Forum - View topicNEWS: Crunchyroll Adds The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
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Zade
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[quote="second season episodes were only on Youtube for a short time[/quote]
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Shiroi Hane
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They aren't just streaming Endless Eight. [/quote]If you've seen the first episode once or twice, you've basically seen the second season[/quote] No, you've mean the middle of the second season, since you're ignoring Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody and the later episodes. |
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egoist
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Wait a sec there. Angel Beats is supposed to be some sort of dark moe, right? That female lead seems to be Haruhi's printed copy. |
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PetrifiedJello
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Interesting, but certainly not the merchandise I was expecting. As for the download, if CR charges $2 per episode, they'll be making one hell of an idiotic mistake, especially since they just failed at this. Let's hope "download" means freely available to those who've at least registered. Regardless, I'll be watching this one closely. *dons x-ray glasses |
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garfield15
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Extra Extra Extra!
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Starks
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This can't be good for Bandai.
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Fronzel
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More like half the second season since Endless Eight is eight episodes, and the other two stories are six episodes put together (that's actually 57%). I mean, complaining about filler has been part of anime fandom forever, but honestly. This is like the pre-regulation days of food production, when sausages would be half ash. |
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bayoab
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Yes it can. Bandai has never been able to get the digital rights to Haruhi for one reason or another. Kadokawa has always held them. This means that more people will see Haruhi and may lead to a few additional DVD sales. |
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chicogrande
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So as I understand it, season two, the so-called "endless eight" episodes failed miserably and threatened to sink (or did it sink?) the franchise. Could it be that the Crunchyroll announcement is but an attempt by Bandai to make some more money of it while they can? |
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darkcloud9
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Question for you guys; how does Crunchyroll get the right to license anime because Crunchyroll can't really release DVDs or any other physical form of the anime except over the internet? I don't really consider what Crunchyroll does as licensing because you can only watch the anime on your computer; what if I want to watch the anime on my TV with a DVD player?
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walw6pK4Alo
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There are several ways to get a computer to connect to a TV, or get a TV to connect to the internet. That allows you to play anything on CR on your TV. Assuming you have a newer HDTV anyway. And if you don't, that means you're probably on an old tube TV, in which case, your computer is probably better. |
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darkcloud9
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I still like owning DVDs because of the package designs (sometimes) and watching my anime on TV. Oh well. Thanks for the reply.
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bayoab
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They weren't received anywhere as well as was hoped and pissed off a good number of people for various reasons. The franchise didn't sink. Also, Bandai likely has nothing to do with this deal.
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hissatsu01
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It wasn't quite that bad. The second season has sold about 1/3 of what the original series per volume. The original series averaged something like 40,000 sold per volume, which is a smash hit. 1/3 of that is still a hit. But it's readily apparent that Kadokawa expected sales similar to the first season: the first volume's limited edition price was dropped to ¥999 (which is like 80% off) on amazon.co.jp after a few months and they've sold more than 10,000 copies at that price. For that to happen you have to have a lot of excess inventory. Presumably they lowered the size of production runs for later volumes, and those have sold far fewer than the first volume, with sales decreasing for each subsequent volume. As a marketing stunt, it's hard to see E8 as anything but a failure. It generated a lot of hot air, but definitely did not help sales. Disappearance will likely do a lot to rejuvenate the franchise; it's done extremely well in theaters, and will probably sell very well. Not for me though, I'm done with the show. |
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