Anime
The anime adaptation of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu?), produced by the Japanese animation studioKyoto Animation and directed by Tatsuya Ishihara,
contained 14 episodes which aired in Japan between April 2 and July 2, 2006. It
was originally aired in anonlinear 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 anime was licensed and distributed by Bandai Entertainment over four DVDs released between May and November 2007. A complete box set
was later released on July 29, 2008. It was broadcast in Italy on Rai 4 between October 24, 2010 and February 6, 2011.
The second season of the anime series was
announced in a full-page advertisement of Asahi Shimbun on July 7, 2007 in
Japan. Promotional videos included a live action
sequence, inspired by the "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" chapter from the
third novel The Boredom of
Haruhi Suzumiya, depicting Haruhi and Kyon breaking into a school
with 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 Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, the fourth volume in the light novel
series.
A re-broadcast of the first series began
in April 2009.Following a comment by Teletama one of the broadcasting stations, that the
2009 broadcast would be 28 episodes long, there was speculation that the
re-broadcast would be followed by the second season, though this was not
confirmed by Kadokawa at the time. The first new episode,
"Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" (笹の葉ラプソディ Sasa no Ha Rapusodi?), was aired on May 21, 2009 as the eighth episode of
the re-broadcast. Unlike the original run the re-broadcast
was shown in chronological order, with new episodes intermixed with the old
ones. Episodes were later shown on Kadokawa's YouTube channel after the
broadcast, and also started showing English-subtitled episodes. Bandai
Entertainment licensed the re-broadcast in 2010 and released a complete collection in North America on September 14, 2010. Manga Entertainment will release the season in a 4-disc DVD box set, including the Haruhi-chan mini-episodes, in the UK on July 4, 2011.
Characters
Kyon is the narrator and
the main protagonist of the series. He is a student, with
whom Haruhi willingly interacted. 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. He is
both straight-man and a source of sardonic humour. While Kyon's intentions
toward defending his Brigade fellows from Haruhi's madness are often well
intentioned, he often has to struggle to overcome the crazy and often
ridiculous obstacles barring his way. While he's not afraid to stand up to a
Haruhi tangent, he does exhibit a form of fear over her occasional troublesome
antics that could threaten expulsion or worse. Kyon is, in fact, a nickname.
Kyon's real name is yet to be revealed.
Haruhi Suzumiya is the title character and leader of the SOS Brigade. Her
energetic and eccentric character proves to be a driving force for the series.
Her eccentricities cause her to stand out from day one, such as openly
declaring her desire to meet aliens, time travelers and espers as part of her
high school entrance greeting to the entire class. Haruhi pulls various stunts
as 'publicity' for her S.O.S Brigade, a group she formed thanks to a sarcastic
remark courtesy of Kyon. Such stunts range from dragging her entire group
around the city searching for 'weird phenomena' to dressing Mikuru and herself
(and Nagato if she could afford it) up in bunny girl outfits and passing out
fliers by the front gate. As the story progresses she and Kyon become close to
the point where she begins to develop feelings for him.
She is a Data Entity whose
responsibility involves the monitoring of Haruhi and the investigation of the
events three years prior to the present story. As a Data Entity, she possesses
the ability to manipulate the surrounding environment as she sees fit. For the
movie, Yuki, never heard to voice a complaint of any kind, was pushed into
playing the evil alien witch, complete with the stereotypical witch costume and
the mysterious talking cat belonging to Kyon. Yuki rarely speaks, choosing her
books over idle conversation nine times out of ten. On the rare occasion she
does choose to explain something, all middle ground is lost. She goes in depth
and in detail, with nothing left out, often going into run-on sentences without
even stopping for a breath.
She is a time traveler,
assigned in the future to investigate the reason for the inability to travel to
any point in time before three years prior to the present story. Mikuru is very
shy and timid and unfortunately, the odd end out of many a Haruhi eccentricity.
Whenever she speaks of her mission or of her time plane, she inserts the word
'classified' into spots that would ordinarily reveal important information. In
the English version, she answers all of Kyon's probing questions with 'That's
classified'. Occasionally, Mikuru's older self will appear in the same time
plane, essentially threatening a time paradox should anyone other than Kyon
find out, meaning these visitations are exceedingly rare and unpredictable.
Mikuru was forced by Haruhi to play the role of a time traveling battle
waitress from the future in a parody of many different magical girl anime, all
of which contain Haruhi's favorite theme: moe.
He is an esper (one who
possesses Extra-Sensory Perception), who had suddenly acquired the knowledge
and powers of an esper three years prior to the present story. Along with other
espers, he uses his power to combat the Haruhi-created beings of energy within
Closed Spaces during times of fitful irritation at the lack of strange
phenomena in her world. Just like the other members, his so-called Agency and
its members are never explored in-depth. In the movie, Itsuki was pushed into
playing a typical, somewhat dizzy and scatterbrained high school boy with
powerful hidden abilities that could only be brought out by a catalyst of some
sort.
Video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5G5bD2Do-k
Video clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5G5bD2Do-k
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