Anime The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

[Dagger]

[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/DaggerIX1/othello.jpg[/IMG]

Thanks... but I know which is which.

~Dagger~

[Desbreko]

[color=#4B0082]They play both [url=http://img528.imageshack.us/my.php?image=haruhiothelloln8.jpg][u]Othello[/u][/url], in ep5, and [url=http://img241.imageshack.us/my.php?image=haruhigodv7.jpg][u]Go[/u][/url], in ep11.[/color]

[Dagger]

Broadcast, right? :animeswea

They play Othello quite often in the first two discs (hence it coming to mind first)... but that's chronological order. My head hurts. Does anyone know when they play the board game that has cards in it?

~Dagger~

[Desbreko]

[color=#4B0082]Broadcast order, yeah. I haven't watched it in chronological order yet, so I always think in broadcast order.

They play what looks to be some kind of trading card game in ep9 (14 chronologically), but I have no idea what it is. Is [url=http://img525.imageshack.us/my.php?image=haruhitcgvp5.jpg][u]that[/u][/url] what you meant?[/color]

[Dagger]

Yes!! That's the one. You're brilliant. (And fast!)

Many a moon ago, I saw an image or two comparing that to a real game of the same type. I don't think they were exactly the same... very close, though.

~Dagger~

[Tatsubei Yagyu]

[FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="Navy"]... o_o

...believe I just witnessed the power and skill of Site Administers in action... :animeknow

*takes pictures*[/COLOR][/FONT]

[2010DigitalBoy]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]So wait, does or doesnt the special edition DVD put the series in broadcast order? I heard it did, but if I am dealing with chronological, I may not even buy v.2 special edition...

Also, I just got a horrible premonition. When the last dvd is realeased, I can already see the horde of n00bs complaining about how much the ending sucked. This is going to be an arduous battle!!![/COLOR]

[Dagger]

The SE comes with two DVDs. One has the second set of four chronological episodes, and one has the first set of five broadcast episodes (sub-only).

~Dagger~

[Korey]

I saw them play go....whoops. I didn't know that you guys were specifically mentioning othello....Sorry Dagger.

[r2vq]

[color=#ff7520][quote name='Dagger']The SE comes with two DVDs.[/QUOTE][/color][color=#007520]Well, all the SEs except for the first one. The first one didn't have the second DVD, but it still has a bunch of other things the regular edition has.
The chronological order of the episodes were only allowed to be released as an extra. Apparently there was a lot of hard bargaining involved when it came to this...

[color=#ff7520][quote name='Tatsubei Yagyu'][FONT="Comic Sans MS"][COLOR="Navy"]...believe I just witnessed the power and skill of Site Administers in action... :animeknow[/COLOR][/FONT][/QUOTE][/color]And people wonder why they have fanboys and fangirls chasing them around the forums..

-r2[/color]

[Udon]

[COLOR="Lime"]Does anyone know wen the next dvd comes out?[/COLOR]

[r2vq]

[color=#007520]According to [url=http://www.amazon.com/Melancholy-Haruhi-Suzumiya-Limited/dp/B000SK5YXU/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2/103-1546355-5614204?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1184339740&sr=8-2]Amazon[/url] the third DVD will be out on September 4th.

-r2[/color]

[2010DigitalBoy]

[COLOR="DarkOrange"]Okies! I got my special edition volume 2 DVD yesterday and my brother and I just got done watching le dub disk.

I gotta say, I was wrong about Haruhi's VO. At first I thought she wasn't all that great, but during the scene that... well... [i]should[/i] have been the end of the series, she was absolutely fantastic. Just like the first time I watched it, every hair on my body was standing at the stellar performance of both VOs and the amazing atmosphere of the scene.

Anyway, I find it really interesting watching the series from a new perspective. See, I never went back and watched it all in chronological order or anything, so I just went with it and took all the craziness for granted.

Seeing the baseball episode from a perspective where everything makes sense is totally different from before, when stuff like Koizumi's existence and the confirmation of any powers were not yet revealed.

What really got me, though, was the stuff i missed. Mikuru's nurse outfit at the beginning, the references to the scene all throughout - I'm disappointed in myself for never having gone back to check things out ^^;;

Anyway, jolly good disk. My brother has become positively enamored with this show XD it's scary how close our tastes are... (mostly because I know at some point if he continues to progress in my direction, then I know the kind of porn he'll get into >_>)[/COLOR]

[Konata]

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is my favorite anime. My favorite character is Nagato Yuki, which is why I tend to draw her a lot.

In any case, this series definitely changed me. I probably would never have danced in public several times if it wasn't for this odd series.

Back when Haruhi was still airing, I went to the Shibuya district and bought the Suzumiya Haruhi costume at Cospatio, for around $400 in total. But it was well worth it, and it started me on the whole small cosplay hobby of mine, ha-ha.

I was really happy to meet Aya Hirano and everybody at Anime Expo too.

It's a pleasure to meet you. It's always fun meeting new Haruhiists~

[r2vq]

[color=#007520][quote name='Konata']I was really happy to meet Aya Hirano and everybody at Anime Expo too.[/QUOTE]:animenose Pictures?

-r2[/color]

[Konata]

Anime Expo was really strict when it came to photography and recording, especially at the SOS Brigade Invasion Tour Concert and Aya Hirano and co. Panel. Not even Press could take pictures at the panel...

I would've asked if I could take pictures in the autograph signing room but the atmosphere was way too intense, AX Staff were everywhere, and... I was just satisfied that I got to meet them in person, thank them, say a few words to them, etc.

The closest thing I could get to photographing them was me taking pictures of my autographed poster XD That's not even close, either...

Below is the image of the full poster. I would link the closeups of the autographs but I'm typing on a very big Japanese keyboard (I'm used to typing on a small keyboard) so it takes me so long to type D: Plus I don't think the other pictures are really necessary.

[url=http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa320/KonataIzumi/Anime%20Expo%202007/DSC00493.jpg]Full Poster[/url]

[r2vq]

[color=#007520]Ah. Too bad. :(

I have that poster too. They were giving them away at Anime North. It's hanging in my girlfriend's basement cause I don't like it enough to keep it for myself. xD

-r2[/color]

[Konata]

[quote name='r2vq'][color=#007520]Ah. Too bad. :(

I have that poster too. They were giving them away at Anime North. It's hanging in my girlfriend's basement cause I don't like it enough to keep it for myself. xD

-r2[/color][/QUOTE]

XD They were giving them out like crazy. I got my first one over at Fanime when I bought the LE box set and I got my second after doing that HHY impromptu thing at the Anime Selects booth at Anime Expo. But I gave that to a friend. I could've gotten my third at the Bandai Entertainment booth too but decided against it, so I got my thrid for the autographs.

[mangamaniack21]

i just got volume 1 from suncaos, and it was very good! I can't believe the anime quality it was excellent....wow, i like how harhi was grumy at first and suddenly she [spoiler]pulled kyon down and told him she wanted to start a club.....XD in the middle of class too...[/spoiler]heheeheee, but ep 00 didn't make any sense. I'd say my fave chracter would have to be haruhi and itsuki partially because i keep getting them on personality quizzes. As for mikuru..always tortured by haruhi, poor girl.... I liked the part where they stole a computer "Hand over a computer and nobody gets hurt" XDm that was good, but a little perverted.

[indent][size=1][color=#007520]Not major spoilers but I added spoiler tags for you anyway, mangamaniak21. Don't forget that not everyone has seen the show yet. Don't ruin it for them. ^^[/color][/size][/indent]

[Udon]

[FONT="Arial"][SIZE="2"][COLOR="SeaGreen"]OMG I can't believe I missed that... I was at AX too but since I got both dvd's at AX I didn't really know who they were. When I heard something called "SOS Brigade Invasion Tour Concert", I thought it was a real concert with a singing group that was popular in Japan. Im pretty sure their not going to do something like that next year right? Or are they? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[mangamaniack21]

i don't know, but i love bouken desho desho ^^. It's on my myspace, and i love hare hare yukai it's on my webpage's homepage. I took too many personality quizzes, and since i'm like both Haruhi and Itsuki i like them both. It'd be cooler if Itsuki could use his powers allthe time though ^^.

[Konata]

[quote name='GreenDemon'][FONT="Arial"][SIZE="2"][COLOR="SeaGreen"]OMG I can't believe I missed that... I was at AX too but since I got both dvd's at AX I didn't really know who they were. When I heard something called "SOS Brigade Invasion Tour Concert", I thought it was a real concert with a singing group that was popular in Japan. Im pretty sure their not going to do something like that next year right? Or are they? [/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]

Eh... Well, it was a real concert. With a real singing group that is popular in Japan. It was like a mini Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, and Yuko Goto version of Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou with English actors involved.

Now, although I doubt the same thing probably won't happen again, Aya Hirano did mention in her blog that she was very sorry for performing bad at AX(I personally thought it was pretty good, even though she didn't seem very prepared), and that she promises she will make up for it.

We can just wish that there will be a major Lucky Star launch during next year's Anime Expo, so Aya will return ;D

[Udon]

[FONT="Verdana"][SIZE="2"][COLOR="SeaGreen"]I realy hope so..:sweat:

So what exactly is the second season about? Im having a hard time trying to figure out what it can be about.[/COLOR][/SIZE][/FONT]

[Konata]

Well, there hasn't been any official updates regarding what the season is about, I don't think. But I think it's highly likely that it will be The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Basically, it's about how Kyon discovers one day that Haruhi is no longer sitting behind his desk, and no one in his school except him remembers her. Not even Mikuru or Yuki, who don't even remember Kyon. Itsuki has also disappeared, and Yuki's not her usual self. What happened to Miss Suzumiya? Where did Itsuki go? Why is Yuki not Yuki? Why is Shamisen normal? Can Kyon escape from this and return back to the real world where Haruhi exists? Or is this really the real world? And why is [b]She[/b] here...

Just of bad synopsis of the DoHS that I wrote very quickly.

Of course, like the tMoHS, there's probably going to be several in-between episodes that cover some of the side stories. I'm 99% sure the episode Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody will be there because not only did they show a live-action version of it on the main SuzuHaru website during the day of Tanabata, but it is also an important episode that needs to be seen in order to understand a lot of Haruhi material.

[Shinmaru]

[quote name='Konata']Well, there hasn't been any official updates regarding what the season is about, I don't think. But I think it's highly likely that it will be The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya.

Basically, it's about how Kyon discovers one day that Haruhi is no longer sitting behind his desk, and no one in his school except him remembers her. Not even Mikuru or Yuki, who don't even remember Kyon. Itsuki has also disappeared, and Yuki's not her usual self. What happened to Miss Suzumiya? Where did Itsuki go? Why is Yuki not Yuki? Why is Shamisen normal? Can Kyon escape from this and return back to the real world where Haruhi exists? Or is this really the real world? And why is [b]She[/b] here...

Just of bad synopsis of the DoHS that I wrote very quickly.

Of course, like the tMoHS, there's probably going to be several in-between episodes that cover some of the side stories. I'm 99% sure the episode Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody will be there because not only did they show a live-action version of it on the main SuzuHaru website during the day of Tanabata, but it is also an important episode that needs to be seen in order to understand a lot of Haruhi material.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, after reading all of the Suzumiya light novels this week, I think it's a sure thing that [i]Disappearance[/i] will be the main story this season. The only other feasible option would be [i]The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya[/i], but [i]Disappearance[/i] is a better story in every way and [i]Sigh[/i] is slightly redundant because "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00" was shown last season (though I wouldn't be surprised if [i]Sigh[/i] was adapted into a one- or two-part episode because it is still pretty fun and explains a lot of stuff about the movie, such as the talking cat, the problems with Mikuru's first Mikuru Beam, etc.).

Trust me, nobody will be disappointed with [i]Disappearance[/i] as the main plotline. The story is interesting and exciting, Kyon gets to shine even more than he did in [i]Melancholy[/i], there's some great stuff done with Yuki, the climax is awesome, and the ending really puts a smile on your face. [i]Disappearance[/i] rocks. <3

As for other potential stories... Konata is correct; if [i]Disappearance[/i] is the main story, then "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" absolutely [i]has[/i] to be in there as well, because so many of the stories afterward have their roots in that one. "Snow Mountain Syndrome" and "Where Did the Cat Go?" from [i]Rashness[/i] and [i]Disturbance[/i] respectively will probably fill the mystery story quota this season. "Endless Eight" from [i]Rashness[/i] will be in there, too, I think. "Charmed at first sight LOVER" from [i]Disturbance[/i] would be fun, as well. And again, I wouldn't be surprised if [i]Sigh[/i] made into the second season, and there will probably be another new story penned by Nagaru Tanigawa ala "Someday in the Rain."

That more or less fills out a 14-episode season, I think.