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Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Big Beers and Anime baby, that's what life is all about

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Aug 17, 2009

Mentat Radnor posted:

In the second episode, didn't Haruhi ask Kyon if she had met him before, as if she recognized him? The more I think about this episode, the more :psyduck: I become. I need a large glass of whiskey.

i think you should watch la jetee

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Spiritus Nox posted:

Ah, finals. The great joy of being a recent graduate is knowing I'm done with that loving poo poo.

Also, my copies of these episodes apparently only have subs for Season 2, so say hello Japanese VA.

be prepared to fawn over the dulcet tones of aya hirano like the rest of us, my goon sire

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Zas posted:

you might try the movies, they're less commitment and move faster into the real strength of the show which is imo the melodrama.

if you're the empathic type, madoka's melodrama is the most wonderful kind of torture.

it's not nearly as clever as haruhi (though you can't knock its hustle,) and that's why I would hesitate straight up recommending it to a haruhi fan. but as mentioned the direction is great, and not just technically - one reason it's so viscerally heartbreaking is the cast and their performances.

it also has a good sense of style, but if you're 5 episodes in you probably have a feel for that by now.

yeah its like a lars von trier movie. i would say the last few episodes are derivative of some elements of haruhi but in a good way. and like haruhi (and eva before it) it uses a dialectic of subversion/nonsubversion of its genre tropes as an autocritique

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bMxPrf29YG8

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Lucy Heartfilia posted:

endless eight owns

ban all dissenters imo

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

airing endless eight was a really ballsy and ambitious move, on the level of eva 25/26 and the sopranos finale. more shows should take chances like that

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Linnaeus posted:

i love the ee but the level of anger on anime sites at the time was hilarious

its obviously more difficult to account for western/non-jp audiences beyond internet impressions but i'd be interested in seeing the japanese viewership numbers as it progressed

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Torquemadras posted:

There must be someone out there who has made gifs of the exact same scene from all eight episodes, showing the differences between them

Endless Eight is science. It makes me wanna study it

Let's do this

i want to make a video installation like douglas gordon's déjà vu http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/gordon-deja-vu-t07782 but with all the endless eight episodes

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009


the 69 shirt is haruhis most powerful outfit in the entire show

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Linnaeus posted:



she looks so wrong with long hair

what the gently caress?!?

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

good

i've had like three vodka sodas already lets get it

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

super driver > bouken desho desho

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

mikuru in a yukata..

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

someone gif yuki failing to use the gun

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009


yes! yes!!

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

69 shirt alert

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

"My man"

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

"summer's almost over, right?"

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

"time never comes back once it's gone"

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Radio Spiricom posted:

mikuru in a yukata..

:eyepop:

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Zas posted:

you can (not) redo without driving yuki nuts

interesting that you bring up eva, because it is also in a state of perpetual summer

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

the mikuru phone calls get better with every episode

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

In Training posted:

Ah, the classic monologue.

its some real good thematic exposition

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

the music in the opening scene in episode 3 really doubles down on being ominous

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

the way endless eight implicates the viewer is incredible

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Zas posted:

hey don't say stuff like this without elaborating

i'm phone posting!! i can address it afterwards

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

haruhi is all about using empty anime tropes to expose how bare and empty they truly are

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

i've had shivers going down my spine for the whole episode i forgot exactly how unsettling this is

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

In Training posted:

Oh yeah to all newbies, would love to hear your theories on what Kyon needs to do to fix the timeline

i love how they keep subtly hinting at it

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

In Training posted:

I love how's there like 7 different answers subtly hinted at

yeah this too

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

VostokProgram posted:

Could someone give me a timestamp so I can get an idea of how behind I am?

around 7 mins into the fourth

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

Argona posted:

Airplane... endless eight simulwatch on 9/11.... The answer is clear...

#staywoke

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

In Training posted:

When Bae orders lobster and tells you to pick up the tab

hell, i'd pay it.. not like i have a choice

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

lol the cut to fisheye haruhi ftw

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

canted angle shot of power lines spotted

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

baseball owns

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

the way the ambient diegetic noise drops out and it's just ominous sounds when kyon realizes something is up ftw

Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

In Training posted:

Wait is this whole episode diegetic music?

most of it is extra diegetic i think but there are some interesting transitions

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Radio Spiricom
Aug 17, 2009

both eva and haruhi are perfect

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