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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Aliens, ESPers, and all of the supernatural!

20067.81 Season28 EpisodesEnded

Overview

I thought that when I entered high school, my days of believing in aliens, time travelers and ESPers were going to be over. That is, until she introduced herself. Claiming to be interested in only aliens, time travelers, and ESPers, Haruhi Suzumiya was the strangest girl I've met in a long time... Before I knew what's going on, I've been dragged into her weird club, and it looks like I'm not the only one who has been drafted into this "SOS Brigade" of hers, because there are three other students who don't seem to be so ordinary themselves.

Created by Nagaru Tanigawa
Written by Nagaru Tanigawa
NetworksChiba TVSun TV

Top Cast

Tomokazu Sugita

Tomokazu Sugita

Kyon (voice)

Aya Hirano

Aya Hirano

Haruhi Suzumiya (voice)

Minori Chihara

Minori Chihara

Yuki Nagato (voice)

Yuko Goto

Yuko Goto

Mikuru Asahina (voice)

Daisuke Ono

Daisuke Ono

Itsuki Koizumi (voice)

Themes & Keywords

time travelhigh schoolgodslice of lifealientime loopblunttauntinganimeunassumingjapanese high schoolurban fantasybased on light novel

About The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a comedy, animation, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2006 exploring themes of time travel, high school, god, slice of life, alien, time loop. Created by Nagaru Tanigawa, it stars Tomokazu Sugita, Aya Hirano, Minori Chihara. I thought that when I entered high school, my days of believing in aliens, time travelers and ESPers were going to be over. That is, until she introduced herself. Claiming to be interested in only aliens, time travelers, and ESPers, Haruhi Suzumiya was the strangest girl I've met in a long time... Before I knew what's going on, I've been dragged into her weird club, and it looks like I'm not the only one who has been drafted into this "SOS Brigade" of hers, because there are three other students who don't seem to be so ordinary themselves.

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