Review of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

This is a hilarious anime with a very confusing and original concept. It will keep you guessing right through to the end, which happens to be somewhere in the middle of the series. ^_^ This anime may seem like any typical high school comedy, but that is far from it. The story is anything but straight forward because what makes this so original is the jumbled up story. It's noticeable from the beginning as the series starts chronologically on episode 11 and from there the messed up story will confuse you like it did the main character Kyon. Even though Haruhi is the titular character Kyonis sort of the lead character and even if he seems like the usual dull and boring male lead, he is surprisingly funny. As he narrates the entire story he constantly comes out with some hilarious witty and sarcastic remarks, which can make any situation funny, like Haruhi's amateur film in the first episode. Haruhi is the titular character of this anime where everything revolves around her. It's pretty difficult to describe her but it's best to describe her personality as hyper-active and outrageously weird. There's a lot of confusing things to find out about her throughout the series, which is what makes her so great and a female character you can't help but love.

Just what you'd expect from "Kyoto Animation", the animation quality for this anime is unbelievably great and is probably the best for a non-action anime. It is unbelievable to see the amount of detail is put into it from the rich colour palette to the realistically fluid character movements. For the animation alone, I would give it a perfect 10/10.

The music isn't anything special, just the usual stuff you should expect to hear from a school-life comedy. It's the catchy opening and ending themes songs that are what put it above the rest; however there's one episode to look out for when it comes to music, eps. 12 "Live Alive".

Overall this anime has to be one extraordinary sci-fi comedy that has something some anime lack, replay-value. This is a show that you'll have to watch over and over in the wrong and right order to fully enjoy it. There's plenty of comedy to enjoy nevertheless there is also some spectacular action sequences. The only problem with this anime is that it can sometimes be hard to follow, especially when Nagato and Koizumi go into their in-depth explanations yet apart from that this is one superb anime.

Watching this anime is an experience any anime fan should enjoy, so I recommend this to anyone who needs a laugh, whilst being intrigued.

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