The fact they were able to pull off everything.. The recording new but similar lines, animating different but similar scenes, EIGHT TIMES OVER, just speaks volumes to the talent of everyone who worked on it.
Love it or hate it, you gotta give credit to KyoAni for somehow animating the same sequence of scenes in 8 entirely different ways. Quality stuff as always, btw
For real. It was a big risk that probably didn't pay off too well for them, but we're all still here talking about it to this day. I'm glad you liked the video!
As someone who knew nothing about the anime and just went in blind, I was merely left confused rather than angry. I probs felt the same way the protag felt.
Endless 8 rekindled my love for TMoHS. I remember being invested in the small details and differences. Amused by the fan base rage every week. I just rewatched the series and Nagato telling they have lived 15,500+ timeloops hits so hard. The sometimes eerie takes on repeated scenes build up an uncomfortable feeling. Truthfully it could have been done by, lets say 4 episodes to the same effect. It's an amazingly bold move by KyoAni. Also I do find the possibility of 15k+ different summer outfits, bathing suits, yukatas and festival masks amusing.
I remember I first watched the Endless Eight when I was 13, my undiagnosed ADHD ass hated every second of it and I wanted so badly for it to end, yet despite that I persevered and watched all of it out of stubbornness I guess. It sounds silly, but at the time I was really proud of watching it all, it was my biggest achievement at that time lol. Now I kind of love the Endless Eight, I really love how different the experience is each episode, even if it is the exact same series of events. Plus, each episode having a different motif? Good shit right there.
As a guy who loves watching experimental films such as David Lynch's films and also is an experimental/contemporary classical music composer, I really loved the endless eight. It was very artistic and still had the characteristics of anime at the same time. I have grown to not care about people's opinions; our world has become accustomed to living on instant gratification that doesn't require much thinking or appreciation, and because of this they love to hate on things that they can't comprehend instead of trying to think deeper to recognize the intricate design and subtle elements of the art.
video absolutely on point as always, idk how you arent more recognised in this part of youtube like everything you make just feels quality and well expressed
I remember watching the Endless Eight each week, as they aired. IIRC, I was in high school at the time. I remember that even though I knew what would happen each time, I still watched each episode without complaint, or without feeling like it was boring or repetitive. And at each of the endings from the 3rd onwards, watching Haruhi leave the cafe, I'd be cheering for Kyon to find the solution, for progress to be made. Was so satisfying to reach the end, and felt so hyped when the loop was broken.
I think the real hint at breaking the loop is Haruhi asking whether the other members want anything else to do while adding that she reserved the 31st for another activity. She is silently asking everyone else to contribute something (which is why she jumps at Mikuru's suggestion for goldfish at the beginning), but no one really will. Kyon is still kinda slacking and the other three are too passive to ever actively contribute anything. Someone could have literally said let's go back to the pool or something and the loop probably would have ended.
You can literally put every episode side by side and not one scene or event will play the same across all 8 episodes, in fact it feels like with every episode the shots, composition and camera angles become more complex and experimental depending on who's directing, is honestly amazing the amount of work Kyoani put on the arc Sucks for the voice actors who had to record the same back of dialogs 8 times... But hey, at least everyone else had fun!
I only truly got into watching anime in 2010, so I was able to watch Endless Eight back to back in rapid succession. I think that's why I enjoyed it so much, because I could see the minute differences building rather than remembering the broad strokes week to week and forgetting the smaller details. Also, I was usually doing something else while watching it, so I got the experience of deja vu in the second episode, not realizing what was going on until yuki explained it, which was fun.
Ill be honest, its hard for me to watch all 8 of them, but i did, and i do admire how they took differenr directions with each take. Some shot compositions are legit really beautiful, and some parts are quite eerie. It makes me even more sad that many members of this incredible production team have passed away in the fire
Think of endless 8 what you want, but you gotta respect the balls of producing the overall same yet not entierly identical episode 8 times with different directors and subtle differences. My first watchtrough of the endless 8 was kinda whatever, didn't hate it and thought it was an iteressting concept, but also got why people hate it. Ironically I did gain a new appreciation for it after watching and playing Higurashi of all things which also has a time loop story with only one character remembering everything and you really feel the dread and exitement as they get closer to breaking the cycle each time. The endless 8 isn't as extreme and focuses on other aspects, but on subsequent rewatches I really felt Nagatos pain and noticed the little differences in each episode.
i love how they replay endless eight 1.5 more times in the disappearance of nagato yuki spinoff, which you should totally make a video about btw (even though its sadly not kyoani)
Oh my god. I've watched some russian guy when he talked about different art styles and producers in every of EE series, that changed my mind to positive (although, I have never hated EE) and I also started thinking about how masterpiecfully it is, but your attention to detail in the terms of firefly story just blew my mind. I have never ever had a thought about this. Thank you very much! You have earned my subcription and like! Awesome job!
So... Yeah I completely agree with everything you said Specially about endless eight being a very well written and directed arc and a work of art And disappearance is as close as perfection it can possibly be Best piece of media ever created It's so unfortunately that so few people watched it
No other piece of media has ever given me the experience of what it must be like to live through an actual time loop like the endless 8 arc did. I felt the monotony, I grew listless and mildly annoyed, yet by the end of it all I was absolutely blown away. As art this is truly groundbreaking and quite subversive. As a television show whose main aim is to keep its audience eagerly coming back for more, it was an absolute failure. I loved the endless 8 arc, but every single complaint leveled at the execution of this arc is completely justified. In the end it is a truly unique take on the concept that will probably never be attempted ever again. That makes it completely unique and special.
I love it when I watch something with no context to the series and how people view it just to find myself watching them do something like endless eight eight times over, which, because I didn't have any preconceptions for endless eight specifically, i ended up giving it a chance, and got frustrated every time Kyon didn't say anything to Haruhi at the end, feeling just as he felt. Endless eight has my respect for being able to do that.
Amazing video once again. Endless Eight was mind-blowing to me, and I saw it as a stroke of genius from the studio. It set the bar of time loop so high that I never found anything as satisfying ever (Except maybe Steins;Gate). Even in Jojo's part 4, all I could think of while experiencing the few time loops was how little it did in comparison...
Thanks! Endless 8 is very hard to compare things with since it’s approach is so unique. Jojo and steins gate were both trying to convey the agonizing repetition of awful events, but in a way that’s paced for the comfort of the audience. Haruhi wanted the audience to feel just as bad as it’s characters, so it took it a step further by throwing pacing to the wayside. It’s very interesting stuff
every time I rewatch Haruhi I always for some reason enjoy endless 8 the most out of all the arcs it's the thing I look forward to and every time I tell people this they think I've gone crazy but I think you have said it perfectly why endless 8 is such a great part of the show that somehow never makes me bored but I don't know maybe that's just because I'm a massive Haruhi fan and any other normal person would think otherwise
Great review, when i do a analysis in something i always try to check if the subject did right in what it was meant for, and if the idea was good, most people when they go hating on this Arc end up forgetting that this was the entire point of it, to make you feel as much frustration as the characters, it really makes you relate to them, really captures their emotions and the idea itself was genius, it may not be a pleasing experience but that doesn't mean that It is low quality, endless eight was succesful in its mission and managed to be recognized, i am glad to see that i was not the only maniac that enjoyed endless eight
True. It's a strange balancing game that calls what people value in entertainment into question. Some value good art over enjoyment, while for the majority of people it's the opposite. I can be flexible at times, and this just so happens to be one of them
I guess i would be a hater of endless eight if it was entirely pointless, but when you put it into context it really helps in the build up for the disappearence movie, and it is actually a very dark arc even without using haruhi standards, one of the things that i like the most in haruhi is that even if it feels episodic at times it is always preparation for something awesome, rather than being just fillers, so it is not like there is something useless, i still feel bad for the ones that had to wait for endless eight to end tho lmao, but in the end of the day even if something is not pleasing as long as it has some good meaning or/and connection, then it is okay and not low quality, it is way better than watching something that tries so much to be good but it is straight up horrible, things should first do right in what they were meant to be
Very nice catch of the visual storytelling! Some of is it brilliant. I first liked Endless Eight because these episodes convey the feeling of long summers really well, with each having its own atmosphere but still all working with this theme. Another brilliant thing about Endless Eight for me is that any answer could have worked, Kyon just had to do something, anything at all. It's shown by the poker game parallel at the end, when Kyon concludes that he should have taken a bet. From Haruhi's perspective, I think the point is that she wanted Kyon to do something on his own rather than just follow the group.
Remember watching this on German TV. It was painful - they'd air six episodes a week, three of them were reruns from the previous week, one was the next concurrent episode and two where random reruns of previous episodes - makes sense, exactly! They also didn't stick to a specific order in witch these episodes would air, so you better watched all of 'em unless you wanted to wait a full rotation (or for random chance) to catch up on what you missed. Do I need to mention that my family did not have a tivo? So, yeah during the endless arc I literally rewatched several episodes multiple times, without ever being sure if I was doing so 😬. Gladly I loved that kind of trolling back than
Something really strange that happened to me when watching endless 8 was in the last episode after they break the loop I remember watching Kyon and Itsuki just sitting and talking in the clubroom and feeling (for the lack of a better word) kind of scared. I had just gotten though 8 episodes where the same things happened each time with little to no exception and now something new was happening. I felt a deep sense of wrongness after breaking out of the 8 episode rut I had just been through. It was subtle but ranks up there on the most emotionally affected I've been by an anime.
Neon genesis evangelion did the same thing with refusing to conform to traditional narrative and it gave us the epic congratulations ending, forget what the audience wants and expects do what expresses your art Endless 8 was the some of the best anime I've seen, the limitation of having a the same story / plot for 8 episodes would break any other studio, but kyoani turns it into a graceful expression of what you can do with a drawn medium that doesn't work with film and a camera. The shot with haruhi diving into the pool as the camera points at her face and the one with kyon and the camera stuck to the clock hand 10/10. It felt like a film excercise being demonstrated by a group of masters. I totally get why people hate, because not everyone gets snobby over these things. It's obvious they made this anime for people who care and study these things with a passion. I have yet to finish it but I feel it might end up as the best anime I've seen, when kyon finally breaks the loop it legit felt like a I busted a nut 🎉
I watched endless eight back to back over a couple of days the first time I saw it. So the effect is a little different. For one thing you lose track of what episode you're on so you end up watching more like nine or ten. Having finished it I appreciate the idea. But at the time it was torture.
13:30 and this is why the only shounen i keep up with nowadays is world trigger XP, it's set up to hit all the bases well... and then occasionally give you a bit extra
Hey your channel is awesome. I've come across a few of your videos and really enjoyed them! Love your humor and attention to detail in the making of your videos. Rooting for your channel to continue to grow and succeed!
I only recently watched the show and movie for the first time I knew Endless eight was hated but I decided to power through it When I found out it was a time loop arc I was excited as Time Loop stories are some of my absolute favorites The excitement wore thin when there were no new developments to the arc until the ending I thought "That was a cute fun take on time loops" Then I watched the movie The Movie made Endless Eight Worth it I don't think I would have appreciated the ending of the movie as much if it weren't for Endless Eight Endless Eight gave us a taste of what being trapped knowingly in a Time Loop REALLY felt like As a massive enjoyer of Time Loop Stories I have a massive appreciation for what they did
Endless Eight is the most interesting / ambitious thing I've ever watched dude, and actually watching it when it was releasing made me feel exactly like Kyou was feeling there "PLEASE Kyon, you need to remembeeer". I understand it backfired, but geniuses are more common than not miscomprehended ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
What would've been REALLY ballsy is if they made it 9 parts but still called it Endless Eight, so everyone would expect part 8 to end it only to be sorely disappointed.
I know Nagato isn't a real person but when she told keyon (excuse the scuffed name spelling)about how many loops she's been through it tugged my heart like oof 🤧 😔 I felt so sad for her
Honestly, while I was suffering through parts 3-7, I thought part 8 was actually really good. It really felt like they put their best foot forward on that last one, and even though I'd seen the exact same thing happen 6 or 7 times before, I was actually enjoying the last part. All throughout the arc I was just thinking that someone had probably already assembled a "best-of" cut with the best versions of each scene. Each episode has something fun to stand out, but it's drowned out by all the monotony of it. I think it could have really worked better if there felt like there was a slow ramp-up of how close they get to solving this. As it stands, it seems like every loop has Kyon be a different level of realizing what he has to do to break the loop, but never gets progressively closer to figuring it out. I think just about everyone figured out what the solution was by part 2, or at least I and a few others I've spoken to did. Something I think could have made better thematic sense is if Haruhi herself doesn't change at all throughout the arc. She's always shown with different clothes, different lines, and a different ice-pop every loop, but I think it'd help to create a greater disconnect between her and the others by having her be the only one with no knowledge of the different loops, and thus no difference in actions. All throughout, I started making a mental checklist of everything done, and a tier list of which outfits, swimsuits, yukatas, masks, ice-pops, seating arangements, and sleeping positions I preferred. I'll admit in hindsight, it does put you in the mind of Yuki who had to see all of that in real time for almost 600 years, but I still think it could be done to greater effect in just three episodes. Part 1 would be exactly as it appeared first. Part 2 would set up the loop, but have no resolution, then Part 3 would really drive home the repetition while actually giving us our resolution.
Something was wrong, at least thats what my gut was telling me, I was watching a baseball game between schools of the same prefecture which had nothing to do with me, and yet I still felt like rooting for the losing team, it was then when I had the feeling haruhi was about to make trouble... -Kyon, your phone! -Dont need you to tell me that -Hey kyon, were all meeting by the station at 2, be there quick! -I didnt say a word... -Oh, I forgot to tell you what to bring, make sure to bring your swimsuit and loads of money, oh and make sure to come in your bike too, over! -I didnt say a word...and yet, I still felt like I knew exactly what she was going to say, or more accurately, I felt like all this had already happened before...
I still haven't finished haruhi S2 and never watched the Disappearance movie because of losing the will to go on after watching Endless 8 for the 4th or 5th time as they aired. And then after a few seasons or years of shows that seem interesting that I don't have enough time for there's a large backlog of things I want to watch that are a bit higher in priority than a show I never finished that it's been so long since I last saw it I'd need to start over.
Watching Endless Eight for the first time (2009), was really tough, i was really confused and felt like my brain will be baked if i continue doing that, but once this arc was done, the last episode was so rewarding, that watching an episode that was not Endless Eight felt really weird. 5 years later (2013), i've rewatched Haruhi and Endless Eight came along and i was in my fighting mode, no skipping no fucking around, i powered through it. But. it was rather good. I couldn't forget Episode 5 which was Endless Eight part 4, the ending of that episode was so memorable, i couldn't forget it to this day. Yesterday, couple days prior, I rewatched all of season 1, it was amazing, now that I'm an actual adult, rewatching Haruhi felt incredible, i can now analyze it more thoroughly. fantastic show. (watched the broadcast order) when season 2 started, i wanted to absorb everything Endless Eight have to give me. although Part I II and VIII are the meat of the story, they couldn't be that impactful with out the other loops, Part IV was still really, truly amazing, and Part V had very musical and for some reason optimistic and dramatic, optimistic that it'll end today, i even got a bit emotional near the end because i know that wasn't the case so ending was much more sadder. It's great that with a few and a few more tweaks in post can make such different effect and feeling of basically repeating the same plot. Part IV and V are the proof of that, also Part IV has the better drip at many points. Part VI is often the quieter one, less music, more nature sounds, Part VII is the funny one, i laughed very hard, i think the actor must've felt what most people felt watching it and capitalized on it. and Part III is when despair crashes in, but also has some very cool shots with Kyon and Koizumi talking at the park. Part VIII is an actual different episode, and heartwarming, how everyone reacts, and how they all sit together on the bench instead of sitting separately while discussing the *dilemma* they're in. Part VIII is still very impactful with its ending. of course the art and colors must be at absolute peak, feels like an apology or maybe just passion to make the point of this arc to stay memorable to anyone for years to come, whether they love it or hate it this will be edged forever for anyone who will see it. Yesterday, when i finished the Endless Eight, the next episode that wasn't from the Endless Eight was really weird, i couldn't really focus on it. Today. I feel like rewatching it again. it was such an experience, i want it more than watching the story continue and the movie which is why most newcomers come to watch haruhi, for the movie, which is sad, because they want to skip parts of the Endless Eight, so their experience and satisfaction will be halved and they won't get the best out of it. that's on them.
Endless 8 is a companion piece. To understand Disappearance and truly understand how Yuki felt.. you had to experience endless 8. She experience the Endless 8 for years...
You ever gonna review The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan? The anime version by none kyoani I mean? I personally was never able to finish so will be fun to hear your thoughts and comparisons on it compared to what came before
I actually dashed through the episodes because I just wanted to see how it carried on, so I hate to admit it but...I couldn't take it. I watched them at x2 or x4 speed. That said, I love the "eight" as "infinite" leaning on a wall and I will have a special place for Haruhi and the brigade in my kokoro. The following movie was spectacular. The rest of the manga is fantastic. I wished they would just add another season / movie to close the Manga.
i ended up skipping a lot of the endless eight unintentionally, bc i watched the first 30 seconds of any given loop, thought to myself "oh, yeah, i remember watching this one" and assuming i should move on to the next episode. i was a dumb kid.
i watched the endless 8 once back in 2008 after 4 episodes i considered just skipping but i watched them all and decided that i would never do it again.
No way you would have felt good about endless eight back in the days when it aired because it only makes sense in the disappearance of haruhi susumiya, from feeling extremely bored by it to understand how yuki felt in the movie, but you have to understand that there was an entire year to spit on the show until the movie came and blow everyone's mind.
well, I can totally see how in a world where Endless 8 doesn't exist in this trolling fashion, a lot of people bitching about Yuki's melt down as no realistic because she is such an advance machine and that it breaks her character.
12:24 I think those are Japanese traditions I don't mind. It's cool to learn about another culture. It's kinda like a billion different cartoons have a valentines day episode.
I was so down with that story structure! I thought it was a genius idea for a story and was impressed they actually went through with it, watching through it, I was so ready to go and defend the idea, but holly fuck was the resolution disappointing! The fact that it does nothing with all the build up, no character exploration or development, nothing! Just out of nowhere in the last minutes of the last episode, they're like "well the conflict is resolved now" it single handedly make me hate the arc as much as people who didn't enjoy the idea do... It's just such wasted potential for an actually good resolution
I hear you, but I think the idea is that it was such a trivial and unimportant thing that ignited all that suffering. It makes Nagato's decisions all the more understandable
@@Totaraum I'm back again here. Man oh man did haruhi have an affect on me. Never in my life did i think i'd have an anime phonecase 😂 Bought a disappearance of haruhi suzumiya phonecase, heck made the design myself 😂🤣 How much of a borderline weeb did i become in a year man damn 🤣
I always felt the show alluded to how life is often a bunch of stereo-typed repetitions that are a distraction to people realizing kind of what is really going on. One could say every Marvel movie is a rehash of the same plot structure - kind of like "its the same game with different players".
I can always appreciate what KyoAni was trying to do with the Endless Eight, but I still think they could've gotten the same point across with less episodes. The "meta" aspect of the Endless Eight that you bring up is interesting to think about though. Especially when you consider how often a lot of anime tend to beat you over the head to get a point across, Endless Eight mimics this behavior in the same way, subjecting you to eight nearly identical episodes when it could've been done in less with the same effectiveness. In that sense I value the arc a bit more, but I don't think I will ever "like" it. Just my thoughts though as a long time Haruhi fan.
I’m inclined to agree, but I think what makes endless 8 work for me is how much the viewer hates watching it. I think lessening the blow would’ve resulted in it having less artistic merit in my eyes
I don't hate it because it's 8 episodes of the same thing. I hate it because it could have been 3 episodes and leave room for 5 new ones. The whole 12 episode second season basically became just 5 new episodes. It robbed us of an entire half season.
Yk, I love Crispin Freeman so get me wrong, but Tomokazu Sugita will always be the GOAT, whether he's Kyon or Gintoki lol. Oh also, has this guy not seen Sakura Quest or Shirobako? Those got a cast of non-highschoolers, which I get was prolly a bit but yk, best I said nonetheless.
You can like it for what is and Kyoto Ani being meta and trolling its audience by saying "you're in this shit too mf," but it is by no means necessary to watch in its entirety. It was an easy excuse to fill out the season to replace the disappearance arc. It was either that, filler, or a 6 episode season, all of which are as equally good as it is bad. You can argue for the endless 8 being slightly better seeing as it does technically "add" something, despite not being necessarily necessary. I see people argue that endless 8 is necessary for disappearance but that is just clear copium, just another way to justify the arc. No, even if the endless 8 arc was 2-3 episodes, it wouldn't have affected Nagato's character in the slightest in the disappearance movie, the message still comes across and nothing is loss. I like to think the endless 8 arc is an "extended cut" of what should just be a couple of episodes, its there for people who want see it, and easily mostly skippable for those who don't, both case gets the same experience, but one just makes you get into character and take the slugs.
Funny I always thought of Haruhi as a good show not a great one or even one worth revisiting but you at least made me like endless 8 a lot more I especially loved the research and references of what people thought for the franchise as a whole years ago from message boards and forums and would be awesome if you did more of that in future videos. Reactions to those post were also funny lol idk maybe its cause I was a fan back then of anime and even before so retrospectives like that feel so nostalgic. You also convinced me to want to go back an analysis endless 8 though the urge will most likely pass once I stop watching this vide but still...
Awesome! Please go give Haruhi another look, it didn't become my second favorite show until my third watch through. I'll see if I can fit those message board reads in future videos, I had a lot of fun with them too
I love the Endless Eight, while at the same time find it..... frustrating. Like the idea and concept is cool, but it was also a waste. What do I mean, if TMOHS was a series like Bleach or Pokemon, with multiple episodes and seasons, this would have been amazing. But as we all know, TMOHS was a very short series considering, and this "crazy idea" took up a fair percentage of it.....and that is where I have my problem with it.
The fact they were able to pull off everything.. The recording new but similar lines, animating different but similar scenes, EIGHT TIMES OVER, just speaks volumes to the talent of everyone who worked on it.
Plus watching all 8 Episodes really makes you understand Nagato's motivation even better when you watch the movie.
Love it or hate it, you gotta give credit to KyoAni for somehow animating the same sequence of scenes in 8 entirely different ways. Quality stuff as always, btw
For real. It was a big risk that probably didn't pay off too well for them, but we're all still here talking about it to this day. I'm glad you liked the video!
Endless eight is a masterpiece that no one can understand
I decided to watch the anime for first time. I reach to the first endless 8 ep. Now I going yo have fun with the other 7.
To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Endless Eight.
...and here comes its new fellow: My Deer Friend Nokotan
Edit: *I knew it, I misspelled it previously 😅
As someone who knew nothing about the anime and just went in blind, I was merely left confused rather than angry. I probs felt the same way the protag felt.
Endless 8 rekindled my love for TMoHS. I remember being invested in the small details and differences. Amused by the fan base rage every week. I just rewatched the series and Nagato telling they have lived 15,500+ timeloops hits so hard. The sometimes eerie takes on repeated scenes build up an uncomfortable feeling. Truthfully it could have been done by, lets say 4 episodes to the same effect. It's an amazingly bold move by KyoAni. Also I do find the possibility of 15k+ different summer outfits, bathing suits, yukatas and festival masks amusing.
Well said, I’m glad you enjoy it so much!
Hope KyoAni makes a comeback after their arson incident a long time ago (condolence to families of dead animators 🙏🕊️)
I remember I first watched the Endless Eight when I was 13, my undiagnosed ADHD ass hated every second of it and I wanted so badly for it to end, yet despite that I persevered and watched all of it out of stubbornness I guess. It sounds silly, but at the time I was really proud of watching it all, it was my biggest achievement at that time lol. Now I kind of love the Endless Eight, I really love how different the experience is each episode, even if it is the exact same series of events. Plus, each episode having a different motif? Good shit right there.
I was the same way! My diagnosed ADHD ass also hated every second of it, but I was super proud of myself after persevering
@@Totaraum Oh boy at least you persevered through the ADHD, I was literally drawing while marathoning it so I probably missed many many details lol
I always looked at it as Kyo-ani making us feel what Yuki Nagato felt about the entire series, which lead up to the Disappearance of Haruhi.
As a guy who loves watching experimental films such as David Lynch's films and also is an experimental/contemporary classical music composer, I really loved the endless eight. It was very artistic and still had the characteristics of anime at the same time. I have grown to not care about people's opinions; our world has become accustomed to living on instant gratification that doesn't require much thinking or appreciation, and because of this they love to hate on things that they can't comprehend instead of trying to think deeper to recognize the intricate design and subtle elements of the art.
video absolutely on point as always, idk how you arent more recognised in this part of youtube like everything you make just feels quality and well expressed
Thanks so much! That means a lot
They should have t-shirts that say I SURVIVED THE ENDLESS EIGHT
There are, it's a really over used joke
Yup. Pretty sure it was the first piece of anime merch I ever bought
@@projectmessiah I skip the eps now. I watch maybe 3 and im good.
@@Totaraum mine was a dbz shirt way back when. :3
I remember watching the Endless Eight each week, as they aired. IIRC, I was in high school at the time. I remember that even though I knew what would happen each time, I still watched each episode without complaint, or without feeling like it was boring or repetitive. And at each of the endings from the 3rd onwards, watching Haruhi leave the cafe, I'd be cheering for Kyon to find the solution, for progress to be made. Was so satisfying to reach the end, and felt so hyped when the loop was broken.
Hey, that's awesome! It took me a while to come around to endless 8, but you got it from day 1
Love the Initial D reference stuck in at 17:05. The randomness of it is why I enjoy your videos so much.
I think the real hint at breaking the loop is Haruhi asking whether the other members want anything else to do while adding that she reserved the 31st for another activity. She is silently asking everyone else to contribute something (which is why she jumps at Mikuru's suggestion for goldfish at the beginning), but no one really will. Kyon is still kinda slacking and the other three are too passive to ever actively contribute anything. Someone could have literally said let's go back to the pool or something and the loop probably would have ended.
Another cool aspect about endless eight that I never see anyone mention is that each episode had a different director
Yup! That's how it managed to make every repeated scene different from the last
You can literally put every episode side by side and not one scene or event will play the same across all 8 episodes, in fact it feels like with every episode the shots, composition and camera angles become more complex and experimental depending on who's directing, is honestly amazing the amount of work Kyoani put on the arc
Sucks for the voice actors who had to record the same back of dialogs 8 times... But hey, at least everyone else had fun!
16:57 I had to play this 3 times because that "Deja Vu" joke was GENIUS.
I only truly got into watching anime in 2010, so I was able to watch Endless Eight back to back in rapid succession. I think that's why I enjoyed it so much, because I could see the minute differences building rather than remembering the broad strokes week to week and forgetting the smaller details. Also, I was usually doing something else while watching it, so I got the experience of deja vu in the second episode, not realizing what was going on until yuki explained it, which was fun.
Ill be honest, its hard for me to watch all 8 of them, but i did, and i do admire how they took differenr directions with each take. Some shot compositions are legit really beautiful, and some parts are quite eerie. It makes me even more sad that many members of this incredible production team have passed away in the fire
The "Endless Eight was needed for Disappearance" is one we've all made, but their "It killed the show" response is also valid.
13:06 made me laugh so hard...No idea if anyone else will get the joke but that was brilliant good sir
Think of endless 8 what you want, but you gotta respect the balls of producing the overall same yet not entierly identical episode 8 times with different directors and subtle differences.
My first watchtrough of the endless 8 was kinda whatever, didn't hate it and thought it was an iteressting concept, but also got why people hate it.
Ironically I did gain a new appreciation for it after watching and playing Higurashi of all things which also has a time loop story with only one character remembering everything and you really feel the dread and exitement as they get closer to breaking the cycle each time. The endless 8 isn't as extreme and focuses on other aspects, but on subsequent rewatches I really felt Nagatos pain and noticed the little differences in each episode.
Glad to hear that you like it! I agree that it deserves respect
i love how they replay endless eight 1.5 more times in the disappearance of nagato yuki spinoff, which you should totally make a video about btw (even though its sadly not kyoani)
Your slowly becoming my favorite youtuber I think
Happy to hear it! There are a lot of amazing creators out there
I can see why people hate it but I didn't really mind.
I just thought I kept watching the same episode over and over.
Oh my god. I've watched some russian guy when he talked about different art styles and producers in every of EE series, that changed my mind to positive (although, I have never hated EE) and I also started thinking about how masterpiecfully it is, but your attention to detail in the terms of firefly story just blew my mind. I have never ever had a thought about this. Thank you very much! You have earned my subcription and like! Awesome job!
I'm glad you liked it, thank you for the kind words!
The FF8 sound effects caught me off guard.
sorry about that lol
Took my thoughts right out of my head. Great content, great presentation. Thank you!
And a thank you to you as well! I'm glad you liked it
I remeber watching it, and feeling a moment of satisfaction when kyon found out the solution to endless eight
Same here. The music in that scene is particularly impactful for me
So...
Yeah
I completely agree with everything you said
Specially about endless eight being a very well written and directed arc and a work of art
And disappearance is as close as perfection it can possibly be
Best piece of media ever created
It's so unfortunately that so few people watched it
Glad to hear you enjoyed it too!
No other piece of media has ever given me the experience of what it must be like to live through an actual time loop like the endless 8 arc did. I felt the monotony, I grew listless and mildly annoyed, yet by the end of it all I was absolutely blown away. As art this is truly groundbreaking and quite subversive. As a television show whose main aim is to keep its audience eagerly coming back for more, it was an absolute failure. I loved the endless 8 arc, but every single complaint leveled at the execution of this arc is completely justified. In the end it is a truly unique take on the concept that will probably never be attempted ever again. That makes it completely unique and special.
Why do you only have 2,400 subscribers? You deserve way more than that
I'm glad you think so, thank you!
I love it when I watch something with no context to the series and how people view it just to find myself watching them do something like endless eight eight times over, which, because I didn't have any preconceptions for endless eight specifically, i ended up giving it a chance, and got frustrated every time Kyon didn't say anything to Haruhi at the end, feeling just as he felt. Endless eight has my respect for being able to do that.
There are still many light novels to adapt for Haruhi Suzumiya, maybe in a few years I’ll get the S3 for a Finale we can enjoy.
Maybe, it’d be interesting to see who and how they’d tackle the project
Amazing video once again. Endless Eight was mind-blowing to me, and I saw it as a stroke of genius from the studio. It set the bar of time loop so high that I never found anything as satisfying ever (Except maybe Steins;Gate). Even in Jojo's part 4, all I could think of while experiencing the few time loops was how little it did in comparison...
Thanks! Endless 8 is very hard to compare things with since it’s approach is so unique. Jojo and steins gate were both trying to convey the agonizing repetition of awful events, but in a way that’s paced for the comfort of the audience. Haruhi wanted the audience to feel just as bad as it’s characters, so it took it a step further by throwing pacing to the wayside. It’s very interesting stuff
endless 8 is what seperates true anime fans from the fakes
The endless eight is a society
facts
every time I rewatch Haruhi I always for some reason enjoy endless 8 the most out of all the arcs it's the thing I look forward to and every time I tell people this they think I've gone crazy but I think you have said it perfectly why endless 8 is such a great part of the show that somehow never makes me bored but I don't know maybe that's just because I'm a massive Haruhi fan and any other normal person would think otherwise
Great review, when i do a analysis in something i always try to check if the subject did right in what it was meant for, and if the idea was good, most people when they go hating on this Arc end up forgetting that this was the entire point of it, to make you feel as much frustration as the characters, it really makes you relate to them, really captures their emotions and the idea itself was genius, it may not be a pleasing experience but that doesn't mean that It is low quality, endless eight was succesful in its mission and managed to be recognized, i am glad to see that i was not the only maniac that enjoyed endless eight
True. It's a strange balancing game that calls what people value in entertainment into question. Some value good art over enjoyment, while for the majority of people it's the opposite. I can be flexible at times, and this just so happens to be one of them
I guess i would be a hater of endless eight if it was entirely pointless, but when you put it into context it really helps in the build up for the disappearence movie, and it is actually a very dark arc even without using haruhi standards, one of the things that i like the most in haruhi is that even if it feels episodic at times it is always preparation for something awesome, rather than being just fillers, so it is not like there is something useless, i still feel bad for the ones that had to wait for endless eight to end tho lmao, but in the end of the day even if something is not pleasing as long as it has some good meaning or/and connection, then it is okay and not low quality, it is way better than watching something that tries so much to be good but it is straight up horrible, things should first do right in what they were meant to be
Very nice catch of the visual storytelling! Some of is it brilliant. I first liked Endless Eight because these episodes convey the feeling of long summers really well, with each having its own atmosphere but still all working with this theme.
Another brilliant thing about Endless Eight for me is that any answer could have worked, Kyon just had to do something, anything at all. It's shown by the poker game parallel at the end, when Kyon concludes that he should have taken a bet. From Haruhi's perspective, I think the point is that she wanted Kyon to do something on his own rather than just follow the group.
I keep checking back daily (sometimes multiple times a day lol) to see if another video was uploaded-- even though I have notifications turned on
Aw, that means a lot, thank you! New one will be up in a few days!
@@Totaraum Sweet!
Remember watching this on German TV. It was painful - they'd air six episodes a week, three of them were reruns from the previous week, one was the next concurrent episode and two where random reruns of previous episodes - makes sense, exactly! They also didn't stick to a specific order in witch these episodes would air, so you better watched all of 'em unless you wanted to wait a full rotation (or for random chance) to catch up on what you missed. Do I need to mention that my family did not have a tivo? So, yeah during the endless arc I literally rewatched several episodes multiple times, without ever being sure if I was doing so 😬. Gladly I loved that kind of trolling back than
Something really strange that happened to me when watching endless 8 was in the last episode after they break the loop I remember watching Kyon and Itsuki just sitting and talking in the clubroom and feeling (for the lack of a better word) kind of scared. I had just gotten though 8 episodes where the same things happened each time with little to no exception and now something new was happening. I felt a deep sense of wrongness after breaking out of the 8 episode rut I had just been through. It was subtle but ranks up there on the most emotionally affected I've been by an anime.
Neon genesis evangelion did the same thing with refusing to conform to traditional narrative and it gave us the epic congratulations ending, forget what the audience wants and expects do what expresses your art
Endless 8 was the some of the best anime I've seen, the limitation of having a the same story / plot for 8 episodes would break any other studio, but kyoani turns it into a graceful expression of what you can do with a drawn medium that doesn't work with film and a camera.
The shot with haruhi diving into the pool as the camera points at her face and the one with kyon and the camera stuck to the clock hand 10/10. It felt like a film excercise being demonstrated by a group of masters. I totally get why people hate, because not everyone gets snobby over these things. It's obvious they made this anime for people who care and study these things with a passion. I have yet to finish it but I feel it might end up as the best anime I've seen, when kyon finally breaks the loop it legit felt like a I busted a nut 🎉
if you haven't finished Haruhi yet, just wait until you get to the movie. It's the show but 100 times better
@@Totaraum stoked just bought the movie on blue ray
I watched endless eight back to back over a couple of days the first time I saw it. So the effect is a little different. For one thing you lose track of what episode you're on so you end up watching more like nine or ten. Having finished it I appreciate the idea. But at the time it was torture.
13:30 and this is why the only shounen i keep up with nowadays is world trigger XP, it's set up to hit all the bases well... and then occasionally give you a bit extra
Hey your channel is awesome. I've come across a few of your videos and really enjoyed them! Love your humor and attention to detail in the making of your videos. Rooting for your channel to continue to grow and succeed!
Thanks so much! I’m glad you like the videos
Moral of the Story:
ALWAYS DO YOUR HOMEWORK
True that
Bro got me respecting the arc now
Hell yeah
I only recently watched the show and movie for the first time
I knew Endless eight was hated but I decided to power through it
When I found out it was a time loop arc I was excited as Time Loop stories are some of my absolute favorites
The excitement wore thin when there were no new developments to the arc until the ending
I thought "That was a cute fun take on time loops"
Then I watched the movie
The Movie made Endless Eight Worth it
I don't think I would have appreciated the ending of the movie as much if it weren't for Endless Eight
Endless Eight gave us a taste of what being trapped knowingly in a Time Loop REALLY felt like
As a massive enjoyer of Time Loop Stories I have a massive appreciation for what they did
Endless Eight is the most interesting / ambitious thing I've ever watched dude, and actually watching it when it was releasing made me feel exactly like Kyou was feeling there "PLEASE Kyon, you need to remembeeer". I understand it backfired, but geniuses are more common than not miscomprehended ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Now you're saying what I'm saying!
What would've been REALLY ballsy is if they made it 9 parts but still called it Endless Eight, so everyone would expect part 8 to end it only to be sorely disappointed.
13:52 I only noticed the cursor because of yhe text telling me to ignor it
I know Nagato isn't a real person but when she told keyon (excuse the scuffed name spelling)about how many loops she's been through it tugged my heart like oof 🤧 😔 I felt so sad for her
Honestly, while I was suffering through parts 3-7, I thought part 8 was actually really good. It really felt like they put their best foot forward on that last one, and even though I'd seen the exact same thing happen 6 or 7 times before, I was actually enjoying the last part.
All throughout the arc I was just thinking that someone had probably already assembled a "best-of" cut with the best versions of each scene. Each episode has something fun to stand out, but it's drowned out by all the monotony of it. I think it could have really worked better if there felt like there was a slow ramp-up of how close they get to solving this. As it stands, it seems like every loop has Kyon be a different level of realizing what he has to do to break the loop, but never gets progressively closer to figuring it out. I think just about everyone figured out what the solution was by part 2, or at least I and a few others I've spoken to did.
Something I think could have made better thematic sense is if Haruhi herself doesn't change at all throughout the arc. She's always shown with different clothes, different lines, and a different ice-pop every loop, but I think it'd help to create a greater disconnect between her and the others by having her be the only one with no knowledge of the different loops, and thus no difference in actions.
All throughout, I started making a mental checklist of everything done, and a tier list of which outfits, swimsuits, yukatas, masks, ice-pops, seating arangements, and sleeping positions I preferred. I'll admit in hindsight, it does put you in the mind of Yuki who had to see all of that in real time for almost 600 years, but I still think it could be done to greater effect in just three episodes.
Part 1 would be exactly as it appeared first. Part 2 would set up the loop, but have no resolution, then Part 3 would really drive home the repetition while actually giving us our resolution.
Something was wrong, at least thats what my gut was telling me, I was watching a baseball game between schools of the same prefecture which had nothing to do with me, and yet I still felt like rooting for the losing team, it was then when I had the feeling haruhi was about to make trouble...
-Kyon, your phone!
-Dont need you to tell me that
-Hey kyon, were all meeting by the station at 2, be there quick!
-I didnt say a word...
-Oh, I forgot to tell you what to bring, make sure to bring your swimsuit and loads of money, oh and make sure to come in your bike too, over!
-I didnt say a word...and yet, I still felt like I knew exactly what she was going to say, or more accurately, I felt like all this had already happened before...
I still haven't finished haruhi S2 and never watched the Disappearance movie because of losing the will to go on after watching Endless 8 for the 4th or 5th time as they aired. And then after a few seasons or years of shows that seem interesting that I don't have enough time for there's a large backlog of things I want to watch that are a bit higher in priority than a show I never finished that it's been so long since I last saw it I'd need to start over.
Starting over isn't so bad, you've got this. It's worth it
Watching Endless Eight for the first time (2009), was really tough, i was really confused and felt like my brain will be baked if i continue doing that, but once this arc was done, the last episode was so rewarding, that watching an episode that was not Endless Eight felt really weird.
5 years later (2013), i've rewatched Haruhi and Endless Eight came along and i was in my fighting mode, no skipping no fucking around, i powered through it.
But. it was rather good. I couldn't forget Episode 5 which was Endless Eight part 4, the ending of that episode was so memorable, i couldn't forget it to this day.
Yesterday, couple days prior, I rewatched all of season 1, it was amazing, now that I'm an actual adult, rewatching Haruhi felt incredible, i can now analyze it more thoroughly. fantastic show. (watched the broadcast order)
when season 2 started, i wanted to absorb everything Endless Eight have to give me. although Part I II and VIII are the meat of the story, they couldn't be that impactful with out the other loops, Part IV was still really, truly amazing, and Part V had very musical and for some reason optimistic and dramatic, optimistic that it'll end today, i even got a bit emotional near the end because i know that wasn't the case so ending was much more sadder.
It's great that with a few and a few more tweaks in post can make such different effect and feeling of basically repeating the same plot.
Part IV and V are the proof of that, also Part IV has the better drip at many points.
Part VI is often the quieter one, less music, more nature sounds, Part VII is the funny one, i laughed very hard, i think the actor must've felt what most people felt watching it and capitalized on it.
and Part III is when despair crashes in, but also has some very cool shots with Kyon and Koizumi talking at the park.
Part VIII is an actual different episode, and heartwarming, how everyone reacts, and how they all sit together on the bench instead of sitting separately while discussing the *dilemma* they're in.
Part VIII is still very impactful with its ending.
of course the art and colors must be at absolute peak, feels like an apology or maybe just passion to make the point of this arc to stay memorable to anyone for years to come, whether they love it or hate it this will be edged forever for anyone who will see it.
Yesterday, when i finished the Endless Eight, the next episode that wasn't from the Endless Eight was really weird, i couldn't really focus on it.
Today. I feel like rewatching it again. it was such an experience, i want it more than watching the story continue and the movie which is why most newcomers come to watch haruhi, for the movie, which is sad, because they want to skip parts of the Endless Eight, so their experience and satisfaction will be halved and they won't get the best out of it.
that's on them.
Endless 8 is a companion piece. To understand Disappearance and truly understand how Yuki felt.. you had to experience endless 8. She experience the Endless 8 for years...
You ever gonna review The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan? The anime version by none kyoani I mean? I personally was never able to finish so will be fun to hear your thoughts and comparisons on it compared to what came before
I could do that some day. Unfortunately I really hate that show so it wouldn't be a very nice video
@@Totaraum LOL you hated the clannad movie and angry rants are fun i think
Of all the things I expected to see in this video, Battle Construction Vehicles was not one of them.
It was the first thing that came to mind when I thought of “anime construction” lol
endless eight is my favorite spot the difference game
Also predicting I will be back to rewatch this after work maybe even the one about the video about the movie as well which never watched
The Disappearance video is one of my favorites!
I actually dashed through the episodes because I just wanted to see how it carried on, so I hate to admit it but...I couldn't take it. I watched them at x2 or x4 speed.
That said, I love the "eight" as "infinite" leaning on a wall and I will have a special place for Haruhi and the brigade in my kokoro.
The following movie was spectacular.
The rest of the manga is fantastic.
I wished they would just add another season / movie to close the Manga.
i ended up skipping a lot of the endless eight unintentionally, bc i watched the first 30 seconds of any given loop, thought to myself "oh, yeah, i remember watching this one" and assuming i should move on to the next episode. i was a dumb kid.
honestly I don't blame you at all lol
This is all well and good but when will we get 'Botan is Art'?
When the patreon hits 10k a month
@@Totaraum Okay, I'll be back. Just gotta go rob a bank first.
@@Totaraum At the rate your going it may happen lol
Nice vid :)
Thanks!
i watched the endless 8 once back in 2008 after 4 episodes i considered just skipping but i watched them all and decided that i would never do it again.
That’s fair
No way you would have felt good about endless eight back in the days when it aired because it only makes sense in the disappearance of haruhi susumiya, from feeling extremely bored by it to understand how yuki felt in the movie, but you have to understand that there was an entire year to spit on the show until the movie came and blow everyone's mind.
Ah, the endless 8, the true cose of everything or most of the things happening in Disappearance.
Skittles was on repeat in my room at the time
I hit the endless 8 every other watchthrough. The quality is worth watching, but, I don't need it every time.
that's fair
well, I can totally see how in a world where Endless 8 doesn't exist in this trolling fashion, a lot of people bitching about Yuki's melt down as no realistic because she is such an advance machine and that it breaks her character.
12:24 I think those are Japanese traditions I don't mind. It's cool to learn about another culture. It's kinda like a billion different cartoons have a valentines day episode.
2024 and I can't still get over it. This anime is not for everyone. It's jut for highly intellectual.
Can you review the Haruhi light novels that continue after the anime since we may never get a continuation please?
I'd be down to do that. I own them all, I just need to find time to read them
I thought it was pretty cool at the time. You'd watch each EP multiple times to pickup clues.
It's a masterpiece. Whoever said otherwise prob needs to learn how read, listen, and watch something.
I was so down with that story structure! I thought it was a genius idea for a story and was impressed they actually went through with it, watching through it, I was so ready to go and defend the idea, but holly fuck was the resolution disappointing! The fact that it does nothing with all the build up, no character exploration or development, nothing! Just out of nowhere in the last minutes of the last episode, they're like "well the conflict is resolved now" it single handedly make me hate the arc as much as people who didn't enjoy the idea do... It's just such wasted potential for an actually good resolution
I hear you, but I think the idea is that it was such a trivial and unimportant thing that ignited all that suffering. It makes Nagato's decisions all the more understandable
why does every youtuber i watch upload on a sunday, im spoiled for content
also I'll add the details where the thing that kept me hooked on this arc
Because the weekend is when most people are statistically on UA-cam. Me uploading today was just a coincidence
@@Totaraum fair enough.
I also upload on the weekends, still great video
i've watched haruhi because of the endless 8.
Just goes to show how much staying power it has!
@@Totaraum i completely agree. Speaking of Haruhi, have you read the light novels?
@@yuukoyuukoi476 I own them all, but haven't read far past where the anime left off
Gosh I love endless 8
This vid is based asf dude
Def gonna binge the entire show incl endless 8 on my rewatch 😂🤣
I'm glad you liked it lol. Enjoy that rewatch!
@@Totaraum thx and will do !
@@Totaraum i have returned, rewatched the entirety of haruhi. I have now seen endless eight twice 😂🤣
@@R32GT-R_Takeshi hell yeah
@@Totaraum I'm back again here. Man oh man did haruhi have an affect on me. Never in my life did i think i'd have an anime phonecase 😂
Bought a disappearance of haruhi suzumiya phonecase, heck made the design myself 😂🤣
How much of a borderline weeb did i become in a year man damn 🤣
I always felt the show alluded to how life is often a bunch of stereo-typed repetitions that are a distraction to people realizing kind of what is really going on. One could say every Marvel movie is a rehash of the same plot structure - kind of like "its the same game with different players".
8:29 not midnight. 7AM
FINNLAY SOME RECGOGNICTION
I can always appreciate what KyoAni was trying to do with the Endless Eight, but I still think they could've gotten the same point across with less episodes.
The "meta" aspect of the Endless Eight that you bring up is interesting to think about though. Especially when you consider how often a lot of anime tend to beat you over the head to get a point across, Endless Eight mimics this behavior in the same way, subjecting you to eight nearly identical episodes when it could've been done in less with the same effectiveness. In that sense I value the arc a bit more, but I don't think I will ever "like" it. Just my thoughts though as a long time Haruhi fan.
I’m inclined to agree, but I think what makes endless 8 work for me is how much the viewer hates watching it. I think lessening the blow would’ve resulted in it having less artistic merit in my eyes
@@Totaraum Yeah that's totally fair.
I don't hate it because it's 8 episodes of the same thing. I hate it because it could have been 3 episodes and leave room for 5 new ones. The whole 12 episode second season basically became just 5 new episodes. It robbed us of an entire half season.
Nice
*Kyon-kun, denwa*
Yk, I love Crispin Freeman so get me wrong, but Tomokazu Sugita will always be the GOAT, whether he's Kyon or Gintoki lol. Oh also, has this guy not seen Sakura Quest or Shirobako? Those got a cast of non-highschoolers, which I get was prolly a bit but yk, best I said nonetheless.
Yeah. Endless 8 is pretty fooly cooly 👍
you know it 👍
What soundtrack starts playing @15:35 ?
Here you are: ua-cam.com/video/5JOMHSNXe2E/v-deo.html&ab_channel=VariousArtists-Topic
@@Totaraum thank you kindly! Probably one of my favorite OSTs from the series.
@@FezPlays no problem
haruhi fans were too basic to RESPECT endless 8, to UNDERSTAND why it's good
You can like it for what is and Kyoto Ani being meta and trolling its audience by saying "you're in this shit too mf," but it is by no means necessary to watch in its entirety. It was an easy excuse to fill out the season to replace the disappearance arc. It was either that, filler, or a 6 episode season, all of which are as equally good as it is bad. You can argue for the endless 8 being slightly better seeing as it does technically "add" something, despite not being necessarily necessary. I see people argue that endless 8 is necessary for disappearance but that is just clear copium, just another way to justify the arc. No, even if the endless 8 arc was 2-3 episodes, it wouldn't have affected Nagato's character in the slightest in the disappearance movie, the message still comes across and nothing is loss. I like to think the endless 8 arc is an "extended cut" of what should just be a couple of episodes, its there for people who want see it, and easily mostly skippable for those who don't, both case gets the same experience, but one just makes you get into character and take the slugs.
The eight revealed my lack of art appreciation as they looked much the same to me.
im confused... probably because i have never seen it...
Yeah, that sounds like it'd make it confusing. I highly recommend watching the show!
Funny I always thought of Haruhi as a good show not a great one or even one worth revisiting but you at least made me like endless 8 a lot more I especially loved the research and references of what people thought for the franchise as a whole years ago from message boards and forums and would be awesome if you did more of that in future videos. Reactions to those post were also funny lol idk maybe its cause I was a fan back then of anime and even before so retrospectives like that feel so nostalgic. You also convinced me to want to go back an analysis endless 8 though the urge will most likely pass once I stop watching this vide but still...
Awesome! Please go give Haruhi another look, it didn't become my second favorite show until my third watch through. I'll see if I can fit those message board reads in future videos, I had a lot of fun with them too
@@Totaraum Awesome thanks dude and will at least attempt a rewatch soon and let you know how it goes
@@Mami-Lectual sounds good!
But how long would it take to watch all of endless eight?
I love the Endless Eight, while at the same time find it..... frustrating. Like the idea and concept is cool, but it was also a waste. What do I mean, if TMOHS was a series like Bleach or Pokemon, with multiple episodes and seasons, this would have been amazing. But as we all know, TMOHS was a very short series considering, and this "crazy idea" took up a fair percentage of it.....and that is where I have my problem with it.
Yeah, art... the kind Yoko Ono made.
04:19 lies
Not even most historians rank BHO as in the top 5 POTUSs