seriously!
It seems like an unique idea for a movie, I mean, all movies are so similar these days.
In the next exciting episode of haruhi, haruhi takes a shit and kyon has to lick her asshole clean
8 times over
can't wait
If this were to be taken symbolically (Haruhi being KyoAni, and Kyon being the dwindling fanbase), this'd make way too much sense.
Bail out on this ship, Haruhists! And I once considered myself one of your number.
The only thing more awesome than this would be seeing Jerry Springer treating his fans with such sarcasm and condescension.
Such an answer amuses me to no end as it is rife with facetiousness, clearly.
Sometimes I think they're intentionally flushing Haruhi down the toilet. This series had so much potential...
PRETTY sure he was kidding
please!
To Hell with this studio.
To Hell with Haruhi.
THIS IS MADNESS
They interviewer should've just walked away. Preferably slapping this guy on his way out.
Fuck you Tatsuya. Rot in hell forever you sadistic bastard.
I lol'd.
That makes us two.
I'm pretty sure he's joking, guys. -_-
At least they realize what idiots they are.
I'm damn sure he's joking.
Then again, they did make a movie of this arc before, and it starred Bill Murray.
Someone tell Ishihara to drop dead literally...
Endless Eight is more like laziness.... they don't have to write new episodes and after the whole season is done, you only get a handfull of actual NEW eps. Makes for a great marketing scheme for anyone who buys the DVD's of the same crap regurgitated over and over. Haruhi in general is awesome, but I am not financially supporting ANY of the Endless Eight DVD's or potential movie, then I'd might as well walk around with BAKA on my forehead.
Anyone see the Hitler subbed parody of Endless Eight? My sentiments excactly!
KyoAni! King of Trolls, do you have any more Episode 8 variations?
If this guy isn't joking (which he probably is) then he is going to sink to the level of directors such as Owe Boll and Michael Bay.
A movie of endless eight?! What is this fuckery?! Is Ishihara retarded?! It better all be lies!
The interviewer asked for an unanimated episode from the novels that would be a good movie, Ishihara gave an answer from an already animated story (thus dodging the question). That, and his reply reeks of sarcasm because he knows there'd be hell to pay if they did it.
O Samurai! He is seeking death!
“There are a lot of episodes from the novels which have not been animated. We’d love to hear which of those you would like to make into a movie.”
Ishihara: “Endless Eight… :-) Can’t we do that again, adding some new extras, try some film tricks out? Or is it too much? :-)”
“I FUCKEN DARE YOU, BIOTCH!”
I would only watch if they do a uber hentai totally WILD and 101% uncensored! With 1 trillion hot lolis all the way on eight !!
Joking or no, he should be fired.
I've worked in a movie theater before, and I had to clean human feces off in the women's bathroom - ironically IN that movie theater.
I'm guessing most movie theaters have had this happen at least once. Now, if most movie theater staff has had to endure cleaning human feces, I can't imagine any theater willingly showing an Endless Eight movie, KNOWING what they'd have to deal with afterwards. Surely it wouldn't be limited to the rest rooms.
id have to kill him seriously...
Endless Eight Again! Bring It On!
At this point, it wouldn't surprise me if that happened.
I hope everything turns to applejuice.
I'm just amazed he said they'd make *one* movie instead of eight of them.
Might be a joke, or it could be that he thinks that he's Hideaki Anno reborn, though that seems kinda hard to do considering that guy isn't dead.
*facepalm*
FUCK FUCK FUCK
imagine 2 FUCKING HOURS of THE SAME FUCKING SCENES!!!
FUCK YOU ISHIHARA!!!
Imagine 3 hours of it...owait.
I can't wait to see what I had to suffer seeing again!
Aside from Groundhog Day,their was a similar episode on X-files where a guy try to rob the bank by attaching bomb onto his body and his girlfriend had to live the same nightmare everyday.Unlike EE the ending was good.
They need to remake season 2 without the troll, AND without the shitty LS animation/K-on animation. Hell, even a change of script writers, and directors. I don't really care what people think. I personally abhorred both shows, producing Haruhi in the same mold as those two abominations as opposed to its superior first season is fucking ridiculous.
If he does that, I will train dobermans to lust after human rectums.
Reminds me of that Cartoon Network April Fool's Day where they showed nothing but screwball squirrel for 24 hours.
Does it mean that Hirano is out of a job now? Poor girl, hope she doesn't whore herself to survive the unemployment.
Ishihara: “Endless Eight… :-) Can’t we do that again, adding some new extras, try some film tricks out? Or is it too much? :-)”
This MUST be some kind of ironic joke... I hope!
I want to put a knife in his gut.
Well, no, not really... and if I even lived there... but if it was legal I would definitely threaten him with it.
Because I am so enraged at the sales numbers.
A test for real Haruhi fans I would say.
One needs extreme madness to keep up the series.
Seriously, if u hate the series/movie (because of e8) just don't watch the movie instead of insulting the series (Haruhi), the arc (e8), or even any1 who was (honestly) fine with it. You could said it(e8) is the dullest, the worst, or whatever, but it IS subjective. I myself don't and will never agree. There are some who think like me, and there are some who -insert parameter- dislke it (by now, since a while ago). If u think the movie will waste your time, don't even think of dl/stream it, keep the *nasty* words/sentences to yourself. I honestly want to land a punch or two to those whom saying line(s) which main contents are "dislike*, but in the future they still dl/stream it (contradicting with what they said in the 'past'). Moreover if they start posting rubbish about "wsting my time bla bla bla" after that.