The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito. It was first published in 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan with the novel ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', and has since been followed ...

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television series produced by

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and directed by

Tatsuya Ishihara is a Japanese animator, television and film director. Working for Kyoto Animation, he directed ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', ''Clannad'', ''Nichijou'', ''Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions'' and ''Sound! Euphonium''. Early life and educ ...

, based on the ''

Haruhi Suzumiya is a Japanese light novel series written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito. It was first published in 2003 by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan with the novel ''The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya'', and has since been followed ...

'' series of

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s written by

Nagaru Tanigawa is a Japanese author. He is a graduate of the law school at Kwansei Gakuin University. He is best known as the creator of the ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' series for which he won the grand prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards and has been adapted int ...

and illustrated by

Noizi Ito is a Japanese light novel and video game artist. She is employed by the H-game maker UNiSONSHIFT and is a part of the circle Fujitsubo-Machine. Unlike most romanized Japanese words and names, Noizi Ito's name uses the Kunrei-shiki romanization f ...

. The series follows a high school boy known only as

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who encounters

, an erratic girl who is unaware that she possesses unconscious abilities that can alter the very universe, and gets dragged into joining her SOS Brigade, also consisting of an alien, a time traveler, and an esper. The first season, consisting of 14 episodes, aired in Japan between April 2 and July 2, 2006, presented in a

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order in its original broadcast. The second season, consisting of 14 new episodes, was aired in chronological order between re-airings of the first season's episodes, with all 28 episodes aired between April 3 and October 9, 2009. The series was released in North America by

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, and was relicensed by

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. For the first season's episodes, the opening theme is by

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, and the ending theme is by Hirano,

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. For the episode titled "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00", the opening theme is by Goto. For the second season's episodes, the opening theme is "Super Driver" by Hirano, and the ending theme is by Hirano, Chihara and Goto. The television series was followed by an animated film, ''

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya is a 2010 Japanese Animation, animated Drama (film and television), drama film based on the fourth ''Haruhi Suzumiya'' light novel of List of Haruhi Suzumiya light novels, the same name written by Nagaru Tanigawa. It was produced by Kyoto Animati ...

'', released on February 6, 2010.

Episode list

Season 1

In the original 2006 broadcast of the first season, which aired in Japan between April 2 and July 2, 2006, the episodes were aired in a

order, with the six episodes making up the first novel's storyline intermixed with episodes based on chapters from various points in the light novels. In the next episode previews, two different numbers for the following episode are given: one number from Haruhi, who numbers the episodes according to where they fit chronologically in the plot, and one number from

, who numbers the episodes in the order in which they aired. The sole exception is episode twelve, which is both the twelfth episode aired and the twelfth episode chronologically, a fact Kyon mentions in the preview. For the DVD releases, "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00" is used as the first episode, but otherwise the episodes follow the chronological order. In the 2009 re-airing, the series was aired in full chronological order, with episodes from the second season mixed in with the first season's episodes based on their chronology. In this airing, the first season's episodes were taken from the DVD editions, featuring visual edits and dialogue changes not featured in the original broadcast. ''Note: A = TV broadcast order ("Kyon order"), B = Season one chronological order ("Haruhi order"), C = Season 1 DVD episode order, D = 2009 broadcast order (chronological for both seasons). Click the arrows next to the column headers to change the ordering of the list.''

Season 2

The second season was aired in Japan as part of a re-airing of the whole series, with the new episodes mixed in with the first season's episodes based on their chronology. The re-airing aired between April 3 and October 9, 2009, with the second-season episodes appearing between May 22 and September 11, 2009. In DVD releases, the new episodes are collectively referred to as the second season. The English-dubbed version of the second-season episodes of the anime was aired on

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and its subsidiaries from April 6, 2011. ''Note: D = 2009 broadcast order (chronological for both seasons), E = Season 2 DVD episode order''

References

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