Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

paizuri · Post by **paizuri** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:41 am

This is the official Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya discussion thread.

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 4:57 am

I have to say, this series is by far the most surpised hit I have ever seen (you should seen the number of Haruhi avatars that are populating that fansub forum)! I seriously knew absolutely nothing about this except that Kyoto Animation was animating it. And thank goodness because the first two episodes were unbeliveably hilarious, and they didn't have to rely on Japanese puns and/or overexaggerrated visual expressions; the comedy is mostly on witty dialouge along with Kyon's monolouge. Combined with sickly gorgeous animation (especially that dance sequence in the ED where each movement was KEYFRAMED; no use of 3D cel shading or other cheap trick) and very catchy music, this may become comedy of the year and probably beyond.

Now about the first episode, it is by far the most unique 1st episode I have ever seen. The whole episode is basically a cheap ass film production filmed on the spot with a use of a camcorder (let's see how many people can relate to that

). There's even a badly sung OP song, hideous BGM which seems to be played from a MIDI player, and really horrible special effects (I mean REALLY horrible). Of course this needs to be seen!

Now for the 2nd episode,

...it pretty much started from the beginning on how Kyon met Haruhi. At first she didn't care about anything except on aliens, espers, time travelers, and other wierd stuff. Though later on Kyon talked to her more which lead to her to open up a bit. Whether this is a good thing or bad thing, you decide because later on Haruhi decided to open up her own club thanks to the little conversation they have about clubs. The club is now called the S.O.S-dan which according to Kyon, pretty much anything can happen since Haruhi is in control!

And now some cross advertisments melange made in that fansub forum:

Yeah, if you haven't noticed, the original character designer for this series is indeed the same one who did Shakugan no Shana.

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 7:48 pm

I literally fell out of my chair laughing at the first episode. This may or may not have something to do with the fact that its broken and will do I'm guess 70-80 degrees in any direction except for the back, but its working on it.

This show is great amv material if you ever wanted to do anything with the mentally ill. I've got plans for it anyhow. It's definitely the most unique thing I've seen in anime, and my only objection is that I'm not a fan of the bunny outfit.

Bakadeshi · Post by **Bakadeshi** » Wed Apr 12, 2006 10:56 pm

ROFL @ eps 1
I've never seen such a horrible home video before in my life lol... the dialuge going along with it had me laughing throught the entire episode. great stuff. watching eps 2 now ;p

doughboy · Post by **doughboy** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 2:56 pm

This show is greatness. Thanks for the heads up.

madbunny · Post by **madbunny** » Sun Apr 16, 2006 11:51 pm

"AHAHAHAHAHHA!!"

That pretty much sums up my initial reaction to the first two eps. Dammit, this show has an addicting humor to it. I wish the whole thing was already done so I wouldnt have to wait.

Psygnius · Post by **Psygnius** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:08 pm

hehe, agreed, I liked the first episode a lot. Made me laugh quite a bit.

"Wait, you want me to shoot this?!"
RATATATATATA
"Ah!"
CUT

angelx03 · Post by **angelx03** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:35 pm

I just noticed something awesome! Go to this official webpage. Then "Select All", and you'll notice the number of episodes this series is "planning"!

Orwell · Post by **Orwell** » Mon Apr 17, 2006 11:47 pm

Either 10 or... a unprecedented number of anything involving video in a series except for maybe frames.

Psygnius · Post by **Psygnius** » Tue Apr 18, 2006 12:22 am

15498!? (as the top of the page indicates after 1-2, lol.)

I like how the website is made to look like the club site, and characters are listed as "Members", cute and creative.