Hayate no Gotoku The Movie - Heaven is a Place on Earth - Discussion Thread

[PositronCannon]

Agreed with Mentar for the most part. But I didn't really expect much from the movie to begin with. Without being able to properly introduce the characters like an anime series would do, there just isn't much they could do with it. Then again, considering their target audience most likely was people who are familiar with the franchise... then they kinda failed. I'm just considering the possibility that they intended this to be accessible to anyone, which would be dumb in itself, but well.

Either way, it had some funny parts and the animation really wasn't that bad, I think they just tried to stick closer to the manga's style which isn't necessarily a bad thing. I personally prefer JC Staff's (S2) animation, but hey. Overall, it was okay and it's less than an hour long anyway.

Just bring on S3 already!

[HasuMasu]

Wow, this takes place way after the anime.

Spoiler for thoughts:

1. Nice seeing Luka.
2. Nice seeing Kayura, though I imagined her hair to be purple.
3. Good sounds.
4. Better animation and character designs than both seasons.
5. I loved hearing everyone's voices again.
6. That part about ants was really interesting, I should try it.
7. Hina,
8. is Hina.
9. While being Hina.
10. The three idiots are still cool.
11. Chiharu is different here than she was last time she was seen animated.
12. Which is awesome.
13. Maria's skirt is shorter. (which is also awesome)
14. Mysterious new character is mysterious.
15. Small glimpse of Athena is welcome.
16. Nagi unfortunately hasn't grown...as a character, mind you. (but also literally)
17. I found the drama kinda funny.
18. LOL at Maria oujo-sama. (this is what I meant ^)
19. Closed space = Haruhi, Kayura is a riot.
20. Power level theory is win.
21. Sakuya and Isumi's random arrival was a nice touch.
22. Luka's image everywhere lol.
23. Kayura generally just being funny.
24. Klaus lol.
25. Nicely drawn dinosaurs.
26. Hina using the sword she got in Greece was awesome.
27. Hayate's...grandmother?
28. Nagi shipping? I...don't like boats.
29. Some sappiness near the end.
30. The ED was also awesome, again sung by Luka.

And that wraps up what I thought of it.

This makes me hopeful for the 3rd season, I already mentioned the character design improvement, and the brief scene with Hina showed they can do a good job with action scenes, which is important if we ever get to the Greece Arc.

[-Sho-]

Originally Posted by Wigwams

Spoiler for identity:

i believe it was grandmother right?

Originally Posted by broken270

Spoiler:

I also had that feeling that it was his grandmother. She said something around the lines of "her son burdening him," so I am safely assuming that it was Hayate's grandmother that brought him to the amusement park that day.

Spoiler for Movie:

Ow , yes you might be right.
The thing that bother me it's that Hayate didn't say something on her , neither Nagi.
It's his grandmother , i'm surprised he didn't say something & when she said "his son" it didn't do a thing on Nagi.

Originally Posted by Detective-san

This makes me hopeful for the 2nd season, I already mentioned the character design improvement, and the brief scene with Hina showed they can do a good job with action scenes, which is important if we ever get to the Greece Arc.

You mean 3rd season or i missed something ^^

[HasuMasu]

Fixed.

[Om Nerabdator]

i just watched it and it was kinda disappointing

I was looking forward to this one too

[Flower]

Hmm ... I wonder if this thread should be moved to the ongoing section now?

[Om Nerabdator]

Originally Posted by Flower

Hmm ... I wonder if this thread should be moved to the ongoing section now?

na not until the 3rd season comes out

[Flower]

Originally Posted by Om Nerabdator

na not until the 3rd season comes out

Never mind ... that's what I get for posting when I should be asleep instead.

[AnimeFangirl]

Originally Posted by Om Nerabdator

i just watched it and it was kinda disappointing

I was looking forward to this one too

I haven't seen it yet. What was the problem?

[HasuMasu]

I guess it depends on your expectations of the film.

[Wigwams]

so whose emotion, and which emotion was granted?

[HasuMasu]

Well I guess you could say it was Nagi's, then again you could also say it was Hayate's...

[Game8910]

Originally Posted by Wigwams

so whose emotion, and which emotion was granted?

When that line was said, you hear the chime once again, so im sure the person whose emotions were granted at the end of the movie was Hayate's grandmother's feelings of wanting him to be happy

[Om Nerabdator]

Originally Posted by Dorfl

I haven't seen it yet. What was the problem?

Honestly i thought it was gonna be about that girl who hayate used to love i assumed they were doing her arc for the movie since there were lots of pictures of her released when the movie was announced.

I gotta admit i wasnt expecting this kind of movie

[HasuMasu]

Originally Posted by Game8910

When that line was said, you hear the chime once again, so im sure the person whose emotions were granted at the end of the movie was Hayate's grandmother's feelings of wanting him to be happy

I didn't notice the chime, in that case I guess you're right.

[AnimeFangirl]

Originally Posted by Om Nerabdator

Honestly i thought it was gonna be about that girl who hayate used to love i assumed they were doing her arc for the movie since there were lots of pictures of her released when the movie was announced.

I gotta admit i wasnt expecting this kind of movie

I thought it was established pretty early on that the anime was an "original" story and not based on the manga. That's why I haven't bothered to watch it.

[mironicus]

The character design in the movie is just like in the manga. However I like the design of the last TV season much more.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Dorfl

I thought it was established pretty early on that the anime was an "original" story and not based on the manga. That's why I haven't bothered to watch it.

Well in his (and my) defence; I sort of just saw that one promo art, had it in the back of my heads that this would be the Greece arc, and didn't bother to revisit this thread for the whole year So up to this point, I was under the assumption that it was the Greece Arc...

...Boy was that embarrassing

[Nochgo]

I watched it without any expectations or prior knowledge, and I can say I at least enjoyed it. I would probably rate it around 6 or 7 out of 10. The biggest disappointment was the art. The fact that it stayed closer to the manga style was a great idea, but maybe that lead to its own ruin by limiting the art as such. Or maybe it was just the studio's limit .

Seeing all the cast again was very nice; it really makes me want season 3. Too bad chibi A-tan was excluded though. Kayura was there, so I kinda was expected A-tan to be there as well, so that was a bit disappointing. And poor Hinagiku, always at the end of Hayate's misleading actions.

As for the story itself, I was expecting more of a slice of life type of plot with some humorous events here and there, more alike how the manga chapters were, and we did get some of that so that was good. But when that mysterious character showed up, I knew I would be getting more than that... The story wasn't necessary bad, but I thought it might have developed better if it had more time, ie 100+ minutes. And, I'm definitely not a Nagi-shipper (might even go as far as to say anti-Nagi), so it was a bit hard for me to stay interested.

[Om Nerabdator]

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

Well in his (and my) defence; I sort of just saw that one promo art, had it in the back of my heads that this would be the Greece arc, and didn't bother to revisit this thread for the whole year So up to this point, I was under the assumption that it was the Greece Arc...

...Boy was that embarrassing

LMFAO thats exactly what i did!!!!

@Nochgo im not a nagi shipper either, as far as im concern shes just a kid, im hoping for a hinagiku end which isnt that far fetcthed considering every poll results