"Ôran kôkô hosutobu" (2006) TV series

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

4 April 2006 (Japan)

Genre:

Animation | Comedy | Romance

Plot:

At the ultra prestigious Ouran High School, Haruhi Fujioka looks for a quiet place to read and walks into an unused music room...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Cross Dressing | Anime | Geisha | Parody

Cast

Maaya Sakamoto	...	Haruhi Fujioka (26 episodes, 2006)
Kenichi Suzumura	...	Hikaru Hitachiin (26 episodes, 2006)
Mamoru Miyano	...	Tamaki Suou (26 episodes, 2006)
Yoshinori Fujita	...	Kaoru Hitachiin (26 episodes, 2006)
Ayaka Saito	...	Mitsukuni Haninozuka / ... (26 episodes, 2006)
Daisuke Kirii	...	Takashi Morinozuka / ... (26 episodes, 2006)
Masaya Matsukaze	...	Kyoya Otori (26 episodes, 2006)
Greg Ayres	...	Kaoru Hitachiin (26 episodes, 2006)
Luci Christian	...	Mitsukuni Haninozuka (26 episodes, 2006)
Caitlin Glass	...	Haruhi Fujioka (26 episodes, 2006)
Todd Haberkorn	...	Hikaru Hitachiin (26 episodes, 2006)
Vic Mignogna	...	Tamaki Suou (26 episodes, 2006)
J. Michael Tatum	...	Kyoya Ohtori (26 episodes, 2006)
Travis Willingham	...	Takashi Morinozuka (26 episodes, 2006)

Also Known As:

Ouran High School Host Club (International: English title)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:M (some episodes) | Australia:PG (some episodes) | South Korea:15

Company:

Bones

Trivia:

Vic Mignogna and Caitlin Glass both spearheaded getting Ouron to the United States for dubbing, after they both saw it in Japanese. Mingonga specifically wanted to play Tamaki Suou after falling in love with the character. Maintaining professionalism Glass still auditioned others for the role along with Mignoga. Vic's audition landed him the role in the end.

Quotes:

Tamaki Suou: Why are you washing your bag?

A really teen oriented anime show

This show tackles many social problems in a teenagers life nowadays. The first dozen episodes explains and dissects the characters for the audience and also creates some mini plots in the series that they elaborate on later. A few topics of taboo they encounter is, Lesbians, incest, rape, bullying, love triangles and gender oriented problems. No show in North America covers these things, yet maybe they do , but for me its too subtle. If America or Canada do make a show this risqué for kids then , wow! I kind of like Japanese animation better than what N.A. does.

But not all of the ones listed are taken very seriously, so it keeps the environment light and comedic. Great show even if I'm watching it from the other side of the planet. July, 5 2006 Ontario, Canada.