As part of the "Haruhi Suzumiya Gratitude" project, which commemorates the 20th anniversary of the TV anime "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya," based on the popular light novel series "Haruhi Suzumiya" by Nagaru Tanigawa published by Kadokawa Sneaker Bunko (KADOKAWA), a new visual drawn by the original illustrator, Noizi Ito, has been released. The main characters, including Haruhi Suzumiya, Kyon, Yuki Nagato, Mikuru Asahina, Itsuki Koizumi, Ryoko Asakura, and Tsuruya, are all lined up.
A 20th-anniversary promotional video and congratulatory video messages from the five cast members of the SOS Brigade have been released, and it has also been announced that an exhibition commemorating the 20th anniversary will be held in Tokyo in August.
"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" is a sci-fi comedy about Haruhi Suzumiya, a high school girl who loves aliens, time travelers, espers, and supernatural phenomena, and Kyon, an ordinary high school boy, as strange events keep happening around them, leading to chaotic situations. The TV anime aired in 2006 and 2009. The theatrical anime film "The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya" was released in 2010.
