List of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episodes
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is an anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and directed by Tatsuya Ishihara, based on the Haruhi Suzumiya series of light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito. The series follows a high school boy known only as Kyon who encounters Haruhi Suzumiya, 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 traveller, and an esper.
The first season, consisting of 14 episodes, aired in Japan between April 2 and July 2, 2006, airing in a nonlinear order in its original broadcast. The second season, consisting of 14 new episodes, was aired in chronological order in between re-airings of the first season's episodes, with all 28 episodes aired between April 3[1] and October 9, 2009. The series was released in North America by Bandai Entertainment, and was relicensed by Funimation.[2]
For the first season's episodes, the opening theme is "Bōken Desho Desho?" (冒険でしょでしょ? It's an Adventure, Right? Right?) by Aya Hirano, and the ending theme is "Hare Hare Yukai" (ハレ晴レユカイ Sunny Sunny Happiness) by Hirano, Minori Chihara and Yuko Goto. For the episode titled "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00", the opening theme is "Koi no Mikuru Densetsu" (恋のミクル伝説 The Mikuru Legend of Love) by Goto. For the second season's episodes, the opening theme is "Super Driver" by Hirano, and the ending theme is "Tomare!" (止マレ! Stop!) by Hirano, Chihara and Goto.[3] The television series was followed by an animated film, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, 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 nonlinear 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 actually fit chronologically in the plot, and one number from Kyon, 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.[4] 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.[5] 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: B = episode number by broadcast order (nonlinear or "Kyon order"), C = episode number chronologically for just season one ("Haruhi order"), D = Season 1 DVD episode order, E = 2009 broadcast order (chronological for both seasons). Click the arrows next to the column headers to change the ordering of the list.
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01 | 11 | 01 | 25 |
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02 | 01 | 02 | 01 |
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03 | 02 | 03 | 02 |
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05 | 03 | 04 | 03 |
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10 | 04 | 05 | 04 |
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13 | 05 | 06 | 05 |
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14 | 06 | 07 | 06 |
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04 | 07 | 08 | 07 |
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07 | 08 | 09 | 09 |
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06 | 09 | 10 | 10 |
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08 | 10 | 11 | 11 |
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12 | 12 | 12 | 26 |
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11 | 13 | 13 | 27 |
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09 | 14 | 14 | 28 |
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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.[6] 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 Animax Asia and its subsidiaries from April 6, 2011.[7]
Note: E = 2009 broadcast order (chronological for both seasons), F = Season 2 DVD episode order
E | F | Title | Original airdate | English airdate |
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08 | 01 | "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" "Sasa no Ha Rapusodi" (笹の葉ラプソディ) | May 22, 2009 | April 6, 2011[8] |
On Tanabata, Mikuru uses time travel to take Kyon exactly three years in the past. Upon arriving, Mikuru is put to sleep by her future self, who tells Kyon to carry her younger self and help out a certain someone. Kyon comes across a young Haruhi sneaking into her middle school and is roped into helping her, using the alias 'John Smith' to keep his identity a secret. After helping her draw strange symbols on the school athletics grounds, Haruhi questions him on the existence of strange beings, with Kyon suggesting that they might exist because he knows someone like her at his school. After Haruhi leaves, Kyon wakes up Mikuru, only to find that she has misplaced her time traveling device. The two go to see Yuki, who links with her future self and helps the pair return by having them sleep in a time stasis field in her apartment. After returning to his present time, Kyon wonders if he was the one who inspired Haruhi to attend his high school and start searching for strange beings. | ||||
12 | 02 | "Endless Eight" "Endoresu Eito" (エンドレスエイト) | June 19, 2009 | April 13, 2011[9] |
Kyon's relaxing summer vacation is interrupted when Haruhi summons him and the SOS Brigade to join her in summer activities, wanting to try as many activities as possible. As such, the group is taken on a whirlwind tour of summer activities for the next two weeks. They relax at the swimming pool, attend the upcoming summer festival, shoot off fireworks, hunt for bugs, take on a part-time job, stargaze, and play baseball at a batting range. They also watch a fireworks display, compete in a fishing tournament, travel through a cemetery, watch a blockbuster, go to the beach, go bowling, and sing karaoke. Finally, having gone through Haruhi's entire list, the last day of August arrives. Though Kyon tries to make up for his lost time by doing his neglected summer homework, he eventually gives in to distraction and goes to bed without finishing it. | ||||
13 | 03 | "Endless Eight" "Endoresu Eito" (エンドレスエイト) | June 26, 2009 | April 13, 2011[10] |
Somehow summer vacation has repeated like the previous episode. As Kyon is wracked by a sense of déjà vu, Itsuki is likewise troubled, while Yuki seems even more detached than usual. They finally figure out that Haruhi has put the last two weeks of August into an infinite loop because she refuses to let summer end. They find out that the loop has repeated 15,498 times with slight variations, but none of them can devise anything to stop the cycle from repeating. Upon their last meeting in a restaurant on last day, Kyon calls out after Haruhi in a last-ditch attempt to stop her from leaving, but fails to think of anything he can do, and she leaves. As the last day of vacation arrives, Kyon, resigned to the loop repeating itself, goes to bed without finishing his summer homework. | ||||
14 | 04 | "Endless Eight" "Endoresu Eito" (エンドレスエイト) | July 3, 2009 | April 20, 2011[11] |
The same exact events in the previous episode once again unfold with slight variations and the gang wearing different clothes. Once again the Brigade, with the exception of Haruhi, finds out that they are trapped in an infinite loop. In this 15,499th loop, Kyon and the others once again are unable to discover how to escape the endless summer. In the same scene in the restaurant, Kyon is unable to stop Haruhi from leaving, hence dooming the world to another summer loop. Kyon again goes to sleep without finishing his homework on the last day of summer. | ||||
15 | 05 | "Endless Eight" "Endoresu Eito" (エンドレスエイト) | July 10, 2009 | April 20, 2011[12] |
The previous time loop continues for the 15,513th time. This time, Kyon mentally senses an even greater familiarity with events and places from previous cycles. Once again, none of the Brigade members can devise anything to stop the cycle from repeating. On their final meeting in the restaurant, Kyon tries to call out after Haruhi but fails to do anything as visions of the loop's events flash in his mind. As Kyon regains his senses, Haruhi has left. As the last day of vacation arrives, Kyon, resigned to the loop repeating itself, goes to bed without finishing his summer homework. | ||||
16 | 06 | "Endless Eight" "Endoresu Eito" (エンドレスエイト) | July 17, 2009 | April 27, 2011[13] |
The previous time loop continues for the 15,521st time. The scene prior to Haruhi's dismissal of group activities is repeated, showing the same event happening in this loop, and the next two loops. As the last day of vacation arrives, Kyon once again goes to bed without finishing his summer homework. | ||||
17 | 07 | "Endless Eight" "Endoresu Eito" (エンドレスエイト) | July 24, 2009 | April 27, 2011[14] |
The previous time loop continues for the 15,524th time. Kyon rides his bike and approaches Yuki. In that moment, he speculates his reason for doing so and simply lets her leave without conversation. Kyon goes to bed without finishing his summer homework once again. | ||||
18 | 08 | "Endless Eight" "Endoresu Eito" (エンドレスエイト) | July 31, 2009 | May 4, 2011 |
The loop continues for the 15,527th time. The scene where Kyon answers Haruhi's call loops twice, the scene in which Kyon notices Yuki at the pool loops twice, and the scene where Haruhi says she left the last day of summer open just in case also loops twice. Kyon once again goes to bed without finishing his summer homework. | ||||
19 | 09 | "Endless Eight" "Endoresu Eito" (エンドレスエイト) | August 7, 2009 | May 4, 2011 |
The loop continues for the 15,532nd time, but as Haruhi leaves on August 30, Kyon beckons the SOS Brigade to finish their summer homework together. Irritated, Haruhi berates him, but decides to come anyway even though she has already finished her homework. With Haruhi satisfied that she made the most of her summer, Kyon finally wakes up on September 1 to embrace a new school term. | ||||
20 | 10 | "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part One" "Suzumiya Haruhi no Tameiki I" (涼宮ハルヒの溜息I) | August 14, 2009 | May 11, 2011 |
Upon the start of a new term, North High School is preparing for the annual school cultural festival. Displeased with the class decision on a questionnaire, Haruhi tells Kyon that the SOS Brigade will do something more interesting. Influenced by a bad film the previous night, Haruhi commits the club for a short independent film with Mikuru and Itsuki as the protagonists, Yuki as the villain, and Kyon doing 'menial tasks' including the filming. Kyon and Mikuru accompany Haruhi as she negotiates with shop owners for free equipment, obtaining an expensive camcorder and an airsoft gun. | ||||
21 | 11 | "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Two" "Suzumiya Haruhi no Tameiki II" (涼宮ハルヒの溜息II) | August 21, 2009 | May 11, 2011 |
Preparation for the SOS Brigade's short film continues, with the main character's roles eerily matching their actual nature. On the first day of filming, the club shoots two commercials advertising their sponsors, before filming several scenes in a park, at which point Kyon points out that Haruhi hasn't actually written a script. | ||||
22 | 12 | "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Three" "Suzumiya Haruhi no Tameiki III" (涼宮ハルヒの溜息III) | August 28, 2009 | May 18, 2011 |
As the SOS Brigade continue filming, Haruhi, displeased with the battle sequence, conjures the idea Mikuru shooting laser beams from the blue contact lens on her left eye. However, her powers unconsciously cause Mikuru to actually fire deadly beams from her eyes, forcing Yuki to protect Kyon and tackle Mikuru to remove the contact lens. While Haruhi changes Mikuru into a bunny girl outfit, the others discuss the situation. After filming for the remainder of the day, Haruhi leaves insisting on a tight filming schedule until the festival, including working on a Sunday. The next day, Yuki reveals she has used bite-injected nanomachines to counter Haruhi's effects on Mikuru, while Haruhi adds Tsuruya, Taniguchi, and Kunikida to be extras in the film. | ||||
23 | 13 | "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Four" "Suzumiya Haruhi no Tameiki IV" (涼宮ハルヒの溜息IV) | September 4, 2009 | May 18, 2011 |
As the SOS Brigade continues filming, Haruhi tries to give Mikuru another contact lens, ergo another superpower, though Yuki quickly takes action and injects her with more nanomachines before any serious damage could be done. After Mikuru is doused in a lake, Tsuruya offers her place as a movie scene, where Haruhi has her sneak some alcohol into Mikuru's drink in order to drug her up for a kiss scene with Itsuki. Furious with Haruhi's shabby treatment of Mikuru, Kyon almost hits her in rage, forcing Itsuki to stop him, leading Haruhi to become depressed, since she always thought Kyon would support her. After becoming irritated by Taniguchi's rude comments about Haruhi and realising he is no better himself, Kyon apologises to Haruhi and reinvigorates her. This proves to be too effective, however, as her powers start causing cherry blossoms to bloom out of season. | ||||
24 | 14 | "The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya Part Five" "Suzumiya Haruhi no Tameiki V" (涼宮ハルヒの溜息V) | September 11, 2009 | May 25, 2011 |
Deciding Yuki needs a familiar for her role, Haruhi picks up a stray male calico cat, naming it Shamisen. However, when Haruhi leaves that day, Shamisen starts talking as a result of Haruhi's powers. The other club members meet up, where Itsuki suggests a reminder to Haruhi that her movie is a work of fiction, before reality incurs further damage. Later on, both Mikuru and Yuki share their independent views about Haruhi. As Haruhi's powers continue through filming, Itsuki calls out Kyon to hold back Haruhi's powers. Kyon accomplishes this by convincing Haruhi to add a disclaimer over the credits saying it is a work of fiction. After the filming, Kyon and Haruhi remain at the club room to do the editing. Kyon falls asleep while editing the movie, but wakes up the next day to find the movie had somehow completed itself while he was sleeping. The episode ends with a flashback to May, where Kyon tries to tell Haruhi the truth about the other club members, but she does not believe him. |
References
- "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya to get Broadcast Order Release". Anime News Network. 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2007-02-28.
- Notes
- ↑ "New Haruhi Suzumiya Anime Episode Airs". Anime News Network. 2009-05-21. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
- ↑ "Funimation Licenses Haruhi Suzumiya, Lucky Star Anime; Strike Witches, Steins;Gate Films". Anime News Network. August 9, 2014. Retrieved August 10, 2014.
- ↑ "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya". Kyoto Animation. Retrieved 2009-06-08.
- ↑ Kyon (2006-06-18). The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya episode 12 preview (Anime) (in Japanese). Kyoto Animation.
- ↑ "English DVD 1 review". Anime News Network. 2007-05-31. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
- ↑ "Haruhi Suzumiya TV Anime Reportedly to Relaunch in April". Anime News Network. 2009-02-03. Retrieved 2009-02-04.
- ↑ "Animax Asia's official website for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya 2". Animax Asia. Retrieved 31 March 2011.
- ↑ "Animax Asia - Schedule - April 6, 2011". Animax Asia. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ↑ "Animax Asia - Schedule - April 13, 2011". Animax Asia. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ↑ "Animax Asia - Schedule - April 13, 2011". Animax Asia. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ↑ "Animax Asia - Schedule - April 20, 2011". Animax Asia. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ↑ "Animax Asia - Schedule - April 20, 2011". Animax Asia. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ↑ "Animax Asia - Schedule - April 27, 2011". Animax Asia. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
- ↑ "Animax Asia - Schedule - April 27, 2011". Animax Asia. Retrieved 26 March 2011.
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