The Colonel posted:

she does, in, The Video Game Canon

surf rock posted:

OK, I've finished The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. I also went ahead and watched the movie and both The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan and Nyoro~n Churuya-san. Once again, thanks everyone for your advice on watching the main show in the original broadcast order!

Some thoughts:

- The only thing I knew about the show going into it was that (1) it was EVERYWHERE about 15 years ago, enough so that I saw the characters everywhere at the time despite not watching anime, kind of like My Little Pony broke into the mainstream a few years later, and (2) there was a famous dance in it. I was surprised to realize that the dance was like 20 seconds of shots interspersed amongst the end credits.
- When I realized the concept of the show was effectively an anime version of the Twilight Zone episode "It's a Good Life," I was psyched; it's an awesome gimmick. Ultimately, though, they didn't do as much with that idea as I hoped; the best example I can think of is when Haruhi makes Mikuru actually have eye lasers and the rest of the movie shoot. I would've loved a lot of smaller-scale stuff like that.
- When I was looking at contemporary posts about the show here on SA, a lot of people mentioned it being packed with details and having really strong visuals. Maybe I'm just unobservant, but it didn't stand out in those regards to me as especially amazing. I did think the movie looked pretty nice.
- Someone on here called it "the most 'you had to be there' anime of all time" when I mentioned my plans to watch it. I'm guessing they meant that there was probably a lot of speculation around where the plot would go as the show aired, or something like that.
- I thought Haruhi's characterization was really inconsistent over the course of the show. Maybe it's more like a character arc in the chronological order, and I guess it's kind of a wild character so maybe that's why there are such extremes to her personality, but it was noticeable given the other characters were so consistent.
- I liked that Kyon was such an accurate audience insert, even to the point of occasionally being obnoxiously self-satisfied about recognizing tropes and so on.
- Is Mikuru history's greatest doormat?
- They wrote a joke about it in one of the last episodes, but it was strange how Haruhi just responded like normal to Kyon's thoughts as if he said them aloud like 20% of the time. It felt too frequent to be a punchline and too infrequent to be a plot device to make you think that she actually can read his thoughts.
- Coming off of Lucky Star, it was kind of a relief not to have a show as packed with references to other stuff that I haven't seen (although I'm sure there was some that I didn't catch). That said, the Phoenix Wright reference was perfect.
- I'm also a sucker for concert scenes, and although this didn't reach the height of the My Hero Academia one, it was still great.
- Shout-out to me for recognizing the voice of one of Kyon's friends as Rubedo/Jr. from Xenosaga.
- I'm conflicted about Endless Eight. Ultimately, I did get bored of the gimmick, so in that sense it was a failure. I think my main problem with it was that I've experienced a lot of time-loop fiction, and usually there's more differentiation between each loop than they provided here. Even something as simple as Kyon asking Yuki different questions about what had happened in each scenario would've been really nice. The payoff at the end was also underwhelming, although maybe that's because I guessed right about what the solution would be (some mixture of "homework" and "offer your own loving idea of something to do tomorrow, which OBVIOUSLY Haruhi is desperate for somebody to do"). Although my dark-horse idea for a solution was for Kyon to demonstrate some supernatural ability, since the weirdest thing about Haruhi's summer plans was how normal they were.
- That said, if I were someone learning to create anime, I think Endless Eight would be a fascinating case study to see the many different ways they reconstructed effectively the same episode: changes to the pacing, editing, script, costumes, shot angles, etc. I feel like there would be a lot to learn there. Ultimately, I admire the moxie of the idea, but wish it had been a few episodes shorter and/or contained more variation from episode to episode. That said, my sympathies to the fans who watched the second season as it aired and slowly despaired as they realized that It Was Another Episode Where Kyon Just Stood There. I imagine it was like when I watched the third season of Twin Peaks and realized that, yup, Dougie Jones is still here.
- The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan was obviously inconsequential, but it was fun. Mostly for the Yuki elements, but also because Haruhi verged on Konata from Lucky Star in some episodes. ...But mostly for peak Yuki content.
- I've already forgotten what Nyoro~n Churuya-san was (except emoticon inspiration) and I watched it all like two days ago.
- I really enjoyed the movie, even though it had one of my least favorite plot devices with the whole "everybody forgot X!" thing. It made me actually laugh out loud a few times, which I'm not sure ever happened during the series itself. I loooooooove a Gang Gets Back Together scene though, and I also enjoyed Kyon admitting that, yes, Haruhi makes his life 100x more exciting.
- I'm guessing that The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan is a spinoff about the alternate universe where Kyon makes the other decision, or maybe it just treats that universe like it's the only one and follows Yuki as the protagonist. I think I'll at least give it a try.

EVERY TIME GOING posted:

cheetah7071 posted:

I had a crush on her as a teen

Violet_Sky posted:

Can anyone recommend me good anime/manga podcasts?

Captain Baal posted:

if I see gigguk come up i'm probating you

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Endorph posted:

waypoint is a gamergate site for chuds given how much harassment against transwomen theyve incited. mods?

Namtab posted:

I'm going to allow you to post about the show thats older than stairmaster openly and freely

dogsicle posted:

Anime World Order - don't care for one of the hosts (Daryl) but it usually isn't an issue to the eps themselves. older hosts means the anime selections often skew older, episode releases seem pretty sporadic. i can at least wholeheartedly recommend any episode where they play trivia games though, those are fun to join along with.

Endorph posted:

waypoint is a gamergate site for chuds given how much harassment against transwomen theyve incited. mods?

The Black Stones posted:

Lol, this is the polar opposite take for me because I find Daryl the most entertaining. Clarissa and Gerald contribute some good discussion but I like how animated Daryl gets and it shows his passion for things he likes and dislikes. I can see why people might be put off by him but he combines that with a nice knowledge of things so he usually has something interesting to say.

Even though they mostly do older stuff it’s well worth checking out. They just put out an episode about Locke the Superman and it’s great stuff.

Kild posted:

I've seen your Aka's asking Gura to join the Tv Tuner's Podcast.

Captain Invictus posted:

please elaborate

Stairmaster posted:

I would never ask anyone from holomyth on

homeless snail posted:

I think it would be really funny if, instead of people being mad about calliope mori being on trash taste, they were mad that she was on the tv tuners podcast. just my two cents

Endorph posted:

Captain Invictus posted:

please elaborate