Which haruhi suzumiya should i watch

I do remember the general story and ending of the Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi. I don't think I want to re-watch the series but if the series is good, if the manga covers a lot of material, and preferably bring some kind of conclusion, I might take a look. Jeppe Offline Joined: Sep Posts: Not sure if I really need a spoiler here, but just to be sure.

Personally I did not skip any of the Endless 8 episodes, but I am sure that if you really think it it would be a pain you can watch the first and last endless eight episode and get the message behind it. To answer the OP question I personally watched in chronological order and enjoyed it a lot, but Ive heard good things about broadcast order aswell ofc. Ok thanks for your input, I guess i will watch it in chronological order then, BBCode.

Joms Offline Joined: Feb Posts: D-ohnuts Offline Joined: Jul Posts: Aure0lin Offline Joined: Mar Posts: It was really helpful BBCode. It was really helpful No problem I know the timeline of that series is confusing so I always point someone to this video if they say they want to watch the show. Aure0lin said: watch it in any order your want as long as you save the disappearance movie for last, since that's the best thing to come out of the entire franchise oohh.. However if you are still concerned about the order then refer to this image thank you so much!

Just watch it on Netflix bruh BBCode. Biggyjman Offline Joined: Feb Posts: 4. Rcoolman Offline Joined: Mar Posts: Lucifrost Online Joined: Feb Posts: BBCode "The Slave is the have-not, the oppressed one with nothing to spare. I know exactly what you're talking about and I still think broadcast order is terrible. They could have just swapped the order for the last episode and ended with Day of Sagittarius, Remote Island Syndrome, or anything else. Not that it matters, since SupremeHentai has already finished the 1st season.

BBCode Signature removed. Yeah they could have done that it would've been fine or keep the last episode and cut out the damn 5 - 10 minutes long segment of nothing happening. Kyo Ani was building up to Endless Eight. First season, second season, and a movie that wraps it all up neatly as well as well as alternate side series.

You see, the first season of Haruhi in particular was aired outside of chronological order. Some argue that it preserves the mystery and improves the pacing of the series. However, watching the Haruhi series in its original broadcast order does leave the audience having to put things together themselves. If you watch chronologically, it will feed the plot straight to you. If nothing else, a chronological order watch makes for a pretty good rewatch opportunity for fans. In secret, he helps middle school girl Haruhi draw weird, alien-signaling symbols.

Haruhi creates a logo for the SOS website. Shortly afterward, the SOS Brigade needs to rescue the computer research society president. The logo is somehow responsible. The SOS Brigade goes on an island vacation. The SOS Brigade finds itself repeating the end of summer until Kyon figures out how to break the loop.

The SOS Brigade makes a movie for the school cultural festival. The filming involves a lot of scheming and silly antics by Haruhi. The film from The Sigh , as shown during the cultural festival. The film is hilariously amateurish, but echoes the real SOS Brigade. Yuki plays an alien, Mikuru is a time traveler, etc.

Note: The funniest episode of the whole series, and extremely good at hooking curious viewers, which is probably why Kyoto Animation put it first.

The computer research society challenges the SOS Brigade to a video game. The game is rigged to favor the computer research society until Yuki hacks the game. The episode has some fun Space Battleship Yamato parodies. A surprisingly mellow episode, with some SOS Brigade hijinks. I couldn't recommend it as a stand alone Anime movie it could quite put you off the genre. This is really one for the fans of the series which I have never seen. It begins by depriving us of the main character, before bringing her back in a blaze of glory that reminded us how fun she had been all along.

It's light-hearted fun with a surprising existential undercurrent that in no way spoils the ride. As long as you have seen enough to be familiar with the main characters, you don't even have to wade through all of the anime series that comes before, although it does help. One wonders whether it is necessary, though. Arguably, this should just have been divided into 7 or 8 episodes and inserted into the series in place of the notorious 'Endless 8'.

Some even say that it was, until someone came up with the bright idea that gave them a movie at comparatively little extra cost and effort.

I'll leave that for you to decide. Well, this anime movie has it's own spirit to make you think and feel the worth to watch it. Sci-fi anime movies are not what I watch too often, but this one makes me feel like I should be more into that. John Smith has had it solved, his mystery to fun and life, he uncovers the likes of him and those who like him.

An Android-human builts feeling for him, it's not unusual fiction, but the way Nagato dealt with affection even if it's a malfunction was clear enough to show her love for John.

And some of the things, I am still confused about, like who the guy appearing after John was stabbed in his back. But it's worth watching. Relaxing one! First of all, this review comes from a person who hasn't seen the televised Haruhi series.

I've read the light novels but I never got around to watching any of the anime for whatever reason. I recently purchased The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya from a used DVD store for a couple bucks which is probably the only reason I'll have ever watched this film. One word to summarize my experience with Disappearance is "daunting". At minutes, nearly three hours, this is the longest anime film I've ever sat through.

Typically a movie that long, for me, requires two sittings unless I'm really into it. I watched Disappearance in one night, in one sitting, and I don't want to completely attest it to me being engaged because there were a lot of parts that I found boring.

The story is that one day series protagonist Kyon wakes up and everyone he knows is different. The stoic alien Nagato is now a shy, emotive girl. Time traveling Asahina Mikuru is the same but doesn't recognize him. And most of all, Haruhi Suzumiya isn't at Kyon's school any longer and attends a private academy.

Why is the world this way and can Kyon return to his own reality? The story section is where the runtime becomes a problem. If I were to speed-read the light novel this is based on, I'd probably come out of the novel a half hour sooner than I would the film.

The biggest problem with Disappearance is how much fluff I felt was attached. I had the distinct impression I was watching an uncut version of the film, one where an editor or the director didn't take the time to remove the extraneous scenes.

It takes nearly a half an hour just to get to the actual story, the majority of the beginning of the movie is spent with slice-of-life and comedy bits that are good for introducing the characters to a new audience and giving a sense of comradeship, but nothing more really. Given the fact that the Christmas celebration isn't the focus of the finale and hardly plays into the story other than some minor motivation for Kyon, it's strange that the movie focuses so much on the minutiae of it all.

Half the introductory scenes could have been cut. The middle of the film drags as well though. While I was engaged in the mystery of what was happening and I do love the characters I was pulling my hair out at points wondering why in God's name certain scenes were drug out or even included in the final product.

The ending is abrupt. Like, really abrupt. It comes out of nowhere and doesn't feel satisfactory for the two plus hours you've had to trudge through to get to that point. And it leads to twenty-ish minutes of a conclusion that, again, is extended way beyond what it should have been.

This movie could have been two hours easily. The animation and sound design are fantastic though. I love Kyo-Ani's animation and they're at the top of their game here.

The lack of music in certain scenes is a nice touch, it feels like the director understood using music for drama and not to fill dead air. I feel that descriptions and analysis of Haruhi characters have been done to death so I'll slide by this. I love Haruhi as a character and I love the cast. I've spent years reading the light novels and some of the manga, they've been part of my anime conscience for nearly a decade.

I don't feel that this movie had a lot of good development though alternate reality Nagato is amazing and I'm sad they bastardized her with that abomination of a spin-off. Nonetheless, memorable characters. Maybe not so much if you're just taking the film on its own, but definitely in the grand scheme of the franchise. Disappearance isn't a bad movie in the least and has a lot of great merits. Everything about it screams quality but the amount of fluff and padding really weighs down what would otherwise have been an extremely worthwhile adventure.

As it stands, I'd still recommend it but with the caveat that it may be best enjoyed in portions. The movie 'The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya' was excellent. I went into this watching it with high expectations and it still passed my expectations.

However, if you have not seen the Haruhi Suzumiya anime beforehand, I suggest you watch the series first. So far there are 2 seasons, each comprising of 14 episodes; making a total of 28 episodes. If possible, all 28 episodes should be seen first. If not, then you will be going into the movie relatively confused ie.

However, even without seeing the series, this movie can still leave a good impression and will likely lead the viewer interested to watch the original series. Now, for the movie.

The screenplay itself has a lot of depth and successfully portrays the uniqueness that is The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya. This movie had me thinking for a very long time. It may even take a second view to understand the movie completely, that depends on how focused and absorbed the viewer is into the movie though.

Also, I noticed that it contains "movie-like" features. For example, the scenery and atmosphere is a little different from the anime, but it is for the better. It doesn't belittle the original anime, but it strengthens the movie. Another thing to note about this movie is its length. This movie is approximately 2 hours and 40 minutes long. This could be a good and bad thing.

In my case, it is a VERY good thing. For any fan of the series I'm sure the longer the movie, the better. However, some do not feel comfortable sitting through a long movie. Trust me, in this case it makes it all the better. The sheer length of the movie provides a great amount of time for story buildup and more; which makes the impact of the movie all the more greater.

All in all, a great movie with amazing screenplay and animation. Definitely worth viewing. Having liked the original series of Haruhi, but hated the second thanks to the truly dreadful 'Endless Eight' storyline I came to the movie not knowing what to expect. The storyline, what little of it there is, is basically summed up in the movie's title. Haruhi disappears, and it's up to Kyon to figure out what has happened.

It feels like an episode of the TV series but stretched. Very stretched. The movie is 2 hours and 40 minutes long, surely some sort of anime record, and it's incredibly slow from start to finish. It would have been trivial to have cut a good hour out and lost nothing from the story. Cutting out an hour however, would have removed so much of the beautiful animation. Perhaps the absurd amount of frame and background re-use Kyoto Animation got away with in Haruhi Series 2 gave them cash to burn, as this is a wonderful looking production.

Animation is great throughout, and while many of the backgrounds are very obviously re- touched photos, they still often look very nice. Bizarrely for a movie about Haruhi Suzumiya, she's hardly in it, as the story revolves entirely around Kyon. Nagato shows up though, and is as dull and boring as ever. Quite how such a tedious character could ever been green lit continues to amaze me. Once it was all over I left still unsure about the whole Haruhi thing.

This movie must have cost a fortune but had a weak storyline told at a snail's pace, but it had it's moments all the same. Reuben 17 October I love this movie to death.