Talk:The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (anime)

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Good article The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (anime) was one of the Arts good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
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[edit] Genres

I've recently created Category:Comedy-drama anime and manga. Would it be okay to add this series to said category?--Nohansen (talk) 21:17, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

I wouldn't call Haruhi a drama at all. Apart from a couple episodes, it really has no notable drama to speak of.--十八 21:28, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Hidden message in ASOS Brigade website?

Going to the ASOS website, there seems to be a somewhat new addition to the top of one of the pages. It appears to be a message in binary (well, 0's and 1's), but has anyone here seen it? Does anyone know what it means, if anything? I'll put it here for easy reference:

  • ????????????> 01110 00 10 01 1010 | 11011 110 10111 010 01 00110 | 10100 1111 10111 1001 11101 0100 00110 | 1101 1 01 11 00110 | 00010 | 1010 1101 | 1010 1101 | 1010 1101 | 100 0 | [signal lost]

Thanks. Apologies if this is just a small matter, or has already been discussed. Blue123AH (talk) 15:22, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

i dont think its binary... only because there are some instances of syntax error (no one would use two bits to store the value 0) still, if it is the numbers are: {14 0 2 1 10 | 27 6 33 2 1 6 | 20 15 23 9 29 4 6 | 13 1 1 3 6 | 2 | 10 13 | 10 13 | 10 13 | 4 0 |} hope that helps Telamascope (talk) 20:28, 16 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Picture

Could we use a picture of the characters that includes the boys? Brutannica (talk) 22:34, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

The picture we have now is suitable. Majority of the dance is performed by the girls, and the later scenes when Kyon and Itsuki enter don't allow for such a good closeup shot. Plus, I find the stance of the picture fairly characteristic of the series and befitting for the article. Fox816 (talk) 01:48, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] GA Status and Article Issues

I've tagged this article for clean up and reference improvement. The formatting needs some serious clean up to comply with the Anime and Manga MoS. The infoxbox is not even following the basic infobox instructions and usage guidelines properly. Several statements within the article are either unreferenced or referenced with dead links. Some of the other references are of questionable reliability, and I seriously hope that reference #35 is not the illegal copyright infringing video link that is appears to be (explained below). There is also some rather non-neutral language a copyediting is needed to cut down on the excessive effusive phrasing. The disambig seems off, as it links to the novel list, while the prose links to Haruhi Suzumiya (light novels). These kinds of issues are acceptable in a GA level article. If the article is not brought back up the required GA criteria within the next two weeks, it will be delisted. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 18:42, 27 May 2008 (UTC)

Reference #35 is a legitimate video that was part of Bandai's advertisement campaign. —TangentCube, Dialogues 15:35, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Yes, but it is it the video hosted on their site, or someone's copy of that video? The page wouldn't load for me when I checked it yesterday. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 16:17, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Bandai posted it themselves. One of their videos was mistaken for a fansub, too. —TangentCube, Dialogues 16:27, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
Good to know :) I know some places do official videos on YouTube as well, just wanted to be sure there when I'd never heard of that particular video site. Struck that from the list...now just everything else to deal with :P-- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 16:40, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

As per my earlier message two weeks ago, this article has been delisted as a GA. No significant work was done to address the issues noted, nor discussion undertaken to show an effort would be made. The article has unreferenced statements, dead links for references, and uses some non-reliable sources (including several fansites). This fails GA criteria #2. The article does not follow the anime and manga MoS properly, nor is the infobox used properly. The prose also needs some work. This fails GA criteria #1. It also has several statements in the lead which are referenced in the lead instead of being referenced and expanded upon in the article. This also fails #1 as it violates both WP:LEAD and the anime and manga MoS. When these issues are taken care of, I highly recommend a peer review and then renominating for GA. -- Collectonian (talk · contribs) 17:06, 10 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] No second season?

I wouldn't know how to go about explaining this, so just read http://zepy.momotato.com/2008/06/06/suzumiya-haruhi-no-yuutsu-new-animation/ ... - .:. Jigsy .:. (talk) 23:55, 7 June 2008 (UTC)

I saw that, too. Apparently, Kyoani "canceled" the planned "2nd season" and decided to go another route. If this is true, the "second season" section may (make that, will) need updating.--Nohansen (talk) 00:27, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
We should address it as a new season, not a second which is misleading as it implies a direct continuation. It would be very helpful if anyone can read and translate what it says in the images as we already have the basic overview. Fox816 (talk) 00:56, 8 June 2008 (UTC)
AnimeNation reported it, too. http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/06/09/new-detail-on-second-suzumiya-haruhi-anime/. It seems it's not even a new season, "but rather an entirely new series that disregards the earlier anime".--Nohansen (talk) 16:44, 10 June 2008 (UTC)