Ouran Koukou Host Club (Ouran High School Host Club)

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Synonyms: Ohran Koko Host Club, Ouran Koukou Hosutobu, Ouran Koukou Host Bu, OHSHC

Japanese: 桜蘭高校ホスト部

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Type: TV

Episodes: 26

Status: Finished Airing

Aired: Apr 5, 2006 to Sep 27, 2006

Premiered: Spring 2006

Broadcast: Wednesdays at 00:50 (JST)

Producers: VAP, Hakusensha, Nippon Television Network

Licensors: Funimation

Studios: Bones

Source: Manga

Genres: Comedy, Romance

Themes: Crossdressing, Reverse Harem, School

Demographic: Shoujo

Duration: 23 min. per ep.

Rating: PG-13 - Teens 13 or older

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Score: 8.16¹ (scored by 668,032 users)

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Ranked: #408²

² based on the top anime page. Please note that 'Not yet aired' and 'R18+' titles are excluded.

Popularity: #128

Members: 1,103,096

Favorites: 33,904

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Synopsis

Haruhi Fujioka is a studious girl who has recently enrolled at the prestigious Ouran Academy. One day, while looking for a quiet and peaceful place to study, she stumbles across a seemingly unused music room. Upon entering, Haruhi is welcomed by the members of the well-known Host Club: a club in which attractive boys amuse girls from across the entire school. However, when Tamaki Suou—the founder and president of the club—startles the bright scholarship student, she accidentally breaks an expensive vase.

With repayment looking difficult for Haruhi, the Host Club members come up with the perfect solution to the girl's problem: work for the club and ultimately become a Host herself! Mistaken for a boy by her peers, Haruhi has to entertain various female students while coping with her fellow Hosts' extravagant personalities.

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In addition to this anime and the source manga, Ouran Koukou Host Club also received a visual novel adaptation for PlayStation 2 in 2007 and Nintendo DS in 2009. Furthermore, it spawned a live-action TV series and film that were released in Japan in 2011 and 2012, respectively.

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Characters & Voice Actors

Suou, Tamaki

Main

Miyano, Mamoru
Japanese

Fujioka, Haruhi

Main

Sakamoto, Maaya
Japanese

Hitachiin, Hikaru

Main

Suzumura, Kenichi
Japanese

Ootori, Kyouya

Main

Matsukaze, Masaya
Japanese

Hitachiin, Kaoru

Main

Fujita, Yoshinori
Japanese

Haninozuka, Mitsukuni

Main

Saitou, Ayaka
Japanese

Morinozuka, Takashi

Main

Kirii, Daisuke
Japanese

Nekozawa, Umehito

Supporting

Ueda, Yuuji
Japanese

Kasanoda, Ritsu

Supporting

Hatano, Wataru
Japanese

Houshakuji, Renge

Supporting

Yoshizumi, Kozue
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Cook, Justin

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Minami, Masahiko

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Tamura, Manabu

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Nakatani, Toshio

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Opening Theme

"Sakura Kiss" by Chieko Kawabe

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Ending Theme

"Shissou" by Last Alliance

Reviews

Jan 15, 2007

Kanashimi

Recommended

Character(s) & Their Development
Every character is based with a sterotype near the beginning of the series. The real question though is if the characters actually grow out of their set roles. After watching the whole series that's both a yes and a no. It all comes down to the fact that the manga is still going and the characters are still maturing in that format; thus, they can only grow so far in the anime without making it a new story entirely. Sure, they stay towards their first impressions but, there are a handful of episodes that explain each Host Club member and their reasoning ... behind attitude, outlook, and for joining the club in the first place.

A keen example is Tamaki and his feelings for Haruhi. In the beginning, he takes on a father role towards her and the audience is made to believe that this is only part of his nature; however, the viewers should realize that this is because of the feelings he holds for her. Even Tamaki doesn't understand it and in episode twenty-three is forced to question it. He probably can't comprehend his feelings in the end, but he seems to establish some understanding towards Haruhi. Really, characters do grow but they tend to have done a lot of growing before the show was established, and quite a few past experiences are explained through-out the episodes. Either way, the audience is given the chance to fall in love with the characters before they begin to change, which adds a nice and smooth transition.

Animation
I've found people complain at the lack of the details made towards the characters themselves. Then again, how much detail do you want on a character that's about to turn chibi on your ass? Seriously, the animators did a wonderful job at finding a keen balance between common and glorious so that when a touching moment is needed, the characters have that necessary lovely animation & while during the hyper-active moments, the characters are bouncy and have a jelly-like movement.

One thing that caught my attention after reviewing certain episodes was how detailed the background could be. I hadn't noticed it on the first run through due to how into the show I was; however, if you pay attention, you really notice how wealthy the animators attempted to make the school look. Look at the ceilings and the inscriptions into it, that's pretty damn detailed to me.

Music
I was iffy about the music in the beginning. Once I heard the first line of the opening, Sakura Kiss, I felt the catchiness; however, after listening to the whole thing I wasn't direly impressed. The ending song, Shissou, I didn't like at all. It just sounded like normal Japanese rock. I was disappointed even more when I found LAST ALLIANCE was the band who preformed it because they could have done a lot better.

Regardless, I gave the music a chance and got a copy of the available soundtracks. While watching the show I found the melody coordinated with many places perfectly, surely in the Ouran world the music full of rich violins, playful piano, and elegant harp was a match made in heaven. In it’s own way everything works... but that ending song.

Dubbing/Subbing
Since there is no dubbing released, I can't comment on that; however, the subtitles by Lunar Anime provided on their fansub were wonderfully done. Generally, I don't like to comment on subtitles because what's there to say, but what I liked was how many notes were provided to get said joke. It was also produced very nicely for the English audience.

Overall
Simply, Ouran High School Host Club is just a fun old time. It's got the wackiness to pull you into a fit of giggles, but at the same time enough character development to move along with a pretty random plot. I was going to skip this series entirely because I tend to avoid popular shows now-a-days; however, in the end I'm glad I didn't. This was certainly worth my time and I guarantee it's worth yours, too. It's hard to find a character or a part that you plainly didn't like. So, unless you're extremely nit-picky, then there shouldn't be a problem to enjoy this anime.

There are lots of laughs and pretty boys waiting for you at the Host Club so what are you reading this review for?

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Apr 12, 2022

alxtilla

Mixed Feelings

I had liked this anime but I really can not over look how fucking problematic and offensive it really is.
I have seen a couple of people on tiktok talking about this as well.

There are so many "jokes" in this that are really intensive and just wrong. I'm not going to even talk about the "incest trope" with the twins cause that's self explanatory.

1. The transphobia, they literally use the use the T-slur at haruhi's dad (its in the dub not sure about the sub)

2. The blatant lesbophobia and misogyny

3. The literal n3zi "jokes"
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Jul 8, 2011

xFucktheglasses

Not Recommended

Probably one of the worst anime's I watched. Everything about the anime in my opinion is honestly horrible. Have you wanted to find out the real truth about this anime? Then look no further! Just read on!! :D

Story 3/10: The story is honestly the worst plot I have ever heard, a girl goes to a rich school. Of course she has extremely short hair and looks like a man due to some 'gum incident'! Its overly predictable. There is too many of these stupid drama high school animes to begin with, though Ouran High School Host Club is by far the worst.
... This anime was supposed to have comedy in it, though not once did I find anything they said funny, what I find more pathetic is that they basically were begging you to laugh, saying the most stupid things. My response instead of laughing was actually 'why the hell am I still watching this?!' and many times I was seconds away from dropping the anime altogether.

Art 2/10: The drawings are horrible. Over 90% of the anime I had no idea what was going on due to the lighting of the show. They made it too bright and I could barely tell what was going on, having to guess most of the time, as well as the horrible lighting it hurt my eyes in a few minutes, making me want to not even watch the rest of an episode. The background and environment was badly drawn as well, making it extremely unenjoyable to watch.

Sound 3/10: They did a horrible job with the music choice. The music didn't flow nicely with the concept of the show. Although I'm not sure what could, since its such a horrible anime. The voices and recordings seems low and poor. I had to turn my speakers up very high to just barely hear what they were saying.

Characters 3/10: The characters seemed to be forced to be a certin way thoughout the whole show, making it extremely distasteful. Honestly all the guys seemed like homosexuals to me, even if their personalities wern't acting like one. They all seemed cliche which was something I dislike very much. They all seemed like a joke to me and it was very diffacult for me to take any of them seriously, in the most serious of situations.

Enjoyment 1/10: It was honestly a pathetic show. I had not one ounce of enjoyment during any part of watching it. Me finishing it is even a miracle to myself and I often wonder how I got though such a horrible anime. The beginning even starts out horrible and I just continued watching hoping that it would get better, sadly it didn't. It was honestly a total waste of my time and if I could take make the time back I used to watch this anime I would in a heartbeat.

Overall 1/10: Overall, it was the worst and most pathetic excuse for an anime I have ever seen. I honestly don't consider it an anime, it seems more like a joke to me. Everything seemed to be written by a ten year old with some sort of issue. The story was horrible, the music was horrible, and the characters were a disgrace. Why people actually enjoy is anime is mystery to me.

So if you want to waste your time and be disappointed at the end then the pathetic excuse for the anime Ouran High School Host Club is the perfect show for you! Be expected to just be disappoined in the end, because it was a major disappointment to me. Of course I know that people will be offended by this review, but I'm just speaking the honest truth of this anime. Now that the truth is out, its you choice wether you want to waste your time or not.

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