Thursday, January 5, 2012

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya

Directed by Tatsuya Ishihara (chief) Yasuhiro Takemoto 
Produced by Atsushi Itō Hideaki Hatta
 Screenplay by Fumihiko Shimo 
Story by Nagaru Tanigawa (novel) 
Starring Japanese version Aya Hirano Tomokazu 
Sugita Minori Chihara Yūko Gotō 
Daisuke Ono English version Wendee Lee 
Crispin Freeman Michelle Ruff Stephanie Sheh Johnny Yong Bosch

 Following on from the events of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime series, the story takes place from December 16 until December 24, a month after the cultural festival. The SOS Brigade, led by Haruhi Suzumiya, make plans to have a nabe party for Christmas. However, on the morning of December 18, Kyon arrives at school and finds out everything has changed. Haruhi and Itsuki Koizumi are missing. Ryoko Asakura has mysteriously returned, but she is now a normal person. Mikuru Asahina does not recognize him and is not a time traveler. Yuki Nagato is an ordinary human, complete with emotions. Shamisen is now a normal cat that cannot talk. Only Kyon is aware that everything is different, as no one remembers anything about Haruhi or the SOS Brigade. The only clue Kyon manages to find is a bookmark left by the alien version of Yuki before everything was changed, telling him to gather 'keys' to run a program. While wondering about this clue, he gets to know the new Yuki, who appears to be quite fond of him. As December 20 comes, Kyon learns from Taniguchi that Haruhi was at another high school the whole time, along with Itsuki and others formerly from his school. By revealing his identity to her as 'John Smith' (his alias when he first traveled back in time and assisted a young Haruhi), Kyon manages to convince Haruhi to believe his story. With her assistance they gather the SOS Brigade together in the club room, thus bringing the keys necessary for a program built by alien Yuki.

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