Continuing the series of “The Fiasco of Suzumiya Haruhi” with Endless Eight and the way Second Season of Haruhi have been going, Yamaoto, the former Director of Kyoto Animation who directed some episodes of notable productions like FMP, Air, Kanon, Haruhi, and Lucky Star and directed Kannagi at A-1 Pictures have revealed the secret at Otakon ’09 that nobody knew… It started last year and Yamaoto was against a 6 episode long Endless Eight and rather go with 2 Episodes (which I really perfer and what they should have gone with).
(begin video)
Yamamoto: “To tell you the truth, I knew this was going to happen a year ago”
Audience member: “Why didn’t you warn us?”
(general laughter)
Y: I’d be in trouble if I did
(general laughter)
AM: I guess I should ask you the other question, why has the show gone in this direction, that basically instead of moving forward with the story as outlined in the novels, they’ve turned a short stor-, a 30 page short story into six episodes.
Y:Um, uh, you have to promise you’re not going to write about this on the net
AM: I won’t
(general laughter)
Y: Not to make self-excuses or anything, the concept for this idea was floating around while I was still at Kyoto Animation. And I was against it. I said two episodes is the most you can do.
(scattered applause)
Y: But, as a person who left Kyoto Animation of his on volition, I can’t help but feel somewhat responsible for the way Haruhi is now. So I’d like to say as a representitive of the SOS Brigade production committee, I apologize.
(general applause)
AM: Thank you sir, you’ve given- you’ve been terribly helpful on this matter.
(applause continues)
Y: But it’s a secret!
(end video)
So yes, Kyoto Animation, as flawless as most people would want it to be have made some mistakes like this big mess… but hopefully once this is over and done with and start producing better stuff then this… then, yes… they will regain their reputation lost in this mess… but then again… what production studio doesn’t make mistakes?
Also, if you wish to watch the video of the response, feel free
He’s lucky, he avoids all the flames that will come soon after.
Apparently, this guy was responsible for much of the success of the first season.
I always felt the second season may not have been good as the first, but I never thought it would turn out like this.
I’m really hoping the rest of the season redeems itself. This is just sad.
From the looks of it, I don’t think they will get out of the hole this time… From what I heard, they are planning to animate Sighs, which I heard is mostly summed up in the Mikuru episode in season one and they are also planning to remake the Mikuru episode…
Kadokawa is pretty much milking the cash cow which is sad because they wasted all that potential in animating and adapting Endless Eight and soon Sighs instead of the more interesting parts of the light novel (ex: Disapparence, which I read in whole in a few hours and probably the best of the series)
Yama does very well to unrelate himself from the current state of the Haruhi anime.
One would think that, because he worked in Season 1 then all this disgraceful and boring Endless Eight would have been planned back from those days when he was there.
He shouldn’t care or blame himself since he doesn’t work there anymore.