It looks like another Funimation series has quietly cycled back into availability on Netflix this month with Ouran High School Host Club now streaming there. The complete run is now available on the service in its original Japanese language with English subtitles as well as the English dubbed version.
Based on the manga from Bisco Hatori, the twenty-six episode anime series was directed by Takuya Igarashi based on the series composition and scripts from Yoji Enokido. Kumiko Takahashi served as the character designer as well as the chief animator. The series was animated at BONES. The opening theme was”Sakura kiss” as performed by Chieko Kawabe while the ending theme is “Shissou” as performed by LAST ALLIANCE.
The Japanese cast Maaya Sakamoto as Haruhi Fujioka, Ayaka Saito as Mitsukuni Haninozuka, Daisuke Kirii as Takashi Morinozuka, Kenichi Suzumura as Hikaru Hitachiin, Mamoru Miyano as Tamaki Suou, Masaya Matsukaze as Kyoya Ootori, Yoshinori Fujita as Kaoru Hitachiin and
The English cast Caitlin Glass as Haruhi Fujioka, Vic Mignogna as Tamaki Suou, Greg Ayres as Kaoru Hitachiin, J. Michael Tatum as Kyoya Ohtori, Luci Christian as Mitsukuni “Honey” Haninozuka, Mike McFarland as Ryuuji “Ranka” Fujioka, Monica Rial as Renge Houshakuji, Patrick Seitz as Umehito Nekozawa, Todd Haberkorn as Hikaru Hitachiin and Travis Willingham as Takashi Morinozuka.
Plot concept: Ouran High School. An institution of extravagance and prestige where learning is secondary to luxury. Bookish Haruhi can’t afford to slack, being on a scholarship and out of place among the moneyed. No matter – the Host Club is now open! A group of handsome boys dedicated to selling their charms to their bored female classmates, Haruhi is suddenly in debt to the club after breaking an expensive vase in their lair. The only way to pay for the damage? Haruhi will work as a Host! The only problem? Haruhi is a she!
Between the wildly inflated ego of the expert escorts and the potential calamities of constant cross dressing, Haruhi’s freshman year looks like it will be one to remember.
