THAT Animeblog

THAT blog of various wonders!

Comparison of Haruhi characters across various media

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

comparison

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

19 comments

19 Comments so far

  1. Impz December 19th, 2006 7:39 pm

    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

  2. Spiritsnare December 20th, 2006 9:10 pm

    You’ve just proven further that Kunikida gets no love, ya know that?

  3. Scribble December 20th, 2006 9:11 pm

    UGH. ITSUKI LITERALLY LOOKS LIKE AN ALIEN IN THE PORN FILM. I like the novel art for everyone except Kyon.

  4. vareon December 20th, 2006 9:20 pm

    …Look at that…is that supposed to be Kyon…and Itsuki?

  5. Sana Jisushi December 20th, 2006 10:25 pm

    I think Yuki got the worst deal of all. Itsuki and Ryouko are the only ones that look decent in the original manga.

  6. alkanphel December 21st, 2006 2:17 am

    Well you know you’re not supposed to look at the faces of the guys in porn hahaha :P

  7. Tsubaki December 21st, 2006 4:11 am

    How can anyone not like Noizi Ito’s illustration of SHnY more than the anime itself?

  8. Lupus December 21st, 2006 5:43 am

    Because Noizi Itoh’s illustration sucks?

  9. negativzero December 21st, 2006 5:45 am

    lol, mikuru totally doesn’t look like mikuru in the cancelled manga. looks more like some cheerleader or some sorts.
    I want bunny suit mikuru!!!

  10. Impz December 21st, 2006 6:09 am

    i thought the illustration and the anime both have their merits ^+^;;;

  11. alkanphel December 21st, 2006 6:22 am

    The art of the cancelled manga looks like it was drawn about a decade ago :P

  12. prince leon December 21st, 2006 11:30 am

    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

  13. Krizzie December 21st, 2006 12:18 pm

    Wahaha jw~ I like the anime and novel illustrations~ But the zell?!?! Porn movie? EGADS they look horrible DX

  14. alkanphel December 21st, 2006 6:09 pm

    Yeah the novel illustrations are not bad; they have a rather soft look to them and are quite similar to the anime.

  15. Anaglyph December 22nd, 2006 2:28 am

    I 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.

  16. MarsBattyAngel=^-^= April 4th, 2007 8:32 am

    the 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*

  17. joseph April 9th, 2007 7:48 pm

    nice

  18. age August 8th, 2007 1:01 am

    may i take a pic???:)

  19. Chaos-Silver February 11th, 2009 11:46 am

    Novel illustration Ryouko is win o_o

Leave a reply

For all who are wondering how to get raw/subs from this blog, it will not be answered. Please use your good sources to figure it out.

Also, please refrain from using smileys with the "<" and ">" characters. Your comment WILL be cut off if you do. Styling html such as <em>, <strong> and <p> can be used. Please use spoiler tags (<spoiler></spoiler>) around any spoilers you may post.

Do note that most comments will not be deleted as we believe in freedom of speech. However, comments without any constructive criticism and only made of vehement personal insults will be deleted at the author's discretion.