Endless Eight DVD Masterstroke
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Aug 29, 2009 02:17 JST
- Tags: DVD Extras, Haruhi, Kadokawa, Kyoto Animation, Marketing, Otaku
Kadokawa’s marketing genius continues with the confirmation that Haruhi fans will in fact be expected to buy four volumes of Endless Eight on DVD, though apologists point out that this does at least mean the discs and their content can be avoided completely.
All the DVDs for the “new episodes” have recently been put on Amazon, ending any further speculation about legitimate episodes being mixed together with Endless Eight or otherwise, although almost all sources involved in the sale of the DVDs discretely refrain from mentioning what episodes the discs contain.
Extras are comprised mainly of extra art. The various discs are up for pre-order now, should anyone be masochistic or obsessive enough to buy them. The bizarre numbering is explained in a previous article.
Needless to say, everyone is desperate to see the sales figures for these four volumes…
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Trolling trolls trolling
behold the spirit of otakus
losers...
Your comment is paradoxical in so many ways it's funny...
hi, i'm a paradox...
No, you're Frozenar
^Good point.
Could be a paradox if he'd be really frozen, arrrr. >:3
Frozenar the paradox :o
No. Anon is a paradox. We are but a sinlg etime paradox, and that time paradox is but us.
↑Your mum is a sinlg etime paradox.
Yeah, it's not marketing genius to sell something you know no one will buy.
With stupid bullshit that Otakus waste their money on, yeah, I'm pretty sure they're gonna buy it.
I don't think so... Some fans only watch the first & the last episode of Endless Eight.
Can't support you there, as I know a few hardcore otaku that will probably pre-order dozens just to have the season complete...
no one?
i know some masochist and gay who like buy to get trolled by this stuff
You know what? from ten years from now, ppl will say 'Anyone remember Haruhi Endless Eight? that was great, there's no animes like these days...not even this naruto shit...' Cuz we all know Naruto will last forever, and it's the rly endless thing here lol.
People ten years from now will only remember that in 2009, the summer was hot, humid and full of rage for something they can't quite recall anymore for "~Haruhi" will be far long forgotten because of this stinking shit that kyutard pulled back then.
If anyone asked about that summer, they'd only get a twitch in the eyes from the person questioned. A distinct shaking of a hand and a curt demand to never asked that again or blood will be drawn from the asker on the walls and ceiling for it.
I've been enjoying the releases after this "incident" but I just can't get back into the grove of the show anymore. It has now become a "watch and forget" series now, akin to watching comedy shows in the evening. Something laughed about and chuckle in the inanity of the situations the characters have fallen into. The tube is turned off and into sleep for the next day...
Completely Forgotten.
And that's is a Goddamn fucking shame.
Haha! RAGE more bitch.
Yet another religion dies?
They should have put some sort of special or OVA on the DVDs to sell them. Either the they are insane for thinking people will buy them or the otaku are insane if they sell at all.
I fear that otakus will buy them anyway.
Bad DVD sales would mean no 3rd Season and that would be worse than spending all that money on this redundant Episode for a lot of people.
WHY KADOKAWA? WHYYYYY!!!!!
Probably as an experiment to test how well a popularity of a series can carry the sales of DVD without the need for actual content. I fear the consequences if they succeed and the sales are good.
We all know that they're gonna sell pretty well, The otaku have no sense when it comes to bad content, Its all for the sake of a "collection".
Snake? Snake!? SNAAAAAAAAAKE!!
Its a catch-22, if people buy them they could make a 3rd season but if the sale figures will be low the franchise could be abandoned.
I say let the crazy haruhists sacrifice their money so that we get a 3rd season (although it will probably take another 3 years but its still something).
I say let Haruhi die and move on to something better, maybe a series that doesn't troll you with 8 loop episodes. What's a dancan anime without dancan?
Move the Haruhi support to Bakemonogatari. I really can't stand Haruhi's character. Senjougahara on the other hand.....
If only they went and made the Disappearance arc a 4 episode OVA, and split it 1 episode per endless eight disc, now that would be sheer brilliance :D
I can't wait to see the sale figures! lol
ditto.
now thats one creepy haruhi...
A shat bricks, then fapped, than shat some more.
Indeed, i didn't even notice that was (supposed to be) her until i read the title..
I thought it was Haruhiko with fake boob extensions for a minute there.
Dat face
Gotta love that Mongler face
Scary (°~°)
+ 1
And you can expect special editions of Endless 8. With bonus items like a badly done doll, special cards or something like that.
I really hope the sales to drop faster than a hooker panties.
No no no my lad, this is not over yet. Remember, this is ENDLESS EIGHT, so i think this is the 3rd step from the endless shit - 1. the series 2.the continuation of the series 3. this milk-money DvD and 4,5,6,7 and 8 are yet still to come. Yesh... More EE for the rest of the world. Fyuckfuckfuckfuckfuck!!! << this is how i laugh, Fyuckfuckfuckfuck!!!
well, I liked it so when it it'll be relased in the US i'll buy it
DA FUCK?
FA DUCK?
I seriously ROFL, my co-workers are wondering what the hell I'm laughing about.
More like, wondering why the hell you are rolling on the floor, I think.
....OOk? I can't say I didn't like it cuz I didn't care about the arc at all though it still pissed me off a bit but I can't believe sb actually liked it xD
That is one creepy picture...
Don't pretend you don't like it!
I do like it.
Endless Eight was a thousand times better than K-on, and look how that sold. KyoAni are going to be swimming in money once these are released.
"Endless Eight was a thousand times better than K-on"
Not.
+1
+2
You made a mistake there. You probably meant to say that K-ON! was a thousand times better than Endless Eight.
Don't you actually meant was "they BOTH sucked donkey's butt ?"
"They were BOTH so good I just had to suck a donkey's butt!"
Fixed.
Why not suck mine then?
*Fixed*
They were BOTH so bad you had to suck a donkey's butt and your own penis.
AHHH I KNEW IT!
Anon is a donkey ... O_O
Hah!! XD
@neus
LOL. So you still sucked it... Sucks to be you...
As usual, an Anon's comment which doesn't make sense.
"Endless Eight was a thousand times better than K-on"
K-ON is just decent and wasn't a Masterpiece to begin with but EE (i could also add the nice and well done finale episode as another factor) pretty much sums it up to put the show higher than Haruhi S2.
"..and look how that sold."
Sold in term of getting negative attentions and hatred among fans; YES. Sold in term of making the franchise more warmly accepted by fans; i believe NOT. Sold in term of merchandise sales; well.., we'll see.
I guess he's just wanting to say KyoAni doesn't lose anything, even if they keep up trolling...
If they would only start with Little Busters!, they'd be better off than trolling like this though.
And MeidoNiac, y did you change your Gravatar? ._.
Well, KyoAni or rather said, the Haruhi franchise does really loose a part of its fandom. Last time ppl were just hating it claiming it to be overrated and now, even the (former) fans are hating it now due to Kadokawa's trolling..
And yep, i changed my gravatar. From a maid polka-dot butt, to an Unfortunate gothloli no.1, to an Unfortunate gothloli no.2, to a megane mode Unfortunate gothloli no.1, to a megane mode Unfortunate gothloli no.2, to Rita-chan and finally into my new waifu Sharon.
Just got hooked to Pandora Hearts lately :3
Strike that. Reverse it.
I already think that they want to test how far they can go and how much their brainwashing gives them control over the people.
This is actually their step to dominate Japan's Economy. The next thing you'll see are are KyoAni cars, KyoAni t-shirts, KyoAni pantsu, KyoAni napkins, KyoAni tards and KyoAni paper money! oh, and don't forget KyoAni credit cards.
this is juicy hate filled news I can sink my teeth into. I'll be counting on you artefact for the sales figures =).
Like I'm surprised to hear this . . .
It's like watching a very, very slow train wreck. It's absolutely horrible and you just KNOW it won't end well, and yet it's so damned interesting you can't look away...
That picture is fucking terrifying O_________O
If you buy those you'll not be forgiven...
Eh, just buy the first and the forth. That's the way it should have been.
Eh, why buy the DVDs in the first place.
All Japanese Haruhi Season 2 DVD's will come with English subs according to the KyoAni website, but even that won't convince me to buy it.
holy f***. For a second, I thought "Higurashi" facials came to Haruhi...
Shit thats just creepy....despite her perfectly lined white teeth...
That pic is fucking disturbing.
What is with those teeth?
She is crazy, and ready ti bite you!!!
I can't stop looking at it...
i think all die hard otakus will buy it ??
because if they don't then i think there will be no season 3 be made ???? But i must say if buy this retard crap then you need give all your money to me and kill your self plz !!!
You need grammar lessons, not money.
Oh yeah, and before I go, KILL YOURSELF PLEASE.
lol you are of those noobs that has preorder it ????
Dude... Grammar lessons..
Dude, not a grammar nazi here but it always makes me cheerful to see English noobies trying hard to flame in that language..
It's like having a conversation with a lolcat, a lolcat that lacks a sense of logic.
KyoAni Going down the highway to bankrupt? or is it just them and me being idiotic xD
Most probably it's them being idiotic, as always.
and they will still make a ton of money. They know that.
and we know it too. Alas!
KyoAni is way ahead of their time (I'm trying to keep a straight face)
Thankfully the apologists pointed out the fact that we don't have to waste money on the endless eight.
I'm kind of surprised they didn't release a single episode per DVD, then mark all the Endless Eight episodes simply as "Endless Eight", so you don't know which one you're getting. They could market it based on "collectability" or some other nonsense.
Normally, I'd write off a Trading-Card model applied to DVDs as an impossibility, but KyoAni seem to have come close to mastering the art of trolling so far...
Can't wait for the article that shows otakus buying 8 copies of them.
What if they'd buy it 'endless' times...
You need Endless money to do that
That picture scares me.
I didn't mind endless 8. I didn't love it, but I didn't hate it. The last episode had great animation.
Looks like Haruhi came into contact with the Joker's smilex chemical...
Well, I would like to see the DVD sales for Endless Eight and see if KyoAni gets an ass-kicking..
I feel sorry for those who buy them without knowing about Endless Eight beforehand. Someone who has neither read the light novels nor spoiled himself on the internet.
I hope sales figures turn out horrible so KyoAni will drop the series and someone else can pick it up and do it justice; or it'll end up like Negima with two Anime series that doesn't follow the book at all.
TEEEEEEEEEEF
8D
Wow, Haruhi looks like she's jacked on coke...
eight endless lines...
Endless 8-ball?
Or am I the only one who gets that...
Maybe they sell some "extras" on those dvds... xDD
Anyway: the Otaku will buy it.
I think the real masterstroke would be if they dropped a couple of new scenes into the DVD versions so the curious masochists who hung on until the end would have to buy the discs to see what's new, lol...
The cycle of lolz
I prefer to buy dvds of Rob Schneider than merchandise of Haruhi (and that's go far xD )
Clearly, Haruhi needs a Rob Schneider episode, or six.
I had a nightmare cause saw the pic for this post right before going to bed. Damn you Sankaku! What if that nightmare had 15,000+ loops!
A clear message needs to be sent to Kadokawa/KyoAni. And boycotting the purchase of Haruhi season 2 might do it. Seriously.
This is not so much to discontinue the Haruhi franchise but rather to make them realize how pretentious they've gotten with this Endless Eight MESSterpiece they've thrown at people. What needs to be done is for them to be brought down off their high horse and produce some better quality material for a change.
Wishful thinking I guess..
Jesus, I've never seen such an up-to-no-good grin on Haruhi's face. That's gonna haunt my nightmares.
Can't fap to that face
. . .but still trying
If we've learned anything about otaku, it's that they have shitloads of money to waste on things like this.
I like Haruhi's teeth in this picture. She must have a good dentist.
Fuck. That. Shit.
'DEM TEETH!
And nothing of value was lost.
That pic is FUCKING FREAKY!
Abd the Endless Eight fiasco gets ever more farcical.
KADOKAWA IS ON SOME BULLSHIT
Still better than Lucky Star.
That smile on the articles image reminds me of Motoko in the R1 OP of SAC: 1st GIG.
Unless there is a scene where Haruhi is gangbanged endlessly I'm not buying
They should make a special "We fuck with you" edition and I would buy it.
Dem DVDs should rot in the shelves...
Do not want.
Realistic teeth on anime characters looks too weird.
I'm not defending Kadokawa, but "Haruhi" and "the fans". It is plainly stupid to call any1, who buy the DVDs because they honestly fine with it(e8), stupid. It is their money, they used it to buy what they like (consciously, too), and you still dare to call that stupid? How do you feel when u buy food/snack/drink/whatever you really like, someone call u stupid for buying that?
Just don't buy if u don't like it. Don't insult who buy because they like it.
Oh yeah, I'm plainly stupid to even trying to knock some "truth" to closed-and-locked-minded ppl whose works are saying negative things days and or nights. I'm even mooooore stupid for hoping a few will get my words.