The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 4 (Limited Edition)
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Actor: Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, Natsuko Kuwatani, Tomokazu Sugita, Yuko GotoBrand: BANDAI ENTERTAINMENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Subtitled); English (Original Language); Japanese (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, Limited Edition, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 75 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-11-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Bandai
Movie Reviews of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 4 (Limited Edition)
Movie Review: The Last Review! (Or is it?)
Summary: 5 Stars
Huh...Lucky Star is in the works? That's amazing! Kudos to KyoAni and Bandai! But this is about the last entry to the Limited Edition.
To reiterate my previous reviews, packaging is as always in good form. The First Volume now has a snug four DVD cases inside of it on top of the music CDs and other memorabilia that could be stuffed without breaking it, which is a good thin when one must sink in about twice the standard edition price.
It was a bit of a surprise that the bonus item was another pillow case, though the sleepover theme was more appropriate than the third volume (Yuki looks in particular divine). Of the four bonus items, the first, brigade leader armband, is the favorite. Great practicality and easily compliments the school uniform should anyone want to cosplay as Haruhi.
Now on to the DVDs. I rather liked the English version of "God Knows," and a thumbs up to Wendee Lee for singing both. "Live Alive" is the crutch episode of the three. Being also the first to watch, how the song goes set the mood for watching the following two. And to that, "The Day of Sagittarius" is a favorite for reviewing again and again. Ah, that Yuki. Finally, "Someday in the Rain," probably the most dull episode of the bunch. What was the reasoning for this ending? I can't tell (Really, I can't. Go read the novels if you can).
Subtitles for the most part is "good." Always with the yellow! Also something to note which I did not add in the other reviews, there are occasional text that hold significant meaning for the viewer to catch. Sometimes it's not translated into English for risk of cluttering up the screen, and that is understandable. A bonus feature that could be very handy would like those translator notes found in some manga when a cultural disconnect requires explanation to the audience.
Who's up for a second season?
Summary of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Volume 4 (Limited Edition)
The annual school culture festival has begun and with it comes the debut of Haruhi's surreal film! Who did she threaten this time to have her movie shown? More importantly what other event has she schemed up and what impact will it have on the rest of the SOS Brigade? At least I've got Mikuru and the cosplay cafe to look forward to but perhaps someone should explain to Yuki that fortune-telling isn't about eerie accuracy! The computer club counter-attacks! After Haruhi extorted the club's president for their best computer challenge the SOS Brigade to a not so friendly strategy game. How are we going to win when our chief's strategy doesn't exist? We should just raise the white flag and give up. Can we win without the help of Yuki's bogus magic or will defeat drive Haruhi into a world-ending rampage? It is a slow day for us in the club room that is until Haruhi arrives. She's somehow managed to swindle a heater from one of our movie's sponsors. I hope Mikuru's okay while I'm forced to make the exhausting trek in the rain to retrieve it. What bizarre activity while I'm gone? Genre: Comedy/ Action. System Requirements:Run Time: 75 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre:?ANIMATION/ANIME UPC:?669198208539 Manufacturer No:?20853As the runaway hit The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya concludes, Haruhi remains as obstreperous as ever, barking orders at the members of the SOS Brigade. But the storyline about the mysterious powers she unknowingly commands recedes into the background. When the president of the computer club challenges the SOS Brigade to a duel playing "Day of Sagittarius 3," Haruhi accepts, although she's never even seen the game. The episode turns into an outrageous spoof of sci-fi anime, with Haruhi shouting commands from the bridge of an imaginary space ship. Yuki realizes the computer nerds rigged the game and reprograms it during the battle, ensuring an SOS victory. But the series stops, rather than ends, with the story completely unresolved: Haruhi and Kyon just walk off into the rain. Given the popularity of Melancholy in Japan and the U.S., a second season or a sequel may be in the works. The Limited Edition comes with a second disc of episodes in their original broadcast order (in Japanese with English subtitles), an iron-on decal, a small pencil board, a CD with two songs by Aya Hirano and one by Yuko Goto, and a pillow case. (Rated 13 and older: cartoon violence, risqu? humor) --Charles Solomon
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