The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Based on a light novel series, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a 14-episode anime directed by Tatsuya Ishihara at Kyoto Animation. It follows a high school student who is drawn into the eccentric club activities of a classmate with a powerful and reality-altering personality. The series blends elements of science fiction and slice-of-life comedy.

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Source

Light novel

Episodes

14 eps

Studio

Kyoto Animation

Original creator

Nagaru Tanigawa

Director

Tatsuya Ishihara

Character design

Noizi Itou, Shouko Ikeda

Chief animation director

Shouko Ikeda

Art director

Seiki Tamura

Music

Gustav Mahler, Satoru Kousaki

Sound director

Youta Tsuruoka

Voice actor

Tomokazu Sugita(Kyon), Minori Chihara(Yuki Nagato), Aya Hirano(Haruhi Suzumiya), Yuuko Gotou(Mikuru Asahina), Daisuke Ono(Itsuki Koizumi), Nobuyuki Kobushi(Computer Club President), Yuki Matsuoka(Tsuruya), Kenichi Ogata(Shamisen), Toshiyuki Morikawa(Yutaka Tamaru), Megumi Matsumoto(Kunikida), Eiji Yanagisawa(Seijun Morimura), Sayaka Aoki(Kyon's Sister), Akane Omae(Mori Sonō), Eiji Yanagisawa(Okabe), Natsuko Kuwatani(Ryoko Asakura), Sara Nakayama(Mai Zaizen), Eiji Yanagisawa(Umpire), Akio Ootsuka(Shinkawa), Mina Hiroe(Mizuki Okajima), Minoru Shiraishi(Taniguchi), Kazuhiko Inoue(Keiichi Tamaru), Yuri Shiratori(Emiri Kirino)