{"id":2964,"date":"2010-03-13T20:40:54","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T00:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/?p=2964"},"modified":"2010-03-13T23:12:13","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T03:12:13","slug":"keiths-anime-reviews-the-melancholy-of-haruhi-suzumiya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/03\/13\/keiths-anime-reviews-the-melancholy-of-haruhi-suzumiya\/","title":{"rendered":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Ah, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya<\/a>. It’s hard to say anything about this series that hasn’t already been said elsewhere – this is a very well-known anime (and manga) series. It’s also rather… different… from most other series. To say that it’s “unique” would be putting it mildly!<\/p>\n

The plot is simple on the surface (high school story) but complicated underneath (involving, of all things, time travelers, aliens, and “espers” – that is, people with ESP\/psychic powers). Oh yeah, and also a girl named Haruhi Suzumiya who sometimes has bouts of melancholy – with unexpected<\/em> results (to say the least).<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, the animation is very well done and the voice acting is top-notch, so this is a series that is a pleasure to watch. This is a series that is equally likely to make you laugh, make you stop and think about the nature of life in the universe, or just make you squirm with embarrassment.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the English version of this anime seems to be a bit… sporadic. Although the first season box set is available, I have yet to see anything from the 2nd season available in English thus far – and it’s been quite a while since both the 1st and even the 2nd season came out (in Japan, of course). So if you end up liking this series (as I did) you may find yourself in agony waiting for the next episode to come out on DVD.<\/p>\n

Still, this is a lovely anime, and well worth watching – highly recommended <\/strong>for anyone who enjoys anime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keith’s Review of “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[199],"tags":[78,164,249,100,124],"class_list":["post-2964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-opinion","tag-anime","tag-haruhi-suzumiya","tag-anime-reviews","tag-opinion","tag-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-LO","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2970,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/03\/20\/keiths-anime-reviews-lucky-star\/","url_meta":{"origin":2964,"position":0},"title":"Keith’s Anime Reviews: Lucky Star","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 20, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith's review of \"Lucky Star.\"","rel":"","context":"In "My Opinion"","block_context":{"text":"My Opinion","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/personal\/my-opinion\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/03\/lucky-star-smiles-of-stars-1680x1050-300x187.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2570,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/05\/19\/desktop-madness-vol-73\/","url_meta":{"origin":2964,"position":1},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 73","author":"Keith Survell","date":"May 19, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"Desktop Madness Vol. 73 - desktop wallpaper featuring \"Admiral\" Haruhi Suzumiya from \"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.\"","rel":"","context":"In "Wallpapers"","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/05\/admiralharuhi-1024x768.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/05\/admiralharuhi-1024x768.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2009\/05\/admiralharuhi-1024x768.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1264,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/08\/05\/desktop-madness-vol-39\/","url_meta":{"origin":2964,"position":2},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 39","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 5, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Desho desho? Another wallpaper from \"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.\"","rel":"","context":"In "Wallpapers"","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/desho-desho1-800x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/desho-desho1-800x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/08\/desho-desho1-800x600.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1580,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/12\/30\/desktop-madness-vol-65\/","url_meta":{"origin":2964,"position":3},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 65","author":"Keith Survell","date":"December 30, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"A little bit of Yuki Nagato (from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya) to tide everyone over until the new year. Enjoy!","rel":"","context":"In "Wallpapers"","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/12\/yuki-work-150x150.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1434,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2008\/11\/03\/desktop-madness-vol-60\/","url_meta":{"origin":2964,"position":4},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 60","author":"Keith Survell","date":"November 3, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The main cast of the SOS Brigade (from \"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya\") are... super excited about this wallpaper.","rel":"","context":"In "Wallpapers"","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/11\/the-sos-brigade-800x533.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/11\/the-sos-brigade-800x533.png?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2008\/11\/the-sos-brigade-800x533.png?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2988,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/03\/08\/desktop-madness-vol-83\/","url_meta":{"origin":2964,"position":5},"title":"Desktop Madness Vol. 83","author":"Keith Survell","date":"March 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Another classically drawn wallpaper based off of the manga \"The Melancholy of Haruhu Suzumiya.\"","rel":"","context":"In "Wallpapers"","block_context":{"text":"Wallpapers","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/pictures\/wallpapers\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/03\/haruhi-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/03\/haruhi-1024x768.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2010\/03\/haruhi-1024x768.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}