Somebody tell me what’s going on. Please?
I usually hate this sort of series, but two minutes into the first episode, my jaw was hanging open in awe. It’s not every day someone throws such a disparate hodgepodge of ideas together and has it actually work. What’s more, it’s incredibly dense and entertaining, with a wonderful sense of humor.
Think Monty Python doing classic space opera, with musings on quantum physics, artificial intelligence, time travel and the nature of God. Set it up with wonderful animation, and you’ve got the Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi.
I have no idea where the “melancholy” part comes from, as this series has one of the sharpest senses of humor I’ve seen in a long time.
People kept recommending this to me, and at first glance, it looked like typical Japanese High-School anime to me. No thanks. I passed on it, and my friends got more insistent, swearing that it wasn’t what it appeared to be. Continued...