Animation Kobe
In December 2006 "The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" anime adaptation was the most popular anime series in Japan at that time according to "Newtype USA" magazine. The first two volumes had sold 70,000 and 90,000 units respectively as of August 2006. It was fifth in IGN's "Top Ten Anime of 2007" feature. A 2006 online poll of Japan's top 100 favorite animated television series of all time, conducted by TV Asahi, placed the series in fourth place. By the end of 2007 the seventh installment of the series sold 45,000 units. The anime adaptation won the Animation Kobe Award for TV Feature in 2006. At the Sixth Annual Tokyo Anime Awards, the series won the category "Best TV Anime Series" and Aya Hirano won the "Voice Acting Award." Its spin-offs, "The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya" and "Nyorōn Churuya-san", won the Network award at the 14th Animation Kobe Awards.