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This article is about the franchise. For the first light novel, see List of Haruhi Suzumiya light novels. For the character of the same name, see Haruhi Suzumiya (character).
Haruhi Suzumiya
Japanese version of the first light novel, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
涼宮ハルヒ
(Suzumiya Haruhi)
GenreComedy, Science fiction
Manga
Written byNagaru Tanigawa
Illustrated byNoizi Ito
Published byJapan Kadokawa Shoten
English publisherUnited States Little, Brown Books for Young Readers & Yen Press
MagazineThe Sneaker (short stories only)
DemographicMale
Original runJune 6, 2003 – present
Volumes9 (List of volumes)
Manga
Illustrated byMizuno Makoto
Published byJapan Kadokawa Shoten
MagazineJapan Shōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runMay 2004 – December 2004
Volumes1
Manga
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Illustrated byGaku Tsugano
Published byJapan Kadokawa Shoten
English publisherUnited States Yen Press
MagazineJapan Shōnen Ace
DemographicShōnen
Original runNovember 2005 – present
Volumes8
Anime
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Directed byTatsuya Ishihara
StudioKyoto Animation
Released April 2, 2006 – July 2, 2006
Manga
The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya
Illustrated byPuyo
Published byJapan Kadokawa Shoten
MagazineJapan Shōnen Ace, The Sneaker
DemographicShōnen
Original runJuly 26, 2007 – present
Volumes2
Anime
The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya
StudioKyoto Animation
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2009 - May 15, 2009
Anime
Nyorōn Churuya-san
StudioKyoto Animation
ReleasedFebruary 13, 2009 - May 15, 2009
Anime
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (re-broadcast with new episodes)
Directed byTatsuya Ishihara
StudioKyoto Animation
Released April 3, 2009 – present
Other

Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒ, Suzumiya Haruhi) is the general name for a series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito. The first novel was published in Japan on June 6, 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten, with nine individual novels published and a planned tenth as of April 1, 2007. The story follows the titular character, Haruhi Suzumiya, a young high school girl who can unconsciously change reality, and her strange antics with her school club, the SOS Brigade.

The light novels have been adapted into three separate manga series, three video games, and a television anime adaptation. After the anime adaption aired in 2006, publishing company Kadokawa Shoten received various offers licensing both the novels and its various adaptations.[1][2] The novels are licensed for English language release in the United States by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and Yen Press and the anime adaptation was licensed for North American distribution by Kadokawa Pictures USA division, which then sublicensed production and distribution to Bandai Entertainment.

Plot

The story revolves around Haruhi Suzumiya, a high school girl obsessed with finding all forms of the extraordinary and supernatural, and Kyon, a cynical classmate who proclaims his non-belief in such matters and narrates the series. After being displeased with the mundane happenings at school and the lack of interesting after-school clubs, she forms her own, the SOS Brigade, to investigate any mysterious happenings, with Kyon forcibly drafted as its second member.

As the series progress, Haruhi recruits three additional members into her club: the silent bibliophile Yuki Nagato, the shy and timid Mikuru Asahina, and the friendly "mysterious exchange student" Itsuki Koizumi. These members are, in time, revealed to be the extraordinary characters she is seeking (Yuki, an artificial human created by the extraterrestrial Integrated Data Entity; Mikuru, a time traveler; and Itsuki, an esper), sent by their various organizations to observe Haruhi. All see Haruhi as possessing a superhuman control over the universe, capable even of recreating the entire universe in a state of dissatisfaction and attempt to prevent this by keeping her entertained, holding her powers in check, and maintaining the illusion of a normal life.

Characters

Main article: List of Haruhi Suzumiya characters
Haruhi Suzumiya
The title character and leader of the SOS Brigade, whose energetic and eccentric character proves to be a driving force for the series.
Kyon
A student who unintentionally forms a relationship with Haruhi and is the only normal human in the SOS Brigade. Even though Haruhi is the title character, the story is told through his viewpoint. Through narration and dialogue, he provides his insight, perspective, and opinions on the series' events.
Yuki Nagato
A humanoid interface created by the Data Integration Thought Entity, whose responsibilities involve monitoring of Haruhi and the investigation of an unexplained "explosion of data" three years prior to the present story. She possesses an ability to manipulate her surrounding environment.
Mikuru Asahina
A time traveler from the distant future who is assigned to investigate the reason behind the inability to travel to any point in time before three years prior to the present story.
Itsuki Koizumi
An esper who, like the other members of "The Agency", suddenly acquired the power to explore Closed Spaces and combat Celestials three years prior to the present story.

Media

Light novels

Main article: List of Haruhi Suzumiya light novels

Written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito, the light novels alternate between full length novels and collections of short stories; the short stories initially appearing in The Sneaker, a seinen novel magazine published by the Japanese publishing company Kadokawa Shoten.

The novels are licensed for release in Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China by Kadokawa Media, in South Korea by Daiwon CI, and in the United States by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers and Yen Press.[3]

Manga

Kadokawa Shoten published two manga adaptations of the Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series in Shōnen Ace. The first one, illustrated by Mizuno Makoto, ran from May to December 2004 and was considerably different from the light novels in its one published volume, with little input from the original author. The second series, illustrated by Gaku Tsugano, started in November 2005 and is still in production, having been published in eight volumes, though with a younger target audience than the original novels in order to expand the series' fan base. On April 17, 2008, Yen Press announced that they had acquired the license for the North American release of the first four volumes of the second manga series, promising the manga would not be censored.[4]

An official parody four-panel comic strip titled The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya-chan by Puyo started serialization in Shōnen Ace on July 26, 2007 and in The Sneaker on August 30, 2007. The first bound volume was released on May 26, 2008, the second on December 26, 2008. Another four-panel parody manga, Nyoro~n Churuya-san by Eretto (Utsura Uraraka), was originally a dōjinshi, starring a smoked cheese-loving, super deformed version of Tsuruya, published in three volumes (released on August 2006, February 2007, and October 2007) before beginning serialization in the magazine Comp Ace in November 2008.[5][6] Another manga, The Disappearance of Yuki Nagato-chan (長門有希ちゃんの消失, Nagato Yuki-chan no Shōshitsu), also by Puyo, will start serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace in July 2009.[7]

Anime

See also: List of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes, List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes, and List of The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya episodes

Produced by the Japanese animation studio Kyoto Animation and directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, the anime adaption of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) premiered in Japan April 2, 2006 and ran for fourteen episodes until its conclusion on July 2, 2006. It was originally aired in a nonlinear order, with the prologue and first seven chapters of the first novel intermixed with chapters from some of the later novels. The "next episode" previews feature two different episode numberings: one number from Haruhi, who numbers the episodes in chronological order, and one number from Kyon, who numbers them in broadcast order. The DVD releases start with "Episode 00", and are then shown in chronological order.

The second season of the anime series was announced in a full-page advertisement of Asahi Shimbun on July 7, 2007 in Japan.[8] Promotional videos included a live action sequence, inspired by the "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" chapter from the third novel, depicting Haruhi and Kyon breaking into school grounds with the footage taken from surveillance cameras. On December 18, 2007, the anime's official website, haruhi.tv, was replaced by a fake 404 error with five form input fields, a reference to the pivotal date in The Vanishment of Haruhi Suzumiya, the fourth volume in the light novel series.[9]

A re-broadcast of the first series began in April 2009.[10] Following a comment by Teletama, one of the broadcasting stations, that the 2009 broadcast would be twenty-eight episodes long, there was speculation that the re-broadcast will be followed by the second season, though this has not been confirmed by Kadokawa.[11] On May 17, 2009, TV Wakayama listed the eighth broadcasted episode of the re-broadcast as a new episode reported to air on May 24, 2009, though it was removed later.[12] The new episode, "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" (笹の葉ラプソディ, Sasa no Ha Rapusodi), was aired on May 21, 2009.[13] Unlike the original run, the re-broadcast is shown in chronological order, with new episodes intermixed with the old ones.

Two spin-off original net animation series based on the parody manga The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒちゃんの憂鬱, Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yūutsu) by Puyo and Nyoro~n Churuya-san (にょろーん☆ちゅるやさん) by Eretto were announced in the October 2008 issue of the Shōnen Ace magazine. Originally scheduled to begin streaming on YouTube's Kadokawa Channel on February 13, 2009,[6] the series began streaming the next day in Japanese and with English subtitles.[14] All the voice actors of the original anime reprised their roles in both series. The first DVD of the series was released on May 29, 2009.

Music

Main articles: List of Haruhi Suzumiya albums and List of Haruhi Suzumiya character song singles

The anime has two opening themes: "The Mikuru Legend of Love" (恋のミクル伝説, Koi no Mikuru Densetsu), performed by Yuko Goto and used as the opening of episode one (sometimes called episode zero),[15] and "It's an Adventure, Right? Right?" (冒険でしょでしょ?, Bōken Desho Desho?) performed by Aya Hirano and used in episodes two through fourteen. The main ending theme of the series was "Sunny Sunny Happiness" (ハレ晴レユカイ, Hare Hare Yukai), performed by Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara, and Yuko Goto, which spanned the first thirteen episodes, with the fourteenth episode ending with an extended version of "It's an Adventure, Right? Right?".[16] For the new episodes of the 2009 re-airing, the opening theme is "Super Driver" by Hirano, and the ending theme is "Stop!" (止マレ!, Tomare!) performed by Hirano, Chihara and Goto. The single for this song will be released on August 26, 2009.[13]

Among the insert songs used were "God knows..." and "Lost my music" performed by Aya Hirano in episode twelve.[17] Segments of Symphony No. 4 in F Minor[18] originally composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Symphony No. 7 in C Major, "Leningrad"[19] originally composed by Dmitri Shostakovich, and Daphnis et Chloé[20] originally composed by Maurice Ravel, were used in episode eleven, while Symphony No. 8 in Eb Major, "Symphony of a thousand",[21] originally composed by Gustav Mahler, was used in episode fourteen.

Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisō (涼宮ハルヒの激奏, The Extravaganza of Haruhi Suzumiya) was a live concert event held at Omiya Sonic City on March 18, 2007 that featured songs from the anime sung by the voice actors. The DVD of the concert was released on July 27, 2007. On April 29, 2009, Suzumiya Haruhi no Gensō (涼宮ハルヒの弦奏, The Symphony of Haruhi Suzumiya) was held in Tokyo, with music by the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra and Philip Chu as conductor. The event featured songs and background music from the anime arranged with a classic twist. A CD of the concert will be released on June 24, 2009.

The main theme song for the spin-off ONA series, The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya is "Ima Made no Arasuji" (いままでのあらすじ, "A Summary of the Story Up to Now") while the ending theme is "Atogaki no Yō na Mono" (あとがきのようなもの, "Something Like an Afterword"), both performed by Hirano, Chihara, Goto, Tomokazu Sugita and Daisuke Ono. A single of the two songs was released on April 20, 2009. A single accompanying the other spin-off ONA series, Nyoro-n Churuya-san, was also released on the same day, featuring songs sung by Yuki Matsuoka.

Audio dramas

Main article: List of Haruhi Suzumiya albums § Audio dramas

A series of radio dramas have also been released. The first volume entitled SOS Dan Radio Shibu Bangai Hen CD Vol.1 is based on the anime version of the series and was released on July 5, 2006 by Lantis. The second volume was released on September 21, 2006 while a third was released on December 21, 2006. A drama CD entitled Sound Around, based on the anime adaptation was released on January 24, 2007 by Lantis.

Video games

Main article: List of Haruhi Suzumiya video games

Five separate video games have been produced based on the series. Banpresto released an adventure game available for the PlayStation 2 on January 31, 2008 called The Perplexity of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの戸惑, Suzumiya Haruhi no Tomadoi).[22][23] It was the 95th best-selling game in Japan in 2008, selling 139,425 copies.[24] Namco Bandai Games released another adventure game, The Promise of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの約束, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yakusoku),[25] for the PlayStation Portable on December 20, 2007. The third game developed by Kadokawa Shoten for the Wii, The Excitement of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの激動, Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekidō), was released on January 22, 2009.[26][27] The fourth and fifth games by Sega for the Nintendo DS (The Series of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの直列, Suzumiya Haruhi no Chokuretsu)) and the Wii (The Parallel of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの並列, Suzumiya Haruhi no Heiretsu)) are still in development and slated for release on March 26, 2009.[28]

Reception

The first novel of the series, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was awarded the Grand Prize in the eighth annual Sneaker Awards—only the third Grand Prize given out in the Award's history. The series went on to be a huge success in Japan, selling over 4,300,000 copies collectively.[29][dead link]

In December 2006, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime adaptation was the most popular anime series in Japan according to Newtype magazine.[30] The first two volumes had sold 70,000 and 90,000 units respectively as of August 2006.[31] A 2006 online poll of Japan's top 100 favorite animated television series of all time, conducted by TV Asahi, placed the series in fourth place.[32] By the end of 2007, the seventh installment of the series sold 45,000 units.[33] The anime adaption won the Animation Kobe Award for TV Feature in 2006.[34] At the Sixth Annual Tokyo Anime Awards, the series won the category "Best TV Anime Series" and Aya Hirano won the "Voice Acting Award."[35][36]

Cultural impact

The anime series became somewhat of an Internet phenomenon in Japan, Asia, and English-speaking countries. Over 2000 clips of the series and user-created parodies and homages were posted to video sharing websites such as YouTube.[37] The popularity of these clips (and those of other popular Japanese series) led the Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC) to request that YouTube remove clips claimed to be under the copyright of their members.[38]

ASOS Brigade

Some of the Haruhi fanbase performing the "Hare Hare Yukai" dance at Anime Expo 2007.

In December 2006, Bandai Entertainment registered the website asosbrigade.com.[39] On December 22, 2006, the website opened with a live action presentation video resembling a fan-made production featuring Haruka Inoue and Akiyo Yamamoto in the roles of Mikuru Asahina and Yuki Nagato, with Haruhi Suzumiya being played by Patricia Ja Lee.[1] The video confirmed (in Japanese) the specifics of the licensing arrangement. After a few days, a subtitled version of the video replaced the original on the site, translating the Japanese licensing announcement into English.[40][41] The website also linked to a blog on the popular social networking website MySpace, which entered the list of the top 50 most viewed MySpace pages within 24 hours.[42]

On May 30, 2007 the SOS Brigade Invasion Tour was announced for Anime Expo 2007 on June 30. Aya Hirano, Yuko Goto, and Minori Chihara were part of this event, "being flown in directly from Japan." Anime Expo attendees were able to participate in the ASOS Dance Contest held on Friday and the winner would have the chance to dance on stage with the guests of honor.[43] Ever since the event was announced, advance ticket sales for pre-registered attendees have caused AX officials to cut down on the amount of tickets sold due to the overwhelming amount of advanced tickets sold (despite the event being free of charge to attend).[44][45]

References

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  5. ^ Eretto. "Eretto's official website" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2009-01-24.
  6. ^ a b "Haruhi-chan, Churuya-san Anime to Debut on February 13". Anime News Network. 2009-01-23. Retrieved 2009-01-24.
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