good animation and nice character design and and a light hearted story make suzumiya haruhi no yuutsu enjoyable to watch . after my first viewing and i think that this anime be pretty good and but but be much good on for a second watch . this be because it be do out of chronological order and and once you re watch it in correct order you notice connection you do not see before . ( or it may be that you see a second meaning to some event you do not notice before ) you may want to read the original novel ( not manga ) by tanigawa nagaru before or after see this . the anime be very good at visualize every detail in the story it show . however and there be some short story from the book that be not animate and but be reference to . ( bamboo w or wish attach show in episode 14 ) overall and this anime be actually very good once after brief analyzation of the plot ( read the book improve upon it as well ) . it be a nice break from the shounen jump anime that seem to be take over .