History Trivia / HaruhiSuzumiya

* WildfireFranchise: ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' is remembered as one of the biggest light novel franchises of the early 2000's, with the roaring success of its anime leading to it taking the world by storm and producing an astonishing amount of spinoffs, including a feature film based on the fourth book. After the second season of the anime proved to be very controversial and there was very little material left to adapt, the series effectively dropped off the face of the earth and vanished into obscurity, with only one new volume of the light novel releasing between 2011 and 2020.

* OutdatedByCanon: Emiri Kimidori's ImageSong, which was released before the tenth volume of the light novel series, paints her as someone who wants to connect with humans and [[IJustWantToHaveFriends make friends]] but can't due to being a humanoid interface. However, the tenth volume reveals that [[spoiler:she's actually largely indifferent to humanity and refuses to do anything that isn't ordered by the Entity, not even when Yuki's personal safety is at risk.]]

** ''Anime/LuckyStar'''s anime adaptation makes a ''lot'' of references to ''Haruhi Suzumiya'', which is [[OtakuSurrogate Konata's]] favourite series. Many of these double as {{Actor Allusion}}s, since Konata and Haruhi are both voiced by Creator/AyaHirano.

** ''Anime/LuckyStar'': Konata is a huge fan of Haruhi. See also StarMakingRole for why this is funny.

* ScheduleSlip: The tenth light novel was delayed for three years, and the twelfth novel was delayed for ''nine and a half'' years since the previous one. The second season also counts as it was delayed for almost three years.

* AdaptationFirst: The anime ''and'' manga were licensed and began release in English before the first novel was translated (about two years before and about half a year before, respectively). As a result, many causal American fans of the anime were surprised to learn that it was based on a book.

** ''Disappearance'' was originally going to be part of the anime's second season and there were scripts for it planned out, but it ended up being shifted to a film instead. The Endless Eight arc ended up being as long as it was so it could fill in for the time the anime would have spent on ''Disappearance''.

* FranchiseKiller: After the first season of the anime became phenomenally popular among the anime community, the second season was the most anticipated anime imaginable. People were craving it for years as it got [[ScheduleSlip increasingly delayed]]. When it eventually arrived, to much rejoicing, it was so colossally underwhelming (with ''Endless Eight'' becoming one of the most-despised anime storylines ''of all time'') that it left an enormous stain on the franchise as an anime property. Not even the well-received movie adaptation of ''Disappearance'' was enough to redeem it. There were other factors that led to the franchise's downfall as well; a combination of ScheduleSlip of the light novels, Creator/KyotoAnimation realizing that self-owned [=IPs=] would be economically more profitable for them in the long run than animating Kadokawa's [=IPs=] (of which ''Haruhi'' is one), and the demotion of Atsushi Ito, the Kadokawa executive who primarily pushed for ''Haruhi'' in anime form. While the franchise's reputation recovered after a while, it's no longer the CashCowFranchise it used to be and the second season is a black stain that the series will [[NeverLiveItDown most likely never get rid of]].
** While the ''Endless Eight'' arc is commonly attributed to have kicked ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' from the anime throne it sat on, factual evidences suggest this is not simply the case. The following ''Disappearance'' movie was both a critical and a popular success, and the DVD sale of the Endless Eight episodes, while certainly not comparable to that of the first season, was still decent. In hindsight, it is more likely that the failure to produce fresh content, explained in details above, was the key reason for the franchise's obscure appearance at present.

* CreatorBacklash: Several cast members, and even producers, spoke about how poorly handled the ''Endless Eight'' was done in the anime adaptation. The english cast were frustrated by the fact they were recording the same lines and not being really free to change it up, and some of the staff that produced the show outright apologized for the handling of it.

* ReclusiveArtist: After the release of ''The Surprise'', Nagaru Tanigawa went silent for seven years until he finally released an original short story for ''The Sneaker'' Legend anniversary issue in 2018. Afterwards, he disappeared again, later announcing that the twelve novel would be released in November 2020.

* ReclusiveArtist: After the release of ''The Surprise'', Nagaru Tanigawa went silent for seven years until he finally released an original short story for ''The Sneaker'' Legend anniversary issue in 2018. Afterwards, he disappeared again, later announcing that the t
twelve novel would be released in November 2020.

* ReclusiveArtist: After the release of ''The Surprise'', Nagaru Tanigawa went silent for seven years until he finally released an original short story for ''The Sneaker'' Legend anniversary issue in 2018. Afterwards, he disappeared again, later announcing that the twelfth and final novel would be released in November 2020.

* ScheduleSlip: The tenth light novel was delayed for three years, and the twelfth and final novel was delayed for ''nine and a half'' years since the previous one. The second season also counts as it was delayed for almost three years.

* TrollingCreator: Creator/KyotoAnimation's "trolling" regarding this show has become ''legendary''. Almost everything in and surrounding the second season is the outstanding example:
##Drive the fans crazy by temporarily replacing the show's website with a ''Disappearance'' reference and make everybody assume it'll be in the second season.
##Air "Endless Eight" ([[GroundhogDayLoop eight episodes of over 90% identical plot content]]) and act as if the above never happened.
##Expect everybody to buy four [=DVDs=] of said. To say nothing of the DVD volume numbering gag[[note]]"Endless Eight" begins at volume 2, with each successive volume simply using larger decimal places without actually reaching the next whole number[[/note]], which just comes off as condescending.
##Hint at an "Endless Eight" movie.
##Win every single fan back with a 30-second, unanimated commercial.

* SequelGap: The above mentioned twelfth novel? It is finally set for release on November 25, 2020, making this nine and a half years since the previous installment.[[note]]This is going by Japanese release dates.[[/note]]

* ScheduleSlip: The tenth light novel was delayed for three years, and the twelfth (and apparently final) novel was delayed for ''nine and a half'' years since the previous one. The second season also counts as it was delayed for almost three years.

* DevelopmentHell: It took 4 years to publish ''Surprise''.[[note]] for comparison, each previous volume took from three to six months and ''Dissociation'' took roughly a year[[/note]] According to WordOfGod, there was no particular reason for it, mostly due to [[WritersBlock laziness on the author's behalf]]. And after that, we're still waiting...

* ReclusiveArtist: After the release of The Surprise, Nagaru Tanigawa went silent for seven years until he finally released an original short story for The Sneaker Legend anniversary issue. Afterwards, he disappeared again.

* FranchiseKiller: After the first season of the anime became phenomenally popular among the anime community, the second season was the most anticipated anime imaginable. People were craving it for years as it got [[ScheduleSlip increasingly delayed]]. When it eventually arrived, to much rejoicing, it was so colossally underwhelming (with ''Endless Eight'' becoming one of the most-despised anime storylines ''of all time'') that it left an enormous stain on the franchise as an anime property. Not even the well-received movie adaptation of ''Disappearance'' was enough to redeem it. There were other factors that led to the franchise's downfall as well; a combination of ScheduleSlip of the light novels since 2007 and still going, Creator/KyotoAnimation realizing that self-owned [=IPs=] would be economically more profitable for them in the long run than animating Kadokawa's [=IPs=] (of which ''Haruhi'' is one), and the demotion of Atsushi Ito, the Kadokawa executive who primarily pushed for ''Haruhi'' in anime form. While the franchise's reputation recovered after a while, it's no longer the CashCowFranchise it used to be and the second season is a black stain that the series will [[NeverLiveItDown most likely never get rid of]].

* ScheduleSlip: The tenth light novel was delayed for ''three years''. And we're ''still'' waiting on the twelfth (And apparently final) one. The second season also counts as it was delayed for almost three years.

** For several years since 2009, the site featured the list of activities from "Endless Eight" from August 16 to mid-September. Before August 31, the list's length varies each time the page is refreshed, due to some events being left out in-universe in certain iterations. This is no longer in place as of 2019, but a recording on Aug. 30, 2012 (applied to any given year) is demonstrated [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULs_hkpWg6s here.]]

* ScheduleSlip: The tenth light novel was delayed for ''three years''. The second season was delayed for almost three years.

* ImageSong: Every named female character (plus Kyon's sister), Kyon, Itsuki, and Taniguchi have either one or two, plus a personal rendition of the DancingTheme (though not Taniguchi, who was second season only). It's a little ridiculous.

* CashCowFranchise: In its heyday, the franchise had {{Image Song}}s out the wazoo (see below), and video games for the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]], the [[UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 PS2]], the [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS DS]], and two games to choose from on the UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} (though these were all [[NoExportForYou Japan-only]]). Sadly, this was no longer the case by the beginning of TheNewTens, after several factors which led to [[FranchiseKiller the death of the franchise]].