Otaku won’t want to miss The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, which attracted a cult following when it aired in Japan last year. On Kyon's first day of high school, the beautiful girl sitting behind him introduces herself to the rest of the class as Haruhi Suzumiya and then invites all aliens, time travelers, sliders, or espers to hang out with her. Kyon is just your average teenage guy, but it isn’t long before he’s badgered into joining Haruhi's new school club, the SOS Brigade anyway. As you might imagine, given that someone as eccentric as Haruhi’s in charge, weirdness ensues. You’ll laugh at Kyon’s horrified reactions to Haruhi’s crazy schemes, and be thankful that you’ve never attracted the attention of anyone quite like her. Put a hold on volumes 1 and 2 of the dvds today.

This library needs a Haruhi dance competition...I know at least a few people that would compete.

The episodes are in chronological order in the dvd sets that the library has, except for the first episode, which is a mock student film that the SOS Brigade makes.

A very good series. I recommend it, the first episode is well strange but don't let that stop you from watching the rest. The episodes are not in chronological order, they did this to make the story more dramatic towards the end instead of in the middle. [Joy is correct it looks like they are in fact in chronological order]

A dance competition would be rather amusing, but you might want to make it include cosplay. I'm not sure how many people would go to just an anime dance off.

The first episode is strange???

The whole series is completely off-the-wall...

True! But even by the standards of the rest of the series, the first episode (episode 0) is very odd. In a good way.