Post by tiramisuu on Jul 30, 2007 20:16:57 GMT 10
Ouran High School Host Club (桜蘭高校ホスト部, Ōran Kōkō Hosuto Kurabu) is the title of a Japanese fiction series created by Japanese author Bisco Hatori centering around a group of high school friends in the same club - the Host Club.
The series started as a manga serialized in LaLa magazine on August 5, 2003. The manga is unfinished with ten complete volumes released in Japan. The manga has been licensed by United States based company Viz Media with nine volumes released in English. Ouran was adapted into a 26-episode anime television series directed by Takuya Igarashi and produced by Bones, which aired from April 5, 2006 to September 26, 2006 in Japan.
Plot Summary
Ouran High School Host Club is a story that takes place primarily at Ouran High School, an exclusive institution for students from incredibly wealthy and affluent families. One exception is scholarship student Haruhi Fujioka, a young student from a lower-middle class family. Because of the superlative cost of the school uniform, Haruhi resorts to wearing long slacks, polo shirts and a vest that resembles the male student's uniform with large glasses and tousled short hair. Therefore, upon entering school, Haruhi was assumed to be, by most, a male student.
Because the Ouran High School libraries are filled with gossiping students, Haruhi seeks out the Third Music Room, supposedly unused, as a quiet place to study. But Haruhi finds that this room has been taken over by the Host Club - a group of six attractive male students who spend their time charming and entertaining the school's girls for profit. During their first meeting, Haruhi is shocked at their behavior which causes her to accidentally knock over a very expensive vase valued at ¥8,000,000 ($80,000 in the English manga). This causes Haruhi to contract a massive debt with the Host Club. In order to pay off the large sum, Haruhi is employed as the club's "dog" and is constantly ordered to do menial tasks for the members such as serving food or cleaning up.
Once the club president, Tamaki Suou, sees how attractive Haruhi looks without glasses, Haruhi is promoted to be one of the hosts of the club as a way to pay off the huge debt. One by one, the other club members take notice, until even the club president finally discovers that Haruhi is, in fact, a female, with a self-proclaimed 'low threshold for gender identity'. However, since she has already been accepted by the club's customers and has become one of the main attractions, Haruhi is allowed to continue being a host provided she conceals the fact that she is a female. She is forced to stay until she has accumulated a total of 100 (later, 1000) customers, at which time her debt would be considered paid in full.
Japanese voice actors
* Maaya Sakamoto as Haruhi Fujioka
* Mamoru Miyano as Tamaki Suou
* Ayaka Saito as Mitsukuni Haninozuka (Hunny)
* Daisuke Kirii as Takashi Morinozuka (Mori)
* Yoshinori Fujita as Kaoru Hitachiin
* Kenichi Suzumura as Hikaru Hitachiin.
* Masaya Matsukaze as Kyoya Ootori
Songs
* Opening Theme: "Sakura kiss" by Chieko Kawabe
* Ending Theme: "Shissou" by Last Alliance
Credits: Wikipedia
