Comments on: The Never-ending Summer http://www.anientity.co.uk/2009/07/13/the-never-ending-summer/ Examining anime and manga. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:53:09 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: gerjomarty http://www.anientity.co.uk/2009/07/13/the-never-ending-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-418 gerjomarty Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:30:58 +0000 http://www.anientity.co.uk/2009/07/13/the-never-ending-summer/#comment-418 I guess the marketing doesn't affect the story much, but it can certainly hype up a show if it's done correctly. That'll get more people watching, and it'll mean a larger chance that the rest of the novels will be animated. It lives or dies on ratings and DVD sales. If there's no marketing, there'll be no story to watch, good or not. (Given that we'll probably *need* a third season seeing how long Endless Eight's went on for.) I guess the marketing doesn’t affect the story much, but it can certainly hype up a show if it’s done correctly. That’ll get more people watching, and it’ll mean a larger chance that the rest of the novels will be animated. It lives or dies on ratings and DVD sales. If there’s no marketing, there’ll be no story to watch, good or not.

(Given that we’ll probably *need* a third season seeing how long Endless Eight’s went on for.)

]]> By: ojisan http://www.anientity.co.uk/2009/07/13/the-never-ending-summer/comment-page-1/#comment-417 ojisan Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:05:25 +0000 http://www.anientity.co.uk/2009/07/13/the-never-ending-summer/#comment-417 A little love for the endless eight idea is nice to see. Yes, it's trying our patience, but so did the out-of-order sequencing the first season, and that's one of the things that made it challenging & cool. I'm up for more. As for the hype, the announcements, the marketing strategies, I'd give it a resounding 'Who cares?' Either I'm watching a good story or I'm not. There's entertainment to be had, I suppose, in seeing how a campaign strategy is paced and placed, but it's not my kind of show. A little love for the endless eight idea is nice to see. Yes, it’s trying our patience, but so did the out-of-order sequencing the first season, and that’s one of the things that made it challenging & cool. I’m up for more.

As for the hype, the announcements, the marketing strategies, I’d give it a resounding ‘Who cares?’ Either I’m watching a good story or I’m not. There’s entertainment to be had, I suppose, in seeing how a campaign strategy is paced and placed, but it’s not my kind of show.

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