Ouran High School Host Club

Ouran High School Host Club

is a manga series by Bisco Hatori, serialized in Hakusensha's LaLa magazine since August 5, 2003. The series follows Haruhi Fujioka, a scholarship student at Ouran High School, and the other members of the popular host club. The romantic comedy focuses on the relationships within and without the...

is an anime series adapted from the manga of the same title by Bisco Hatori

Bisco Hatori

is a Japanese manga artist. She is well known for her series Ouran High School Host Club.-Personal:Born in Saitama, Japan, this successful manga artist uses the pseudonym Bisco Hatori. She has worked for such magazines as LaLa. Her manga debut was A Moment of Romance in LaLa DX...

. It began broadcasting on April 4, 2006 on Nippon Television

Nippon Television

is a television network based in the Shiodome area of Minato, Tokyo, Japan and is controlled by the Yomiuri Shimbun publishing company. Broadcasting terrestrially across Japan, the network is commonly known as , contracted to , and abbreviated as "NTV" or "AX".-Offices:*The Headquarters : 6-1,...

, and ended on September 26, 2006. The series was directed by Takuya Igarashi

Takuya Igarashi

is a Japanese freelance anime director who originally worked for Toei Animation. He has also sometimes used the alias .-Anime involved in:*Ashita no Nadja*Futari wa Pretty Cure*Kingyo Chuuihou!*Konjiki no Gash Bell!!*Mushishi*Ojamajo Doremi...

 and written by Yōji Enokido

Yoji Enokido

is a Japanese screenwriter. He is considered an experimental storyteller by anime standards and has penned scripts for such unconventional anime shows as Ouran High School Host Club, Revolutionary Girl Utena, FLCL, Neon Genesis Evangelion, RahXephon, Melody of Oblivion, and Star Driver.His...

 (Revolutionary Girl Utena

Revolutionary Girl Utena

is a manga by Chiho Saito and anime directed by Kunihiko Ikuhara. The manga serial began in the June 1996 issue of Ciao and the anime was first broadcast in 1997. The anime and manga were created simultaneously, but, despite some similarities, they progressed in different directions. A movie, was...

, The Melody of Oblivion) , while the character designer and chief animation director for the series was Kumiko Takahashi

Kumiko Takahashi

is Japanese animator and character designer. She is noted for her work as a character designer and animation director on numerous anime series, such as Cardcaptor Sakura, Witch Hunter Robin and Ouran High School Host Club....

 (Cardcaptor Sakura

Cardcaptor Sakura

, abbreviated as CCS and also known as Cardcaptors, is a Japanese shōjo manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist group Clamp. The manga was originally serialized monthly in Nakayoshi from the May 1996 until the June 2000 issue, and later published in 12 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha...

). It also features a different cast

Seiyu

Voice acting in Japan has far greater prominence than in most other countries. Japan's large animation industry produces 60% of the animated series in the world; as a result, Japanese voice actors, or , are able to achieve fame on a national and international level.Besides acting as narrators and...

 from the audio dramas, with Maaya Sakamoto

Maaya Sakamoto

is a Japanese singer-songwriter, actress, and voice actress. She made her debut as a voice actress in 1992 as the voice of Chifuru in the anime series Little Twins, but is more well known for her role as Hitomi Kanzaki in the hit anime series The Vision of Escaflowne...

 starring as Haruhi Fujioka and Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

is a Japanese voice actor, actor, and singer from Saitama. He is best known for his roles on Ouran High School Host Club, Death Note, Mobile Suit Gundam 00, and Kōtetsu Sangokushi. At the 2007 Seiyu Awards he was nominated for two awards for his role as Light Yagami in Death Note, and in 2008, he...

 portraying Tamaki Suou. Ouran High School Host Club finished its run on September 26, 2006, totaling to twenty-six episodes.

The series is licensed for distribution in North America

North America

North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...

 by FUNimation Entertainment

FUNimation Entertainment

Funimation is an American entertainment company. Originally founded in 1994 by Gen Fukunaga, the company became a subsidiary of Navarre Corporation on May 11, 2005...

, set for release across the region in summer 2008. Caitlin Glass

Caitlin Glass

Caitlin Tiffany Glass is an American voice actress and ADR director. While still a college student, Glass was hired by Funimation Entertainment while on a tour of the studio. Her first roles were bit parts on Case Closed until she landed the role of Hiyono Yuizaki in Spiral...

 is the ADR director of the series. FUNimation announced two cast members every Friday on their website for the series which led up to the main cast announcements at Anime Expo

Anime Expo

Anime Expo, abbreviated AX, is an American anime convention held in Los Angeles, California and organized by the non-profit Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation . With rare exceptions, the convention is traditionally held on the July 4th weekend and lasts for four days...

 2008. The first anime DVD set containing the first thirteen episodes was released on October 28, 2008 in North America; and the second volume became available on January 6, 2009 containing the last thirteen episodes.

Episode list

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See also

• List of Ouran High School Host Club chapters
• List of Ouran High School Host Club characters