The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu?) is the name of the first volume in the Suzumiya Haruhi series written by Japanese author Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Japanese artist Noizi Ito; currently, there are eight individual volumes. The story first appeared in The Sneaker, a seinen novel magazine.

Since the release of the first volume by the Japanese publishing company Kadokawa Shoten, Haruhi Suzumiya has spanned several different media types, all having been based on the novels that preceeded them. For instance, two seperate manga series were created, though the first was discontinued shortly after it started production, while the second is still currently running in Japan & has been licensed by YenPress who also have licensed the novels with Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. An anime was later created sharing the same title of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya though elements from other books appear in the series as well; it started airing in Japan on April 2, 2006 and contained 14 episodes in total. Though overseas licensing offers have been made, it was finally was licensed for North American distribution by Kadokawa Pictures USA, who sublicensed production and distribution to Bandai Entertainment. Lastly, a radio drama was created along with a special fan concert. Currently a second season is in production.

Contents

[edit] Plot overview

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya follows the lives of Haruhi Suzumiya and those who are caught up in her antics. While Haruhi is the character most central to the plot, the story is told from the point of view of Kyon, one of Haruhi's classmates.

Kyon is a first year in high school who had just recently been able to leave his fantasies of mysterious organizations, time travelers and fierce battles with aliens behind him along with required school. However, when he chooses to speak to one eccentric girl on the first day of high school, he unwittingly sets off a chain of events which drags him into situations entirely different from the real world in which he had convinced himself he was a part of. This turns his world nearly upside down as he is drawn further into a world eerily like the fantasies he had just managed to outgrow. At first it is unknown to Kyon that Haruhi Suzumiya, a fellow first year student, is at the center of it all.

Haruhi, being unsatisfied with the clubs already established, is inspired by Kyon to create one of her own which will satisfy her eccentric desires. To help start the club, Haruhi forcefully drafts Kyon, who only stays in the club to protect (or try to protect) other helpless victims of Haruhi's "voluntary arrests". However, it turns out that these are not simply helpless victims, but each has a specific reason to be there.

[edit] Setting

The anime is set in the town remniscient of Nishinomiya, Hyogo, as it is the site of the Kwansei Gakuin University, where Nagaru Tanigawa studied. Names of real train stations and baseball teams were altered in the anime, for example:

  • The Kitaguchi Station seen in the anime is actually the Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station.
  • The Kōyōen Station (光陽園駅) is named after the real Kōyōen Station (甲陽園駅), only the kanji is different.
  • The school where all of them attend is actually Nishinomiya Kita Kōkō (西宮北高校).
  • The rival baseball team featured in Episode 4, Kamigahara Pirates (上ヶ原パイレーツ), has the same name of its real life counterpart, Uegahara Pirates of the Kwansei Gakuin University, only the reading of the first kanji (上) is different.

In addition, several scenes in the anime are faithful portrayals of the scenery in Nishinomiya. [1] Note: Link might not work

[edit] Characters and episodes

Main article: Characters
Main article: Episodes

[edit] Theme songs

[edit] Opening

by Yuko Goto
by Aya Hirano

[edit] Ending

by Aya Hirano (Haruhi Suzumiya), Minori Chihara (Yuki Nagato), and Yuko Goto (Mikuru Asahina)

[edit] Chart history

  • Sunny Sunny Fun debuted at #15 on the daily Oricon charts (which tracks the best-selling singles in Japan) on May 9, 2006; Reached #2 on May 12, 2006. Peaked at #1 on June 5, 2006. Haruhi ED Ranking Top 1 On the weekly Oricon charts, it debuted at #5 with sales of 34,881 copies of the CD. One of the weekly Oricon Charts (Japanese)

[edit] Trivia

[edit] Official website related

Official website related

[edit] Miscellaneous

Other

[edit] References

[edit] External links

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