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Excellent series, but pay close attention to the packaging.
I saw this show when it first came out as a fansub (recorded off Japanese TV and subtitled for English-speakers). I love the show. It's funny and clever and high-quality on the animation end. It's got a lot of elements aimed at anime fans, but non-otaku will still enjoy it. <
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>When buying this series, though, be careful, and here's why: Bandai has published two editions of the DVDS, origical broadcast order and chronological order. Only certain boxed sets (2, 3 and 4, with specific labels) contain both versions, while some contain only the chronological order ones DVDs. <
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>Personally, I prefer broadcast order. Although watching the episodes without a sense of time line can be confusing, there IS a point to it. The last broadcast episode - chronologically episode 6 - is the climax to the series, the one that explains everything that happens before and after its place in time. What's the excitement of knowing that when you still have half a series to watch? Especially the first time you see it. Also, if you watch it chronologically, the series seems to end abruptly, whereas episode 6 provides some satisfaction as a conclusion. (e.g. "Oooh, I get it now!") <
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>The broadcast-order DVDs are not available in the Japanese market, so in a way us US consumers should feel lucky. This is a must-have series for anime fans, even if you're typically not into the magical girl/ surrealist/ high school-based genre. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is definitely in a league of its own.

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Awesome Show!
This show has everything, Girls, Guys, Aliens, Time Travelers, and Espers and more. Well worth the time and money spend getting it!

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Closed Spaces and Baseball
In the second volume of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya the story finally begins taking shape in the form of all the crazy characters surrounding Kyon showing their true natures. After being told by each of them that they are in fact aliens ESPers and time travelers he finally begins to see the proof in the pudding, so to speak. <
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>I personally found this to be leagues better than the first dvd as far development goes, especially since the sixth episode does so much for the relationship between Kyon and Haruhi. It also sets up what will inevitably be an exciting third dvd by giving you small tastes of the extremes that they'll be put through. It gets a little annoying that Kyon has to to keep Haruhi in the dark about everyone's abilities, especially when she wont stop being a baby about how bored she is, but the show really rewards that train of thought when they show you just how scary her powers are. <
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>The show also makes the requesite sports episode more interesting by adding in the quirks of each off beat character plus the sudden impending possibility that Haruhi might be getting bored again. Once Nagato decides to stop screwing around and use her powers she's a force to be reckoned with. Kyon also shows the possibility of cracking through Haruhi's shell when she actually starts listening to him. <
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>All in all, the second volume doesn't disappoint while insuring that the third will be just as good if not better. <
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