The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and directed by Ulises Tobar and was broadcast on ABC. based on the Haruhi Suzumiya series of light novels written by Benjamin Alvarado and illustrated by Gabriel Alvarado. The series follows a high school boy known only as Kyon who encounters Haruhi Suzumiya, an erratic girl who is unaware that she possesses unconscious abilities that can alter the very universe, and gets dragged into joining her SOS Brigade, also consisting of an alien, a time traveler, and an esper.

Plot
Kyon is a student at North High School in Nishinomiya. He is dragged along by his classmate, Haruhi Suzumiya, an eccentric schoolgirl who seeks supernatural phenomena and figures, such as aliens, time travelers, and espers. With Kyon's reluctant help, Haruhi establishes a club called the "SOS Brigade", short for "Spreading excitement all Over the world with Haruhi Suzumiya Brigade" (In the school's official paperwork Kyon renamed it "Support the Student Body by Overworking to Make the World a Better Place Student Service Brigade") to investigate mysterious events. Haruhi soon recruits three additional members: the laconic bibliophile Yuki Nagato, the shy and timid Mikuru Asahina, and the unflappable transfer student Itsuki Koizumi. These members soon reveal themselves to Kyon to be the types of extraordinary characters that Haruhi seeks. They have been sent by their respective secret organizations to observe Haruhi—who is unaware that she possesses reality warping powers—and to prevent these powers from being unleashed. Each of the three believe that it would be dangerous were Haruhi to discover she had such powers. Together with Kyon, they work to keep life interesting for Haruhi and to prevent her from becoming bored enough to imagine a new world, as they and their organizations fear that this would destroy the current world.

Characters

 * Michael Bell as Kyon
 * B.J. Ward as Haruhi Suzumiya
 * Jennifer Darling as Yuki Nagato
 * Katie Leigh as Mikuru Asahina
 * Casey Kasem as Itsuki Koizumi
 * Jeannie Elias as Ryoko Asakura / Kyon's Little Sister
 * Russi Taylor as Tsuruya
 * Don Messick as Taniguchi
 * Dana Hill as Kunikida
 * Brian George as The Computer Research Society President
 * Sherry Lynn as Emiri Kimidori
 * Mona Marshall as Miyuki Enomoto
 * Marilyn Schreffler as Takako Nakanishi
 * Tress MacNeille as Mizuki Okajima
 * Linda Gary as Mai Zaizen
 * Gregg Berger as Keiichi Tamaru
 * Corey Burton as Yutaka Tamaru
 * Nancy Cartwright as Sonou Mori
 * René Auberjonois as Arakawa
 * Frank Welker as Okabe / Shamisen