So, what of Haruhi Suzumiya and – blasphemy of blasphemies – its English dubbing?

I’ve always been a staunch supporter of subs in the typical sub vs. dub war – although I wonder how many would support dubs unless it meant a wider audience for the anime. The last time I watched anime dubbed was probably sometime in the 20th century. But then again, I own very little anime with both English and Japanese soundtracks; the DNAngel and Cardcaptor Sakura DVDs I have seem to be Hong Kong imports (hopefully not bootlegs) with only a Japanese track.

But now I’ve got the Haruhi R1s! Yay!

Reaction to the Dubbing of Haruhi Suzumiya (yes, that’s your obligatory Gag of Haruhi Suzumiya) has been pretty mixed all over the place, but there have been some uncharacteristic positive reactions to it, so this time I decided to give it a crack and give English a whirl.

The episode of choice was Melancholy II – probably not the best choice when there’s a wider range of voices in Mikuru’s Doublezero or a wider range of awesome in Melancholy III, but I’m rewatching this series, and this just happened to be up in order.

Wall of text (no pictures, how sad…) after the jump.
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Suddenly I can feel Haruhi’s pain. In today’s episode of Real Life I spent over 2 hours driving around looking for the first DVD (Normal Edition, because I’m cheap). Perhaps the mass effect of Haruhiism was widely overrated by me; I expected normal retailers such as Target and Circuit City to carry it. Luckily, Fry’s Electronics caters to the Japanophile niche.

So, how about the DVD itself, eh? Hit the jump (there’s got to be one in every post, now. suckers).

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