Lol, no worries–I prefer Sugita’s performance which is a little more comedic/frazzled, but Crispin Freeman also did an excellent job! I happened to watch Haruhi as it aired, and since that was before the time of simuldubs I watched it subbed out of necessity, probably using CCCP when that was a thing, so it makes sense that I’d prefer the first version I heard, too.

…I just ended up watching like half of the first episode of Haruhi by accident, damn I love that show. I did a rewatch not too long ago but I might just have to do another–I’ve been doing more Japanese immersion lately so I could just watch it unsubbed for that purpose.