Underplayed Gems

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya poster
Original title
涼宮ハルヒの消失
Directed by
Yasuhiro Takemoto, Tatsuya Ishihara
Genre
drama film, fantasy film, science fiction film, mystery film, science fiction anime and manga, drama anime and manga
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 44m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
7.9 of 10 from 290 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A high school student arrives at school to find that his eccentric classmate Haruhi Suzumiya has vanished and the world has changed around him. He must piece together what happened while trying to restore things to how they were.

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What happens

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの消失, Suzumiya Haruhi no Shōshitsu) is a 2010 Japanese animated drama film based on the fourth Haruhi Suzumiya light novel of the same name written by Nagaru Tanigawa. It was produced by Kyoto Animation, written by Fumihiko Shimo and directed by Tatsuya Ishihara and Yasuhiro Takemoto. It was released in Japanese theaters on February 6, 2010 and on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on December 18, 2010. The film has been licensed by Bandai Entertainment in North America and Manga Entertainment in the UK. With a length of 162 minutes, the film was the second-longest animated film at the time of its release (only surpassed by Final Yamato, with its 70mm print release being only one minute longer). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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