Let us compare the way the characters from Haruhi look across the various different medias that have appeared so far.
From the left to right:
Cancelled manga, current manga, novel illustrations, anime, cosplay porn movie
For once I think the anime has the best art of them all. The original cancelled manga has horrible art that looks nothing similar to the rest of the images. The current manga art is fairly similar to the novel illustration art. The haruhi and Yuki in the cosplay porn looks passable if not somewhat old but the other characters are a horrific travesty.
p/s Sorry, Alkan, but this is an hijacking from Impz because he found such a uber cute website….The tsuruya is way too cute T_T
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of course, anime has to get the best art…IT’S KYOTO ANIMATION
=O Wow wow wow @_@;;;
And the website with all the chibis are so so so so so so so so so so so so so so cute! A waste it’s all copyrighted T_T
Impz added these pithy words on Dec 19 06 at 7:39 pmYou’ve just proven further that Kunikida gets no love, ya know that?
Spiritsnare added these pithy words on Dec 20 06 at 9:10 pmUGH. ITSUKI LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE AN ALIEN IN THE PORN FILM. I like the novel art for everyone except Kyon.
Scribble added these pithy words on Dec 20 06 at 9:11 pm…Look at that…is that supposed to be Kyon…and Itsuki?
vareon added these pithy words on Dec 20 06 at 9:20 pmI think Yuki got the worst deal of all. Itsuki and Ryouko are the only ones that look decent in the original manga.
Sana Jisushi added these pithy words on Dec 20 06 at 10:25 pmWell you know you’re not supposed to look at the faces of the guys in porn hahaha 
How can anyone not like Noizi Ito’s illustration of SHnY more than the anime itself?
Tsubaki added these pithy words on Dec 21 06 at 4:11 amlol, mikuru totally doesn’t look like mikuru in the cancelled manga. looks more like some cheerleader or some sorts.
I want bunny suit mikuru!!!
i thought the illustration and the anime both have their merits ^+^;;;
Impz added these pithy words on Dec 21 06 at 6:09 amThe art of the cancelled manga looks like it was drawn about a decade ago
Anime and novel illustrations (Noizi Ito is godly) are top-notch here with the current manga designs coming in second.
ROFL @ the porn movie stuff. Horrible stuff man. XD
prince leon added these pithy words on Dec 21 06 at 11:30 amWahaha jw~ I like the anime and novel illustrations~ But the zell?!?! Porn movie? EGADS they look horrible DX
Krizzie added these pithy words on Dec 21 06 at 12:18 pmYeah the novel illustrations are not bad; they have a rather soft look to them and are quite similar to the anime.
alkanphel added these pithy words on Dec 21 06 at 6:09 pmI don’t understand the lack of love for the movie. It’s clearly the superior version. And could Itsuki BE more bishounen? I think not.
Sarcasm aside, interesting comparisons. In some cases there’s almost a linear progression of refinement to the anime versions - to my uneducated eye anyway.
Anaglyph added these pithy words on Dec 22 06 at 2:28 amthe novel illustrations and the anime are both good, and the current manga is close enough… but really, both extremes of the images (first manga and movie) *shudder*
MarsBattyAngel=^-^= added these pithy words on Apr 04 07 at 8:32 amnice
joseph added these pithy words on Apr 09 07 at 7:48 pm