Nagaru Tanigawa, creator of the franchise
Nagaru Tanigawa (谷川 流, Tanigawa Nagaru), born December 19, 1970, is a Japanese author. He is a graduate of the law school at Kwansei Gakuin University. He is best known as the creator of the Haruhi Suzumiya series for which he won the grand prize at the eighth annual Sneaker Awards and has been adapted into an anime television series. While Tanigawa was on hiatus from writing his light novel series, he wrote the manga series Amnesia Labyrinth, which was serialized in Dengeki Bunko Magazine.
As a native of Hyōgo, Tanigawa speaks the Kansai-ben dialect, but the Haruhi series is written in the Tokyo dialect instead. He grew up in Nishinomiya, between Kobe and Osaka, and is part of the Hyōgo Prefecture, in the Kansai region (関西地方 Kansai-chihō) of Japan. Numerous landmarks in Nishinomiya, including the high school, feature in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya anime. The light novel series has also mentioned the Hanshin Tigers (based in real life Nishinomiya).
Other Works[]
Light Novels and Short Stories[]
- Haruhi Suzumiya Light Novels
- Round-Trip (short story)
Published in Dengeki Bunko and Dengeki Moeoh[]
- Let's Leave the School (学校を出よう! Gakkō o Deyō!) series (hiatus)
- Escape from The School
- I-My-Me
- The Laughing Bootleg
- Final Destination
- Not Dead or Not Alive
- Vampire Syndrome
This series focused on teenage psychics escaping from the EMP Academy.
- Dengeki Aegis 5 (電撃!! イージス5) (two volumes, complete)
- The Closed Universe (hiatus)
- The Despairing Ones (絶望系 閉じられた世界 Zetsubōkei Tojirareta Sekai)
- The Guardian of my World; Boku no Sekai o Mamoru Hito (僕のセカイをまもるヒト) (three volumes, complete)
Manga[]
- Amnesia Labyrinth (Kagerō Meikyū) (蜻蛉迷宮) (complete, 2 volumes)
- Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Desu (Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan) (in collaboration, complete)
Trivia[]
- Tanigawa grew up in Nishinomiya, between Kōbe and Ōsaka. The series has mentioned the Hanshin Tigers (based on real life Nishinomiya). Numerous landmarks in Nishinomiya, including the high school and areas of nearby Kōbe and Ōsaka, feature in the anime. Lists of examples can be found at: Location Hunt - Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱舞台の検証 (Verification of the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya), 夙川駅特急停車の準備が着々と進んでいる (Preparation for Sugawawa station express stops), and 聖地巡礼の旅 涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱 通学路編 (Travel of the Holy Land Pilgrimage — The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya School Route).