"Suzumiya Haruhi no yûutsu" (2006) TV series 2006-????

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

2 April 2006 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Prepare yourselves for the invasion!

Plot:

On his first day of high school, Kyon meets an eccentric girl named Haruhi Suzumiya, who announces to...

Plot Keywords:

Bunny Suit | Anime | Alien | Based On Novel | Character Name In Title

Cast

Tomokazu Sugita	...	Kyon (15 episodes, 2006-2009)
Aya Hirano	...	Haruhi Suzumiya (15 episodes, 2006-2009)
Minori Chihara	...	Yuki Nagato (15 episodes, 2006-2009)
Yuko Goto	...	Mikuru Asahira (14 episodes, 2006-2009)
Crispin Freeman	...	Kyon (14 episodes, 2006)
Wendee Lee	...	Haruhi Suzumiya (14 episodes, 2006)
Michelle Ruff	...	Yuki (14 episodes, 2006)
Daisuke Ono	...	Itsuki Koizumi (13 episodes, 2006-2009)
Stephanie Sheh	...	Mikuru Asahina (13 episodes, 2006)
Johnny Yong Bosch	...	Itsuki Koizumi (11 episodes, 2006)
Minoru Shiraishi	...	Taniguchi (7 episodes, 2006)

Also Known As:

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (International: English title)

Runtime:

24 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:MA | USA:TV-14 | South Korea:15 | Australia:PG (some episodes) | UK:12 | Canada:G (Quebec) (VHS/DVD rating) | New Zealand:R13

Company:

Kadokawa Entertainment

Trivia:

When Kyon is visiting a library with Yuki, he starts reading a book called "Gakko wo Deyou!", "Escape from The School!") before he falls asleep. This is a real book, actually the second volume of a light novel series written by the original creator of the Haruhi Suzumiya series, Nagaru Tanigawa

Quotes:

Haruhi Suzumiya: Listen this isn't fun and games, you mess around and I'll kill ya!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Raki suta: Ringu (#1.16)" (2007)

Worth watching carefully

At first sight this is yet another highschool anime with lots of excuses for 'fanservice', but there is a lot more going on. The 'fanservice' is part of the plot, the main character is a tired cynic (unusual), and most importantly there is a clever plot that ties all the episodes together, and that poses some interesting questions. The episodes are deliberately non-chronological, and it is certainly worth watching the series again in chronological order.

The series is worth watching carefully, because there are a lot of casual hints in there that foreshadow and explain things, plus a good number of in-jokes about other series, anime and other.