Man, I wish things like this never happened in certain shows:

What do you mean?

Heh, I just saw the first 10 episodes (Which I assume are all that are out right now >_> ), and I love the series now.

Whatever I had said before I mostly retract. I still maintain that having the home movie as the first episode would detract from potential viewers though. Otherwise the show is awesome. I do kinda like how the show is out of order chronolocially, but in order according to Haruhi (I guess?).

Yes, the first episode was a turn off but episode 2 more than made up for it. The episode order has worked for the most part. I'm sure that this is being done for a reason which hopefully will be explained in on of these final episodes. Only 4 episodes to go.

Yeah, episode 11 has been released. Here. Downloading now. From the blogs I've read this one is suppose to be just as great as episode 10.

The world needs more Tsuruya-san.

http://www.re-gz.org/pics/1150160233970.jpg

really? I laughed SO HARD on the first episode! The kitty sliding thing was priceless and crappy effects XD

Due to the (strange yet) massive fanbase (ugh, i don't get it) I feel they might go on for longer than that (or another season?). I'm just guessing though >__>" Or perhaps it's just the entire obsession of their ending song dance ^_^

Well, the series itself is based off the novels. When the anime series completes its run, it will have just about used up the available source... maybe they'll animate more when more novels get published?

me too hahaha
i was confused at first with the first ep. but then i started laughing throughout the whole thing.

the crappy video camera skills and what kyon says throughout is pretty hilarious.
or for me, i thought it was pretty new. :)

apparently the effect of the "crappy home video" has been used before (ie. Azuma Dangaio err i can't spell) in other anime series :p but the fact it was so crappy that you can see the offstage crew in the actual scenes it's just helarious! ... oh yeah, and the old man readin his lines very slowly made him sound like a pervert :p

Ahh, episode 11 is indeed far better than I expected compared to any of the other episodes. Despite the usage of sci-fi content at a larger degree, the characters are making better bonds with each other.

When I watched the first episode I though that the quality of the fansub sucked and all, until I downloaded another version. When I watched the second episode that I realised it was a camera.

I've had only time to watch the raw of episode 11, but even without understanding most of it, it seemed good.

Episode 11 is a big nod to strategy gamers out there. The only term I could understand was "fog of war", otherwise I would be lost that whole episode.

For some reason, the music that was playing during the space battles sounds really familiar. Anyone have any idea where that's originally from?

Wow, I love episode 12, freakin' rocked, almost literally lol.



EDIT:

EDIT2: Could someone send me the files for the 2 songs played in this episode?

http://tracker.minglong.org:8080/ind...arch=nipponsei
The tracker should still be at the top of the list.

I get the feeling that this episode was almost expressly designed to sell the CDs, but then again, I didn't mind that much :)

Since I am fiercely anti-Nipponsei, here is the single in lossless:

http://www.condign.org/media/Suzumiy...rt%20songs.rar

Feel free to ask me if you don't know how to split the file.

KyoAni should of animated Beck instead of whoever did it. that concert scene >> everything in the Beck anime.

video of both performances - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFhgI7toJaQ

And would one go about doing that?

The easy way would be to load the .cue into Foobar, select all 3 tracks, right click and choose "convert to same directory". That'll spit out 3 .wav files, which you can then compress into whatever format you like.

Alternatively, you decompress the .ape file into .wav using either the Monkey's Audio GUI or DBPowerAmp with plugin installed. Then you load up EAC, choose "Tools -> Split WAV by CUE Sheet -> With Gaps", select the .cue, and you get 3 .wav files. Make sure you inspect the .cue beforehand and check whether it is referencing the correct file extension (.wav, not .ape). Edit it as appropriate.

The music was originally from the 4th movement of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4 (some of his more famous works include The Nutcracker and Swan Lake). Its somewhat famous so I wouldn't be surprised if you have heard it someplace else.

The last episode was released today, and I must say, it was a pretty nice way to end the series. I thought it was gonna be lamer than hell since it's really like the 6th episode or something.

Was pleasently surprised with the whole series, which I barely started last night and had an ultra-marathon watching the whole thing.

Yeah, it was a very good series. All of the characters were interesting and even though the pacing and timeline were messed up it was still easy to follow and felt complete. I should rewatch it now in the correct order(Haruhi's Order) to see if it has the same impact and cohesion.

This anime wasn't nearly as good as Blood+, Mushishi, Noein, or Ergo Proxy, but still a nice change of pace from the regular shit the anime industry throws our way.

Same here >.<... The opening and ending theme wasn't so bad after all . The story was well thought out .. To me it felt a little quentin tarantino-ish cause of the narrating and the way the episodes were set up. I also appreciate the fact that each other main characters explained themselves so that the story leaves no plotholes or character background.

Overall, not bad for a 14 episode series. Definately better than KiminozoEien's 14th episode.

Guess'll watch Honey and Clover 2 ;p

I love this series.

Haruhi is an awesome level of psycho. Mikuru is cute, Yuki is cuter, and gotta love Kyon's witticisms.

Random tidbit: on Gamefaqs Tsuruya's known as LOL-tan.