Several manga series have been developed based on the Haruhi Suzumiya light novels written by Nagaru Tanigawa and illustrated by Noizi Ito.
The first one, by Makoto Mizuno, ran from May to December 2004 issues of Shōnen Ace and was partially compiled in one volume published in August 2004. It was considerably different from the light novels in its one published volume, having little input from the original author.
The second series, illustrated by Gaku Tsugano, ran from November 2005 to November 2013 issues,[1] with a younger target audience than the original novels. On April 17, 2008, Yen Press announced that they had acquired the license for the North American release of the first four volumes of the second manga series, promising the manga would not be censored.[2]
The third adaptation, was an official parody four-panel comic strip titled The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan by Puyo started serialization in Shōnen Ace on July 26, 2007, and in The Sneaker on August 30, 2007. Yen Press licensed the Haruhi-chan manga series for an English release in North America[3] and released the first volume on October 26, 2010.[4]
Another manga, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (長門有希ちゃんの消失, Nagato Yuki-chan no Shōshitsu), also by Puyo, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Young Ace between July 2009 and August 2016. It is set in the alternate timeline established in the fourth light novel, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, where Yuki Nagato is a shy schoolgirl as opposed to an alien.[5] The series has also been licensed in North America by Yen Press.[6]
A dōjinshi of note is the four-panel parody manga Nyorōn Churuya-san by Eretto (Utsura Uraraka). Starring a super deformed, smoked cheese-loving version of Tsuruya this manga was published in three volumes (released in August 2006, February 2007, and October 2007)[7] before beginning serialization in the magazine Comp Ace in November 2008.[8]