The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

[Ryllharu]

Watched eps 2 a while back, I just didn't think this series was very popular in these forums, though it should be. One of the best new series this season.

I was suprised that not only was Mikuru dragged forcibly to the club by Haruhi "It took me a long time to catch her," (I woke up my roommate laughing), but she's also their sempai!

I do think Haruhi, Kyon, and Mikuru make this series. His deadpan comments, delivered in the exact same manner as his roles as Rin from Shuffle!, Mayama of H&C, and various other roles, perfectly counter Haruhi's insane enthusiasm. The part where she had her brainstorm and slammed him into the front of her desk, only to have a long conversation all during the middle of class was great.

Combined with the reasons she grabbed Mikuru, a cute face, "mune-mune," and completely timid, all to attract weird things, since that's what happens in manga.

I'm in love with this series.

Also I decided to take a longer look at the two manga phonebooks that Haruhi quickly shows off while explaining the reason for "arresting" Mikuru into the club. One of them has Shuffle! characters on the cover, notably Kaede. (If you didn't see Shuffle, Yuko Goto voices Kaede, and Mikuru here.) I'm sure the other one is supposed to be a similar joke to other works, but I can't seem to recognize it.

[RyougaZell]

Just saw episode 1 yesterday.
I was like "WTF?" It was pathetically good and funny, heh.

Episode 2 finished downloading this morning, so I'll check it tonight.
Its a must see this season for me.

Oh yeah... loved the animation for the ending.

[Ryllharu]

a.f.k. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya eps 3

More people really need to start watching this. We can't stress this enough, it's well worth it.

Haruhi is certainly the most evil heroine ever.

[NeoBear]

This looks like its buy the same people who did Kanon and Air having said that I was kind of reluctant to watch this show but its pure gold as of the first two episodes it’s kind of got the same feel as FMP. The characters that have been shown are all quirky and very defined or at least that’s the way it feels to me. Even though they are all rehashes of characters we have seen before. But even still I still manage to like them and am looking forward to there daily sillyness. I’m just hoping considering the past series that this studio has done if in fact it’s the same studio, I hope they avoid the deep traumatic plot kind of stuff that happened in Kanon and Air id like them to just continue to make with the Funnies

if it wasnt the studios i stand corrected thanks for the info =O

[RyougaZell]

Offtopic:
Kanon and Air were like that since their doujin-game origins.
It wasn't the studios idea.

OnTopic:
Ep3 out so soon? I'll have to download it tonight.
I haven't really seen the "true" story and I already like this show, heh.

EDIT TO BELOW:

I can't find anywhere about this series just 14 episodes long.
I tried ANN, Anidb and even Animesuki.

[Ryllharu]

Kyoto Animation is in charge of animation production here and AIR. They are doing the Kanon remake, though they did not do the original, that was Toei Animation. As for their respective plots, Key created Kanon and AIR, and are known for work like that. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is the sole creation of Nagaru Tanigawa.

It seems that they will be getting into some semblance of solid storyline soon.

On a sobering note, there are rumors (since I cannot find any confirmation anywhere yet) that this series is only 14 eps long. This means high production values as some consolation. There are many novels of this though, so we can always hope for additional seasons.

[RyougaZell]

Just saw episode two.
Man, it cracked me.

Haruhi's hairstyles were great.
And the best part was when she figured she needed to make a club.
No wait! The best part was bringing the moe-lolita (according to Haruhi) Mikuru.

And I still love the ending animation...

[moondoggie]

isnt all 14 episode is out anyways i didnt really liked the first episode