[Anime] The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Having watched episode 4, I have a question:

Spoiler:

The series seems to be released out of order since Koizumi never really gets an introduction into the Brigade and they do hint at some alternate reality or somesuch between Kyon and Nagato Yuki. Are the episode numbers announced by Haruhi herself during the previews the "correct" episode numbers? That is, are they the ones that tell the real correct sequence (in terms of chronology)? Or is there some other numbering sequence I'm not aware of?

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.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Sakabadger

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.

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.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

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

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

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!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

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. =)

I was speaking idiomatically.

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.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

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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.

FELIPE NO

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.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

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

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How ya doing, buddy?