Haruhi-chan, Churuya-san Web-Anime Begins

Good thing we didn't go ape shit on Kadokawa after yesterday's "nice boat" video, because today they made up for their (deliberate?) slackery by releasing the first episode of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu, as well as the first episode of Nyoron Churuya-san web-anime. You can watch both of them with English subtitles on Kadokawa's YouTube channel (here and here), but just in case they pull some crazy stunt again, we're also adding them locally (here and here).

Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu episode 1

Haruhi-chan runs for a healthy 5 minutes (almost), while the more concise Churuya-san barely packs 2 minutes of Nyoron~ness. The latter is a very straight adaptation of the gag manga; which, of course, is a good thing. Hence the verdict: short and sweet. Haruhi-chan's web-anime version, on the other hand, is somewhat less amusing, probably because it strays further away from its original manga. Still a decent watch, though, and it's not like we'll get anything better anytime soon, right?

Nyoron Churuya-san episode 1

Update: This calls for a poll: "Which of Kadokawa's videos was better?"