Today is another hot and boring day and Haruhi is rather melancholic. Kyon is still confused on what his purpose is. As he remembers what the adult Mikuru told him about her mole, the present Mikuru ...
Today is the film festival. While the other SOS members are busying working in the festival, Kyon is walking around, doing nothing, apparently tired from his all-nighter. He goes to the auditorium to...
On July 7, the SOS Brigade holds a Tanabata ceremony. Haruhi reminds the other members that since the gods' stars are so far away from the Earth, their wishes will take at least 16 years to come true...
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.Written by
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The high school is modeled after Hyogo Kenritsu Nishinomiya Kita High School, which is Nagaru Tanigawa's alma matter. The school has since had troubles with trespassing that it's had to issue warnings of prosecution against curious fans. See more »
Quotes
Haruhi Suzumiya:
Listen this isn't fun and games, you mess around and I'll kill ya!
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Crazy Credits
Series Composition: Haruhi and Her Friends See more »
Alternate Versions
For home video release and the 2009 re-run in Japan, newly animated scenes were added to some first season episodes to make them more faithful to Nagaru Tanigawa's novel. See more »
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.
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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.