Nagaru Tanigawa

Nagaru Tanigawa (谷川 流, Tanigawa Nagaru, born December 19, 1970) is a Japanese author from Hyōgo Prefecture, in the Kinki region of Japan. He is a graduate of the law school at Kwansei Gakuin University. He is best known for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya for which he won the grand prize at eighth annual Sneaker Awards and has been adapted as an anime television series. Though all of Tanigawa's light novel series have been on hiatus for several years, he started working on a manga series titled Kagerou Meikyū; serialized in Degeki Bunko magazine, the first bound volume was released in Japan August 2009, and in the US (under the title Amnesia Labyrinth) February 2011.

Works

Light novels

Haruhi Suzumiya series

Status: Ongoing

• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu) — ISBN 4-04-429201-9
• The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの溜息, Suzumiya Haruhi no Tameiki) — ISBN 4-04-429202-7
• The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの退屈, Suzumiya Haruhi no Taikutsu) — ISBN 4-04-429203-5
• The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの消失, Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoshitsu) — ISBN 4-04-429204-3
• The Rashness of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの暴走, Suzumiya Haruhi no Bōsō) — ISBN 4-04-429205-1
• The Disturbance of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの動揺, Suzumiya Haruhi no Dōyō) — ISBN 4-04-429206-X
• The Scheme of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの陰謀, Suzumiya Haruhi no Inbō) — ISBN 4-04-429207-8
• The Anger of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憤慨, Suzumiya Haruhi no Fungai) — ISBN 4-04-429208-6
• The Dissociation of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの分裂, Suzumiya Haruhi no Bunretsu) — ISBN 978-4-04-429209-6
• The Astonishment of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの驚愕, Suzumiya Haruhi no Kyogaku) — ISBN 978-4-04-429210-8

Let's Leave the School (学校を出よう!, Gakkō o Deyō!) series

Status: On hiatus

• Escape from The School — ISBN 4-8402-2355-6
• I-My-Me — ISBN 4-8402-2433-1
• The Laughing Bootleg — ISBN 4-8402-2486-2
• Final Destination — ISBN 4-8402-2632-6
• Not Dead or Not Alive — ISBN 4-8402-2781-0
• Vampire Syndrome — ISBN 4-8402-2828-0

Dengeki Aegis 5

Status: Complete

• Dengeki!! Aegis 5 (電撃!! イージス5) — ISBN 4-8402-2852-3
• Dengeki!! Aegis 5 Act.II (電撃!! イージス5 Act.II) — ISBN 4-8402-3173-7

The Closed Universe

Status: On hiatus

• The Despairing Ones (絶望系 閉じられた世界, Zetsubōkei Tojirareta Sekai) — ISBN 4-8402-3021-8

The Guardian of my World

Status: Complete

• Boku no Sekai o Mamoru Hito (僕のセカイをまもるヒト) — ISBN 4-8402-3206-7
• Boku no Sekai o Mamoru Hito 2 (僕のセカイをまもるヒト 2) — ISBN 4-8402-3444-2
• Boku no Sekai o Mamoru Hito ex (僕のセカイをまもるヒト ex) — ISBN 4-8402-3615-1

Manga

Kagerou Meikyu (Amnesia Labyrinth)

Status: Ongoing

• Kagerou Meikyu 1 (蜻蛉迷宮 1) — ISBN 4-0486-8067-6
• Kagerou Meikyu 2 (蜻蛉迷宮 2) — ISBN 4-0486-8301-2

Collaborations

Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Desu

Status: Complete

• Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan Desu (撲殺天使ドクロちゃんです) — ISBN 4-8402-3443-4

External links

• Nagaru Tanigawa at Anime News Network's encyclopedia