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Stupidman007
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I competely agree with everything you've said about Haruhi Suzumiya. While true anime comedies are in a sense very much like American sitcoms, where it overflows with comedic scenes and people laughing in the background, Haruhi Suzumiya is more subtle, and it's that subtleness that makes it more funny than what it may seem. It's the first comedic anime series that takes advantage of such a style and it's extremely successful. Also, the fact that it has the best animation that I've ever seen in anime helps its case very much. |
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Ohoni
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And you enjoy Haruhi, I get it, you like what you like and nobody's telling you otherwise, but not everybody has to like what you like. Excel and Dokuro have large fan followings. I'm just trying to provide a valid counter point to the glowing praise. I thought it was decent, but if I'm watching a show for comedy alone (as opposed to comedy+action) then I expect it to be funnier, like Honey & Clover, or Abenobashi, or at the very least as funny as Rozen Maiden. This series, for the most part, wasn't, at least to my tastes.
Eh, maybe. While I watch many shows that have comedy "on the back burner", and enjoy the comedy contained within, I watch the shows because the "front burner" material is compelling in it's own right. For example I enjoy the humor in Grey's Anatomy, but if the humor was ALL I wanted then I'd only watch Scrubs, because it's much funnier, but Grey's has a solid dramatic/romantic angle to enjoy as well as the comedy. The problem I have with Haruhi is that the comedy is subtle and on the back burner of the show, but there is NOTHING on the front burner. Aside from the limited quantity of quirky comedy it's just a generic highschool anime, with nothing to keep me engaged while I'm waiting for the haha. I'm just saying, that's why *I* don't enjoy the show, I'm not trying to convince you that you shouldn't enjoy it. I also watch The Third, and actually found it to be more amusing than Haruhi, in addition to having far superior animation and some great action sequences. |
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Zero89
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I really don't get why everyone sees Haruhi as "only" a comedy, yes it's true that it does have a lot of funny moments, but it's more like a crazy drama (IMHO), and it is most definitely not the same type of funny that FMP fumoffu is (despite what episode 3 may lead you to believe), and I think that it has the potential to actually get into some sort of a plot; which is a definite plus for me... Or maybe I'm thinking about this too much... I just can't judge what type of genre Haruhi is yet, the randomness of this show is only rivaled by FLCL (IMO); and I STILL don't get all of FLCL yet. 
P.S. please do a second review... |
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Super Ska Master
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I disagree about Air Gear. I find it to be a refreshing series. I have never seen an anime about rocket propelled roller blades. The character designs all have lots of style and are overall very attractice.
Another thing is that Disgaea really disappointed me. I was expecting a direct adaptation of the game. The stupid human guy with the robot ruins the whole experience. And why wasnt Gintama mentioned? |
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midori kou
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I found it funny when I read the review is that some of the anime listed as good are the ones I dislike. I actually like Air Gear and KIBA. (NANA and .hack//Roots as well) XXXHOlic is a watse of time when I can read the manga. Haruhi is like blah to me. I just can't get into it. Disgaea was really disappointing for me.
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Yamabushi
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Hey ANN staff, & company.
I hate to seem like a pretentious jerk. But... "Is it any good?" I don’t think that this section is relevant for a preview. Im not sure, btu it looks to be too opinionated. Which is antonymous with “preview.” Preview, being more of an exhibition. Review, being more of a critical examination, or report. Albeit, I seem to have similar opinions on all the series that I’ve previewed that are in this section. "To bad black lagoon wasnt in here". Maybe for a preview; it would be better to have the second paragraph focusing more directly on information about the show, and clarify what type of fans the series will cater, & appeal to. So.. I humbly submit this as a thought for future anime preview guides, and previews in general. *-*; That said. thanks for the preview. Im no a super linguist, so having never read the Nana manga, watching it in japanese through me for a loop. Ill definitely check it out further |
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astra
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AMEN! By the way, I watched the Nana movie last night and noticed that the (at least the first episode) anime and the movie match scene for scene- same dialogue, even shots from the same angles. It was weird. |
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Super Ska Master
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Then you would probably like Gintama. I love how he mocks Shonen Jump magazine even though it is in it. "A man my age reading jump. Pathetic.." and "Hm..Bankai..I wish I had something like that." I enjoy it. 
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Seiitsuno Megami
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I've seen the first few episodes of NANA and Ouran and enjoyed them both. Nice to see they got positive reviews~
I've been meaning to watch the xxxHolic anime since I'm a big fan of the manga, but I'd like to take this chance to say that sweet holy mother of God, Watanuki's proportions are SO SCREWED UP in that screencap. X___X |
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poichok
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Really like Ouran specially the simple humor it gives to its viewers.
Though, I find Haruhi Suzumiya a bit boring (maybe because of the complicated and dragging plot)(or is it just me?) |
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Ohoni
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I've seen at least a little of most of the new shows. I think Black Lagoon looks to be the best of the bunch so far. Himawari is a lot of fun, and The Third is a really great mix of action, style, and humor. I also like Tokko, .Hack//Roots (tentatively), Strawberry Panic, Utaware, Kiba (tentatively), Ray, and Simoun is kinda weird, but not bad.
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Joe Mello
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This just randomly popped into my head: How does the ANN staff get these episodes? Do they have friends with sattelites?
Melancholy seems to be a departure from the average, which is extremely considering the lack of originality that's going around. Everything is just trying to be louder, more raucous, and more stereotypical, and that's bad. I like something a little more on the subdued side, (which is probably why I'm going to make mad sweet love to Diamond Daydreams if I ever get the urge to pick it up) |
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Tempest
 I Run this place.ANN Publisher  Posts: 10420 Location: Do not message me for support. |
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We've a lot of avenues available to us, but the easiest, quickest way is often the way of the fan... Fansubs. There are several ways that we could do this preview without fansubs, but it would be much more time consuming and the reviewer would have to be one of our Japanese speaking staff. So when you see the season previews, most you can assume that most of it comes from fansubs. But when you see a single review, its quite possible that it was something provided to us by a Japanese company... (Before someone brings it up: People always think ANN is "anti-fansub" but we aren't. We're just against certain type of fansub related behaviour... and no, this thread is not open to the fansub debate.) -t |
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Joe Mello
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Okay. Thanks for answering.
 (Though it's probably not a good idea to parade that answer around...)
It was one of those so obvious questions, I glazed over it until it popped back in my head. |
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ThirdWizard
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Does anyone know why Haruhi is skipping around in continuity? They showed episode 1 second, episode 2 third, and now they just showed episode 7 fourth! I'm so very lost. Next week they're showing episode 3 fifth. Is there a reason for this? Is there a joke I'm missing out on? Or are they just messing with our minds?
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