Hey, Anime Fans!

[the_gneech]

Have you ever watched any of Dirty Pair? And if so, what did you think?

-The Gneech, looking for some good anime action comedy

Comments

[goodluckfox.livejournal.com]

May I reccomend "The Melancholoy of Haruhi Suzumiya?"

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

Feel free! I've never heard of it. Could I press you for details?

-TG

[goodluckfox.livejournal.com]

It's like 12 or 13 episodes. Haruhi is a normal schoolgirl who is a force to be reckoned with. She's extremely rational, but "wants to believe" in the Fox Mulder sense. She's mentioned in that Tropes article, as a matter of fact.

It's possible that she is, in fact, God. But if she is she is unaware of the fact. Her circle of friends are really a time traveller (trying to figure out what the hell is going on), an AI (likewise), an Esper, and a normal guy who apparently is her love interest. She's unaware of any of this.

As an added bonus, the episodes are intentionally out of order. It's good stuff.

[raishi-fox.livejournal.com]

Just remember that if you buy the DVDs, the episodes ARE in chronological order, which takes quite a bit of the run out of the series. It's much better watched in the original broadcast order.

[the-gneech.livejournal.com]

How will I know which is which?

-TG

[goodluckfox.livejournal.com]

From the Wikipedia article...

"The original "next episode" previews broadcast after the closing credits featured Haruhi announcing the episode number according to its chronological place in the storyline. Kyon then interjects, 'correcting' her by announcing the episode number in order of broadcast. These have become known as the "Haruhi order" and "Kyon order" respectively. This was done because the climax of the story, in chronological order, occurs barely halfway into the series, and thus causes the story to lose some dramatic effect."

[raishi-fox.livejournal.com]

This should help.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6430&page=25