I did watch The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and liked it, not sure I could rate it in my favorites though I am kinda on the fence with it. I liked the animation, story had good points, directing was top notch for many episodes, I think real problem came down to linearity. The original episodes could actually be watched in two different sequences, it's a very odd thing. To me that anime can't be compared to any other really, it is unique all the way so I haven't any idea where to place it among my favorites. I've not heard good things about the expanded series though, endless 8 seems be a trouble point for people. I haven't watched the epsidoes yet though so I can't judge them.
It isn't that I don't like funny stuff in anime, I mean FMA has it's joke moments, but I tend to like it contained a bit and actually funny not just annoying. Example of silliness I don't care for is say Team Rocket in Pokemon, or the 2 oddball arrancar in Bleach that seemed to ruin every serious moment for an entire season or more, or Hercule "Mr. Satan" in Dragonball Z, etc. they ruin serious scenes, they aren't funny just in the way and unrealistically place and full of pointless japanese humor such as Ichigo chasing those arrancar around when we know good and well he could of used shinpo at any time and caught them at that moment. |