Since it’s KyoAni, probably no…
Expect more surprises and trolls from kyoAni, though that makes it somehow, a perfect ride!

That, my friend, is EXACTLY why they pulled this stunt. Think about it for a second; Haruhi is a cashcow. Imagine if KyoAni had actually tried their hardest at making season 2, but it still didn’t compare. Fans would realize the series was dead and wouldn’t want a third one. Look at Terminator 4, for instance. Most fans hated it, and now they don’t even want a 5th one.

However, instead KyoAni intentionally made this season worse than the first one. Fans realize this, and still believe they can make a true successor to the first season, even though they probably can’t. So, demand for a season 3 is still high, and meanwhile, KyoAni will still make money off this season. (Will the dvds sell like S1? No. Of course not. But they WILL still sell.)

Of course, I’m still holding out that season 2 is actually 26 episodes, and not just 13. 13 episodes have been spliced into the Season 1 summer re-airing, while 13 new ones will become a new, true season 2 for fall. (Just a 2ch rumor. Don’t get your hopes up that it’s fact.)

Anyway, thanks a lot for quality releases, Yuki! Now, episode 19, please!

And 19 is the last Endless Eight—it’s true! (Just like the book… *sigh*) What a waste this was, but … well, let’s see if we get any more new episodes.

I’m not getting my hopes up for the rest of the season now, especially not now that KyoAni and Kadokawa have committed what I believe may just be the single worst atrocity of gratutious and shameless anime padding of all time. Eight almost-exact iterations of one episode with script tweaks… no-one else could ever have done this—and I sincerely hope no-one ever does!

It’s absolutely crazy. They’re gifted delinquents. They’re capable of some of the best anime work I’ve seen (like, say, the first season), and yet they seem to have a strange, gravitational pull towards spending equally large amounts of money deliberately doing some of the worst. And that makes it worse, in many ways… it’s not like they don’t know better, because when they try, it’s absolutely god-damn epic (for example: Live Alive, in the exact same series they pulled off this stunt!). It’s the guy who you know can pull straight A’s not even bothering to turn up for the test because he can’t be bothered; it is his fault he failed, and… well, they’re a disappointment.

The moral of the story: If you’re an author who they want to adapt to anime, or if you’re a fan… don’t trust KyoAni or Kadokawa, because if they are allowed to, there is nothing they won’t do—nothing, no matter how insane and dumb—purely for the lulz.

I demand a season 3 just to make up for this! They’ll probably almost need it to fit the remaining story in now if there are any extra episodes to speak of at all… and no cheesing out this time, or heads will roll! *cracks whip* Any brigade member caught slacking off is in trouble!

… *coughs* … terribly sorry. Channeling Suzumiya-dancho for a moment there. ^_^;