Avalon: Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)

This review will be a little harder than the others since it’s been so damn long since I’ve seen the anime. This anime is weird because there are like a million different orders you can watch the episodes in…ok, slight exaggeration, but you get my point. This anime has comedy, slight romance, a little mystery at times, and you could almost say it’s a slice-of-life anime for a few of the episodes, but definitely not all the episodes.

Animation – 8/10
Ok, it’s been a long time, but I don’t remember anything wrong with the animation. I don’t remember being blown away by the animation either, so I’ll give it a solid 8.

Sound – 8/10
Sound isn’t bad at all and I loved the characters voices. The voice actors did a great job with this anime. The beginning and ending themes aren’t bad and they both fit very well with the style of the anime. Another solid 8.

Story – 8.5/10
This anime has a very interesting story and I like how they did it. Haruhi is a girl obsessed with supernatural, mystical, and…unexplainable stuff. If my memory serves me right, then Haruhi has the powers of a deity and the fun thing about it is that she doesn’t know it. Some incident happened in the past caused by her and this gains the attention of some different organizations like people from the future, the Agency which comprises of espers, and aliens. These three organizations send a person to stay by Haruhi’s side to make sure she doesn’t get in trouble or cause trouble. Kyon is the main guy in this anime and he has no idea what the hell is going on and how he got himself involved with Haruhi. The story is basically about their adventures and daily events. There isn’t really a “real” ending since there is a 2nd season or at least will be…when the hell is it coming out or is it out already?

This song actually fits quite well with the story.
Song: God is a Girl
Artist: Groove Coverage

Character – 9/10
I personally thought the characters were very well done. Haruhi is crazy and a riot to be around. She never takes “no” for an answer and somehow manages to make Kyon do whatever she wants. Kyon is an awesome character because he isn’t one of those always happy or inconclusive guys. He always has his own opinion and as narrator, he isn’t afraid to let you know what it is. Itsuki Koizumi is always happy, but not in a gay way. He always listens to Haruhi and follows her with whatever decisions she makes. Yuki Nagato (is that right?) is pretty much emotionless and only shows slight emotion when around computers. She is awesome with some of the things she can do. Mikuru Asahina is always being used by Haruhi to attract potential new members to the SOS Brigade, the club all the characters I’ve mentioned above are members of. Mikuru is really nice and is always being forced to wear revealing or embarrassing outfits for the reason mentioned in the previous sentence.

For example:

Wow, that was a long description…sorta. These characters are funny when brought together and they all have their own secrets…except Kyon who is the only normal one of the group. I could be wrong since like I said it’s been a long time since I’ve seen it.

Here’s the whole gang.

Overall: Average: 8.375/10…My Score: 8.5/10 This is one of those anime that is very entertaining even though it doesn’t really seem like it would be…at least it’s like that for me. Really good anime and no real complaints so I recommend this to…whoever…I think. If your looking for pure action then this anime is not for you.

This is so true.

This pic has nothing to do with anything as far as I know…I just thought it looked cool.

~ by Avalon on August 5, 2008.