Comment by protocolture
1 day ago
My memory is:
1. Haruhi is based on light novels, so has to actually perform to get a release. Japanese market is upside down, the anime often goes to free to air to support a manga release where the real money is made (I have no idea how this works economically this is just how its explained to me) as there isn't any more manga or light novels to release, the likelihood of another season is low. It was sort of always a passion project.
2. The studio was firebombed. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyoto_Animation_arson_attack
3. Season 2 was critically panned, but I dunno I thought it was pretty genius.
My suggestion, watch both series, then read the english translation of the novels.
The studio being firebombed probably does not factor much into it. Kyoani and Kadokawa have beef, but Kadokawa can easily contract it to another studio to do. They just don't want to because of 1.
Also don't forget to watch Disappearance after the 2 seasons.
It is more likely that a given anime is used as advertising for a light novel/manga series than it is for the entire thing to be faithfully adapted. Just off my the top of my head, shows I've watched that are never, ever going to get animated conclusions: Grimoire of Zero, 86, Kemono Jihen, Drifters, High School of the Dead. Might seem short, but I'm lucky in that my tastes tend towards big-name shounen stuff and anime originals that either lurch towards a conclusion over a decade or were written from the beginning to be one or two cours, respectively. For less-well-known series, seinen, shoujo, etc... Well, I hope you enjoy S1.