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View Poll Results: Suzumiya Haruhi Total Series Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 488 | 56.74% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 237 | 27.56% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 58 | 6.74% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 44 | 5.12% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 17 | 1.98% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 6 | 0.70% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 0.12% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 2 | 0.23% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 7 | 0.81% | |
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2006-08-16, 13:09 | Link #141 | |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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Not making that comparison yet ... but time will tell. There are a lot of classics that don't get talked about because they're so obvious and everyone knows them. I'll point out its possible to have a job and family and still enjoy anime as a hobby. And its possible to like the old stuff and the new stuff (kind of like music).
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2006-08-16, 13:31 | Link #142 | |
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2006-08-16, 13:46 | Link #143 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
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The biggest problem with *any* series, book, or whatever having longevity is exposure. Any of these anime series ... for them to have longevity requires some critical mass of people being exposed to them and new blood discovering them.
Be it Moby Dick (not too many people can't at least ping on "Ahab and the White Whale") versus some masterpiece by Twain most people have never heard of.... The useful thing will be to watch Haruhi evolve in Japan ... outside in the rest of the world we're so marginal as to be just vapor. Assuming Kyo-Ani takes a couple of years to approach the subject again (after Kanon and Metal Panic?), will there be a surge or will everyone say "who?". I'd be the last to deny there's not a chunk of Haruhi that isn't "marketing mana" (i.e. designed to attack market weaknessness) but, like, Star Trek or other cultural phenomenom --- there are core shards of very interesting stuff inside.
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2006-08-16, 14:03 | Link #144 | |
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2006-08-17, 17:53 | Link #145 |
Absolute Haruhist!
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Well, because Haruhiism has so little merchandise, stuff gets sold out in no time at all and figure get sold at 3000 US dollars.
But I'm still thinking that Haruhi is too unique and affects too little audience, or I should say not many people are able to accept the show. This is for foreign countries, I'm sure Haruhi is doing really well in Japan.
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2006-08-18, 11:14 | Link #146 | |
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At the very least, it's a damned good gateway drug into the novels. |
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2006-11-07, 16:46 | Link #149 |
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"Perfect 10"
Just recently watched it and was blown away. Never expected anything to challenge Marimite's place in my affections but these two occupy a spot significantly beyond any other anime I've watched. The only way it could be even more perfect *wink* would be if my inner romantic was properly satisfied by Haruhi and Kyon fully crossing to the other side of a certain river in Egypt. Last edited by Anaglyph; 2006-11-07 at 17:20. |
2006-11-07, 18:26 | Link #150 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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Yay, another victim of SHnY! Welcome. Strangely enough, one of my favorite eps is the "Day in the Rain" (anime only) that really kind of reinforces the bonds everyone has developed over the crazy year they just experienced. (you know, the episode that some critics say "nothing happened" in, where Kyon is sent to get the heater for the club )
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2006-11-07, 20:19 | Link #151 | |
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2006-11-07, 23:37 | Link #152 | |
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Now, if they made a sequal or an OVA based on the other novels after ep14 or even novels/chapters that occured during the series (such as "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" or the "The Sighs of Suzumiya Haruhi") I think would suplement the series even further |
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2006-11-08, 13:36 | Link #153 |
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: NYC/Chicago
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9.5+ but rounded to 9. Very enjoyable series that shows what people care about in a story is not that the story makes sense in a self-serious way but that it initiates interesting thoughts and has good moments.
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2006-11-11, 16:48 | Link #155 | |
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Actually, it's because the main story is only 6 episodes long, so they have to shuffle it to make the story extend for 14 episodes. |
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2006-11-29, 22:35 | Link #157 |
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
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From a film making standpoint, showing the episodes "out of order" -- or in Haruhi order is an artistic decision to increase your empathy with Kyon's disorientation. Time-disorder (which includes flashbacks, reverse-order, etc) has been used by a few brave directors for decades to enhance the surrealism of a story or put the audience into the viewpoint of the protagonist.
"12 Monkeys" ... "Total Recall" ... are two examples where your disorientation of "when" or "where" is key to the story. If you watch the old Twilight Zone series (the black and white one, eh?) -- there are a few short stories in there that play these sorts of mind games. As was recommended a few pages back... it is entertaining to watch in aired order.. and then go back and watch it in "time" order and watch how the relationships evolve between the characters.
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2006-12-29, 23:29 | Link #160 |
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I'm not sure I would give the series a "Perfect 10" or "Masterpiece" right off the bat, but I would give it a 9+ (around 9.5?). Great show of creativity and artistic expression (episode ordering, philosophical musings), very good character designs, a highly underrated score does make a strong case for a "Masterpiece" rating, though.
Overall, it was great, yet I don't think it reached a level of perfection. Rather dull color palette aside, it just doesn't feel or appear that way to me. |
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