This thread is for discussion of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, easily the best show of the season, if not the year!
Official site: http://www.haruhi.tv/
a.f.k.'s wonderful translation: http://a.scarywater.net/afk/
(This is how you start a thread. Not like http://4-ch.net/anime/kareha.pl/1145565708/. Watch and learn.)
The beginning of a translation of the novels is available here:
Dedicated img/msg boards in English:
http://www.sos-dan.com/img/
http://www.sos-dan.com/himg/
http://www.sos-dan.com/msg/
Translation project:
I shall give this a look sometime soon, but for now I lovingly bump
Strange ass anime. Did you notice that some of the episodes seem out of order?
They don't "seem" out of order, they are out of order.
Watch the previews!
I did watch the previews. That's why I said they seemed out of order. If I didn't see the previews, I would've blamed the subber.
haha, I love this show.
Haruhi tells correct order and Kyon tells broadcasting order in the previews .
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/
ED single is at #2 on the charts. Will 2ch succeed?
>>13 No.
Some group calling itself "Animanda" has started subbing the show too, but apparently they're just a bunch of idiots whose only claim for the value of their translation is that it's higher res than a.f.k.'s. I didn't check to make sure, but I'm fairly certain their translation is nowhere near the same quality, especially after having spoken to them on IRC.
Avoid.
now all we need are people to do it in cosplay
>>17
sugoi
I like this one.
COME ON VIPPER! COME ON VIPPER! NEET-O!
did anyone notice they go "booon" in the ending animation?
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So if you haven't seen it, what exactly are you basing your criticism on? Here's an idea: just watch it, and if you still think it sucks, then stick with a.f.k.'s version.
VIPPERs celebrate Hare Hare Yukai getting #5 on the charts!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fxt0T0-H_sA <-At the end of this one, what do they say about anime?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBupUZuxMz4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dJZPGvBYCw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xs2FwC33VyA
Michael Jackson joins SOS-dan!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kg2s1m67nzw
I'm basing it on the fact that a.f.k.'s translation is one of the very best fan translations I've seen in years, and I highly doubt some random warez-scene group is going to beat that, especially after having talked to them about it and found out that the thing they think is most important about their release is the high resolution.
Sigh. I tried posting on the sos-dan.com forums, but man, that sure was a waste of time. It's the worst kind of inane phpBB-style forum.
Let's get some discussion going in here instead! About issues such as:
Also, some more youtube links:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daeK2v2YkV0 (another version of >>21)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UruWxNoRAvw (another ep 00 cover)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gRaE_RFD_U (piano ED)
There's the fact that the put SOS Group in Ep 1 and SOS Brigade in EP 2. Then the fact that they basically copied a.f.k.'s translation "Save the world by overloading it with fun" except they put "our world" instead of "the world." Then the fact that they make so many tense errors in episode 2 that the meaning of what's being said is lost.
>>27
The manga was cancelled after the first volume, wasn't it? I read somewhere that the novel author didn't have much involvement with it.
There are two manga adaptions. >>27 refers to the better one.
> or is it just the translation that's bad?
It seems accurate enough, but some of the dialogue sounds unnatural and disjointed. They need good proofreaders.
>"Ashita e PIN-PON DASH"
Ashita no Joe and Pani Poni Dash?
It's not proofreading, they need a translator with who has some facility with the English language. The actual translating is only half the work - you need to be able to write fluent and natural prose in English too, and this translation kind of fails that.
(It's definitely not alone in this, though.)
No, there are any number of titles with "ashita" or "dash" in them, this should be more specific.
> with who
GJ, me.
The novel translation definitely suffers from this.
Based on a.f.k's translation and google, ping pong dash means doorbell prank.
ちょwwwここにもハルヒ厨専用スレ発見wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
I was assuming that was common knowledge, sorry for not spelling it out in the post.
COME ON VIPPER! COME ON VIPPER! NEET-O!
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>>27 References
> Dentaku Otoko / Calculator Man
Densha otoko.
> NEET Kakumei - Mou Hatarakimashe... / The NEET Revolution - I won't work anymore...
Diet Kakumei - Mou Diet wa Hitsuyou Nai!- / The Diet Revolution - You don't need diet anymore!-
> Ashita e PIN-PON DASH / Doorbell prank to Tomorrow
Unknown. I believe it's not from certain title.
> Shissou Nikki Kai / Disappearance Diary Revision
Shissou Nikki /The Great Escape of the Comic Writer
http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/sakuhin/index.html
> Chuunanbei no Arukikata / How to walk Central and South America
How to walk the World series are Japanese version of "Lonely Planet" series.
> Hajou Genron / The Argument on the Tooth
Hajou Genron / The Unduransce Argument
A critical book on Japanese subculture
http://www.hajou.org/hajou/
> Emangeribyon E-conte 1 / Emmangelivion Storyboard Vol.1
Neon Genesis Evangelion Storyboard Vol.1
> Kaitei Shinban Paso-com Yougo Jiten / Personal Computer Dictionary New Revised Edition.
Nikkei Paso-com Yougo Juten / Nikkei Personal Computer Dictionary
> Tsuushin Network Nyuumon / Learnning Communication Network
> LAN ga Wakaru Hon / Understanding LAN
No Particular Book.
From Battle scene
> Kanabun (Japanese drone beetle) treated the injury!
Reference to Mushiking game.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mushiking
and Yuki's "book of this week" is...
Hadae no Shita / Under the Skin by Chouhei Kanbayashi (Sentou Yousei Yukikaze fame).
It's a sci-fi story about discommunication between human and machine.
Nice!
>> Emangeribyon E-conte 1 / Emmangelivion Storyboard Vol.1
> Neon Genesis Evangelion Storyboard Vol.1
And probably also Emma, which is incidentially also on http://plaza.bunka.go.jp/english/festival/sakuhin/index.html.
>>42
I doub't it has any link to Emma.
>>27
If it's any consolation, they have enabled anon posting on their Suggestion board. There are also a pair of active debates on the subject in these two threads.
http://www.sos-dan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=140
http://www.sos-dan.com/forums/showthread.php?t=149
The "Anonymous" user account is posted on bugmenot.
The idiocy in those threads makes my head hurt.
Honestly I spent considerable time to post the translation of Nagato Yuki's 100 books (´･ω･`)
but no one except wikipedia did post comment on it (´･ω･`)
Yes I know this is the weird of otakuship, but... (´･ω･`)
or it's just for my stupid Engrish...? (´･ω･`)
i don't really understand the idea that assuming a fake internet identity is for some reason more "courageous" than posting as anonymous. it's the same shit.
So, ep 9 will be the final ep, it looks like. The series is 14 episodes, right?
They're really having fun with the non-linearity.
seiyuu
mms://oricon.hvod.nefficient.jp/oricon/anime/news/harehareyukai_500k.wmv
Trivia
In episode 8 Haruhi quoted "Elementary, my dear Watson" line from Sherlock Holms series.
This episode was aired on May 22, which was the birthday of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Interesting. It's unfortunate that so few of the Japanese books are available in translation.
And I really need to try reading Hyperion now.
So, how about the signficance of episode 9?
By all reports, the show will be 14 episode, and that was the 14th episode. If the producers are really planning on airing all the intervening episodes (which might be a bit of a risk assumption), they're essentially saying they won't make a big climax to the story to end it. The final episode might be a climax of some sort, but it will be set earlier in the story.
There were also reference to a sequel to the movie from the first episode. So, speculation: Are we being told there will be a second season? Or will the producers do something even more strange?
Overall, lot of people seem to have though the episode was boring, but I enjoyed it, because I got the joke that the producers were once again messing with the viewers, just like in the first episode.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71T6x-VrzTU&search=haruhi
Haruhi ED reaches #1? Which chart is that from?
I must say the episode 11 is one of the best anime episode in the past few years. Not to mention the massive of palodies, Ravel's, Shostakovich's, and espicially Tchaikovsky's symphonies are inserted in PERFECT timing. Seeing Nagato's emotional cues is also wonderful. Simply great.
I really love that episode, especially the part where Haruhi wants a gundam rx-78!
Yuki's "Permission?" scene was a real masterpiece of directing.
It's also worth noting that the episode is nothing but filler and totally predictable, but it's still utterly awesome.
A fan read out the source code seen in Nagato's typing scene, and compiled it.
source
http://blog.proj.jp/ituki/data/2006/20060615.SimInject.org.cc
http://blog.proj.jp/ituki/data/2006/20060615.SimInject.cc (minor fix)
compiled file
http://blog.proj.jp/ituki/data/2006/20060615.SimInject.exe
Wow... It worked...
Yes it is filler, but there is one very important scene in this episode. I mean...
We witnessed the historical moment when a machine(humanoid interface) gained "emotion"!
She couldn't express it clearly yet, but Kyon could sense it.
For some reason, this reminds me of the scene when Rachel finds out that she doesn't have true emotinos.
Well, I've been impressed with the handling of computer stuff in the series up until now, but that's pretty impressive.
However, that source code is obviously from a half-finished version of Nagato's hack: She's only scanning for the correct process to inject code in, and the scanning doesn't seem to be complete either. The hack code itself is not there yet!
>>62
What does it do? Too lazy to read the code, and as a programmer, I'm not just going to download a random exe since someone says it's based off of a cartoon. :p
If the exe is really just the compiled version of the code, it'll pop up a message box, then scan through some system internals, and do nothing (except print some debug data, which was apparently added by the person who copied the source from the anime).
Wow. Episode 12 features what is probably the first ever reference by an anime show to Rosencrantz and Guildestern are Dead.
That is mighty impressive, as is the fact that the translator caught the reference and got the lines out of the script.
Oh, and the obligatory Youtube link to ENOZ' God Knows...
and this is link to the original ZONE.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8xylSVd3uYE
plus to the official site of the movie "Linda Linda Linda"
http://www.linda3.com/
ENOZ uses same instruments as Linda3's.
Is God Knows reference to Good Days ???
...anyway, this is awsome video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WRyo81jwhdw
Can you believe that Tsuruya-san's seiyuu is the one who did Osaka in Azumanga Daioh?
man, i just watched up to episode 12 of this series, really funny =) i really liked it, i had it in my comp for a while but never sat down to watch it, then yesterday i made it anime day wherei would catch up on anime (so i would know whats up in AX2006 that is coming, lucky i live like 20 mins away), and glad i did. =) i really like the characters and its really funny...
best part i liked was the parady of Phoenix Wright ;)
As of episode 12 I think I'm in love with both Haruhi and Yuki. Sad, I know.
i like haruhi and mikuru =) mikuru's theme song always cracks me up w/ her cute singing
According to some infomation sites, it seems episode 12 was done by 21 genga-men (key animators). That's quite exceptional. I've rarely heard any TV anime episode that more than 20 key animators involved in. Haruhi's live performance may possibly be one of the most money consuming scene in TV anime history.
It sure looks like it was. You really can tell they're pulling out all the stops.
This all makes me worried that the Haruhi producers are raising the bar so impossibly high, the rest of the industry will just throw up their arms in resignation and leave the business forever.
>>76
Or they'll just add a lot more loli panty shots etc to their shows.
I've only started watching this series this evening and just finished the first 4 episodes, but I have to say it's fantastic great animation and very funny. Reaffirmed my faith in anime.
I've only started watching this series this evening and just finished the first 4 episodes, but I have to say it's fantastic great animation and very funny. Reaffirmed my faith in anime.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu DVD Asahina Mikuru no Bouken Episode 00 Limited Edition
Oricon DVD sales ranking No.1 !
http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/dg/d/
Congrats!
Why is it ending already?!! Only 2 more episodes.. :(
The light that burns twice as bright burns half as long.
Are you refering to the resemblance between repricant and humanoid interface?
http://homepage3.nifty.com/hitopon/hito_google_maps_anime_comic-holyplace.html has been updated with Haruhi locations! Scroll down to the end of the list, Haruhi is the next-to-last section (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱).
>>85
The school is said to be the alma mater of Tanigawa Nagaru, the auther of original novel Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu.
http://www.hyogo-c.ed.jp/~nishikita-hs/guidance/english/intro.html
Astonishingly enough, the cultural festival of the school was actually held on Jun 17th, the day before Live A Live episode was aired!
(ref. http://www.hyogo-c.ed.jp/~nishikita-hs/kitako_dayori/no_2/page002.jpg Its school paper in Japanese)
I thought this would be a lame anime, but I am loving every moment of it. Only bad part so far was that annoying scene of silence with Nagato reading a book, with barely audible ambient noise from a neighbouring classroom.
>>88 but that scene really did a good job of outdoing the infamous Rei and Asuka standing in an elevator with nothing happening scene from Eva.
You watched that far, and you still can't tell that the producers like to mess with the viewers?
The information quantity of that episode is pretty larg,e but I think most of them are mere junk info for non-Japanese.
There's Aya Hirano's "God Knows" TV live-performance today. Check out youtube or something lol.
Someone needs to make a HARUHIGASM t-shirt.
>>94
I'd wear that. At home.
You imply that people here go anywhere else.
I've found that this show is best if you don't expect humor. It seems to me, as it progresses, it become more art than humor, especially in "Some Day in the Rain."
Also, the light novels are great.
>>96
Good point. I don't what I was thinking when I wrote that.
ka ki ku ke ko!!!
Well. I hope nobody has any silly ideas like trying to watch it chronologically now.
>>100
Bah, I've been wanting to do that since around ep 4. I expect there's some subtle bonus details that rely on continuity.
This thread will now slowly segue into waiting for a second season. Post any rumours you hear in here!
Remembering the stuff you already watched is the same thing. And 13+14 can't possibly go anywhere but the end.
>>102
The director said he will do "Banboo Leaf Rhapsody" and "Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya" if there will be a next season.
Interview with Hirano Aya.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Dd3t3vSgklU&feature=Views&page=1&t=t&f=b
After hearing her normal voice. -> o_O
She HAS to do a duet with Haruko Momoi! XD
Has she voiced any other characters?
I just decided to check out what kind of attention Haruhi is getting on 2channel.
The Haruhi thread was at part 506.
orz
Any plans for a "Signs of Haruhi Suzumiya anime?"
They never did introduce that cat from the first episode. What a tease...
Yep the show should be considered as a commercial film for the original novels. You can't fully understand the story without reading them. Especially "Someday in the Rain" episode.
And yet, the show was perfectly awesome by itself.
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Hare Hare Yukai Live performance report (Japanese)
http://minorhythm.jugem.jp/?day=20060708
From left to right;
Aya Hirano (as Haruhi)
Minori Chihara(as Yuki)
Yuko Goto(Mikuru)
There's something about the interview video that I didn't notice at first but surprised me when I did.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=z1Vc7bjCojo
If you skip to the part where she comes out, there's a shot of the audience. It's almost entirely female! When a guest on these shows has a big otaku following like Morning Musume, the audience is primarily male.
haruhiball z
http://asame4.web.infoseek.co.jp/garuhi3.html
>120
The guy who perticipated to the show reported that the TV crew guided female audiences to the front and drive male otaku to backward.
>>122
racism :(
I think you're right. there definately is a lot of guys in the back
>>123
Men and women are seperate races now?
>>125
Can't take a joke.
The noble race of otaku.
I'd eat Nagato too. Though not in the way that commercial is promoting.
Ep1 Haruhi's Attack
Ep2 An Unfamiliar Clubroom
Ep3 The Hit Counter That Never Rises
Ep4 Bookmark After Start Reading
Ep5 Yuki, Beyond the Heart
Ep6 Face-Off with The Computer Society President
Ep7 A Thought-entities Creation
Ep8 Asakura's Arrival in Classroom
Ep9 A Cardigan Once More in an Instant
Ep10 A Rank Minor
Ep11 Within the Stagnant Room
Ep12 Concerning the Worth of Glasses
Ep13 Taniguchi's Invasion
Ep14 Shamisen, the Throne of Souls
Ep15 Heater and Silence
Ep16 The Syndrome Unto Death, And...
Ep17 The "Normal" Candidate
Ep18 The Choice of World
Ep19 Girls' Live
Ep20 Form of the Chest, Form of the Mole
Ep21 At Least, Be Celestial
Ep22 The Birth of Agent
Ep23 Rains
Ep24 The Final Megassa
Ep25 A World That's Ending
Ep26 The Man that Shouted "Ponytail" at the Heart of the World
Hi I'm from Akihabara now.
Haruhi's seiyuu team is going to record a radio program in front of a live audience today, and massive amount of otaku are rushing to the recording site. The head-count is approximately 1400 for now and still increasing.. No surprises Akihabara is in a panic with satanically long procession. What a crazy scenery... I wish I have a camera lol.
>>130
OH SHI-
Get a cheap disposable camera! How many people usually go to these live radio events? Let us know if it makes the TV news reports.
That's INSANE.XD Wish I were there. Tell us how it goes 130!^_^
>>132
Check the link, it mimics Evangelion episode titles.
HARUHI VIRUS IS SPREADING! LOL
TSPY_HARADONG.A
http://www.trendmicro.co.jp/vinfo/grayware/ve_graywareDetails.asp?GNAME=TSPY_HARADONG.A&VSect=Td
TSPY_DENUTARO.J
http://www.trendmicro.co.jp/vinfo/grayware/ve_graywareDetails.asp?GNAME=TSPY_DENUTARO.J&VSect=Td
(Both links are Trendmicro's information site.)
If I got the yuki one, i'd fap
If they were leet...
... theu would of done a SOS団 sign virus instead.
Having watched the a.f.k. fansub of the whole 14-part series, I'm a little conflicted as to whether I'd like to see another season. Certainly anything of this quality would deserve a continuation, yet I imagine I'd be quite content closing the book and putting it back to its place on the shelf. After all, with indefinitely many seasons after the first it only turns into a waiting game to see how long it takes for yet another furiously good thing to turn into suck.
Them metaphysical themes though? Win!
>>130
Nationality sense... tingling! There's only one language area where "satanically" is used in that way. [salainenkädenpuristus]
It already has been continued - remember, it's based on a book series, and the anime only covers the first two out of... five? Six? Something like that.
>>143
remind them all you like, people will still bitch about plotholes while mistakenly calling this an "ecchi harem comedy"
>>144
To hell with that, it's a dancing anime.
>>143
Sure. That doesn't guarantee nonsuckitude of future seasons though, if there are going to be any -- we all surely know how many ways there are to fuck up a good thing. This is not to say that I wouldn't totally geek out on the second season were it produced and fansubbed as well as the first.
Really, my point was that the first season was plenty complete by itself, regardless of where the manga (which I've completely ignored) goes. It had a beginning, an end and a bunch of non-arc episodes. Maybe I'm just conflicted here given the expectations that the first season would put on a second.
Not a manga, a light novel series. And remember, the climax of the first anime season happens right in the middle, chronologically - the pacing of the books work out that way.
Newsweek International Article on youtube mentions Haruhi parodies. :3
http://anime.jefflawson.net/stuff/haruhi_newsweek.jpg
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14534152/site/newsweek/
>>144 calling this an "ecchi harem comedy"
It is though, so it makes sense.
Why did Nagato shoved Mikuru's head on the ground in their indie film? Threatened by the Mikuru Beam?
>>152 Yeah. Nagato put her down and removed the threat (some high-tech contact lens? Mikuru was crying from one eye elsewhere).
This is what I gathered from posts from people who claimed to have read the novels.
>>144
an ecchi harem comedy with a complicated (and sort of irrelevant, from the way it ended up) sci-fi premise. it spends far more time with the moemoe stuff than the sci-fi stuff, though, so i would say that's the dominant genre.
People idolize over Haruhi Suzymiya because she acts like a guy. You ever wish you could have a girl as a friend, just to hang out with like one of the guys? A girl that would have the same interests as you, the same enthusiasm, the same keen observations and sense of adventure? How about a girlfriend that you could just hang out with, have fun with, and not have to listen to her whine and complain and leak. Haruhi Suzymiya is that ideal "hang out with" girl. She has fans because she has all the best traits of a guy friend you can hang out with, only she happens to be a girl. Understand that when people idolize over Haruhi Suzymiya, they idolize over the personality of a cool guy friend in a girl's body- an ideal friend/partner who has the best of both worlds, and would be nearly impossible to find.
>>154
Yeah, well, what do you expect from a most-definitely-seinen light novel. "Light novel", as in what the Japanese call their pulps.
"Moonphase reports and we forget to translate the part that says it's an unconfirmed rumor"
WTF I say.....
The SOS-dan site has been replaced with that http://asosbrigade.com/
site...
What does this bode?
It says the world will end on the 22nd... I guess I'll go back tomorrow ~
They just copied the HTML without fixing it to work right (the counter is broken). They're just playing along.
>>165
The couter seems to be on the same server.
i very much enjoyed this anime, just overall great entertainment.
North Korea thinks that I sell a nuclear weapon to Islam radical group from lack of funds at last
Ok guys, i don't want to be mean/troll/etc.. but i started watching this show because i read it was awesome, large threads dedicated to it, etc.. and i thought to myself that i musn't miss this show..
The point is that so far i haven't watched the series completely (episode 11 so far), and while it's enjoyable i don't find it that it's super awesome/masterpiece/etc like some people said it was, ok the series is very good animated all around, has good effects, and has had really good episodes, but the MASTERPIECE i was hoping to watch isn't there. I'm kinda dissapointed :(... or do i need to watch it completely, or am i being too elitist?
PS: I'm getting it on http://anime.etherchan.org/dl/?dir=The_Melancholy_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya
>>170
It's a good series, should one be able to shut themselves in a soundproof box beyond reach of the insane and ubiquitous overhype.
http://asosbrigade.com/
It's been licensed by Bandai. It seems like they "get" the spirit of the show, but I can't decide if the video on the site is made of win or fail.
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>>170
yeah its good, i'm hoping that the second season should be better than the 1st
http://asosbrigade.com/auditions/arandomfile.php
A Yuki voice poll is out. I went for the third one. The others don't have the right feeling of detached calm.
Why does Nagato Yuki use SQL to interface with the universe?
>>175
it scales well?
Good one!
>>176
lol
Well THMS is going to be released on DVD March 29th. I can't wait!! There will be also a special edition box. It will allow you to place all of your THMS dvds inside.
Finally I have made a name ^^;
Nobody cares what your name is or who you are.
Sage for viral marketing
sorry I did not know what I did wrong but sorry
Who's going to Fanime? Apparently, they're going to have some Haruhi stuff going on...
I can't wait until the 29th.
THe LE box has some amazing stuff... I really think they outdid themselves for this release =D
OMG. fangirl squeal
Haruhi (Aya Hirano), Mikuru (Yuko Goto), and Yuki (Chihara Minori) are coming to Anime Expo 2007 in Long Beach, California, USA.
I am going to cry with happiness (because I get to go see them).
I am so cosplaying as Yuki Nagato for the concert =D
...Words cannot describe the loud screech of happiness I let out when I saw the announcement on ANN.
Someone had better film that for those of us whose expos usually attract Crispin Freeman instead of any worthwhile guests.
www.anime-expo.org might post a video after the con taken by the official staff, but I'm pretty sure filming and recording isn't allowed unless you're the press or something.
Of course, some fan somewhere will sneak a camera in and post it on YouTube I'm sure =P
They're dancing the Hare Hare Yukai dance at the concert =D
I hope the audience all stands up and dances in place... I really want to dance the HHY XD
Today the official "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" DVD LE and Regular Edition Vol. 1 releases in the USA.
Mine should come in either today or tomorrow (I paid 11.00 for one-day shipping =D)
Let the Haruhiism spread =D
You guys sure are getting hyped for this stuff!
I'm not worried about that right now.
No, what concerns me is that I wasn't able to buy Rozen Maiden vol.1 at ACen.
NOT AS PLANNED. DX
Man, it's been a year now, why hasn't the hare hare yukai fad washed over yet?
Shouldn't you guys be practicing your 汗（Fuu）々（Fuu）の谷間にDarlin' darlin' FREEZE! by now?
A man's allowed to have two or more dances in his repertoire.
Well I posted this on my own thread but it got closed down... For some reason... New Season of Haruhi starts tomorrow!!! Who else is excited?!
Ahhh... Well.
SOS Concert was a disaster. Singing was awesome, but whoever wrote the script for the bits in between the singing didn't do a very good job. Read pretty much any Anime Expo forum topic on the SOS Brigade concert. Concert also started about 2:30 hours late (I was there 1 hour early, 3:30 hours in the sun o_o). They were still filing people in when it started. Techinical difficulties ran rampant.
...The worst thing though?
The timing between what the singer hears and is singing to, and what the audience hears wasn't exact. It was especially obvious when Aya Hirano sings, because she's got such a strong voice. Everyone was singing just a bit slower than what we were hearing, and it drove me nuts.
And everyone in the balcony section (well, my section at least) was a total party pooper, and they just kinda stared at me while I did the Hare Hare Yukai dance. Come on, the freaking translator invited us all to stand and dance >_<
...The autograph session for the SOS. HOO BOY. I waited 7+ hours for nothing. First, AX canceled the session the first day, at about 10:30 AM. 3 hours wasted. Then, AX announced 15 MINUTES AFTER the signing was supposed to start that the SOS Brigade would only be signing posters, and then only 100 of them. Needless to say, I wasn't in the 100. Another 4 hours wasted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8orMfTGvvns
This video was taken at the line... I'm kinda down in the corner by the person with the red shirt on.
Yeah. If you read pretty much any AX forum topic (especially comments and suggestions) you'll know AX kinda sucked compared to last year.
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Okay. Well, now to get that fangirl drive back. Tomorrow's the second season of Haruhi <3
Can't wait =3
Wait a minute.. Are you sure they're not just gonna announce the date of Season 2 tomorrow/(time difference)today? You'd think they wouldn't start airing the sequel to an immensely popular show like that without at least deploying a trailer. I can hardly find any publicity about it at all on google.
O damn!!! U are right! I just re read it! :(( Un-fair! lol. I had a feeling there was something up with that! >:P It does say that the new season will be announced tomorrow. :/ Here is the report. -Second Haruhi Season to be Announced
Posters on the Japanese 2ch board report that the August issue (officially on sale July 10) of Japan's Newtype magazine has revealed the second season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. The reported coverage of the magazine indicates that the science fiction comedy anime's continuation will be announced on July 7 (07/07/07). Source: Ultimatum-
Site will be updated 9pm japan time.
The site is timing out now. Does that mean it's true and half the world are flooding to see it?
Yup... there's one long line to get into that site.
I mean, it was a good show. I really enjoyed it. But does it really need THIS much hype? Kind of ironic, since I tend to look at the show as a kind of self-parody, like Lucky Star.
But I guess when you've got 100+ people dancing the HareHareYukai in Akiba, hype is to be expected.
But... when marketers start cosplaying to pander to fans, like on that website...
shudder
I dunno, I get this uneasy feeling... I guess that's limited to the American market thankfully.
Doesn't seem like the site was updated. But then again the magazine hasn't officially gone on sale yet.
http://haruhiism.com has the video. But looking at its records the DNS is hosted at Dreamhost so it could easily still be fake. I'm yet to see any solid proof of this whole thing, so I'm flipping between the possibility of it being ingenious viral marketing by the real companies involved, and the possibility of it being a huge conspiracy by vippers with too much time on their hands.
I don't get what the video's about.
It's about Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody.
きてやったぞｗ
So when does the new season start?
The Vanishment of Hahiru Suzumiya / 涼宮ハヒルの消失 (1/6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LvxY5eyRFU
The Vanishment of Hahiru Suzumiya / 涼宮ハヒルの消失 (2/6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3JXIJyRfaM
The Vanishment of Hahiru Suzumiya / 涼宮ハヒルの消失 (3/6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQXKjAo9zGw
The Vanishment of Hahiru Suzumiya / 涼宮ハヒルの消失 (4/6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jq_nv8MG08
The Vanishment of Hahiru Suzumiya / 涼宮ハヒルの消失 (5/6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhWHUBArh3Q
The Vanishment of Hahiru Suzumiya / 涼宮ハヒルの消失 (6/6)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UKZHlo1ZGg
Команда SOS
Харухи Судзумия
Команда SOS Харухи Судзумия
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Bienvenue sur le site de la team de fansub SOSDan.
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this anime sucks
>>217
omae mo na
hare hare yukai en Español (dub en sub)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVDLoTwo1zg
te quedo muy padre y es muy gracioso q tu ayas hecho las voces te felicito jeje (^_^)
mm pues no se que decir crei que era una chica sin ofender ^^ tienes buena voz ya que cambias mucho ^^ esta divertida te quedo genial
Ryoko Asakura Character Song - Cool edition (Spanish)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KI70Lgs9jgM&NR=1
Si que te sale muy bien :D
y la letra ni que decir...
que bueno que puedo bajar el audio :p lo estare escuchando..
Felicidades ;)
I want to buy the Haruhi hand puppet but the Internets are forsaking me.
make it yourself...
I have no such skills. And if I had the skills they wouldn't be epic, as required for making anything related to Haruhi-sama.
fuck you
no u
haruhi-sama,
i love you 4ever!
I NEED SEASON 2! Does anybody know when we can expect the second coming of our savior Haruhi?
Season 2 was officially cancelled.
No it wasn't. Stop trying to make people cry.
I'm in love with Hare Hare Yukai.
I'm in love with Hirano Aya.
>>229
Says the one who doesn't get the references hinting that the second season will take on the plot line of the Disappearance.
Yes it was.
http://toolthebest.chicappa.jp/thebest/wordpress/wp-content/_071218.jpg
The 2nd season (二期) was officially canceled (中止)
and
New animation series (新アニメーション化) is announced.
Never mind that it says the new series is also SHnY.
It was a great show, yeah. I watched it, then arranged the shows in order and watched it with a friend. But I've seen better.
I haven't. I've seen different, but not yet anything better.
Haruhi in BEIJING OLYMPICS
http://www.enjoykorea.jp/tbbs/read.php?board_id=panimation&nid=66456
>>238
what the ... ?
>>234 So what exactly is happening with the series now?
If the 2nd series was cancelled, what is this new animation thing mean??? O_O;;
WHAT IS LOVE
Have you ever heard about Yutaka Yamamoto?
Who the hell is Yutaka!?
No I haven't. Who is that?
drfgyhujiko..''' LOVE IS DEAD
Oh my gart
what happened to the TMoHS talk? (or am i missing the point?)
agrhhhhhhhhhh season 2 out today in JAPAN drftgyhujiklol.l;;;;
when is it for the US?
No date has been announced for any second seasons as of yet. It is certainly not airing this season. Somebody lied to you.
^^'
Indeed, it sure as hell isn't out this season.
The new series of xxxHOLiC is though, so I'm content.
Yutaka Yamamoto is a genius animator who was responsible for most of the greatness of Haruhi 1st season. He had been a staff of Kyoto Animation, but he was fired after he directed only a few episode of Lucky Star. The reason is not clear to this day, but it is rumored that he had a disagreement with KyoAni staff, or he criticized them. The Haruhi 2nd season project had been started at that time. Thus, the project of Haruhi 2nd season took a hiatus.
Last year, KyoAni announced that they quit the production of 2nd season, and they started "New" Haruhi anime project. I think this means KyoAni decided to make new Haruhi without Yamamoto. But honestly, the one who can make the new Haruhi better than the 1st season is only Yamamoto. Maybe KyoAni realized the fact and can do nothing about it now.
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is definitely a favourite of mine ^w^
Pity about the second season being cancelled..
Still, the first season was awesome, if a little confusing due to the fact that it aired out of order.
I learnt the ending dance..^^
second season canceled? cries in the emo corner
I learned the dance too >_<
Yamamoto .. Yamamoto .. YamaYamaYamamotomotomoto.
But seriously, I liked the chocolate cornet scene. That and the adjoined discussion on how to properly eat other kinds of food was probably the highlight of Lucky Star, unless you count Minorun-run.
>>265
Really? Awesome.
I heard from a number of people that it was cancelled, so false information, I guess.
And I also liked the chocolate cornet scene. It was so pointless a conversation I found it funny.
Seriously you people all say it's pointless, but within a week of that episode, I found myself buying a chocolate cornet, and the advice helped me decide which end to eat it from. I am deeply grateful to Lucky Star for this.
I just thought that scene was just too drawn out, it just felt like they attempted to make it like the "Royale" conversation in Pulp Fiction but didn't pull off, but that's me. But enough of Lucky Star.
I had doubts they were going to cancel Haruhi season 2, after how popular it was and still is it would be stupid to not do another season.
> Yamamoto was fired because the first 4 episodes of Lucky Star were boring.
A horrible and amateurish misinformation with absolutely no clue. Fall 08 is also highly unlikely, considering that Kyoani is going to do Clannad 2nd season this fall.
Anyway, it seems the production of the NEW (not 2nd) season has finally started.
http://www.haruhi.tv/fanclub/index.html
The announcement tells the "Surrogate Brigade Leader" is Ishihara Tatsuya (the director of Kannon, Lucky Star, Clannad),
and the "Assistant Brigade Leader" is Takemoto Yasuhiro (of Full Metal Panic series).
This is a kind of dream staff, which is the tag-team of two major Kyoani directors. Kyoani might know that they need to go all out to fill the gap of Yamakan.
And the picture of emotional Nagato may be a reference to The disappearance of HS.
>>A horrible and amateurish misinformation with absolutely no clue.
So tell him why he's wrong, don't just act like a douchebag and then don't back yourself up. You're the reason this website sucks.
you all have lost your minds. I've watched it and it was sooo booring that i stoped after epesode 3. Man it really sucks, i think u should all get your heads exanined
People like you should go back and watch your saturday morning cartoons and DBZ.
>>272
Someone just began a war with the whole of the haruhiism fanbase.
Did you watch it in broadcast order or chronological order?
If in broad cast order, then you need to bear with it because it jumps back and forth through time so it gets confusing. (Though you HAVE to watch it in broadcast order the first time, otherwise the effect is lost.)
If you watched it chronological, then what is wrong with you?? How could you not like it?
CLANNAD IS LIFE
hitode desu.
waz the 2 seasoning canceled ;\
not as such... more like renamed.
Can't wait til season 2
random anime otaku, get a life.
dattebayo
YAY! WATCH THE DEMENTEDNESS!!!!! HAHHAHAHAHAHA
ive seen it a few times,,, it was kinda average.
i really dont get what all the fuss is about
Haruhi was too gimmicky over something that accomplished so little
They could have covered more novel material going straight with 26
lol wut
At least the manga and light novels are coming out soon ^_^
We are not going to have enough light novels until people buy them
The manga are coming out soon, I don't see a licence for the novels yet though, or nobody who knows about it has bothered updating Wikipedia yet.
Also, captchas are gay.
The information about the light novels being translated was released on Anime News Network in the same article about the mange being released and translated as well. Sorry, I forgot the link though. >.<
They are in the hands of someone other than Tokyopop or Seven Seas
They appear to have not published any other novel like this before
>>291
Did you look at the right page?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haruhi_Suzumiya_%28light_novels%29
It's right there:
"...has since been licensed for release in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China by Kadokawa Media, in South Korea by Daiwon CI, and in the United States by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and Yen Press." [emphasis mine]
>>292
Here you go:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-17/little-brown-gets-haruhi-light-novels-in-english
>>293
>>294
Per the above articles, it's a joint venture between Little, Brown Books and Yen Press. The first volume is due next April.
They better make their books bigger than the Strawberry Panic ones
They are best when they keep the same size Kino and Boogiepop have
>>298
I hate to break it to you, but the article history shows that both the flag icon and the above quoted passage have been in the article since 17 April (the date of the linked ANN article). In fact, the current revision of the article dates to 2 Aug. - the day before your post >>291, so it hasn't been updated.
It's not the end of the world to admit you missed something. We all do it from time to time.
>>300
See, case in point: I put sage in the name field by accident. We all miss things.
Even Andrew Cunningham admits to have mistranslated certain things
Maybe I was actually here instead:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya_light_novels#The_Melancholy_of_Haruhi_Suzumiya
>>303
I suppose that's likely. Even here, the text at the article head notes that an English version will be forthcoming, but not who will be publishing it (though one could glean it from the footnote), and there is no flag icon in any of the info boxes (and that's important if you get linked to an anchor part-way down the page). Somebody was very lazy when they updated the article (nothing less from people maintaining a "list of" page).
<rant>I'm getting really sick of the proliferation of "list of" pages. It's just an excuse to not make the effort to write a proper article, and especially annoying when there's already an article for the subject in question. There's absolutely no reason why that information couldn't be merged into the other article on the light novels. In fact, it should be, but I can almost guarantee that a vote on the issue would keep the pages as they are. Once upon a time, there was supposed to be a policy (or at least a style guideline) against "list of" pages, but now there is a "list of Wikipedia policies and guidlines" page, FFS. Shit like this is why I stopped editing Wikipedia - it's a losing battle.</rant>
They will never let anime have episode articles while sitcoms does
>>305
Consistency is not exactly Wikipedia's strong point. Then again, I'm not sure that Wikipedia has a strong point.
Neither is citation unless they are willing to dedicate the source
Wikipedia's strong point is the price you have to pay to access it.
ni paa~
Their only merit is when they manage to be more reliable than imdb
Which turns back to the point that their relevance lacks any value
>>311
And yet so many people not only trust it, but depend on it.
Well it's at least as accurate as any other encyclopedia anyway.
The key thing is that if someone goes in and finds something which is wrong and doesn't fix it, then it's that person who sucks, not Wikipedia.
>>274
Yeah, I watched it in the fucked-up broadcast order first time, but after watching in chronological order I decided that the broadcast order made it much more interesting. Because otherwise the really interesting stuff all happens in the first half of the series.
Big question: Would Haruhi have been so popular if it had been broadcast in chronological order? (Although Haruhi is still an awesome character, whatever order:)
Haruhi may have been overrated no matter the order you watch those
>>315
"More people like X show" != "X show is overrated"
Show did not live up to potential nor praise thus became overrated
>>317 I dunno, I thought they did a reasonable job with the source material, except for leaving some holes in there (intentionally? maybe. Rhapsody does fit better alongside Disappearance...)
Love it.
Lent the dvds to a friend, he fell in love with the series, I don't think I'll be getting the dvds back anytime soon, lol.
He's been begging me to trade him the dvds as well as offering rides to school for next year to sweeten the deal. It's tempting but I don't know if I want to part with my Haruhi dvds. ^^;;;
You could part with them since the box set is less than $50 around
yay love this series
Haruhi-sama is mai waifu :3
Yuki Nagato is mai waifu as long she returns all her books on time
gimme summa dat Tsuruya-san, yum yum.
Mikuru would be more than the ideal person to end up Tsuruya raped
Tsuruya is the best. Kyon is a fool for not taking her up on that offer.
nyoro~n
>http://www.haruhi.tv/
When I entered the site I thought I was on 2ch.
That was some plot to make other people believe Densha Otoko anime
yaaaaaaaaa hare hare yukia dance
We could dance our problems away with those character image albums
http://www.uploda.org/uporg1988924.jpg
next season ,April start
>>332
Or not. Re-runs of the first season in April, apparently. Here's hoping that they're doing so as a run-up to season two in the summer.
I live in hope
I have 1,357 picture of haruhi.
i hope the 2nd season comes out soon ^^ btw, where can i get the pics for the 2nd season?
Anyone else been watching haruhi-chan at: http://www.youtube.com/user/KADOKAWAanime?
Yea it's like not funny at all. Haruhi was alright but a joke compared to Raki Suta.
>>338
Aw shit, now you've done it. They're going to be at your door any minute now.
huh what and who
>>337
i have but the thing that sucks is kadokawa deletes an episode after like a week its up i get the deleted ones from http://www.anivide.com/index.html?cid=817 i think nagatos the best specialy in the spin offs becuz she reminds me of konata from lucky star
Endless Eight should finish up go and fall in a hole already. Damn, looping thing is drinving me insane. D:
>>343
Luckily for you, it has. But it's a good ending.
IT'S FINAL-FUCKING-LY DONE! Geez, sitting through 8 episodes of the same god damn thing over and over again sure was hell, but once that ending came it felt like a giant weight was lifted off your shoulders. We're free of the horrid Endless Eight arc! Hurray! Rejoice!
Also, it's awesome that I guessed right. I knew homework was the answer! Glad I didn't let any of the other subtle hints - like that aeroplane - deviate me from my originally correct assumption. Ego +1.
i,jpn, saw the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya today.
i hope you can see this movie which is worth seeing sooner.
but i dont know when you see this movie in a future.
for your refference
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0io4_JnFag
長門が萌えすぎてやばい！
クンカクンカスーハースーハーしたいお！
