Comments on: First Look Fair: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya S2

By: CriticalDesign

CriticalDesign — Mon, 25 May 2009 02:34:08 +0000

Hmm. The “new” show looks lower budget to me, with as much fruitiness as before. Sure, it’s interesting, but it’s also forced. Maybe it’s the extreme politeness in the tea-serving session, or Mikuru’s sudden burst into tears.

At least characters like Haruhi and Nagato have been consistently awesome. Kyon’s still got it as well. I was hoping for more of a deviation in how the show was done, though.

Ah well. I’ll still be looking out for it. It was interesting.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 24 May 2009 04:47:10 +0000

Michael: to tell you the truth, I've got no way of confirming anything. It's plausible, if they continue airing it in chronological order as they have done already. In either case it stretches the hype across two whole seasons. I suppose KyoAni fanboys still have K-ON! to salivate over for the remainder of the spring... korosora: welcome back, first off! I've only read the first light novel, of which the anime was really a faithful adaptation, so I don't have any advance knowledge of anything. I tend to watch the anime first in general; only now, for instance, have a I started reading the Toradora! light novels and have been enthralled by the story all over again. Eeeper: erratic is how Haruhi-sama works, you know. It's a reflection of her maze mind. As for Kadokawa, I suspect in the long run they will be thought of as marketing geniuses--or the fanboys remembered as supreme chumps.

By: Eeeper

Eeeper — Sun, 24 May 2009 00:55:59 +0000

Found myself watching the new show with what started out as a slight line on my face, a smile about halfway through and by the end it turned into an ivory graveyard. I couldn’t help but forgive Kadokawa for all of their red herrings simply because one of my favorite anime casts was back.

I also agree with Mike that it felt like a story from the latter half of the first season (this episode lets me stop calling it a singular series) with some great sci-fi terminology from Nagato. As always Kyon is the most put upon person on the planet.

With this declaration by the producers, I hope we can now look forward to more, if erratically released, Haruhi.

By: korosora

korosora — Sat, 23 May 2009 11:30:31 +0000

I don’t know…
It feels like the magic kinda died after the 2 years of getting rickrolled over and over… maybe reading the baka-tsuki translations made it less unpredictable.
I hope I forgot all the other stuff I read for the light novel… T_T
Still I enjoyed the episode.

By: Michael | Low on Hit Points

Michael | Low on Hit Points — Fri, 22 May 2009 03:09:27 +0000

I think them airing season 1 and 2 weaved together is their new — gimmick sounds too harsh — style of episode ordering. I wonder where that linked blog got that list from? Made up?