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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 1-2
Apr. 20th, 2006 07:17 pmThis show is too funny to watch when you have the flu. Every time I guffaw, it turns into an extended coughing spasm, and every third line makes me want to guffaw.
In an ideal world, I might be able to convince people to watch this by comparing it to Futakoi Alternative. In reality, few people have actually seen Futakoi Alternative (which is a damn shame, and comment if you'd like my help in rectifying that), and it would be fairly useless to describe how, like Futakoi Alternative, it smoothly mixes the bizarre with the mundane. I might do better to compare it to CLAMP crack--possessing of a unique, ironic weirdness too entertaining to begrudge.
Anyway, the title character is a high-school student obsessed with time-travelers, espers, aliens and paranormals, who's energetic and charismatic enough to drag a crowd of reluctant followers into her obsession. Beyond that, I have no idea what the story is, because the first episode is devoted to a parody of crappy, low-budget, science fiction flicks (and it is unspeakably hilarious, especially the narration), and introduces the real characters only in passing; episode two is mostly backstory.
Those who are interested, rest assured I'll be pimping this one--via multiple upload services, if that's what it takes.
In an ideal world, I might be able to convince people to watch this by comparing it to Futakoi Alternative. In reality, few people have actually seen Futakoi Alternative (which is a damn shame, and comment if you'd like my help in rectifying that), and it would be fairly useless to describe how, like Futakoi Alternative, it smoothly mixes the bizarre with the mundane. I might do better to compare it to CLAMP crack--possessing of a unique, ironic weirdness too entertaining to begrudge.
Anyway, the title character is a high-school student obsessed with time-travelers, espers, aliens and paranormals, who's energetic and charismatic enough to drag a crowd of reluctant followers into her obsession. Beyond that, I have no idea what the story is, because the first episode is devoted to a parody of crappy, low-budget, science fiction flicks (and it is unspeakably hilarious, especially the narration), and introduces the real characters only in passing; episode two is mostly backstory.
Those who are interested, rest assured I'll be pimping this one--via multiple upload services, if that's what it takes.
