Haruhi Fans Prize Fools After All?

It's not a loss for KyoAni, or else they wouldn't do it.

What do you think is easier?

Scenario 1:
Revoice a few lines, there's even a possibility that they reuse some of the lines. Also note that these lines were probably done in less sessions than a whole story arc. And as for animating each scene, the scenery is obvious in the same area, so no new research material need to be made.

OR, animate a totally new novel, breaking your head over how you should direct it to give off the ideal effect. Go and photograph new sceneries to use in the backgrounds, voicing a whole story arc, with lines you need to work on to give an authentic feel.

The choice is obvious, especially because the economy in general wasn't that stable that time (it still isn't).

^@Darkrockslizer

Actually they are marketing geniuses.

You try to market the same product thrice over with no improvement, while everyone knowing that it's the same product thrice over.

For the effort of one episode, KyoAni is rewarded with total of 14k+12k+12k. That is a testament on its own.

Hardly a 50% loss given the fact of selling the same crap over and over.

It's people's stupid acceptance for uncreative and repetitive crap that has led to utter degradation to all areas of entertainment industry, from games, through movies and anime to books.

Conformist bitches, fuck you! :)

It's not a loss for KyoAni like you sad, but not for those reasons. The funding for the animation doesn't come from KyoAni. Usually the money needed for the production and marketing of an anime comes from the production comity. In the case of Haruhi the production comity mainly comprises of Kadogawa (at least I couldn't find any names involved besides Kadogawa). And because Haruhi is Kadogawa's IP, biggest power to say what they will or won't do would lay at Kadogawa. But this is deducted through the company's who are involved. It could be different due to some contract KyoAni and Kadogawa (and the other company's which may be involved) made, but I highly doubt it.

The points you state wont matter that much. It's not like research material costs that much (a few train tickets or some photo books). Also the scripts and storyboards have to be made anyway and the price doesn't differ between a original or an unoriginal script. It's more like not a loss for KyoAni because Kadogawa pays anyway.

it is a clear loss you morons, have you ever visitd college in your free time?

With the same amount of effort they spent on EE, KyoAni could have easily made something much more attracting with the Haruhi franchise. so 1.2k-sold vs 2.4k-or-more-potentials it is a clear loss from a business perspective.

Well It still possible that KyoAni won't benefit if they had produced something better or worst than EE. It totally depends on the contract and how big there stake is in the production committee.
I can't imagine Kadogawa giving KyoAni any royalties from DVD sales if Kadogawa payed all the costs. So it still possible that KyoAni made a brake-even deal with Kadogawa and it wouldn't have mattered if they made a better series.
But speculating the possible loss for KyoAni due to EE is fruitless if we don't know the details of the production committee. For Kadogawa's side it's equally difficult to estimate because we don't know how it affected there total revenue from the haruhi IP.

Well It still possible that KyoAni won't benefit if they had produced something better or worst than EE. It totally depends on the contract and how big there stake is in the production committee.
I can't imagine Kadogawa giving KyoAni any royalties from DVD sales if Kadogawa payed all the costs. So it still possible that KyoAni made a brake-even deal with Kadogawa and it wouldn't have mattered if they made a better series.
But speculating the possible loss for KyoAni due to EE is fruitless if we don't know the details of the production committee. For Kadogawa's side it's equally difficult to estimate because we don't know how it affected there total revenue from the haruhi IP.

actually, considering that the next thing to be animated is The Disappearance, it's not 1,2k vs 2,4k but more like 1,2k vs 4,8k+

But oh well. With every day I am more and more okay with that decision of theirs.

Instead of watering down Endless Eight and airing a watered down The Disappearance, they made epic EE (terrible to the viewers, but nevertheless epic) and they will probably make an epic The Disappearance movie, which will get much more dvd sales.

God damn I like Yuki.

haha...I like your train of thought..this is actually a good way of thinking of it...I shall adopt that stance from now on.

Well, it's nice to see the 9 episode where they each where different outfits..so yea..this is not bad at all.

I am sure Haruhi fans are no where nears as other hardcore fan from some of the other things people liked.

Hah, thanks!

Then, bonus round of optimistic thoughts!

Japanese otaku buy the EE dvds simply to provide the finance for an epic The Disappearance.

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Yeah, I know, this is dangerously close to Kafuka's train of thought.

Could it be that fans were supporting endless eight as a way to counter Kyoani's troll to destroy the franchise?

It was pretty obvious they were bidding to destroy the series's reputation, so they could move on.

Possibly, Haruhi fans with their where's the next season crap pushed Kadokawa and kyoani as to destroy the franchise.

It's possible that they were anticipating that the franchise would die, so that they get less mail about the next season, had the second one had ended inconclusively.

However, in the end, true Haruhi fans saw through kadokawa's and kyoani's troll and refused to let the franchise die in such way. This explains the sale figures for Endless Eight.

it could also be that the buyers are mainly animalized otaku, which Azuma Hiroki talks about.

Collecting for the sake of collecting is retarded. If you don't like it very much, it's stupid. Spend your money on something you actually enjoy instead.

Some people like the feeling of having completed collections, that's their enjoyment. So I don't see how their happiness is less than yours just because they have different ways of achieving it (and they ARE spending money in a way they enjoy).

Also, I'm becoming more and more convinced I was drawn in solely by Hare Hare Yukai, and staying only because of Nagato.

Then you should go back, watch it and pay actual attention. I also thought it was just a crappy mainstream show with some cheap fan-service thrown to lure people in, but it is actually very compelling, interesting and unique. I do think EE is a waste of time, but the first season is not just meaningless dance and moe characters.