
* Updated November 7th, 2008 *

Release date news!
Funimation debuted the thinpak first American release of Ouran at Anime USA convention on October 12th, and I hope your copy is in your happy little hands by now!
The general release date of the first thirteen episodes of Ouran was October 28, 2008
[A Halloween treat, for sure! =) ],
and the second thirteen, coming on January 6, will be Funimation's first release of 2009.
Director: Takuya Igarashi (of "Sailor Moon" fame)
Series creator: manga-ka Bisco (Bisuko) Hatori
"Haruhi Fujioka is a scholarship student at exclusive Ouran High School,
where it turns out that the
bespectacled, short-haired Haruhi is the only student from a lower-middle class family [a/k/a "commoner"]
in attendance.
Then, to make matters worse, one day she breaks an eight-million-yen [$80,000] vase that
belongs to one of the campus clubs: a mysterious outfit called the
'Host Club,' consisting of six super-rich
(and gorgeous) guys.
Mistaking Haruhi for a boy at first, they force her to work for the club to pay the damages,
but when she proves to be a hit with the female students who come to be charmed and entertained, the guys
decide it's more fun keeping up the charade..."
That's the kernel of it, but it barely conveys a fraction of the charm,
wit, elegance and humor--and the surprising depth of emotion--of this little floral confection.

Number of episodes in series: 26 {no, there is no second season}
Series composition: Yoji Enokido (also "Sailor Moon"; series writer for "Melody of Oblivion";
writer on FLCL, RahXephon, and Evangelion)
Opening theme: "Sakura Kiss" by Chieko Kawabe
Ending theme: "Shissou" by LAST ALLIANCE
Stay awhile and meet the Host Club--they'd love to
entertain you!