May 20, 2010
(ORIGINALLY WRITTEN ON 19TH NOVEMBER 2009)
PLOT: 7.5/10
Watching the first 3 episodes would make you think that The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya was just another slice of life comedy (like School Rumble, Lucky Star, Ouran High School Host Club, Azumanga Daioh and so on), albeit with an extremely eccentric main character, the titular Haruhi Suzumiya. While I don't want to spoil anything, lets just say that episode 4 and onwards opts for a science fiction kind of theme. While the change between styles feels quite clunky (episode 4, AKA "The Exposition Episode" is pretty boring), it is still a comedy at heart, with truly laugh
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out loud moments (anything to do with the computer club is brilliant). With strong, likeable characters and witty dialogue, the story is more than adequate.
ANIMATION QUALITY: 9/10
As expected for a high profile, fairly recent release, the animation is astoundingly pretty, particularly in the opening and closing sequences. The only thing that stops it getting a 10 is the decidedly "meh" CGI sequences.
MUSIC: 8.5/10
While the background music during the show is little more than passable, this is more than made up for by the opening them "Boken Desho Desho" and the infamous "Hare Hare Yukai", both of which have been posted to the blog. Be warned: these songs are incredibly catchy. You'll be humming the tunes for weeks on end.
VOICE ACTING: 9.5/10
Both the original Japanese and the English dub voice acting is very, very good. Not Cowboy Bebop good, but still very well performed. It loses 0.5 because of the English version of the song "God knows" which isn't brilliant, but not English version of Sakura Kiss terrible.
THE VERDICT: 8.5/10
While not the best comedy or the best science fiction anime ever, The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya provides a good mix of genres with endlessly quotable characters. While I wouldn't recommend it as an introduction to anime, seasoned otkaus who want something a little different should give it a go.
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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