The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
 

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a show produced by Kyoto Animation based on novels done by original creator Nagaru Tanigawa. The show features character design by Noizi Ito, of Shakugan No Shana fame. The show is slated for 14 episodes.

In an unsual classroom introduction Suzumiya Haruhi announces she has no interest in normal humans. She seeks ESpers, Aliens, Time travelers and other oddities. The guy sitting in front of her is Kyon, before entering highschool he also had those kind of childish dreams so maybe because of this he tries to approach her to little success. Kyon starts to study her behavior for the next month such as her changing her hairstyle everyday, changing clothes in front of male and female classmates, and that she joins every club in school (but later quits). He starts bringing up these things to her in homeroom everyday and then eventually he sparks some enthusiasm into her somehow and she decides to start her own club and she demands Kyon's help. This is only the start of what later will be known as SOS-Dan "Sekai wo Ooini moriageruiame no Suzumiya haruhi no dan" (The Suzumiya Haruhi's club to make the world a much livelier place).

links of interest

official website -
http://www.haruhi.tv/

Extensive resource on the show -
http://www.designchronicle.com/memen...ya_haruhi.html

Torrents for all the episodes released so far, subbed by a.f.k. fansubs -
http://a.scarywater.net/afk/

novel translations -
http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/in...uzumiya_Haruhi

Opening -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j3EHqjL2lWY

Ending -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=wsD8mGvwpkE

'am downloading it now. I'll edit to see whats up with this one.

EDIT : Im almost leading towards the end of the episode. It seems like your average chick that is living the life of working two jobs and being shown on camera while a narrator talks about her life and then moves on to another story.

Not bad. I like it.

edit : i love it now ;p.

This camera guy is just filming as much as he can. his edits in the film sucks but its not like he's really trying. As a narrator, he's good. Overall. this anime can also be telling you that some animes are the same thing and making a film like this is boring (i dunno thats how i see it from my PoV).

Now that everything is normal (widescreen). The story can begin now. I find this more interesting than Smash Hit.

Episode 2 came out a few days ago, surprisingly it was as good as the first one. It starts sometime before the first episode and the next few episodes will be the creation of the movie seen in the first ep. my one worry for this series is that Kyon and Haruhi falling for eachother (you know it'll happen eventually) will really hurt the flow of the show.

Episode 2 torrent

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u12gN1s6lik <---awesome ED sequence/Gundam parody

I was just looking this up last night, due to Merv's signature piquing my curiosity. Thanks for the torrent links.

I really loved this anime after finding out the big twist at the end. I felt gypped before because the thumbnail previews of it looked really clear, but the resolution was less. Regardless, the purposefully bad acting was hilarious!
My favourite part was when Yuki starts choking Mikuru: "What are you doing?! That wasn't in the script!" I thought this would become ecchi with all the bouncing breast action of Mikuru, but the ending explained it all :)

I love the dance in the ending too! It's funny since you'd never catch a guy doing that real life.

Interestingly, I found the ending credits hilarious to watch, so that's what caught me at first. The bunny suit takes the cake. ~kawaii desu~.

I seriously enjoyed the ending sequence too much. MORE DANCING!

The anime caught my attention really badly. Lol it was awsome.

oh i really like this one
had me rolling with the commentary by the main character
and the parody of anime in general in episode 1 *kisses* perfect haha

finally an A++ must watch series this season

para para ftw!

The first episode don't caught my attention until the end, also the dancing sequen wow I really enjoy it

It was kind of hard to keep up with all the subtitles on screen at once. The main character likes to provide voice-over over dialogue, which would be cool if I knew Japanese and could listen and read at the same time.

But that's really my only complaint with this series. I watched the first three episodes last night and I'm already addicted as hell.

I like how she happily uses extortion, blackmail or outright thievery to get the club going. Every episode is a cross between :naughty: / :D / O.o

Totally agree. Now we have some kind of understanding behind it, but I rather would think otherwise, as well.


I think the best scene so far was when Haruhi wanted to acquire the computer:

Heh, yeah that scene was golden. Probably my favorite one so far.

Hot bunny girl? Check. I hope they make more low budget films, THE HILARITY!

Also (props to Bigblah for this one):

NEEDS MORE AWESOME MAGIC-SUPER POWER TRICKS!

http://teamh4x.com/filthythechimp/mikuru_beam_small.gif

Having watched episode 4, I have a question:



Either way, this series is intriguing. I didn't find it as a laugh-out-loud style of funny as some other people have, but some of the stuff in there is amusing enough for me to keep watching.

Also, dance ED = win.

Haruhi always announces the chronological sequence, while Kyon corrects her with the TV airing sequence.

OH lol! That would make much more sense! I was very confused and I actually had to open the third episode again to make sure I didn't miss anything after Yuki's revelation at the end. The most baffling part was: "How did you and Haruhi-san manage to escape that time?"

The baseball ep was all right, but there could have been more funny stuff in it too. I liked when Yuki was hitting and catching the ball so perfectly, but so lifelessly at the same time. I want more Mikuru abuse now ;)

Okay, that's OFFICIALLY the best episode of animated baseball EVER.

haha, there were better scenes than that in episode 4, like when Mikuru ducks to avoid the ball and the whole team slides.
or the way Yuki bats and catches.:lolsign:

Loving this show. I wasn't originally a fan of Yuki, but after episode 4 she's awesome.

Seems ep 5 pokes fun at a lot.

Need to write up a Haruhi chronology or something, because I'm starting to lose track of which episode goes where. Case in point, the 6th aired episode is actually episode 9 (and it looks like a two-parter). Which is just as well, I guess, because the series is LOADED. Only a few minutes into episode 5 and I had to pause a bit to read all the text flying across the screen, all of which was essential to the plot.

Can't wait to see how the real episode 6 turns out, but apparently the next aired episode features a beach so that can't be bad.



Also, I'm having trouble accessing this site: http://www.designchronicle.com/memen...ya_haruhi.html

Anyone else able to log in?

I think they were basically trying to drill in Ep. 5, that:


I tried hard to understand it but I didn't pause because I knew that Kyon would react as he would with that much info.

Wikipedia's entry for Haruhi does something along those lines and can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzumiya_Haruhi_no_Yuuutsu

As far as the 5th episode goes, that was a lot of plot exposition which seemed crammed in as though the writers wanted to get that part over with. Nothing of note really happens (except for the usual Mikuru abuse), but I'm hoping that since the exposition has been taken care of, it will leave more room for insanity and hilarity in the next couple episodes.

I finally got to seeing this anime. At first, I actually thought the first episode was going to be the entire anime style, or just some mix up. Then the second one clarified my thoughts. As well as the ending credits for episode 1. But Episode 1 was alot Excel Saga-ish. The random craziness with a narrator to follow. But this anime seriously looks fun to watch so far. The characters are very easy to get along with without all that serious drama junk of, "oh, I get to spend everyday after school with a hot girl! SCORE." It's more of a mature connection being made between the main male character and the main female character(s).

See what you think from episode 2 onwards. That's where the fun begins, although episode 1 was hilarious in its own right.

This series is certainly one of its kind, although I have to say I'm in the minority of not liking the first episode. I didn't really find it very funny, although it did captivate me enough to bother downloading episode two and onwards (as I knew those wouldn't be like the first).

I don't regret following through with it since I do enjoy the series. I'm interested in knowing how they'll wrap it up since there's supposedly a lot of material from the light novels (they're still being written, right?). I don't believe they've had any official word on a second season, have they?

Episode six is rather normal in comparison to all the Mikuru abuse and supernatural events.
It also seems like a two-parter, but going with the non-chronological flow, the next episode doesn't have anything to do with it!

That's what I found hilarious as Kyon stated in the episode preview of what! No ending???! I just LOL'd right there and then. I guess we'll have to wait, which is nice since it just makes you want to get it over with sooner, rather than if they were to show the conclusion next episode.

I feel I must share this with all of you other Haruhi fans.

This...

Ahaahahaha that was hilariously awesome and bad at the same time. Is this the emotion they call love? ='D

LOL! Was Haruhi cross? I really didn't bother to tell. They seemed to lack the full-blown dancing enthusiasm + expresionless faces in the real ED, but the last 10 seconds were funny anyways.


Looks like Episode 07 had crammed more stuff to understand in a short time, and for once, complex info had no simplified explanation after it! You were left to understand it yourself or pause and whip out your thesaurus.
The highlight was the battle with the cave cricket, even though it was short. More Yuki craziness akin to the baseball ep.

One wquestion. How come first epi was about the laser beam? Which had nothing to do with events right now? Anyways, hows new epis? I haven't caught on since epi 5.

Heh. I still gotta finish episode 2 lol. But since 7 episodes are out so far, are they bad or good ? I've been reading news on how the OP and ED theme is popular not that great to me... nowadays.

this amv wins the internets:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k419t_jP8Dk

Ugh. Props for the cosplay but not much else. I'm afraid nothing beats the Gundam version ;_;

Episode 1 is supposed to be a video that the SOS Brigade films, hence the 'bad acting' and general cheesiness. Pretty hilarious stuff, but it can be pretty confusing as well. Episode 2+ is the "actual" plot.

If you liked what you've seen so far, then you'll like the rest of the series. If you've thought it was dull or not funny, then chances are good you'll never like it.

Also, the OP and ED are sex.

Coming from a true fan >=p...

I checked episode 2 and 3. I guess I can't lie. Its alright so far ^^;

I had a lot of fun watching the first episode. I haven't belived so far that a parody series could be fun (especially because I didn't like Excel Saga).

I'll keep watching this series for sure.

EDIT:
After watching the second episode I realised it isn't a parody anime. But I'm glad because I liked this 2nd episode much more than the first.
About the songs, I liked the OP more than the ED, unlike most people, but surely they are both good.
Episode 2 spoiler

The dude almost falls over, hilarious.

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i6...iyaSuckers.jpg

Also, the homemade "sci-fi" movie depicted in the first episode is likely one of Suzumiya-san's crazy ideas of not finding any mysteries to solve, so why not make one up? Even better yet, why not make a movie about it! SOS BRIDAGE TO THE RESCUE!

I'm in episode 6 now, and so far it's great. It gets more interesting and funnier by each episode I watch.

Episode 6

In my spare time (not much these days) I made a wallpaper of Asahina-san.
Next time I plan to make one of Suzumiya.

http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/3...copy8qc.th.png

I hope you like it.

Omg thanks! I love Mikuru, and I've been wanting to replace this pixelly Hsien-Ko for a while :)

Phoenix Wright references = win

http://www.re-gz.org/pics/1148438007880.jpg

Wow, that is really awesome. ='D

Downloading the latest episode as I type this. =)

What a silly twist in that last episode! I was so confused until they sat at the table and explained all of it. The flashbacks as evidence were really clever too!

This is made of instant win and God sauce. Also getting episode 8 in the meanwhile. MUST FIND OUT WHO'S GUILTY OF THE MANOR MYS-TE-RY!

When I saw the first few bits of that Phoenix Wright I was thinking "No, no way..." but I was definitely lollin' by the end of it.

Any word on an ending single? The theme is really catchy, I want it.

"Hare Hare Yukai" is already out...you can get it at Gendou.

I got it. I actually found a link to Gendou (never used the place before) through a YouTube video.

Somehow with the conclusion of episode 8...

Episode 8


I really hope the end of this anime doesn't feel rushed since this is a 14 episode.

14 episodes only? There better be a follow-up or "spiritual sequel." This will not do!

http://www.re-gz.org/pics/1148438007880.jpg

I was wondering who else made that connection. Once I saw the famous objection pose... I knew it had to be it :P

It was already noted here. But it's hilarious, despite me never playing a Phoenix Wright game. ;__;

Ah Episode 9 was a cop-out!


Edit: Thanks Yuna, for the oversight ;)

I don't plan to be the bad guy, but you could have used some spolier tags.
Fortunatly for me, I've already seen the episode.
Let's be fair, you wouldn't ruin anyone's episode with what you said, but there are people that are very touchy when knowing stuff before seeign the episode.

My god.

Having only just played Phoenix Wright last month, upon seeing the Phoenix Wright cross-reference in Episode 8 I almost completely flipped out. That was hands down the best thing I've ever seen because of how well done it was. I've seen plenty of cross-references in Pani Poni Dash, but this one takes the cake.

Absolute gold.

I just saw the first episode, and while I know in advance that there is an actual series ahead... that first episode was just not the way to do things. I understand the INTENT of having thier movie be 95% of the first episode, but it comes off as confusing, and will draw away some potential viewers, as the acting was noticalby (perhaps on purpose by the animators) crappy and full of cliches.

Only the ED gave an indication of better things to come.

Keep with it Dark Nation. I thought the first episode was more less of a parody of various anime conventions and "mystical-magical-action" type anime. But you'll understand somewhat (hopefully) of their reasoning for doing such a bizzare home made movie.

It's up to episode 9 now. Also, try not to be confused with what Suzumiya says about the next episode. She says it in the order of the story, but Kyon says it in the order of the broadcast, I think. You'll understand when you see episode two and beyond.

My god, you went through the entire first episode and you couldn't really tell whether it was on purpose?

I'm going to have to watch this series now after seeing this amusing picture.

This is also nothing to do with the fact that I'm currently playing Phoenix Wright at the moment.

It wasn't really confusing but after that one episode, I gave up for one month thinking that it was going to be hot garbage. But its not all that bad.

If this is only 14 episodes.. then thats ok with me. Hopefully it doesn't have a screwed up ending like KimiNozo.

Also, Dark Nation, you don't believe that Mikuru's LAZER BEAM EYE THING was the real deal, did you? <3 Mikuru beam.

http://teamh4x.com/filthythechimp/mikuru_beam_small.gif

Sup Bigblah

Well, technically episode 14 has already aired (chronologically, not airing order) and I doubt many people had a complaint with it. It was pretty cute, after all.

I think it's pretty impossible for them to 'screw up' the series, since it's split up into small arcs and all. And since the series is based off the novels, the presence of a completed source means they won't be pulling crap out of their butts anyway.

No, I knew the episode was a pastishe of cliches and typical
stuff that happens in anime shows, such as unexplained plot holes and
story progressions from magical girl batteling evil forces to harem anime.

My small complaint was that some viewers might not know that the first episode was not a movie and would avoid watching the rest of it as a result. I knew the whole anime was not about this movie, so I got through it fine.

I guess I have a knack for wording shit wrong, haha.

Effects added in Final Cut Pro, duh :p

Then they must be very slow. I mean, with Kyon's commentating and all...

Also, I found much of episode 9 very bland.

Director's Commentary? :tpg:

Well, the dichotomy of the film segment and the end segment where Haruhi is speaking to the SOS Brigade ought to clue people in...

I actually thought Episode 9 is pretty good. It's like a "intermission" sort of deal from the series. Take a break from the chaoticness and it also showed this:

Episode 10 is fantastic. It gets back on track with some revelations and decent action.

I skipped a bunch of episodes and watched episode 10 the other night. I didn't really care that I'd missed some plot points, since I keep hearing about inconsistency in the series (which is, apparently, on purpose). But now I'm downloading the previous episodes, catching up on what I've missed.

<3 Yuki, though. I didn't expect a decent fight scene in a comedy series at all.

Episode 10, wow!


Somehow, despite the episodes being "out of order", the order of revelations is just fine.

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.

Entertaining series but I'm surprised it was so short; I was expecting more, maybe up to like 24 episodes.
Kyon's fast witty comments are the best, it's so funny.

It ended :( although I wouldn't mind a second season from that kind of ending, although that's probably not going to happen :)
More Mikuru abuse and magical Yuki is always welcome.

I watched the last episode yeasterday. Great show!

It would be a crime against someone or something not to continue this series. If it'll compel them to make another season, I will even buy the series. =O

I too would definitely like to see more Nagato action.
(<3 megane shoujo)

One of the best shows I've ever seen, best character chemistry since Azumanga Daioh, and a sweet little plot. Add to that the animation quality and voice acting, and it adds up to a wonderful experience.



Good music, too!

The messed up episode order didn't help anything. Only added unneeded confusion to an already stale plot. Don't get me wrong, I really liked this series for the laid back attitude and interesting characters, superb animation, decent music, and convuluted explanations.

I heard this was based off of a novel, or manga or something. Don't really care about that, but I wonder if the kanon is deep enough to allow for a sequel that will advance the plot points skipped in this season.

I agree with Foshi - and I've been watching the episodes in the suggested chronological order. I started watching it in the broadcast order, got confused, and then looked up the "right" order. Even after that, I still couldn't get into it, especially after the plot started getting more and more bizzare.

Has anyone else tried watching it in the suggested order, and has it helped any?

I did watch it both ways, and I actually feel that the chronological order is disastrous, and the biggest mistake they made was putting Koizumi after Yuki (which is chronological). But that's just me, I can absolutely imagine the order being kind of a turn-off for some people, and the story is a bit weird, it just works really well for me.

I haven't really read the manga, but there's supposedly enough for a second season. I kind of like the ending as it is though.

Other than that spoiler box, Ep14 was so-so. I hoped there would of been more stuff relating to this:



But am I the only one that might feel Ep14 was a bit rushed?

I can't say I thought it was rushed, but then I think all anime are sluggish to some extend.

The broadcast order was actually suggested by the original author of the novels (yes, Haruhi is based off a series of novels, and the anime follows them virtually word-for-word for the most part). After watching the entire series, I can fully appreciate why episodes 13 and 14 were shifted from their chronological places (smack in the middle of the series) to the end -- the climax there is really the only satisfying way to end it. Broadcasting the episodes out of order doesn't create that much confusion unless you're really thick, in fact the reverse foreshadowing allowed for much more speculation and the subsequent elevated anticipation for more episodes that would help tie up the various plot points. And here I really must commend Kyoto Animation for their superb level of attention to small details, like

and

There's plenty of details that tie in with one another, and this adds to the charm of airing the series out of chronological order. It certainly gave my brain something to work with.

Out of the entire last season, this was the only series that managed to hold my attention right to the very end. Out of the 70 or so shows available. There's a reason why Haruhi is now rated #1, or close to it, on most of the popular database sites, and why its related merchandise (novels, character song albums, DVDs) are clamouring for top spots in the Amazon.jp sales list.


(For the people inquiring about a second season, nothing has been announced, but there's still hope -- there are plenty of short stories in the novels that have not been animated, and the author is still writing more novels.)

Did you read them? Are they worth it?



Same here, although I almost finished Pani Poni, and might go back and do that later. That was a good show too, though certainly not on the scale of Haruhi.

And I must say, once again, the duration of this show seems perfect to me. I don't really need another season. Just like I didn't need another Azumanga Daioh season, even though it's my all-time favourite show, and the ending was open. The series has reached a certain closure, beyond which it seems uneccessary to continue.

There's a translation project ongoing, I've browsed through a couple of chapters. They're good for a read if you're interested, but there's not much new material (in volume 1, that is).

One of #a.f.k's members also has his own translation going, so try that one if you prefer their translation style (it flows much better, I think).


Also, for anyone who wants to know what happens right after the very end of episode 14, here's a sneak preview (WARNING: novel spoiler):

Personally I like the novel better than the anime, but I have to applaude that these 14 eps of anime sticks closely with the novel with not much deviation!

Waiting for novel 11 to come out in the mean time I have my fingers crossed for 2nd season :)

Whoops, when quoting you get to see the spoiler! Good thing I deleted it quickly before I could spoil myself.
I've started reading this, and it's really interesting to see the various ways in which they polished up the storytelling and made it so much stronger with little details. For example, the prologue of the book gives away Kyon's opinion on Santa Claus way too early. Holding that card for just a bit longer, the way the anime does it, makes the punchline ("I never believed in him in the first place") that much stronger.

Anyway, thanks for that link, I agree that it's much better than the other one (as far as I read it anyway)!

I finished the series just recently (I got kind of delayed) and was amazed. The production value on Haruhi is so high, I wonder how they'll top it (or even match it) when the sequel comes out (AND THERE MUST BE A SEQUEL). We knew Kyoto Animation was great from watching stuff like FMP:TSR, but having to recofus the camera when Haruhi zooms in from the background too quickly? Instrument players that actually MOVE IN TIME TO THE MUSIC? I am a fan for life.

I browsed through some of the novel translations (at the wiki site, since it's a bit ahead of a.f.k.'s translation) and it's pretty darn intriguing. If strato maintains the crazy pace he (she?) worked at for the series, it'd be pretty awesome.

Totally the best series of last season. Detractors can burn!

Don't watch anime in general unless it's GitS related, but i'm glad I went with this one. It was fecking great.

Haha, I guess I'm lucky to have found out about this anime AFTER the final episode has aired - it'd have been toooorture to wait for every new episode. I actually heard about it from this video. =P

It sucked me in right from the start, and I personally found the 14 episode length perfect for a series that's worth rewatching (and there's so much details that you just need to rewatch it!). I think this is the only series where i would sit through the opening and ending theme songs, plus watch the previews for every single episode.

So who can tell me what's up with the cat in the first episode?

If you mean the best 14 episode series of last season then I agree. It has to be though because it's the only 14 episode series that I had any interest in last season.

I would definitely appreciate a sequel to this series. That way the characters could be fleshed out some more and the plot holes apparent in the first season could be answered.

It wasn't explained since the series didn't reach the novel chapter describing the making of the student film, but in the novel, essentially:

(WARNING: HUEG NOVEL SPOILAR)

Just finished this today. What an awesome series! I really want to know what happens next. So was this show based off just one of the books or a few chapters of one book? In any case I'm totally up for the sequel. I just loved how they jumped around the timeline. Great storytelling. =)

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lol okay as I figured it was just based off the first book. That's really cool.

Man I wish someone would do a book translation for other stuff like the Tylor series. Thanks for the link, Blah! =D

The 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya' set of episodes (all six) comprise the first volume of the novels. The rest of the series (with the exception of episode 9, "Someday in the Rain") is based on arcs from the following 2 novels or so.

http://www12.brinkster.com/stratoct/haruhitimetable.txt

I loved it too, she's so cute and funny.



I'm thinking about reading the manga, but I'll wait a bit because if there really will be a second season, I don't want to spoil it with anything.

She's pretty cute (violent?) in the novels, too:

http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/in...lume2_Chapter3

Anyways, I just finished up watching the last episode, after going on a gaming spree/anime-fasting for about a week. Very bizzare ending, yet enjoyable at the same time. It wasn't really how I expected it to end, but giving the "Snow White"/"Sleeping Beauty" was already a giant clue smack dab right there.

Also, Haruhi's spotting for the ENOZ lead singer in Episode 12 was HOLY FUCK!

http://i69.photobucket.com/albums/i6.../FOOLDOING.jpg
Yup, that pretty much summed up my intial reaction right there

At first, my impression was the same as the audience, what the fuck is she doing? Omg, someone get her off stage right now. But I have to say that was some pretty amazing stuff, I'm watching this right now. Must....get....OST....

I love this series. The humour, the concept and the characters are all great. It's also interesting how it was released in anachronical order, yet you would need to put them together in chronological order in order to see everything fall in organized place. You don't even need to do that in order to like it though haha. Nagato is my favourite character.

Sooooooooooooo is there another series coming out of this? The novels are many in number and some loose ends need to be tied up that were shown in the anime (ie: talking cat (first ep) that is addressed later in the books).

^^ I doubt it, but it's possible. Maybe the popularity of the Anime will launch a second season, hopefully. They have so much more to show, but you know how it is with books and Anime series. It's sort of the same thing with the Excel Saga Anime series and Manga series.

I'm up to episode 10 in this hilarious anime and, like others (I'm guessing), am saddened at the fact that it's only 14 episodes long. I really like the OP/ED, especially the ending, I mean, who doesn't love dancing? :D Does anyone know if there is an OST for this anime? I've been looking, but have only found character singles.

http://www.boxtorrents.com/details.php?id=129362

I think one of these is *the* OST ;O One of the first few listed, I'm thinkin'.

A soundtrack for the series has not been released yet. That torrent is pretty much an assortment of everything else, though -- character singles, OP/ED, music used in episode 1, radio drama, etc.

There probably won't be a formal soundtrack released. It looks like they're going the Shuffle! route -- releasing bits of the soundtrack in bonus CDs included with the individual DVDs.

MOAR MONEYS, eh? ;_; I was hoping to snag some of the BGM's. Ah well.

Yeah, I wanted the BGM's as well. Like the ones in Azumanga Daioh, I really liked those.

http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/view/60814

Anyone have confirmations? Can we celebrate? :D

If you read 4chan, or even the comments on the page you linked, you would have known that this isn't confirmation of a second season, just for the second DVD.

Episode 12 of Haruhi was amazing. Haruhi's VA (Aya Hirano) has a pretty nice singing voice... it's too bad her "band" only played two songs.

With regards to the cat and the MIKURU BEAM:
Just to clarify it a little there:

This anime series was a great surprise for me. Like many others, I only managed to start seeing the show after the last episode had aired, so was able to watch them all in a short period of time. The order in which they were released was confusing at first, but I just shrugged and watched them as I downloaded them and thought how really cool the show was. Kyon made me laugh the most, since it's usually him who needs to face the eccenticities and absurdities that come in form of Haruhi and her brainstorming.

Oh yes, the Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu entry at wikipedia is an awesome source of material on everything Haruhi. It has the episode guide and a trivia link as well which explains some points not obvious in the series but mentioned in the novels, such as when Haruhi asks Kyon if they've met before in episode 2:

Something else to think about.....

:beer:

Just wondering if anyone is following the novel translations? (I know Saka and Acer are). So far the stories have been truly memorable, and occassionally hilarious as well. Most of the stories are covered one way or another in the anime, but some of them clearly explain details you never thought about before but knew were there. Other volumes are great too.

I'm dying to get through volume 4 but they're still in the process of translating the story (chapter 3 is still only 96% done, and there are still another 3 chapters to go!) This has got to be the best story so far, "The Disappearence of Haruhi Suzumiya".

Any thoughts?


:beer:

Moon Phase reports that new episodes of this series are scheduled for next fall. [ link ]

Hah. Awesome. I've watched this series pretty much like, 10 times already. Can't get enough of Yuki's 'bogus' magic. Thanks for the news.

Next fall is too long of a time..... You could buy the series on DVD more than 200 times by then. Although, I wouldn't know what to do with 200 sets of DVDs....

Taking this news with a grain of salt, since there's already been a false alarm before.

I'd wait for confirmation from KyoAni themselves.

So, as many of you may know by now, an 'official' English page for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has been put up. In addition, ads have shown up on ANN and Anime on DVD. It's probably been licensed, and if the page is correct, we'll find out who (or we find out something) on December 22nd.

What makes all this even more suspicious is that the Japanese page for the show, http://www.haruhi.tv/, supposedly went down on December 18th.

You can still access Nagato Yuki's page.

Awesome, that English page for Haruhi even has the EUC-JP encoded "secret message" in the HTML source, just like the original website.

Since you mentioned something is happening on Dec 22nd (as per the english website), I'd think you were right. After all, according to the novels, from Dec 18th....

Volume 4 of the novels was pretty good, and the event of December 18 is taken directly from this volume. Volume 5 was also good and I hope volume 6 will be finished soon. I just started reading the first few bits of volume 7 and volume 8 as well. Good thing the novels (like the anime) are not really in any chronological order so reading different bits doesn't spoil anything.


Suzumiya Haruhi rocks!! :edgarrock:

I can understand the English page, but why tamper with the Japanese page? Perhaps a second season is going to be announced?

Well, I remember reading in Wikipedia (or the SOSdan wiki) that when episode 8 "Mysterique Sign" was aired, the Japanese website changed to mimic what happened in that episode.

There is still speculation that a second season is coming. Whether it's true or not, the SOS Brigade website going down on Dec 18 looks really fishy. Afterall....

For those of you not in the know, please read volume 4 of the novels found here.


:beer:



EDIT: Oh wait, I just realized that "3 days after December 18th" would actually be Decemeber 21st!!

D'Oh!!!

It seems that Nagato has put up an escape program. (as of 12/21/06)



Nagato's member page is still the same. The other members have pages as well, but they are completely blank, except for the kanji (鍵 [key]) in the title bar.

Double Post:
Also, the Japanese message in the http://asosbrigade.com/ source code has changed from "Classified information will be revealed on December 22" to "The North American Project has come into effect."

(note: The sentence could also say "The North American Project was effective.")

That's pretty nifty. So they have been going along with what the novel's been getting up to, by handing out these nifty hints via the website and such? Cool way to keep people interested! :D

By the way...

:beer:

Oh well, the site's back up anyway. I also noticed that the bottom of the page under "DECEMBER 22, 2006" on the asosbrigade website is now in English instead of the previous Japanese.


:D

Summary: It's Bandai.

The video was pretty awesome, and I loved this part:

:)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dih5WFTTK3s

O.M.G. SO AWESOME

Yeah, I freaked out the first time I saw that as well. Though they did cut out the part where kyon's two friends and Tsuruya were dancing as well.

I was just informed yesterday night that this was out, and it's now our club's mandate to perform the full version dance one day xD. I wish by full dance version they really meant the full version song as well. That would be absolutely beautiful.

That was so cool! Totally awesome, I am so impressed that they took the time to make a full dance version of the ending. All the extra dance steps and song just blew me away. I just love it.

Hope the 2nd season is really coming. And coming soon!



:D

Ah... it looks so cute~

Can't wait for Suzumiya Haruhi 2

PS: Wow I posted...

ANN gives us the dub cast for the series

Haruhi Suzumiya - Wendee Lee
Mikuru Asahina - Stephanie Sheh
Yuki Nagato - Michelle Ruff
Kyon - Crispin Freeman : Awesome.
Itsuki Koizumi - Johnny Yong Bosch - I knew it was coming ;p
Ryouko Asakura - Bridget Hoffman
Tsuruya-san - Kari Wahlgren

Well it looks like that dub company has pulled another one. Great Job.

Oh god. Wendee Lee better not fucking screw this up. She seriously can make or break an anime when she's given a big role like this.

I absolutely have to get this now that Crispin Freeman is Kyon. It would be pretty sweet if they brought Kanon 2006 over and had him play Yuuichi as well. =)

The skits on http://www.asosbrigade.com/ that bangzoom put up are horrendous.

She breaks more often than she makes, in my opinion. It's a quality she has in common with a thankfully small minority of other female VAs in that she sucks all the energy and emotion out of the roles that she performs.

There are so many better American female candidates that I'm astounded she gets any parts at all. The rest of the cast looks nice, though. I can't complain about anyone but Haruhi herself.

And good god never ever under any circumstance allow her to do ADR. Love Hina, you poor, poor thing. :(

What's up with the ASOS Brigade site? There's something about an invasion hidden in the middle of the page on the right-hand side (you need to press CTRL-A to see a few hidden messages as well). Before, the message mentioned waiting 111 days, then a few days later changed to 11 days and now it reads 1 day. What's gonna happen?

ASOS Brigade



:eye:




EDIT: It's happening today, whatever it is...... looks like there'll be another video or something too......


:erm:

Just marathoned the series on youtube, and I gotta say, so far, just so far, Lee's voice isn't working for me, its not horrible, but it sounds a bit off to me.

And to people who want to know info on the North American Suzumiya DVDs, check it out.

http://www.sos-dan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1014

Important note on the order of episodes

Fans should know that there are two orders of the episodes, chronological order and the Broadcast order.

The North American collector DVD sets above will have 2 DVDs (cept the first set because those episodes are the same in both orders.) One DVD will be in the CHORONOLOGICAL order and will come with the English Dub.

The second BONUS DVD will have it in the original broadcast order, HOWEVER this DVD will only have Japanese language and subs.

The regular edition of the DVDs, the version without all the goodies, will ONLY be in the CHRONOLOGICAL order, and of course have the English dub.

Meaning if you wanna watch in English but in the original Broadcast Kyon Order, you will need to buy the collector's edition and swap disks around, which will be a pain.

Further info on the regular and collector's edition orders can be found here, in case you are confused and need further visualisation.

http://asosbrigade.com/oplet01/

Amazon is selling the first DVD set at a great price of $45!

http://www.amazon.com/Melancholy-Har.../dp/B000NVT0PM

As for me, I'm getting the Collector's version of all the DVDs, I may be a fresh new fan, but hot damn this series is awesome.

Wow, they're actually releasing all of the character singles over here in the states, I'm impressed. All of the extras look pretty neat, and being the consumer whore I am I'll probably get all of the special editions. It's pretty awesome that Amazon has them for a pretty reasonable price, too.

Very glad I went to Anime Expo LAST year, though. I don't think I'd want to be around for that dance contest.

Why? If the fans can pull off that dance from the special ending song video it can actully look pretty cool. It doesn't look easy to me from the video I saw off youtube.

They better be pumping out as much fucking quality as they can onto those dvds for the price they're asking. I'm really not sure if I'm a big fan of special edition sets. Also, I don't enjoy the fact that viewers will be seeing the show chronologically first. The way they did it broadcasted I feel is how you should watch it first and then a rewatch chronologically. I'll see how I feel after buying it all. God, my wallet. :(

Its not an issue of localisation forcing new fans to watch in the chronological order, its the issue that the Japanese execs wanted all DVDs to remain in chronological order. The localisation people did fans a favor by getting the original broadcast order along with the episode previews as extra features.

They explained it all here: http://asosbrigade.com/oplet01/

So blame it on the Japanese execs who don't understand the brilliance of the broadcast order.

Well, there have been several videos done of such a thing, the success of which you'll have to be the judge of :tpg: The third clip is a compilation of various attempts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejQxa...elated&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfxIv...elated&search=

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fPgG...elated&search=

Still waiting on that English Hare Hare Yukai though.

English? You mean a fandub of the song or officially? cause I believe the songs are gonna be in Japanese for the NA DVD releases.

I think he's probably looking for an all English-speaking dance cast that would more than likely appear in the contest. So basically all American, Canadian, and/or British or something. Those videos were mostly Japanese. I'm not saying no Asians in the contest but it was pretty obvious in those videos most of the people were from Japan.

Well actually what I meant was I want to see how Bandai handles the English version of the OP/EDs.
Meaning the official (not fandub) version of the song as sung in english by the cast/singers hired for that part.

Although I wouldn't mind seeing what the fans come up with in the contest entries, I had already heard
a fandub of Hare Hare Yuaki through Youbube thus which is why I was all :gonk:

i downloaded a bunch of episodes. i only watched the first 2 and i gave up. i dont know...i guess it's not my kinda anime. :eagletear:

Right, because the premise of the whole show can be summed up in two episodes...

This show is NOT for the impatient who expect to see the whole concept within two episodes. Infact, alot of good anime operate on watching at least several episodes before people can make a good judgement.

This show should be seen as a full package, not just watch the first 2 and go "is this it?"

Especially considering the first Broadcast Episode.

Also, For those who might care, here's a .mkv of the Full Dance Version of the ED: Download

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoQEuQLbVl0

For those who haven't seen this greatness.

That was f-ing hilarious! Thank you! Now I want the midi of that song.

Now that we've reached June, The first US vol came out already so now I need to know if its worth getting so I can wipe the episodes off my hdd. According to ANN , my predictions were right on the mark when I thought that Wendee Lee would work on Haruhi's voice. Im not sure how that job went but I assume Crispin Freeman did a great job as Kyon cause he's Crispin Freeman ;p.

I could stand most of the voices. Johnny Yong Bosch as Koizumi, I liked. I didn't like Mikuru's/Yuki's NA VAs as much. To me, Mikuru comes off more as whiny instead of cute. Yuki has a somewhat more direct voice, or maybe it's just me, since these voices would be perfect to others.
I'm glad the OP and ED were unaltered.

I think I'll end up buying the box set... because I doubt they're JUST selling the DVDs without all of the extras. Plus I'm tired of watching this it on my laptop..it's making everything slower. I've gotten used to watching the episodes in Japanese...so hearing everything in English would be weird... but I've wanted to listen to the dub

Season 2 is practically announced, official announcement ont he 7th of July on the official site.

http://forums.animesuki.com/showthread.php?t=50432

That's fucking awesome! Thanks for the link, Kairi. It's gonna be a great time when this airs, coz already it looks like it'll be great!! The newspaper article alone has me going all giddy:

http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/newspaperarticle.jpg
Supposedly, that is....

Heh, I really want to see this story animated!! :D



And this image made me LOL:
http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/luckystarecstatic.jpg

Konata ecstatic that Haruhi has a season two (and maybe Aya Hirano too as she is able to reprise the role that made her a household name)!!



I can't wait!



:beer:

first the school rumble ova news and now this.
Its great to hear that the series will continue I just hope they don't mix the episodes like last time. It was good for a twist but so confusing

Uh, Haruhi season 2 was announced for this summer season a long ass time ago, people.

What's the surprise?

Was there really an official announcement all the way back then, or did people just assume there would be a second season because... why not?

Yeah I think the second season thing was assumed before but confirmed now.

I ended up buying the first volume. I found Mikuru's dubbed voice bearable but it didn't have to be that high pitched. It's higher than the Japanese version, so I tend to just watch the whole volume in Japanese.

There were assumptions, but KyonAni didn't say or announced anything until the recent scans.

07/07/07 will be the official announcement. I hope theres some sort of trailer.

The fact that they showed a "newspaper scan" of that certain event is probably giving us a clue as to which volume is being adapated as the main story arc as well. (Psss, its the "Disappearance" one)

Almost all the novels(Cept the recent vol 9) are translated into English here:

http://www.baka-tsuki.net/project/in...uzumiya_Haruhi

I'm kind'a confused about the date on the newspaper though....

:confused:

http://www.timeanddate.com/worldcloc...ml?query=tokyo

The internet will explode with Haruhism in less than an hour...

http://www.haruhi.tv/

EDIT:NewType official site HAD a video relating to Haruhi 2, which depicts a scene from Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody. The video was just taken down,and we speculate it will be on the shows official site soon, but so far, the site isn't loading...

NOOOOOOOO!!!!

The site isn't loading....... :(

Must be tons of people trying to access it now..... :><:

It's Tanabata now..............



:(

http://haruhiism.com/

The annoucement video can also be found here. Remember this is a scene from Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody shot in LIVE ACTION. If you wanna know whats going on, go read that through the translation link I gave before. If you don't wanna be spoiled, well, just take note that the video lasts for 22 mins like an anime episode. Since the events take place Tanabata festival in Japan, which the date for it is 7/7, it makes sense to make the annoucement on that day. It also hints that they will be adapting "Dissapearance" as the main arc, since Bamboo short story is directly influences events in that book.

Kyoani is thinking outside of the box for this marketting, and I think its admirable.Though there is the fear or alienating people who haven't read the books/translations.

Heres the torrent for the PV:

http://desu.kooan.de:6969/torrents/0...c81dc55fc38a80

Hey, just saw this message under Nagato Yuki's profile page on the SOS Dan website. Anybody know what it means?

http://www.haruhi.tv/02order/5.html

Something to do with the 4th novel as well?


:beer:

There has been speculations that there 'might' be Haruhi Live Action in plan (from 2ch). It was some how hinted after the announcement of Negima Live Action by Star Child... I am still looking for the transcription of that interview, so not sure if thats true or not.

But if it is, then I am looking forward to it :)

The 070707 event got the whole Haruhi fanbase excited, also here in Osaka, you can see posters of Haruhi 2nd wave almost everywhere >_< (Especially in the trains)

Thanks for the download.


I didn't know there was going to be a season 2. This is excellant news.

Random images from the live concert the Haruhi cast did a few months ago:

http://graf-eisen.com/upload/gekiso2.JPG

The whole cast here. Key point is: KYON'S SISTER IS TALL.

http://graf-eisen.com/upload/gekiso1.JPG

Oh Minoru, the things you'll do for your craft.

I bet Kyon's (tall) sister would still look cute in a bag. =)

It would have to be a big bag, like one of those Ginormous Duffel Bags that
soccer teams take on the buses, or in Kyon's Case, onto the Boats.

Why doesn't Tsuruya-San have Long Green Hair? :mad:

Dang... I was a bit late about knowing the release of "Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou" DVD!

I called up all the shops around Akihabara today and all the shops sold out. And found some on ebay for ridiculous prices + art book... so my question is did anyone get their hands on a copy of the LE DVD? If so, is it worth it? I have already put down my order and it will be shipped on 22nd August at earliest :(

Has anyone heard anything new about Haruhi2? Was hoping there would be more news but no one seems to know anything. Doesn't seem to be any mentions in the mags or whatever. :confused:





By the way, anyone seen the Haruhi related comics over on the SOS wiki?


http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/Comic_chibiasakura1.jpg

http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/Comic_chibiasakura2.jpg


:p

I'm sure when Clannad finishes airing, we would hear something. KyotoAni is still working on Clannad, and only 2 (or 3) episodes are out so far.

Caught this a while ago, unfortunately the links mentioned in the article are no longer working. At least it's noted in detail what was shown in regards to December 18th.

http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/18_haruhi.png

Does that say that season 2 is cancelled? Seems to mention another season though as well...

Pretty much what we know already, the new series will focus on Tanabata and the events of the 4th novel.

Check out the details of what happened on Dec 18th on the Darkmirage website. Be warned that if you haven't read volume 4 you're gonna get spoiled!!


:judge:



Off topic, another Haruhi strip. Can someone explain to me this thing Yuki has going for Kyon? Kind'a weird....

Or is it simply another case of Yuki innocently copying an interaction between Kyon and Mikuru?

http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/Clumsy.jpg


:beer:

That image then corrects itself, saying that a new anime is in production. That image is an important part for the Disapperance arc.

Its probably meant to be tongue in cheek since Season 2 will NOT be called Melancoly, but Disappearance.

Nice that again like 7/7/07, they used an important date in the Haruhi timeline to announce something. This time being December 18th.

Anyone who wants to read English translations of the novels can go here.

Suzumiya Haruhi - Baka-Tsuki

And that comic.... Seems like Yuki is trying to get similar attention from Kyon, or trying to emulate Mikuru's cuteness. But we all know it can't work cause of her neutral expression...

Right, gotcha! Thanks for pointing that out! (wonder why I didn't catch that bit in that description.....?). It makes sense now that they will change the title in reference to the 4th novel, though I had always assumed it would remain as ...Yuutsu since I always thought that would be more well known...

Now if only we knew for sure when the new season will start.....


Regarding Nagato and Kyon, their interaction in these comics are hilarious no matter what they're upto...

http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/Purimo2_page6.jpg



:D

We wont be able to find out when Season 2 starts till Clannad wraps up. (See my sig.)

And we don't even know how many episodes Clannad will take. It seems to be 24, but Clannad is a huge visual novel that I don't think 24 episodes are enough to cover 13 or so character arcs and a long After Story... Right now they are at episode 11 on the fullscreen version and only up to the 2nd major character arc.

Moar Haruhi strips:

http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/Haru.jpg

http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/Haru_Hare_29.png

http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/Haru_Hare_22.png

News has been slow, and still no idea when Season 2 will air. HOWEVER, the official anime site has recently released THIS image of Nagato, causing just about every Haruhi Novel readers or Nagato fans to go crazy

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3..._li/Nagato.jpg

Meanwhile, the rest of us are just pleasantly confused.

Glasses?

She wore glasses in the beginning of the series....

She has glasses above because.....

Sorry if the explanation was unnecessary, wasn't sure how much you did or didn't know from your question...

:p

Didn't know anything at all, actually. I don't read the novels (not fond of reading books on the computer) or pay very close attention to the series as it is developing, so yeah. Glasses was just an educated guess based on what you wrote in your first spoiler.

Thanks for the explanation, I guess. I can see why Nagata fans might go crazy with excitement. Or rage.

Well the Suzumiya series is meant to be a series that has little details thrown in here and there that foreshadow things that will happen or has happened, due to the whole time travel element in it.

While the first novel's events was in the right order in the book, unlike the broadcast order of the first season, the rest of the later novels had short stories that were in different parts of the story's time line, and had clues and foreshadowing hints to various events that happen later, or has already happened. Something seemingly trivial may be important later.

The anime, when it was initially broadcast in Japan, took that idea and decided to screw with people even more by having the short stories made into filler episodes and interrupt the first novel's storyline, in some cases, like the baseball episode, they take place AFTER Melancoly, so the "references to past events" instead become "hints" to what we, the audience, will see at later episodes.

One example from Season 1:



By not paying a bit more attention to the series, you end up missing out alot of character moments or humor, important plot details, references etc. I love this series not just for its new and fresh concept, but its constant rewatchablity thanks KyoAni's amazing ability to put detail in places not even the novels may have referenced. For example, rewatch the culture festival episode again and try and spot Haruhi and the other band members running around for last crash rehersal.

And since the novels are officially licenced recently, once they are out, you can enjoy then at your own leisure and pace without tiring your eyes out from your PC's screen.

And just so Sakabadger can enjoy season 2 more, we should try and refrain from spoiling too much. :P Cause that last one was a huge one.

No other news apparently,but I saw this pic over at Danny Choo so I decided to share.

:D

http://h1.ripway.com/hikarub/2008Jun...23_3721min.jpg


It's Haruhi from the fourth novel. Readers will know why she looks that way....


;)

HOLY CRAP THAT IS AWESOME! Thanks for that!

Oh, and I found a High Res version of that image too!

remodk35375.png - ImageHost.org

Oh, found more promo images of season 2!

Ah okay, good to see that there IS indeed more to come.

Actually I don' know what's more confusing, watching the series in broadcast order or watching it in the "correct" order. Because... Well...The final episode in "correct" terms is somewhat... Anti-climatic, leaving me with a "WTF? That's it?" kind of feeling.

That's why the broadcast order made it so that the big bang epic episode is the last one.

Also, the chronologically last episode is written by the original novel author specifically for the anime.

I recommend watching it first in broadcast order, then watch it chronologically so you can spot things in the background and understand things better.

The Second Season of Haruhi Suzumiya - Page 75 - AnimeSuki Forum

While Clannad is getting alot of info coming out of Anime Fest, Haruhi got less so. In fact, reading that particular page in the animesuki thread seems to indicate the author of the novels is having a tiff with his publisher, which is hindering the anime's production.

It seems that there are rumors that volume 10 is the end of the series, while the publisher doesn't want it to end, and rightly so in my opinion, there is no way he can wrap up everything in one volume, not to mention he foreshadowed alot of activities the SOS brigade will do. But it seems like the Author does NOT wanna go beyond 10 volumes, and because the publisher disagrees, he's withholding rights to air season 2.

Now, this is all just rumors, but seeing as Vol 10 had a release date but was then pulled back for a TBA makes this sounds more and more plausible. And now that Animefest had zilch news on Haruhi 2 makes it more and more likely there's something going on behind the scenes.

And it doesn't help that Kyoto Animation has announced a new anime in production. Tonari no 801-chan.

Tonari no 801-chan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Things do not look well for Haruhi.

From what I've read, the disputes seemed to be focused on royalties or some other financial reason. Regardless, I'm not particularly worried. The series is going to air at some point, no question about it. Production of the anime series has made the franchise way too popular for even the author to hold it back for too long.

Someone ought to stick FMP fans and Haruhi fans in a room, lock the door, then tell them the last faction standing gets their sequel animated first. The resulting carnage would be epic.

Chibi Kyoto animated shorts of Haruhi to come exclusively on Youtube. One is an animated adaptation of the official gag manga, "Suzumiya Haruhi-tan no Yuutsuu", and the other is an animated adaptation of the popular doujin 4koma "Churuya-san".

Scan:

http://img300.imageshack.us/img300/2...ruyadf2.th.jpg

Oh that's freaking wonderful! I love it when fan work is embraced on such a level as this. =)

Since I just happened to discover this forum again recently, any new news on the second season, or those Shorts Kairi Li mentioned up above?

[/Necromancy]

Nope, no indication of when the second season is going to come. KyoAni has this bullshit slated after Clannad After Story.

But I heard this 2009 Kyoto Animation will release Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu (Disapperance of Suzumiya Haruhi). The exact date is still unknown...I forgot which site I got the info from though...

Haruhi is in limbo because of some disputes between the original author of the novels, the publisher of said novels, and of course probably the animations studio themselves got wrapped around it. They obviously cannot air or do anything about Season 2 untill the publisher/author allows them to.

They annouced Tonari no 801-chan because no way can they wait around forever, twirl their thumbs and HOPE the disputes end soon and they can air Haruhi 2. They gotta keep producing SOMETHING. I'm just surprised they didn't go for Little Busters next, since that is the next game Key created after Clannad.

I wonder how much animation for Haruhi 2 was done before the publishers and author started their dispute. I would hate to be one of the animators sitting there, wondering when their hard work is ever gonna air.

Looks to me like we finally have a response. And that means sitting through a few more weeks of Munto and Clannad ~AS~, but hey, it's nice to have some sort of confirmation.

Source: Haruhi Suzumiya TV Anime Reportedly to Relaunch in April (Updated) - Anime News Network

Of course, I'm going to hold back my enthusiasm in the event of production delays, but unless that happens, looks like we'll be having an excellent Spring 2009 season indeed.

EDIT: HARR!!! Rumor smashed!

Ya'll some fags. Haruhi-chan and Churuya-san have been airing for a few weeks, but Kadokawa is constantly removing the episodes from Youtube after a week or so.

Thankfully these guys have been preserving them. Go watch!

Gah! Have Shamisen stopped the Haruhi-chan subs or something? They released episode 14 qui~te a while ago...and nothing since.

But so far it rocks!

Hooray!

..

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/a...rkyGFF/wut.png


::disappointed balloon::

IT'S RIGHT THERE WHY ARE YOU ACTING LIKE ELIXIR

Yeah really, way to quote a post from two months ago, buddy.

Anyway not sure about Shaimasen but we've been keeping the weekly Youtube links updated over at ADTRW. Haven't been crossposting them here since there seems to be no interest (insert comment about Animespot being dead here) and all. I could gladly do so if you'd like though.

Look it was just a reaction to the way it looks.

"luckily someone's been saving them!"
"oh whew!"

::page disappeared::

::kadokawa airstrike'd??::

don't be so defensive, bro


EDIT:
Why are you propping acer. I'm linking to the fixed site RIGHT THERE

http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e1.../TsugumiEh.gif

either way it wasn't funny so

lol q i swear i didn't see that link in ur post earlier

i'm calling shenanigans

on u


also i like how tails is all yeah me and my brahs over at adtrw know what's what shaa

o hay season 2 is airing

cool beans i guess

kyoani is such a cocktease

You mean Kadokawa. I don't think any company has treated their fans worse than they have. Nice boat youtube clip saying that it was a Haruhi-chan episode has got to take the cake. =)

Yeah, great shit. Catching the live stream and the /a/ shitstorm that ensued was awesome.

I am just about ready to forgive KyoAni for everything bad they've ever done, including K-ON and Munto. I AM A HUGE TOOL BUT WHO CARES MORE HARUHI YEEEAHHHH

[12:05] <~Tails> Anonymous 05/21/09(Thu)12:02 No.21432662
[12:05] <~Tails> MY DICK IS SO HARD RIGHT NOW

So what is even the story behind this? Did the author finally make another book or give everybody the okay that was holding this shit back? I remember there being all this stupid red tape preventing this.

Hopefully this airing meanings they've all worked out something. Can't believe they just aired a new episode with practically zero buzz.

Coal Guys, who are doing the K-ON sub, has stated they will also do Haruhi, I like what they did with K-on so far, so I am gonna watch their subs.

Also, because this is broadcast in CHRONOLOGICAL order now, do not expect a new episode untill June 18th. The Mysterique Sign and the Lone Island Syndrome episodes are the next ones.

If you 'insert' this new episode before The Mysterique Sign, Kyon's opening line in The Mysterique Sign now makes sense, since he mentioned the Tanabata Festival and some crazy thing that happened that night...

O yeah! Gonna go find me some subs!!

Well, color me impressed. After all these years of waiting and still, the people behind it still managed to capture the essence of Haruhi really well. The magic is still there and needless to say, this makes for an excellent start.

Do my eyes deceive me? I was going over the new releases over at baka-updates and now see that a.f.k. have released their subs of episode 1 as well. Weren't they like, gone? Is this for real?! I guess there's just one way to find out.....better download this rightaway!

Oh, thanks Kairi, I had already downloaded CoalGuys and gg Fansubs' episode 1v2 a couple of days ago. :p

Holy SHIT a.f.k is back!?

YESSS! I love Strato's translations, they are the best!

First Haruhi is finally back, now this?! I somehow feel like I should be checking outside for meteors or some big apocalypse.

EDIT: Just watched their subs, the translation is still excellant. The great thing about Strato is that not only is he good at the translation itself, but he also has better English comphrension then most other fansubs, and a moreextensive vocabulary. I find his work much better than the official Bandai DVD subs.

Seriously, which sounds better, time travellers, or "future men" from Bandai? There are times for literal translations, but this isn't one of them.

So he's the Ted Woolsey of fansubs then?

Also, I liked a.f.k's work, not sure why they has stopped, but I suppose there's one reason or another, glad to see them back in business; and sorry for asking, but can someone link me a spot for reliable torrents of the new season?
I'd prefer HDTV feeds but if its in 4:3 then no big deal.

New episode aired! Endless Eight!

New Opening: Suzumiya Haruhi 2009 - Super Driver (New OP) | Random Curiosity

Since it just aired, subs are not out yet, I will be waiting for a.f.k 's subs.

In case people wanna see Season 1 and 2 in the right chronological order, this link would help. My husband and I are caught up chronologically for Endless Eight.

Novels timeline: Suzumiya Haruhi:Timeline - Baka-Tsuki

That list above also includes the anime exclusive episode "Someday in the Rain", since it was also written by the novel's author and has a place in the timeline.

EDIT: Actually, checking the spoilers, turns out Endless Eight is a 2 parter. I guess Sighs comes the week after next.

Downloading a.f.k.'s episode 2 right now, can't wait to see it!!!

Get it here:

a.f.k.'s Episode 2 - Suzumiya Haruhi Season 2

Always wanted to see how "Endless Eight" translates to anime. I wonder if we'll see the frog suit? :p


EDIT:

Well, not bad. It did turn out a little differently from what I remember when reading the light novel chapter...

Warning: differences in anime and light novel ahead. And probably spoilers to next week's episode too....


No biggie really.

One thing I miss from the first season is the next episode previews. I guess they're not needed any more since there's no differing episode order, but Kyon's correcting Haruhi and hearing other characters talk was just plain funny.

And a.f.k.'s subs still rock!


Next episode:

Kyon: 15,498?!

heh, I can't wait...

The things you mention in the spoiler tag may be used in the following episode.

Yeah, I was kinda' thinking that as well....but then I started wondering how they would fit all that other stuff into just one more episode? Unless Endless Eight is actually a 3-parter?! Or maybe I'm just thinking too much and expecting a lot of crazy stuff getting packed in there...

Well, guess we gotta wait and see.

Well, the new episode just aired, and you f-ing called it. :P

Yes, Endless Eight is now a 3 parter, not even us novel fans saw it coming. :o_O:

No a.f.k subs yet, but hopefully soon.

Also, I bought the English version of the first novel, and two things I was annoyed with:

1 . Novel Cover doesn't look anything like a Haruhi novel if you get the soft cover. Its all red, with a lightning symbol, and the title font is hard to make out as a Haruhi novel on a shelf. I found out later on the correct looking cover is the hard cover. Ooooh! This is what happens when AT and T mess up the phone box and you lose internet for a day, no google to help you look something up for 5 mins!

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Nagaru Tanigawa, Item - Barnes & Noble

Should have got it at Amazon... Didn't see the hard cover at B&N. Gonna order it at Amazon soon.

2. The book was placed in the tween section of the Barnes and Nobles over here. Right near f-ing Twilight and under some stupid tween books called "Its not easy being mean" It wasn't even placed next to the Haruhi Mangas.

On the good side, I think translations ARE done by strato from a.f.k. Alot of dialogue and technical jargon and narrations were straight from the a.f.k subs, and the material that were cut from the anime, like the narrations, were his style of translation. The translator name is listed as Chris Pai.

Also, the Concert of Haruhi Suzumiya CD, by Tokyo Philharmonic, is out! I believe Hiro from Eminence was part of the performance!

http://hiroakiyura.blogspot.com/2009...rom-japan.html

Holy....

Well, now I guess everything in Endless Eight could end up being much better, now that I know that they're giving more air-time to it. I'm actually looking forward to it quite a bit now... :D

Just wondering, us novel readers know what's going on so we just took the first episode of Endless Eight in stride. But for those who haven't read the novels, like Sakabadger (where is Saka anyway?), I wonder what they thought of that episode....

Could they have found it incredibly boring?


Kairi, we sell the First novel in my bookstore as well apparently. Didin't realize at first because as you said, the cover was freakin' red. And yes, we keep it in the young adult section of the store (next to Twilight and all them shit). Looks like the higher-ups consider light novels as kiddy fare? I hadn't looked through the book yet, but if the translation is as good as you say, I may take a good look and consider getting a copy myself.

:tpg:

If Dollhouse has taught me anything, is that good plot arcs come to those who wait. Its an attitude you gotta have with alot of shows and anime, Haruhi defintly one of them.

So if non- novel readers found it boring, be patient, good stuff should come in the next episodes.

Though I can see that a week by week wait may be annoying to some. Most shows I end up enjoying are usually shows where I practially marathon a season on a DVD set, then eagerly wait for it week by week when the new season rolls around. I watched Dollhouse in one go for several nights and it was a blast save for that mediocre pilot, (which Fox made Whedon reshoot). I personally think it would be easier for people to get into certain shows with long arcs if they watch it in sequence over several nights in a roll, as oppose to a week by week basis.

But if people don't watch it week by week, then ratings will go down and the show will probably get cancelled... Argh.

Anyways, the arcs following up should be interesting, but its the Vanishment arc (AKA Disappearance depending on which translation group) that will be the truly epic one.

a.f.k sub is out! Get it here.

Nice. I gotta hand it to them, they went about this pretty well. Should've known they would try to present the events in a way that the novel couldn't. I can't wait to see the next episode now.

But...

Episode 2 felt like a waste of time but when I found that it was a setup for episode 3 I was entertained again. Still think they dragged on episode 2 for too long on the first half of episode 3 but I guess you would have to notice the subtle changes for the episode to make sense towards the end. What little sense haruhi likes to put out that is.

Episode 4 was the same shit =/. I'm not sure how long its going to drag but its wut-eva.

Endless Summer all summer long! :megaman:

Well while I understand that they want us to feel how Yuki feels throughout this ordeal, what with the frustration all the fans are feeling the same way she does in the show, it IS a risky move and its probably gonna make people wanna drop the show.

But please don't, cause Disappearance arc is gonna be so mind blowing. And Endless Eight is the trigger to Disappearance.

Hopefully next week, what with it being the 15500 loop, will end the story. Cause that's a good rounded up number to stop.

I would also like to quote this post from animesuki regarding people who are complaining.

http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...&postcount=266

It's frustrating that we are also stuck in the loop, I know, but that's the entire frigging point.

Seriously the show started to get interesting once again in the middle of episode 3 and now with 4 they just throw another fucking loop. It might as well be called Episode 3.1 because it hardly counted as a real episode at all.
I know they're stuck in a loop but repeating a whole fucking episode. That's not original unless original = annoying.

Well...since you put it that way... >=3. I did watch from start to finish on that 3rd loop so it isn't all entirely boring. Still, I share shenlon's feeling on the matter.

Who knows if they're even going to go for that solution at this point. They wouldn't have needed 3 episodes for it.

KyoAni trolling so bad.

Jeez... This is defintly getting ridiculous, especially since I am concerned if there will be enough budget left for them to get to the Disapperance arc.

Their viral marketing took them 3 years, an important number in the Haruhi universe, so I doubt they wanna throw all that way now, but this is definitely annoying. The lack of previews is obviously done to keep the schedule under wraps and thanks to Endless 8, all episode scheduling speculation is moot, since we have no idea when Endless 8 will end.

My theory is... and this is the worst case scenario, Endless 8 will end... When OUR summer ends. The story will keep looping untill the start of September.

So is episode 5 worth watching or is a FULL rerun again. Cause seriously, I was way too patient with episode 4 just to find that there was nothing new.

Suzumiya Haruhi 2009 - 15 (Endless Eight) | Random Curiosity

Read that blog for images and info, Shenlon.

This may not end till the end of our summer if they keep this up.

And to people who think KyoAni is to blame, don't, they answer to the producers aka higher powers, which happens to be Kadokawa Shoten.

What with the anime's sticking to important dates and numbers, this is a possibility I really didn't want to consider. But I'm not too worried cause I feel pretty confident that they're not gonna repeat this in another 7 episodes?! Holy shit, 7 more episodes of this?!

....and here I was thinking that 15,600 was gonna be a lucky number....

Just watched ep5, and while it's fun to notice those little changes in scenes and settings, this is getting really old. I could just play the audio from any of these eps and get the same things more or less.
It's obviously the theme to have this going on and on, but some limit to trollin the viewers :( I don't think I'd ever want to watch these again.

Are you fuckers kidding? This is hilarious. ='D

do you mean the complaining is hilarious or the fact that we're still watching.



I skimmed through episode 5. Can't wait to discuss all the new things that happened there >_>

Dunno bout you, shen, but I can't really skim through the damn thing. If you watch these kinds of episodes while blazing, then its a new episode >=3

Watch all 4 episodes of Endless eight at the same time, only two audio streams from episodes 14 and 15. Hearing Kyon's dialogue echo is rather creepy.

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Endless 8 in 38 seconds!

http://dic.nicovideo.jp/v/sm7588791

The phone scene was pretty cool. Reminded me of the ending to lawnmower man >=3

So how about that brand, shiny new episode of that Haruhi show, eh?

Oh joy! So what, 6 more to go? It won't stop me from watching them though...

:><:

Episode 6 was awesome. Just rendering different colored clothes/swimsuits, Interchangeable music and Nagato's mask positions.

Reminds me of that marathon they have on TNT/TBS every christmas...

And this is why they can get away with stunts like this.

What sub groups are you guys watching from?

I been watching from Yuki... except they are slow as hell (2 episodes behind, but their vid quality is pretty decent.)

I just watch afk because they are the group that did season one and they're fucking good.

They are first released as mkv's by Mazui. Don't really care who subs it. AFK does a perfect job though.

Am I getting this right? Yuki = Mazui?

I know that AFK did wonderful with the DVD-rip for the first weason, and for second season do they prodvide 720p version? I only see .AVI one with small screen.

Haruhi does not air in HD. Anything claiming to be is just an upscale. a.f.k. pretty much uses the proper ratio in his encodes, so I'd stick with that.

Thanks for clearing that out. Those misleading bastards tagging 720p, but never clarifying it's upscale or not.

They should've at least start episode 4 (and going ) with Kyon killing himself a million times like Phil Conners then would make it worth watching. Guess they dont care ;p

YouTube Video

This has been making the rounds post-Otakon and while it doesn't say a whole lot, it does shed a bit more light about the matter. Still doesn't reveal whether this is Kyo-Ani's doing or whether Kadokawa is behind the shenanigans. Just hoping for a decent payoff.

7th episode, and still nothing new. Well, considering it's endless eight, I would assume there are only 2 episodes of infinite loop left.

People have already discussed this elsewhere, but I think the ballsiest move that they could possibly make is to inexplicably skip the ending episode to this endless eight saga and move on to some completely different storyline. The rage would be hilarious.

I'd love it! Yes! Yes! Yes! ='D

Can't wait to hear the numbers of dvd sales for this farce. Gotta be some seriously batshit mad fans to get em~

KyoAni then responded with a press statement of sorts, saying that that director is no longer part of their company and his words do no represent KyoAni in any way.

On the matter itself, Kadokawa and Kyo Ani are still silent.

...and now, for something completely different (not really):

YouTube Video

The only hope for this "Endless Eight" to sell well in the US is if they compress it into a movie. Can't wait for the last episode...just one more week =3

Care to enlighten us on how you know this will end in a week?

Most people are under the optimistic assumption this will end on the 8th Endless Eight, which is the one after next week's.

I however am under the more cynical one, the one where it won't end till Semptember, the end of summer, fucking arrives.

I just do. I know the future >=P

Anyway, I think most people skim through the episodes to find anything different. I just watch the whole thing (minus the horrible OP+ED). Buuuut now I think I'm heading in that road to just skip scenes and watch them in like 10 seconds like I do for Bleach.

It honestly feels like the show is a little kid who poured himself way too much cereal and the mother comes in and says "Are you really going to eat all of that!" And just to show that he can he keeps and eating and eating no matter how full ge gets.
My point being is that the show has become a fucking dick who doesn't know when to stop pouring the goddam cereal.

I would rather have more of Haruhi-chan. They were short but at least they were in a straight timeline.

Wouldn't it be funny if we find out that the whole second season is just Endless Eight? Since the disagreements or whatnot back then, they just decided to animate 13 episodes of this crap and waited for the stalemate to end so they could air this shit as revenge? They'll then tell us that "Disappearance" will air next year.

That would be fucking hilarious!!

And I still find myself watching Groundhog Day after these kinds of eps =]


EDIT : The Nightmare is over.

Now everyone else, enjoy Hellsing VI.

yep finally over, spoiler warning.

OH THANK GOD ITS FINALLY OVER !!!

Now the question is whether or not they will animated Sighs before Disappearance.

The temporal loops are over? Well maybe now I can start watching the second season.

Okay, so to minimize the pointless excursion into the endless loops, which episodes can I skip? (For example: should I watch episodes 1-3 and then skip to 8?)

1-3 then number 9.
Watch number 4 if you want to experience some of the loop tho >_>

EDIT:
oh wait you might save time if you skip the setup in episode 3 and go episode 1,2 then 9. Since everything in episode 9 is explained from episode 3-8.
But I guess the proper way would probably 1-3 then 9. It's up to you really.

I'll go with that then, thanks.

--Edit--
a.f.k. took down the first two episodes, does someone have an different download location?

or alternatively, who's a good sub group besides them? I don't follow current seasons enough to keep track of sub group quality much.

You guys are a bunch of pussies. Be a real man. Watch them all. Fuckers. :mad:

Episode 9 is all of them

a.f.k does the best work cause the translator is really good at his work, he is also translating the official Haruhi English light novels. His comprehension on Japanese and English is the best I've seen in fansubs, along with his vocabulary.

I've uploaded Season 2 episode 1 and 2 by a.f.k here:

MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service

Ah sweet, thanks a lot =)

--Edit--

Well, just watched episode 9 (And 1-3), glad to see its finally over. I wonder what's gonna happen next... I know there's some sort of "Disappearance" arc, but I havent read the light novels and I'd rather not be spoiled too much ahead of time.

Its official, we are going into the Sighs arc.

Something Not Endless | Random Curiosity

I'm guessing we only have 5 episodes left this season after Endless Eight? So will Sighs only be one episode or two? I'm kind of hoping that Disappearance will be at least 4 episodes long to truly be epic....

:p

a.f.k released Episode 10 two days ago apparently, anyway downloading now to check it out.

Was pretty much a boring setup for the next episode but unless they want to pull off another stunt similar to endless eight, i'll still be watching for the good parts.
I know nothing about the manga btw so I'm pretty much blind about future plots which was one of the main reasons I got drawn to haruhi.

Glad to see that things are back to normal..sorta. Haruhi is still an annoying brat. Is there not an arc where she's put in her place / gets her ass kicked ?

Well chato, don't wanna spoil anything, but if the next episode goes like the novels....

No... I've said too much...

There's something weird about the new animation. I notice it most when Haruhi smiles, it looks way off to me. Anyone else get that?

This is sufficient , sir. Very good >=]. As long as she gets it.


Vkamicht - Like she got the K-ON face ;p.

http://img212.imageshack.us/img212/9...0318637180.gif

Hmm, it looks like episode 10 was a set-up for how they made the movie (aka the very first episode), pretty interesting to see some of the work that went into making it (or at least, I expect to see that sort of thing in eleven)

If any of you have seen all of Endless 8, its becomes apparent that Kyo Ani has a few animation teams in their company. On certain episodes on E8, Haruhi looks fine, whereas in others she channels Yui from K-ON a little too much.

The first episode of Sighs IS a set up, though things will get alot more interesting in the coming episodes when they make that silly movie.

Besides, the sports event day stuff in the beginning was hilarious, watching Yuki go ZIIIIIIPP on the race track.

Can't really wait. What chapter was it ? =D

a.f.k subs are out!

BitTorrent Files for [a.f.k.] Anime

The spoiler happens in chapter 4, so it may take a couple of episodes to get there.

Oh god, isn't it like only 4 more episodes left of this season (14 episodes + the 14 from the first season make a total of 28 episodes, right?)? Are they gonna spend it all on the movie-making? When the heck are we gonna see disappearance?!

Well, judging how the current story is going, it'll either be next episode or the one after - they'll be in....
Now that you're getting all psyched up to see Haruhi's ultimate downfall, I'm afraid that I might have lifted your hopes up a little too high...

Well, you'll see...

Anyways, despite my concerns of not getting to see Disappearance at all this year, I am certainly looking forward to Shamisen's debut in this story arc soon. It should be awesome.

So...which novel is it ? 1,2 or 3.. ?

This week was just the icing on the cake. Now if only he pushed or slap the shit out of her..>=3. That aside, ep 22 was full of wtf scenes. 4/5 Bison Dollars

chato, it's volume 2, chapter 4.

Still waiting for a.f.k.'s subs for episode 12 (or episode 22 if you wanna go chronologically). Still waiting for Shamisen too, the cute little bugger.

BitTorrent Files for [a.f.k.] Anime

Ep 12 is out. Spoilers of episode below.



While I was annoyed with E8 being so long, I always found that Haruhi is even more enjoyable in the visualized anime form as oppose to the book, despite having alot of Kyon's hilarious narration cut out. The Sighs arc is a bit of a bore to read than it is to watch, so watching it is a huge improvement. :)

Episode 23 came out by Mazui. Haven't watched it yet since its late. But I'll get the chance first thing tomorrow morning..

err wait..Saw the first 3-4 mins of it. No opening. I guess we'll finally get a better one now?

EDIT : Another excellent episode. However, it still pisses me off how he wasn't able to knock her ass down (f**k you Koizumi). Its not like he's super-boy prime who would punch anywhere in the air that would create a hole through the fabric of space and time. Wait..that would also kickass..haha 5/5 Bison Dollars >=3

Yeah, episode 13 had that little confrontation in Tsuruya's house (funny how we never see anyone's parents around).


Next episode: Shamisen!!

Yay!!

Bah, I was expecting a good slap on the bitch's face, she had it coming.

That aside, the sighs arc is finally over. To be honest, I had no problem with this bitch at all. Kyon was able to straighten everyone's problems, everything is back to normal..I guess. Then the ending seemed like a continuation of the last ep of season 1 ( adding 3-4 mins.. I don't remember). Overall , decent shit. I also liked how they piled all the good music in the right scenes.

5/5 BD's. So the next one is the Vanishing huh ?

We still got 4 weeks of old episodes from the first broadcast.

The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00" (The film they made.) Live ALive, The Day of Sagittarius, and Someday in The Rain.

After that... Let us hope they announce Disappearance.

EDIT: Ep 00 aired, along with a commercial for a friggin Endless 8 box set. Four Whopping Disks.

I wonder how THAT is gonna sell in Japan.

So, it looks like Disappearance is gonna be a movie and it won't be out until spring 2010.....

Random Curiosity - Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi announced

Crappy, useless trailer included... :mad:

Seriously, I'm not sure if they're trying to perfect the series, or just milk every drop they can. I heard about all the good things to come and I have yet to see any of it, there were a few scenes here and there that got my interest but then it just went to drag on again.
This was the worst hyped series, seriously.

A movie may not be that bad after all. Unlike some people, I was never hyped up for this shit anyway. There are better shows out there. Just less serious and too many big eye'd characters.

Besides that shit, a movie is a better idea so that nothing else drags on. It should come directly from the novel =/

Goddamit, that means it takes even longer for fans in the West to see it. You can't fansub a film untill its out on DVD.

Well at least they announced something this time around instead of making us wait. And a movie budget Disappearance will make it even more awesome. That book is the most mind bending volume I've seen in the series.

These posts I found on Animesuki did make interesting points on the previous marketing schemes however:

http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...2&postcount=32

http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...0&postcount=35

http://forums.animesuki.com/showpost...5&postcount=36

Meh, can't remember if this was the trailer I mentioned back in October last year, but here it is for your viewing pleasure:

YouTube Video

Despite the profound disappointment I felt with Endless Eight, I am once again starting to look forward to seeing this movie. When is the DVD coming out anyway?

Well, finally got round to watching the movie last night. I don't know if it was because of the letdown from Endless Eight or if it's because I had to wait so godamn long, but I found the movie to be pretty much meh.

Pretty much everything from the novel is there and it had it's moments of chuckles. The helplessness that Kyon experiences is conveyed pretty well. It seemed like a good movie, yet why did I not like it? Was it because I already knew the story and expected too much? I don't know. Anybody else see the movie? Anyone care?

By the way, what was that bit at the end about, after the credits end?

Pretty sure KyoAni lost all their punch for Haruhi when they couldn't produce a second and more than likely third season in a timely fashion. Does anyone care about Rozen Maiden anymore? It shared similar popularity and now I rarely see it anywhere.