The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006– )
"Suzumiya Haruhi no yûutsu" (original title)

On his first day of high school, Kyon meets an eccentric girl named Haruhi Suzumiya, who announces to the class that she is interested only in meeting aliens, time travelers, and espers. ... See full summary »

Stars:

Tomokazu Sugita, Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tomokazu Sugita	...	Kyon (15 episodes, 2006-2009)
Aya Hirano	...	Haruhi Suzumiya (15 episodes, 2006-2009)
Minori Chihara	...	Yuki Nagato (15 episodes, 2006-2009)
Yûko Gotô	...	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 (8 episodes, 2006)

Storyline

On his first day of high school, Kyon meets an eccentric girl named Haruhi Suzumiya, who announces to the class that she is interested only in meeting aliens, time travelers, and espers. Discontent with the selection of afterschool clubs presented before her, she starts a new club called the SOS Brigade and enlists Kyon, a quiet bookworm named Yuki Nagato, a shy but beautiful junior named Mikuru Asahina, and a grinning and loyal transfer named Itsuki Koizumi. Each of them except Kyon is secretly part of one of the groups Haruhi desired to meet, and they all must keep close watch on her. If she ever grows dissatisfied with reality, she may unintentionally destroy the world.

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Plot Keywords:

bunny suit | anime | alien | based on novel | character name in title

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Taglines:

The fate of the world rests on Haruhi not being bored!

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Genres:

Animation | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [jp]

Country:

Japan Germany

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

2 April 2006 (Japan)

Also Known As:

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Second Season

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kadokawa Entertainment, Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co., Klock Worx Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

24 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

16:9 HD

Did You Know?

Trivia

Originally, the episodes were intentionally aired/shown out of sequence. What was shown as Episode 01 is actually Episode 11. In the 'coming soon' blurb at the end of each episode, Haruhi gave the chronologically correct number of the next episode, and Kyon 'corrected' her by giving the 'wrong' episode number - the one that corresponds to the order it is being shown in. When new episodes were produced in 2009, the whole series aired again, this time in chronological order.

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Quotes

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

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Crazy Credits

The beginning of the closing credits starts with the exact same shot that ends the opening credits (silhouette of Haruhi posing beside a large "H").

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Connections

Spoofed in Anikosu Japan: Mihiro (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Mikuru, Legend of Love"
Performed by Yûko Gotô
First opening theme

User Reviews

A great surprise!!

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu is a very high-rated anime in almost every review page you'll find on the web. So I really wanted to know why, and I was anything but disappointed.

If you can get past the very bizarre (but rather funny) first episode, you'll find yourself in a very entertaining and much strange world. A very well drawn, perfectly animated world, that is.

I can't tell much of the story without spoiling it, so I'll just say that it's a high school comedy... and yet it's not. I can't really say what it's about, really.

Seriously, I'm a HUGE anime fan, and I've got around 50 full series, and I'm not kidding when I say that, even though I haven't finished watching Haruhi Suzumiya, it is actually standing in a very high rank in my personal collection. I fell in love at first sight with this one, and I assure you that, at the very least, you won't be indifferent to its irresistible charm. Trust me, I don't go around giving a 10 to every thing that I watch.