Review of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

This is a hard review for me to write. Most of my reviews I can just rationalize why I think they are good or bad. This one, however, is hard to do that with. By looking at it I should hate it. It seems to have no plot and no real story line. It seems to be about a teenaged girl who is way out and left, the type I try to avoid at all hazards. But from the first episode it had me. What got me is it is your typical high school slice-of-life or maybe ahigh school romance but it turns into so much more. Every thing we no to be true in our world, and Kyon's world, is turned on it's head in just a few episodes. The reason I like this so much is the mystery of why it is all happening. After watching a few episodes I just set back and enjoyed the ride.

The characters, on the outside just seemed to be normal every day high school students but turn out to be so much more. The fact that Haruhi is kept in the dark about her club members true identities and purpose just makes it that much more fun to watch.

The art is what I have come to expect from Kyoto Animation and Kadokawa Pictures. Very clean very well executed.

Sound was excellent. With Aya Hirano singing the opening and closing credits and just the back ground music set the tone for the series.

The story was very well thought out. It is a near perfect mixture of several classic anime themes.

Put this all together and you have a different type of experience that what you were expecting when you first set down to watch it All said well worth the time to check it out and watch it.