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The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya｜Anime

2023.09.03

“The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” is a light novel written by Nagaru Tanigawa. It is a TV animation based on the Haruhi Suzumiya series. The anime ran for 14 episodes in 2006 and 28 episodes over the course of 2009.A film was released in 2010, and the theme song “Hare Hare Yukai”, with its catchy melody and the dances performed by the characters, attracted so much attention that related videos flooded video-sharing websites. It is said to be the first animation work in Japan.

Synopsis

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This anime work depicts an ‘extraordinary school story’ that develops with the members of the club ‘Haruhi Suzumiya’s Gang for Making the World a Greater Place’ (commonly known as the SOS Gang), which was established by the main character Haruhi Suzumiya (Haruhi Suzumiya) to ‘find and play together with aliens, futurists and psychics’.
The story is about a secret solution to a world alteration that Haruhi unknowingly causes, unbeknownst to her. The solutions are truly routine, such as satisfying Haruhi and imprinting on her that ‘extraordinary things don’t happen in reality’. And this role is played by a very ordinary high school student. It is an odd system in which there are several people with superhuman powers, but it is the ordinary people who solve the problems. However, this system has drawn viewers in and is the reason why the show has been loved for so many years.
Another attraction is the many student-like elements, such as interaction with other clubs, film shoots and trips. The unique characters and relatable stories are the reason why so many people love the show.

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“The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” is full of science fiction elements and stories from various genres, but it also contains a lot of parodies of classic Japanese anime. For example, there are many, sometimes fleeting, references to anime of yesteryear, such as Space Battleship Yamato, Mobile Suit Gundam, The Star of the Giant, Touch and Detective Conan. Finding these parody elements may be one of the ways to enjoy “The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya”.