A promotional bookmark made from a film strip of a key scene in the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya movie has been auctioned off for $3990 USD (356,000 Yen) on Yahoo! Auctions Japan. From ANN: YenThe auction for a film strip randomly given to a repeat viewer of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya movie just ended on Monday evening at 356,000 yen (about US$3,990). To encourage fans to watch the movie again, the producers launched a “Film Bookmark Repeater Campaign” late last month. Fans can redeem the two movie ticket stubs ...
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The latest issue of The Sneaker has announced that a part of the 10th novel in Nagaru Tanigawa’s Haruhi Suzumiya series will be published in its next issue. Volume 10 is entitled the “The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya” and has been postponed since 2007. The next issue of The Sneaker will be released on April 30th. However, with Baka-Tsuki recently forced to stop their English translation of the novel, whether a fan translation will ever be available in the future is up in the air. Thanks to abdozain ...
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Haruhi media has been spotted in a “Akihabara Majokko Princess” music video from actress Kirsten Dunst, McG and Takashi Murakami.  The video was shot in Tokyo’s Akihabara district and features Dunst singing The Vapors’ “Turning Japanese” song while cosplaying as a Majokko (Mahou Shoujo or Magic Girl). Dunst is a self-professed chidhood Sailor Moon fan and has provided dubbing for the English version of Kiki’s Delivery Service film in the past. Note to viewers, the video contains a small amount of nude hentai images, though nothing highly obscene it’s probably ...
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New 15 and 30 second versions of a commercial for the Haruhi Suzumiya movie have been posted at the haruhi.tv website.  The song in the background is the official theme for the movie, “Yasashii Bokyaku” by Minori Chihara.  The end of the commercial lists a DVD release date: Feb. 26, 2010.  This could be very good news for the Haruhi fan community as fansubs will soon follow. Thanks for jstarz and sonicdaman for sending in the news tip. Share your Haruhi-related news and media by sending it in.
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It’s a little late, but an entrepreneurial Haruhi fan has made a working version of the Day of Sagittarius III game as an App for Apple’s iPhone. As most will recall, Day of Sagittarius was a game made by the Computer Research Society to challenge Haruhi and the SOS Brigade in the episode of the same name from the first season of Haruhi Suzumiya. The objective is to maneuver your fleet of starships around the map to destroy the enemy fleet. The game is priced at $2 at ...
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It has been confirmed that Bandai will be releasing the second season of Haruhi Suzumiya as a complete collection as opposed to the individual volumes that season 1 was distributed as. The announcement first came in the form of a repost of a previous ASOS video announcing the licensing of the season 2 DVDs for North America. The move is believed to be largely due to the Endless Eight episodes dominating the second season. Anime distribution companies usually rely on individual DVD volume to bolster sales before offering box sets; ...
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I did a double take when I saw this in my inbox the other day – of all the creations that could have derived from Haruhiism fandom, I would have never imagined a FPS game would be one of them. This fan shooter works off of the original DOOM game (via Legacy Engine) and is based off of the Adventures of Mikuru Asahina seen in the first episode of the anime.  The story taken from the game’s manual: You are Mikuru Asahina, a waitress from the future who is here to ...
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In case anyone forgot, the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya movie premiered this past Saturday in movie theaters across Japan to great fanfare. At the Sunshine Cinema in Tokyo, die-hard Haruhi fans began lining up 8 hours prior to the first screening in the cold of the early morning (source); the line-up eventually stretched up to 500 people. As common to many anime movie events, Haruhi merchandise and special promotional items were readily available to be gobbled up by avid Haruhiists. Some photos of the movie premier can be ...
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Yenpress has recently licensed Puyo’s The Melancholy of Suzumiya-Haruhi-Chan manga for North American publication. The manga has been in publication since 2008 in Kadokawa Shoten’s Shonen Ace. Most fans believed the gag manga would not see the light of day overseas so a scanlation group has been (slowly) translating the chapters. In other Haruhi publication news, Little Brown Young Readers will be releasing the third volume of the Haruhi Suzumiya light novels (The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya) in July; at current pace, the next volume should be ready in another 5-6 ...
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As a follow up to the post about the English Haruhi Suzumiya season 2 DVD announcement, posted below are the English versions of “Super Driver” and “Tomare!” Both songs are performed by Christina Vee; Christina’s recent appearance on the ASOS promo video pretty much confirmed that she will provide the vocals for the OP (and possibly the ED) songs on the English version DVDs. You can check out Chistina Vee’s Youtube Channel here. Thanks to Abraham for sending this in. If you have Haruhi-related news or media to share, please ...
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Found this one on Youtube yesterday and thought it was pretty clever: all eight episodes from the Endless Eight arc played simultaneously side-by-side in one 25 minute video.  If you haven’t watched all of Endless Eight yet, this will save you 175 minutes of your time but will probably give you a big headache trying to process all of it :p Part 1/3: Part 2/3: Part 3/3:
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