Happy Tanabata!
July 7 is the date of one of Japan’s most beloved festivals. It is called “Tanabata” (written as “seventh evening”). In English it is often called the “Star Festival”. It… Read more »
Tag: Haruhi Suzumiya
2010: The Anime Year in Review
It seems almost a requirement now to bemoan the current state of anime as compared to the golden age of past (which for most people seems to be 5 to… Read more »
2009: The Anime Year in Review
The usual caveats apply: I haven’t sampled everything and my tastes are not yours. Series that are continuing into the Spring are not generally eligible, though I am making an… Read more »
Final Thoughts on “Endless Eight”
The story finally ends, in a suitably anticlimactic manner. It feels like the folks at Kyoto Animation are as sick of it as we are. So why did they do… Read more »
Kyoto Animation Jumps the Shark
Part of the appeal of Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya as it was originally broadcast was in the uniquely confusing way that it was presented. It created a sort of meta-story… Read more »
Delayed Realization
Jeff Lawson reports that two years after watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumia he finally figured out that Kyon is a jerk. Which of course is true, but necessary. Haruhi… Read more »
Notes on Haruhi Suzumiya
I have posted my notes on The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya on a separate page here. The notes are full of spoilers, so don’t read them if you haven’t seen… Read more »
Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya–Anime Review
(Broadcast order) (DVD order) A strong-willed girl wants to meet aliens, time-travelers or espers…but she never does…or does she? Of the hundred or so anime series broadcast in 2006, this… Read more »
The Horrible Botch of Haruhi Suzumiya
When they announced that The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was going to be released in Region 1, my worst fear was that the clueless American distributors would ruin the story… Read more »
Haruhi Suzumiya Clarification
OK, maybe I should clarify the previous post. First, I intend to buy the DVDs even if they mess them up badly. That’s the only practical way that I can… Read more »