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Jun 30, 2008 6:22 PM
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Uhhh... all I can say is WOW.

That was definitely an interesting episode.. I wonder what the rest of the series is like O_O



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Jun 30, 2008 6:35 PM
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Which Episode one is this? The brodcast version? Or the US market hack?
Jul 1, 2008 12:08 PM
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this show is weird. very weird. although i did like seeing Harui change her hair style every day. that was cool i wish she do that agian
Jul 17, 2008 9:36 AM
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On the DVD (which is what I'm watching) the first episode shown is Episode 00 and it's the amateur movie that Haruhi makes with Mikuru as the battle waitress. Very funny episode. I watched this with both the Japanese audio/English subs and the English dub with the subs still on. I have to say it's probably the best dub I've seen so far although I haven't seen near as much anime as a lot of people on MAL. At least on this episode, the narrator's English voice actor really did well imo and it added to the show. And the English phrases the used to make it sound more like common English didn't change the meaning of the original Japanese at all. I've seen some dubs where they seemed to put in sentences that were completely different and even changed the meaning of the scene. I'll probably keep watching this both subbed and dubbed since it's a short series.
Aug 10, 2008 6:02 PM
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Hey, I didn't hate this episode! =O
Yeah, going into this show with an already biased opinion, based on what I've heard. Um, and the plot. (Probably not smart.) But, this episode was actually quite funny! ^^
Aug 15, 2008 12:18 AM
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Classic... starting the rewatch in chronological order now...

Haruhi and Kyon are two of the best characters in anime ever. End of conversation O_O

Aug 15, 2008 1:17 AM
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Mi-mi-miraku-mi-mikuru-run~!

Best opening line ever.
Sep 9, 2008 7:30 AM
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That was pretty scary... I guess the first episode is trying to display the rest of the series? Randomness?
Sep 12, 2008 5:09 PM
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the first episode is hard to take in but later on after watching the series it becomes really good lol

when i first watched it was put off by the animation. i like my eye candy lol but eventually watched the rest. also the fixed 4:3 aspect ratio (?) tricked me when i was rewatching ep 1 even though i knew it was the sos movie lol
Oct 4, 2008 9:47 AM

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decent
Oct 4, 2008 9:48 AM

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Honestly, I just started to enjoy after 7th episode...
Nov 18, 2008 9:29 PM

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wow that was kinda dumb... i thought i had downloaded the wrong series.

w00t for corny midi music... gotta love that stuff
Jan 9, 2009 11:16 PM

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L0L

Maybe the funniest opening episode ever.

I was like "Wow, this quality is really bad AND ITS NOT IN WIDE SCREEN! Man... now I have to download it all over again" They sure fooled me. Hehehe

I loved the AK-47 part at the market.
Jan 12, 2009 12:26 AM

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I almost went over to the friend of mine that recommended to me to ask if he was clinically insane. Though I must admit, it was a really interesting choice for an opening episode. After watching a few 'real' episodes I found myself going back to watch it, and laughing at the little things the characters did that showed their true personalities.

Jan 23, 2009 8:35 AM

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It was interesting that's putting it mildly lol. No I was wondering if I had the right series and then i started noticing that it was obviously "filmed" it was an neat way to start and hooked my attention right away.
Feb 19, 2009 8:36 PM

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Lol so funny, combat waitress sounds so funny and the special effects during the "battle" scenes cracked me up. This is sure gonna be one hell of a unique and completely weird show.

Bring on the lols.
Mar 14, 2009 6:46 AM
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It was strange, but funny. Lol at the sliding off cat on Yuki's shoulder. ^_^
Apr 22, 2009 9:40 AM

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it was real good, the opening made me wanna see more, as matterfact iM downloading more right now hehe what do you think?! (n_n)
May 2, 2009 11:54 AM
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I laughed so hard when Haruhi was holding up the script written on the notepad within the frame so Mikuru could read it.
Jun 5, 2009 12:43 AM

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i thought that this show would be retarded after reading the synopsis, but i was bored and found the first ep hilarious... i also noticed that the voice actor of kyon sounds like sakata gintoki from gintama, come to find out, they are the same voices (gintama is more funny though).
Jun 17, 2009 10:31 AM
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i dont know what was going on but lol at the movie they made..

hilarious but i was confused thru the entire episode


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Jun 20, 2009 7:59 PM
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...love it so much...pls. click the egg....
Jun 24, 2009 8:45 PM

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:) it was really odd, but i liked it.
i was just really confused at the beginning, haha.
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Jul 7, 2009 4:40 AM

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When I saw this the first time, I was totally dumbfounded. xD Must be the funniest opening episode ever!
I enjoyed it even more after watching the rest of the show in chronological order... :3 Because there are so many references you can't possibly understand before that.


Aug 4, 2009 6:11 AM

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I just started this series yesterday. I don't think I've laughed so hard in a while... :)

Kyon's commentary was hilarious. "It was still an incomprehensible conversation..."
Aug 4, 2009 6:20 AM

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sockcreature said:
I just started this series yesterday. I don't think I've laughed so hard in a while... :)

Kyon's commentary was hilarious. "It was still an incomprehensible conversation..."


You'll be crying in no time.. oh oh how foolish we were..
Aug 6, 2009 2:20 AM

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Okay, that was... really weird. Kinda funny though.
Aug 30, 2009 10:42 AM

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The hell? It has some good amount of laughs but nothing extraordinary as of yet.
Sep 21, 2009 5:20 PM

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im going by this was the chronologically released episode1
the movie they made was hilarious XD
loved it!!!




Oct 8, 2009 8:16 PM
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Ah! What a great hook for a series! I'm definitely watching all the other episodes!
Oct 16, 2009 2:15 AM

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Weird Episode! It took me about 5-6months before I continued to watch the 2nd and the rest of the episodes. And there I realized that it is such a good anime... its just the first episode that was kinda weird.
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Oct 31, 2009 1:57 AM

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Wow the cat talked. And it was falling off the shoulder the whole time. Not necessarily hilarious, but interesting! I'm sure I'll appreciate it later.
Nov 2, 2009 6:43 AM
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How do you acctuly watch anime here?
Nov 3, 2009 5:46 PM

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Ehh..what a movie inside an anime..
Nov 26, 2009 1:19 AM

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star_lit said:
It was interesting that's putting it mildly lol. No I was wondering if I had the right series and then i started noticing that it was obviously "filmed" it was an neat way to start and hooked my attention right away.


I felt the exact same

sockcreature said:
I just started this series yesterday. I don't think I've laughed so hard in a while... :)

Kyon's commentary was hilarious. "It was still an incomprehensible conversation..."


I had to pause it I was laughing so much
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Apr 9, 2010 6:44 PM
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I actually watched Episode 2 (broadcast)/01 (on US DVD) first, because I thought, "No way could this be the first episode of the show...there's no exposition!" After watching it, I feel like it's a spoiler for the rest of the show. (I'm only on chronological episode 5, but I'm going to convert to broadcast order for a better "emotional punch.")
Apr 16, 2010 2:12 PM

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Haha. Wow that was crazy! What a way to begin!
May 19, 2010 12:01 AM

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I think something's wrong. You're all talking about some movie or something and the episode I saw was Haruhi making her club.
am i doin it wrong?
May 24, 2010 1:02 AM

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what did i just watch?O.o
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Jun 1, 2010 6:59 PM

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Wow.



Yuki's blandness is major win.

lol @ Mikuru hitting her nose on the pole.

Haruhi puts Tim Burton, George Lucas, and Mel Gibson, with their powers combined, to shame.
Jun 4, 2010 4:43 AM

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Which episode are we discusing here? 1 or 00? I watched 00 anyway... :P
at first I was like WTF am I watching?! lol xD
but when the creepy quality video ended I realised why it was like that and Haruhi turning around like this in that scene was really amazing! :P yay
can't wait to see more <3
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Jun 27, 2010 8:46 AM
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What the hell did I just watch ? The opening is crazy btw.
funny how they play with the visual quality, first anime I see that uses this kind of transition when they compare an anime movie and the anime itsel

Jul 6, 2010 3:03 PM
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Hahaha I loved this episode xD Honestly,. this was the first Episode I watched in the Suzumiya Haruhi series,. the first time I saw it all i could think about was "WTF did I just watched" then did some research and things and saw that the anime wasn't broadcasted in the chronological order. So then I watched in the the chronological order and loved it that way,. then finally watching this episode (11 in the chronologiacal order and 00 in the Broadcast) again I clearly understood what was happening and everything was just funny :D Feels really wierd to have watched this and thought "WTF??!" to "Funny and good episode xD" 5/5 for me! =)
Jul 13, 2010 4:10 PM

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Kyon's narration was hilarious.

But what really had me laughing was all the firecrackers and when the teacher burst out in the background while they were shooting the scene.

And all the odd zoom-ins and pan-ups... rofl.

This was an interesting start.
Aug 9, 2010 1:29 AM

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this anime is something else, mainly haruhi is something else
Aug 9, 2010 6:00 PM
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Not fond of Mikuru's dub voice (I haven't watched in Japanese yet). It reminds me of Patricia Martin's in Lucky Star... which is probably why they had her be Mikuru at the café, come to think of it. (Aside from the seiyuu connection between Haruhi and Konata, and that extra doing a pretty good Yuki.)

Okay, I guess refrigerators are electric, but aren't those usually considered appliances rather than electronics?

Heh, implied washing.

Awww! Itsuki's li'l sis!

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I give it a high OK. (Maybe I should've waited, given some comments that later episodes will enhance it...)
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Aug 30, 2010 2:09 PM

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Awesome, one of the best first episodes I've watched!
Nov 2, 2010 1:16 AM

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Sounds like fun ;)

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Nov 6, 2010 3:00 AM
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i also thought that it's... ultimate shit but at the end we finaly got out with this film uffff i thought all anime's goin to be that ... werid xd
Nov 8, 2010 9:26 AM
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what is this..i dont even

its rated so high so i figured give it a shot, but now im having second thoughts....

but then again, its dumb to judge a series before u watch at least several eps

on to the next one..
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