The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu)
Broadcast Order
The most important thing to understand about this Anime series is that it was broadcast in a different order than the DVD release or the original Manga. The climax of the story occurs in the 7th episode of the DVD release and the 6th volume of the Manga release; "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Part 6"/"Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu VI" (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱VI). They changed the broadcast order to put the climax at the end, and rightfully so, imho. This is one of those situations where I wish I had been watching it at the fansub release time; unfortunately I already saw the climax of the plot on the 2nd DVD. After some more research I ended up visiting the official ASOS Brigade site and read the open letter to the fans. They explain that it was due to contractual reasons that the DVD release was not in broadcast order.
Due to pre-existing contractual obligations, the regular edition MUST contain the R2 DVD ordering of episodes. This was set in stone, there were no exceptions.
After deeply intense negotiations to try and please the existing fan-base, we are able to release a Special Bonus DVD in the TV Broadcast order as an extra. We are deeply grateful to the wonderful people at Kadokawa Pictures for their hard work and allowing this special feature for North American audience.
Both DVDs will use the improved Japanese DVD masters (anamorphic widescreen) where the dedicated people at Kyoto Animation went back and re-rendered/animated scenes into higher quality compared to the original TV broadcast.
For the Special Bonus DVD, we are taking the Japanese DVD masters, arranging them in TV Broadcast order, and putting in the next episode previews in TV Broadcast order. This creates a DVD master version of the TV Broadcast ordering that does not exist anywhere else in the world.
Hare Hare Yukai ハレ晴レユカイ (Sunny Sunny Happiness)
The ending theme and associated dance has generated an Internet meme of its own. As reported by a Newsweek article there were at one point over 2000 different videos on YouTube related to this song and dance. I have pulled a few of my favorites.
ROCKMAN(MEGAMAN) 2nd Version.
A slight improvement on the first version but destined to be forever in the shadow of the original no matter how similar. This animates the characters from Mega Man aka Rockman in Japan (ロックマン, Rokkuman). I don't think this is a Machinima in that it probably doesn't use the same engine as the console games did, but it certainly capture the spirit of Haruhi.
Prison in the Philippines is a place you go to learn to dance. From what I have found from the article I linked, this prison is run by a narcissist who enjoys musicals. Surreal is all I have to say.
驚異的人数でハレ晴レユカイを踊るoff in 秋葉原(Part2) 4/8 秋葉原中央通り
Hare Hare Yukai in Akihabara
This isn't such a great rendition, the are several attempts by this group of cosplay fans to perform in Akihabara, but I chose this clip because they are herded off by the police at the end. So Japanese!
Skittles
AMV of 'The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya' set to CandyPop by Heartsdales featuring SOUL'd OUT. I chose this one because it's one of the better edited anime music videos I have seen in a while. By Koopiskeva.
on the wii
http://kotaku.com/388355/haruhi-dances-up-the-wii