So, how's the anime doing?

Lofung

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I absolutely loved the first episode of Haruhi when i first saw it. Maybe thats just because i enjoy parody and obscure references <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

This season, i'm loving Kanon (2006) and can't wait for the last episode (coming this week). I don't really have time to watch much more than that.
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should that be...next week?
this week is supposed to be 23..

scaryface

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should that be...next week?
this week is supposed to be 23..
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The preview at the end of 22 says that 23 is going to be the finale. I suspect 24 is just going to be a clip show.

KungFuDiscoMonkey

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I absolutely loved the first episode of Haruhi when i first saw it. Maybe thats just because i enjoy parody and obscure references <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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I enjoyed it too I was just a bit confused at first <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

DrSuredeath

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I enjoyed it too I was just a bit confused at first <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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I thought they screwed up and put episode out of order or something. (Which they did, screw you random episode skipping/jumping)

Lofung

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The preview at the end of 22 says that 23 is going to be the finale. I suspect 24 is just going to be a clip show.
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truely, 23's title gonna be 茜色の終曲(フィナーレ) ~finale~ which makes it looks like a final and its possible as you have said. however, take into consideration that 24's title gonna be 夢の果てのカノン ~kanon~, which means the final dream of kanon which looks like very much an "ending title" too. but who knows <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> as long as <spoiler><!--coloro:#000000--><span style="color:#000000"><!--/coloro-->nayuki dun get abandoned i wont care 24 gonna be a clip show or not <!--colorc--></span><!--/colorc-->lol.

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I thought they screwed up and put episode out of order or something. (Which they did, screw you random episode skipping/jumping)
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->consider that the story wont be as impactive as it is now if it is played it the correct order. and the story wasnt put into a random order, it makes sense.

Rover

I quit watching haruhi halfway into the first ep.

On another note, watching Sousei no Aquarion atm, the fact that the people in the mechs that combine (think power rangers) ###### when that happens is being somewhat disturbing.

edit: ugh, blanked, that word is supposed to be the common version of "the conclusion of the plateau phase of the sexual response cycle". -.-

A_Boojum_Snark

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I quit watching haruhi halfway into the first ep.
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Fail! The rest of the series is nothing at all like the first episode, and you would've found out why at the end of the episode (and a bit more later on).

Rover

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Fail! The rest of the series is nothing at all like the first episode, and you would've found out why at the end of the episode (and a bit more later on).
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I know about the screwed up episode order and the likes, but I'm pretty sure I'd still hate it even if I watched it in the correct order.

A_Boojum_Snark

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I know about the screwed up episode order and the likes, but I'm pretty sure I'd still hate it even if I watched it in the correct order.
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Well, I meant that the rest of the series is not that seemingly crappy quality that the first one is. (and, you'd hate it more were you to watch it in "order")

Lofung

dun persuade people to watch a series they say they dun like at all, it looks like hard-selling. just let that be. although it is quite disappointing to see people quitted an anime with just a few 10 minutes into it and say that they dislike it, well, preference is always subjective isnt it?

BlackMage

i just got back from naka-kon.
i got to open for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Ayres" target="_blank">this guy (greg ayres)</a>

DrSuredeath

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I know about the screwed up episode order and the likes, but I'm pretty sure I'd still hate it even if I watched it in the correct order.
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Oh, despite what others are saying about not forcing people, the first episode of Haruhi is NOTHING like the rest of the series. Give it a second chance.

A lot of series, despite a mediocre start, have some of the best climax yet. Sousei no Aquarion and Macross 7 come to mind. Ok, so I'm Shoji Kawamori's biggest fanboy.

PS: First episode of Haruhi is NOTHING like the rest of the series.

Rover

I watched a generic fight on... not youtube, but something similar, can't remember, someone getting impaled of the sorts.

The flashyness nearly killed me.


And sousei no aquarion is being ridiculous with the "fusions" atm. I'll finish it because I'm halfway, but dear god.

DrSuredeath

Finish Aquarion, the ending was unreal.

Zig

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I'm fairly picky to begin with, but that is the nature of the beast. There is a reason for pilot episodes: if the first episode sucks, then the network or whatever will trash the entire thing.

And unless the plot structure, character design, corny dialogue and interaction, and all of that stuff COMPLETELY changes after the first episode, then yes, I am basing the whole series on it. I try to shy away from "bishie", skinny emokid anime. If possible, I like the char design to be more human, or nearly photorealistic but for a few anime holdovers, like Jin Roh and GitS.

Kouji_San

Spike Spiegel still pwns many characters. I like him especially in the first ep of CB. Actually continued to watch because of him with his lazy yet kickass kind of attitude

KungFuDiscoMonkey

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I'm fairly picky to begin with, but that is the nature of the beast. There is a reason for pilot episodes: if the first episode sucks, then the network or whatever will trash the entire thing.
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Your loss <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

Zig

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Your loss <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
I agree. I wish I could absolutely love everything, but my heart went cold and inert long ago and I can barely stand the things I like.

GreyFlcn

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I'm fairly picky to begin with, but that is the nature of the beast. There is a reason for pilot episodes: if the first episode sucks, then the network or whatever will trash the entire thing.

And unless the plot structure, character design, corny dialogue and interaction, and all of that stuff COMPLETELY changes after the first episode, then yes, I am basing the whole series on it. I try to shy away from "bishie", skinny emokid anime. If possible, I like the char design to be more human, or nearly photorealistic but for a few anime holdovers, like Jin Roh and GitS.
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The first episode of Suzumiya Haruhi sucks <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

Lofung

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The first episode of Suzumiya Haruhi sucks <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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no. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" /> when u consider kyoto animation is trying to show u every mistake a high school student will make in filming, u know first episode is actually nice, so do its layout. u have to understand sometimes its very hard to make mistakes... correctly.

KungFuDiscoMonkey

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The first episode of Suzumiya Haruhi sucks <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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You are dead to me. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />

GreyFlcn

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You are dead to me. <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tounge.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":p" border="0" alt="tounge.gif" />
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Lol, maybe this would help fix that
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ggMWYHUtc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ggMWYHUtc</a>

DrSuredeath

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I'm fairly picky to begin with, but that is the nature of the beast. There is a reason for pilot episodes: if the first episode sucks, then the network or whatever will trash the entire thing.

And unless the plot structure, character design, corny dialogue and interaction, and all of that stuff COMPLETELY changes after the first episode, then yes, I am basing the whole series on it. I try to shy away from "bishie", skinny emokid anime. If possible, I like the char design to be more human, or nearly photorealistic but for a few anime holdovers, like Jin Roh and GitS.
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Plot structure, character design, corny dialogue and interaction COMPLETELY changes after the first episode.

KungFuDiscoMonkey

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Lol, maybe this would help fix that
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ggMWYHUtc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7ggMWYHUtc</a>
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<3

Zig

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Plot structure, character design, corny dialogue and interaction COMPLETELY changes after the first episode. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hmm..

I guess I might check out the rest then, sometime in the future. It disappointed me once, and I'm a grudge-bearing lover..Not so easy to get me back ;O

DrSuredeath

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Hmm..

I guess I might check out the rest then, sometime in the future. It disappointed me once, and I'm a grudge-bearing lover..Not so easy to get me back ;O
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I lied though

Zig

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Because of you, I learned to play on the safe side so I don't get huuuuuuuuurt~

GreyFlcn

You sure you want to keep judging it by it's first episode?

<a href="http://retsgip.animeblogger.net/archives/2006/07/14/suzumiya-haruhi-no-yuutsu-full-series-review/#more-174" target="_blank">http://retsgip.animeblogger.net/archives/2...eview/#more-174</a>

Rover

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You sure you want to keep judging it by it's first episode?

<a href="http://retsgip.animeblogger.net/archives/2006/07/14/suzumiya-haruhi-no-yuutsu-full-series-review/#more-174" target="_blank">http://retsgip.animeblogger.net/archives/2...eview/#more-174</a>
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After 3 seconds of seeing those screenshots, yes.

Zig

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After 3 seconds of seeing those screenshots, yes. <!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Haha <img src="style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin-fix.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":D" border="0" alt="biggrin-fix.gif" />