Comment by internet2000
Comment by internet2000 a day ago
We’re so close to finally being able to generate our own Haruhi season 3… what a time to be alive.
Comment by internet2000 a day ago
We’re so close to finally being able to generate our own Haruhi season 3… what a time to be alive.
Literally the first proper anime series (not including movies or like DBZ) that I ever watched. Still fondly remember it and still salty about how the director killed it. It would be the greatest gift of a lifetime if anyone ever either finished the series or rebooted and completed it.
My memory is:
1. Haruhi is based on light novels, so has to actually perform to get a release. Japanese market is upside down, the anime often goes to free to air to support a manga release where the real money is made (I have no idea how this works economically this is just how its explained to me) as there isn't any more manga or light novels to release, the likelihood of another season is low. It was sort of always a passion project.
2. The studio was firebombed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack
3. Season 2 was critically panned, but I dunno I thought it was pretty genius.
My suggestion, watch both series, then read the english translation of the novels.
The studio being firebombed probably does not factor much into it. Kyoani and Kadokawa have beef, but Kadokawa can easily contract it to another studio to do. They just don't want to because of 1.
Also don't forget to watch Disappearance after the 2 seasons.
Tanigawa released a new volume a few years ago, like 10 years after the last one. But still, it probably doesn't have the popularity it once had so a new animation sounds unlikely.
The most recent LN is volume 13, which came out in November 2024; it's on my shelf but I haven't got round to reading it yet. (The big gap between volumes was between 11 and 12: frankly I'd assumed that the author intended the end of volume 11 as the ending of the series. Volume 12 was in 2020 and was about half stuff the author had already published in other places.)
I don't know how anime series economics works these days -- AIUI traditionally the live late night TV broadcast was effectively an advert to get the hardcore fans to buy the extremely expensive Japanese market DVD/bluray sets, which were what brought in the money. But I expect streaming has changed things a lot.
Thanks, I wasn't aware he released another just last year!
I'd assume streaming services have changed the industry. Things like Devilman Crybaby wouldn't have been released if Netflix wasn't involved.
Shit i haven't heard of this anime in over 10 years. That was a shot of nostalgia
Let’s have that conversation in five or ten years again. It doesn’t look so close to me now, I’m curious how that will play out.