History Literature / HaruhiSuzumiya

#''The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya'' (TBD)

A "counterpoint series", which is unrelated except for the (authorized) use of the ''Haruhi'' name, also exists, called ''There Is No Haruhi In My Classroom.''.

A "counterpoint series", which is unrelated except for the (authorized) use of the ''Haruhi'' name, also exists, called ''Literature/ThereIsNoHaruhiInMyClassroom''.

A "counterpoint series", which is unrelated except for the (authorized) use of the ''Haruhi'' name, also exists, called ''There Is No Haruhi In My Classroom''.

Both seasons were formerly on Website/{{Crunchyroll}, and the series was picked up by Creator/{{Funimation}} after Crunchyroll's rights expired. Funimation is releasing an "Ultimate Collectors Edition" DVD set of the full series, including episodes of Haruhi-chan, ~Nyoron Churuya-chan, and a fair chunk of Disappearance of Nagato Yuki Episodes. They have also been licensed the movie, though it isn't a part of the aforementioned collection.

Both seasons were formerly on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com Crunchyroll,]] and the series was picked up by Creator/{{Funimation}} after Website/{{Crunchyroll}}'s rights expired. Funimation is releasing an "Ultimate Collectors Edition" DVD set of the full series, including episodes of Haruhi-chan, ~Nyoron Churuya-chan, and a fair chunk of Disappearance of Nagato Yuki Episodes. They have also been licensed the movie, though it isn't a part of the aforementioned collection.

Both seasons were formerly on [[http://www.crunchyroll.com Crunchyroll]], and the series was picked up by Creator/{{Funimation}} after Website/{{Crunchyroll}}'s rights expired. Funimation is releasing an "Ultimate Collectors Edition" DVD set of the full series, including episodes of Haruhi-chan, ~Nyoron Churuya-chan, and a fair chunk of Disappearance of Nagato Yuki Episodes. They have also been licensed the movie, though it isn't a part of the aforementioned collection.

As you might be able to tell from the length of this page, the anime in its first season became a smash hit both domestically and internationally, where it's been compared to similar ensemble absurdist comedies like ''Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus''. It spawned unthinkable levels of praise, with resulting amounts of HypeBacklash, a globe-spanning CashCowFranchise, with fans from Japan to America to Britain to Russia to '''[[http://animeafterglow.wordpress.com/2006/12/18/haruhi-supports-peace/ Palestine]]''', probably the largest body of backlash in the history of all anime, and made Kyoto Animation a household name.

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[[caption-width-right:350:L - R: Kyon, Yuki Nagato, Haruhi Suzumiya, Mikuru Asahina, Itsuki Koizumi.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Kyon, Yuki Nagato, Haruhi Suzumiya, Mikuru Asahina, Itsuki Koizumi.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Kyon]], [[{{Meganekko}} Yuki Nagato]], [[GenkiGirl Haruhi Suzumiya]], [[{{Moe}} Mikuru Asahina]], [[NewTransferStudent Itsuki Koizumi]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:Left to right: Kyon, Yuki Nagato, Haruhi Suzumiya, Mikuru Asahina, Itsuki Koizumi.]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlatantLies A group of average Japanese high-schoolers.]]\\
Left to right: [[DeadpanSnarker Kyon]]; [[GenkiGirl Haruhi]] [[RealityWarper Suzumiya]]; [[{{Moe}} Mikuru]] [[TimeTravel Asahina]];\\
[[StepfordSmiler Itsuki]] [[PsychicPowers Koizumi]]; [[EmotionlessGirl Yuki]] [[HumanAliens Nagato]].]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[-[[BlatantLies A group of average Japanese high-schoolers.]]\\
Left to right: [[DeadpanSnarker Kyon]]; [[GenkiGirl Haruhi]] [[RealityWarper Suzumiya]]; [[{{Moe}} Mikuru]] [[TimeTravel Asahina]]; [[StepfordSmiler Itsuki]] [[PsychicPowers Koizumi]]; [[EmotionlessGirl Yuki]] [[HumanAliens Nagato]].-] ]]

#''The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya'' (''Suzumiya Haruhi no Chokkan'') (JP November 2020/EN November 2020)

''Haruhi Suzumiya'' is the central character of a series of {{Light Novels}} by Nagaru Tanigawa, featuring illustrations by Noizi Ito.

Haruhi is a first-year high school student (equivalent to 10th grade or sophomore year in the USA) with a reputation for being beautiful, athletic, intelligent, and ''extremely'' eccentric. Seeking to dislodge a feeling of restless dissatisfaction with the world, Haruhi declares to her class that she is completely uninterested in befriending ordinary humans, and would instead prefer to know more fantastic beings such as aliens, time travelers, espers, and the like.

''Haruhi Suzumiya'' is the central character of a series of {{Light Novels}} by Nagaru Tanigawa featuring illustrations by Noizi Ito. A first year high school student (equivalent to 10th grade/sophomore year in the USA), she is considered beautiful, athletic, intelligent, and ''extremely'' eccentric. Haruhi has come to the conclusion that ordinary humans are, as a whole, utterly boring, and that she would rather hang out with aliens, time travelers, espers, and the like. In her quest to find them, she promptly joins ''all'' the clubs in school in a day... and quits them all just as rapidly. One day, her classmate Kyon (the {{Narrator}}) [[NiceJobBreakingItHero unwittingly]] gives Haruhi an idea: if there aren't any decent clubs, why not [[StartMyOwn make one of your own]]? Haruhi instantly switches from an [[{{Jerkass}} irritated, sociopathic, pompous brat]] to an irritating, sociopathic GenkiGirl who vows to allow nothing to stand in her way. She conscripts Kyon to help her set up the club: the SOS Brigade, whose mission is to find aliens, time travellers, and espers, and have fun with them. Kyon quickly learns an explosive secret that must be kept from Haruhi at all costs, the details of which must be seen to be believed.

The story is notable for having [[GenreBusting no definite genre]] -- it convincingly uses comedy, science fiction, fantasy, mystery, romance and SliceOfLife in one of the most typical anime settings - an ordinary high school - to tell a story about growing up and changing into a better person. The SOS Brigade is made up of {{five|ManBand}} [[Characters/HaruhiSuzumiya members]] that represent a spectrum of anime character types, both in their identities as high school students and their secret identities...