Review of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Great, I've come to the most overrated anime that ever existed. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a good show. It is by no means great. And it certainly isn't one of the best anime ever created, I don't even KNOW how it managed to grab that title a while back. The story IS unique, I will give it that. When have we ever seen something like the SOS Brigade? Save the world by overloading it with fun? I must say, it was an interesting premise that drew me in, but then I realise that the story was pretty much centred on this group ofpeople who have no intention of doing that. What a waste--I thought I was going to see an anime about philanthropy.

The art is so mediocre--character design is flat, their eyes are huge, and it doesn't look like a lot of money went into making this anime. The sound is...bleh. I didn't notice it. I liked the ED though, but who doesn't like the ending or the stupid dance??

The characters were good. They were like spins on stereotypes. Kyon is the 'boring unexceptional brown-haired guy', Mikuru is the walking pile of moe, Yuki is the aloof meganekko, that other guy whose name escapes me is the sort of 'Whee~ Happy Everyday!' sort of guy, and then there's Haruhi. She's so original that I cannot even place her in a set category. I do know she's a self-centred bitchy girl though. Oops!

This anime is great fun, but it is by no means great.

It's a lot better than some other unfabulous school comedies out there, anyway.