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The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)
Directed by Yasuhiro Takemoto, Tatsuya Ishihara
Twitter Facebook Google+Mystery | Science Fiction | Animation
Overview
It is mid-december, and SOS Brigade chief Haruhi Suzumiya announces that the Brigade is going to hold a Christmas party in their clubroom, with Japanese hotpot for dinner. The brigade members Kyon, Yuki Nagato, Mikuru Asahina and Itsuki Koizumi start preparing everything for the party, such as costumes and decorations. But a couple of days later, Kyon arrives at school only to find that Haruhi is missing. Not only that, but Mikuru claims she has never known Kyon before, Koizumi is also missing, and Yuki has become the sole member of the literature club. The SOS Brigade seems to have never existed, nor has Haruhi Suzumiya. No one in the school has ever heard about her… except for Kyon.
Rated PG-13 | Length 162 minutes
Actors
Tomokazu Sugita | Aya Hirano | Minori Chihara | Yuko Goto | Daisuke Ono | Natsuko Kuwatani | Yuki Matsuoka | Minoru Shiraishi | Megumi Matsumoto | Sayaka Aoki
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/12/2019 | Computer | Broadcast | Other | 7 stars |
| (Average) 7 stars |
Viewing Notes
This was part of the “Christmas in Japan” week programmed by DKUTV. Was very curious about this one given the missing person premise. It’s quite out there with a complex tale of someone or some thing altering the timeline for this group of teens in a social club. The central protag Kyon is determined to solve what is happening with his friends. This is rather convoluted but I got the general gist of the crisscrossing timelines and how they were playing out but this is a wild movie. Also a long feature but the pacing keeps it moving.
I learned this was released on Blu here so I’m going to revisit because there is a lot going on. Also this is a movie set during the holidays but not about Christmas, which I appreciated given the crazy sci-fi story. One distracting thing was the voice actor for Kyon (Tomokazu Sugita) who doesn’t sound like a teenage boy but rather an older man.
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