New Haruhi Suzumiya Project Announced After 4-Year Drought

The anime medium has its fair share of stories that incorporate earth-shattering battles and high-octane action but there is always a place for idiosyncratic series that incorporate humor and mind-bending scenarios. Perhaps this is no truer than in Haruhi Suzumiya, the long-running series that focuses on a band of misfits looking to explore the supernatural. Netting several anime projects and manga spin-offs, Haruhi, Kyon, and the other members of the "SOS Brigade" are set to arrive this fall and new details have arrived online regarding the "Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya".

The next chapter of Haruhi Suzumiya will arrive as a light novel on November 29th this fall. This will be the first new volume in four years for the eccentric franchise and fans online are responding quite positively to the series' major comeback. While there has been no word on a return of the anime adaptation that Kyoto Animation created, there is plenty of material to translate should Haruhi return to the small screen. If you want to learn more about the next chapter, you can check out a description for the "Theatre" below.

The Theatre of Haruhi Suzumiya

The description for the long-awaited return of Haruhi reads as such, "Hero Haruhi, before we knew it, we found ourselves in the royal palace and are asked by the king to defeat the evil demon king, but wait a minute, what is this world? Without understanding anything, Asahina-san's magic explodes and the mission seems completed, but then, with Nagato's murmuring of "Mission Incomplete" we are launched into space, then into a Western setting, and finally into a mythical world. Who is behind this? And Haruhi, what are you thinking this time?"

If you want to dive into the original anime series, Haruhi Suzumiya is currently streaming on Crunchyroll. Here's how the streaming service describes the "Kyon is a cynical and sarcastic teenager. The first day of his first year of high school is filled with hopes of a normal school experience - hopes that are immediately dashed after meeting the beautiful and eccentric Haruhi Suzumiya. Haruhi is athletic, brilliant, and completely bored with life. At Kyon's accidental suggestion, she decides to create her own club dedicated to finding and observing life's oddities - like the aliens, espers, and time travelers she believes walk among normal people."

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