akt_m Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 (edited) Okay, I've decided to see what all the fuss is about. I got the first season and am going to start watching this tonight. Just a matter of time then for you to be typing "haruhi disapearance" at torrent sites. Edited February 16, 2010 by akt_m Quote
shiroikaze Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 Thanks for reminding me. See, if you'd gone for the R1 Special edition DVD's instead of the polish one's, you'd already HAVE pillow covers! If only the Lucky Star Special Edition DVDs were that less awkward... Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 See, if you'd gone for the R1 Special edition DVD's instead of the polish one's, you'd already HAVE pillow covers! NOW you tell me Okay, I've decided to see what all the fuss is about. I got the first season and am going to start watching this tonight. Post what you think! Pete Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 Okay, I've decided to see what all the fuss is about. I got the first season and am going to start watching this tonight. Hey!! It's been like - 24 hours or something and STILL not a word of praise from you about the great SOS-Brigade!! What's up with that?! Pete Quote
Bri Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 The Haruhi movie is doing very well at the box office, given the small number of cinema's showing it. Performace in the opening weekend was a bit better then the very succesfull Frontier Movie. Haruhi disappearance Average 3,700,000 yen per screen Total 24 screens 60,306 watched Total 89,010,100 yen Average 1,476 yen per person Macross F movie Average 2,940,000 yen per screen Total 30 screens ——- watched Total 88,154,771 yen Average 1,436 yen per person though it can only compare to the results of mainstream anime, Disneys or Evangelion by looking at revenue per screen. For example: Doraemon movie 2009 Average 1,020,000 yen per screen Total 364 screens 335,738 watched Total 372,918,850 yen Average 1,110 yen per person Up Average 960,000 yen per screen Total 653 screens 440,804 watched Total 627,726,600 yen Average 1,424 yen per person Evangelion 2.0 Average 4,270,000 yen per screen Total 120 screens 354,852 watched Total 512,182,000 yen Average 1,443 yen per person (source: eigaconsultant) Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 The new Haruhi movie is out!? I MUST see it! I hope that the DVD will have english subs like the season II set... oh... by the way... Bri - can you show me a picture of what the season 2 set you talked about, the Japanese one, with the english subs, LOOKS like? There's a ton of boxes and my supplier isn't really into Moe anime and has no clue what it looks like in Japan...and neither do I Pete Quote
Bri Posted February 16, 2010 Posted February 16, 2010 http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/search3.html?r=an...ia=&step=10 Covers for the 8 DVDs of the second season. Vol. 8 will have a Kyon cover but the picture hasn't been put on the site yet. Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Hey!! It's been like - 24 hours or something and STILL not a word of praise from you about the great SOS-Brigade!! What's up with that?! Pete Meant to start last night, then fell asleep. Was going to do it again, but got caught up with something else. I may have to postpone the series viewing until things slow down at work. I'm a heating and air conditioning mechanic by trade and with the way the weather has been lately here in the central eastern United States what with blizzards and all which we do not usually get, I have been a very busy beaver at work. Lots of overtime which leaves me feeling exhausted. I will get a post to you guys eventually, so don't fret. Quote
Marzan Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 Hey!! It's been like - 24 hours or something and STILL not a word of praise from you about the great SOS-Brigade!! What's up with that?! Pete I've just shown my brother the first five episodes of Haruhi Suzumiya and he's still interested. This is some praise, since my brother is one of those old dyed in the wool cynics that says that anime reached it's peak with Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop, and basically refuses to see any anime made in the 21st century. So this either speaks highly to the quality of HS or maybe he is just enthralled by the sight of Asahina-san in a maid outfit. Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 17, 2010 Posted February 17, 2010 (edited) Hm....heating and air conditioning mechanic...hmmm....."blizzards"....hmm...."the weather" you say? Maybe you are really writing from Honduras, no?? Pete Super Detective EDIT: Re Marzan/Mikuru Maid: I personally never found her very appealing in the maid outfit. School girl our Combat Waitress all the way! Edited February 17, 2010 by VFTF1 Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 Loading the first disc into my PS3 as we speak. Getting ready to watch it. Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 Okay, I'm hooked. Me want more... Quote
Keith Posted February 18, 2010 Posted February 18, 2010 Okay, I'm hooked. Me want more... Do you want...ZA POWA?! Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 Well, just finished watching all 14 episodes and am now withdrawing. I want more. I guess I'm gonna have to hit the torrent sites. Quote
Keith Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 Well, just finished watching all 14 episodes and am now withdrawing. I want more. I guess I'm gonna have to hit the torrent sites. I don't know whether I should warn you about the second season or not, so I'll just say stick with it, for awesomeness prevails. Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 Noriko - before you watch season two - watch what Hitler had to say about it! And remember - as Keith says - just stick with it... Or... do what I did and be stupid! I thought I was stupidly downloading the same episode over and over - even though I swore to God that I was downloading a new one...so I stopped...waited a reeeally long time - and finally downloaded the new one! I wore by Danchou armband all day today! I swear everybody who sees it thinks I'm a Neo-Nazi and always walk up looking like they're gonna slug me...and then they notice that there's no swaztika - just something in Japanese... and then they go back to their pacific ways Naturally I had my SOS-Dan t-shirt on too!! Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 I've got all the season 2 episodes now and will probably convert them later so I can watch them through my PS3 on my TV. I hate sitting at my computer watching anything remotely long. Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 Noriko - before you watch season two - watch what Hitler had to say about it! You know, I actually own this movie on DVD. It's called Downfall and is actually pretty damned good. But then again, I'm a military history nut particularly with anything regarding World War 2. Slightly off topic I know, but I figured I share that. Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 I personally always prefered Anthony Hopkin's performance in "The Bunker" Pete Military WWII History Nut too Quote
Marzan Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 Noriko - before you watch season two - watch what Hitler had to say about it! Whoever did this video is a genius!! Funny as hell! I have not seen the 2nd season of Haruhi Suzumiya, but I have read the Endless Eight story so I more or less can guess what they've done in the anime. And I have to say, wow, what a bold and gutsy decision to animate that particular story...I'm looking even more forward to it now. Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 I always found the hysteria in this thread amusing when Endless Eight was running Just gotta go back a few pages to find it And yes - it was IMO gutsy and I think that probably foriegn fans who had to download were more hysterical than Japanese. It's much harder to appreciate the artistic merits of Endless Eight when you've spent hours torrenting or Flashgetting an episode only to find out that it's EXACTLY THE SAME EPISODE AS BEFORE... Much easier to be philosophic about it if all you have to do is turn on the television... Pete Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 I always found the hysteria in this thread amusing when Endless Eight was running Just gotta go back a few pages to find it And yes - it was IMO gutsy and I think that probably foriegn fans who had to download were more hysterical than Japanese. It's much harder to appreciate the artistic merits of Endless Eight when you've spent hours torrenting or Flashgetting an episode only to find out that it's EXACTLY THE SAME EPISODE AS BEFORE... Much easier to be philosophic about it if all you have to do is turn on the television... Pete So what have we got here? A recursive time loop or something like that? Each episode is the same, but are there any subtle differences to it? Or are you gonna make me suffer throught it like you did? No matter; I'll still watch it. Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 Every episode is exactly the same Things do get "solved" towards the end - but initially what they did was just repeat the exact same episode with no changes every single time - --- which made the fandom go nuts Pete Quote
Bri Posted February 20, 2010 Posted February 20, 2010 (edited) The "solution" will make clear why they have been endlessly looping, it's very well thought out. Endless eight was one of the most gutsy moves in anime history. I loved it. Not to mention it's more controversial then the NGE ending. The fanrage was off the charts during the airings. Note that the "trauma" done is the most important feature of E8, so yes there is a reason for this "torture". Edited February 20, 2010 by Bri Quote
shiroikaze Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 I thought Endless Eight was great; the fanrage, funny. Buying 4 pricey DVDs of the "same episode" to complete the collection? Ouch. How do they get away with two episodes per disc... Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 The thing is - I think it's impossible to replicate the rage now that everybody "knows" ... I mean - part of the rage was the you at least expected that maybe each episode would have some kind of minor variation....some easter egg...some subtle difference...also, people didn't believe they'd do 8 whole repeats.... they'd sit down to an ep/download and have an expectation for ANYTHING or than another repeat...and they'd get a repeat... Replicating that rage now would be nigh impossible...IMO. Pete Quote
Keith Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 There actually were minor variations in the episodes, more so towards the end, and it should be noted that the voice cast "re-voiced" each and every episode, in addition to it being re-animated each time. Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Oh... this I did not know This makes it sound fascinating! I need to get season 2 and watch all 8 Endless Eights in that case! In other news - I just got pulled over by cops who searched my car and asked me probing questions about my Dan-Chou armband and my SOS-Dan t-shirt.... They fear us!! Pete Quote
Marzan Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Oh... this I did not know This makes it sound fascinating! I need to get season 2 and watch all 8 Endless Eights in that case! In other news - I just got pulled over by cops who searched my car and asked me probing questions about my Dan-Chou armband and my SOS-Dan t-shirt.... They fear us!! Pete I'd love to hear what the Polish police though of your explanations pertaining the above said material! Quote
VFTF1 Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 (edited) I'd love to hear what the Polish police though of your explanations pertaining the above said material! I'm sure they're still piecing it together, since I told them I wouldn't talk to them and refused to open my trunk until I called a lawyer who told me that, unfortunately, they apparently have the right to search my car at will... When the guy asked me about my Dan-Chou arm band and why I wear it, I pointed to his badge and said "why do you wear that?" This is my second time getting pulled over by cops... somehow given my attitude - I doubt it's my last But - yeah... the Arm Band has gotten me some stares. I think it's just because it's a red armband with something in black on it - and so I'm sure that sub-consciously people think I'm a Nazi wearing a Nazi armband...then they see the Japanese and feel kind of cheated out of their righteous rage which must therefore subside... so the next thing that comes to mind is "maybe it's some radical terrorist symbol" - I'm sure. Or maybe it says "Heil Hitler in Japanese?" ... I find it stupid mainly because if you look around at how people dress in these modern times, T-shirts say the craziest things on them - often erotic/sexual content or profanities or vaguely "counter culture" rebellious... But most of these symbols are well known in the popular mind - therefore, they are no longer truly rebellious or sub-versive and they don't raise eyebrows... But the Haruhi armband -- that gets stares and looks because it's so out of the ordinary and it's RED! and vivid red always gets looks.... Oh well. Whatever...I got ticketed (again) - not for speeding this time, but for driving without my headlights on... apparently they're busted...or maybe not...I'm still in the process of figuring it out... They also wanted to ticket me for not having a fire extinguisher -- but after tossing around all the crap I have in my trunk (rotting murder victims, sacks of cocaine, latest 12 year old boy that I was taking home to rape and canibalize - that kind of stuff), I finally found the bloody fire extinguisher and saved myself from being fined for not having one Thank God they didn't ask me to OPEN the first aid kit ... all my heroine is stashed there! Pete Edited February 21, 2010 by VFTF1 Quote
Marzan Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 When the guy asked me about my Dan-Chou arm band and why I wear it, I pointed to his badge and said "why do you wear that?" Pete LOL I'm sure the police officers are now commenting with their colleagues about "the weird guy with the red armband" they pulled over yesterday. On a more serious note, it's a bit depressing that the police can search one's car at will like that. I wonder what the Brigade leader would have to say about that? Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted February 21, 2010 Posted February 21, 2010 Move to the US. They can't search your vehicle without your permission or due process. Back on topic, now that I have been Haruhi-ized, I am downloading some songs to listen to. Quote
Noriko Takaya Posted February 22, 2010 Posted February 22, 2010 OKAY! Here I go. I am starting to watch the first of Endless Eight. Wish me luck. Quote
shiroikaze Posted February 22, 2010 Posted February 22, 2010 OKAY! Here I go. I am starting to watch the first of Endless Eight. Wish me luck. If you need someone to keep you strapped down through the endeavor, Pete and I'll be there for you. Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.