For Suzumiya Haruhi hath returned! Or, atleast, will return! Hopefully it’s for a second season…but I don’t care! As long as we get more haruhi! I’d be happy even if we got a 5min long OVA :P This may simply be a promo for the second DVD as talked about here. Keep your fingers crossed that it isn’t!
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Author note: As I was just about to hit the post button, the second season has been announced. While this news is in its early stages, it is great news and I guess timely with these thoughts I’ve been brewing for some time now. So, yeah, second season, color me ecstatic. [...]
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Absolute credit goes to Heisei Democracy, Moetry, and Kurogane’s Anime Blog. What you see above is the September issue of Newtype, with the words “Suzumiya Haruhi RETURNS!!” in bold letters. Whether this means a new regular TV second season or OVA remains to be seen. Stay tuned…
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So here’s the infamous poster, which clearly says “Kadokawa Pictures” and not “ADV Films” on it, in all of its Engrish glory. “But she somehow becomes defiant only to the boys she has the chemistry” It’s not as if you’re reading a Science Fiction Novel for crying out sakes…
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And it's the last week of summer before classes at UGA get started up again next Wednesday. Where did all the time go? (^^;) A bit of news from today and over the weekend for now:Otakon Licenses (via ANN) ADV did good picking up Utawarerumono, outside of changing the title to "Shadow Warrior Chronicles".... really, just leave the title as Utawarerumono, please (^^;;) Funimation picked up both seasons of School Rumble... not much of note other than those two. Kadokawa Shoten had a panel where a representative mentioned that they are in talks with various companies about licensing Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, and that it should be released next year. If I had to choose, I'd hope Geneon would pick it up since they're usually quick about things. Keep all the extras, and please, please encode it at a high bitrate and put it on a dual layer DVD9. Hopefully someone will pick up the novels as well since the Haruhi anime is heavily slanted towards those who've already read the novels. Negima!? Dated (via MOON PHASE) Starts October 4th at 17:30, and a serialization of it by Takuya Fujima is slated to start in Comic Bonbon.... 17:30, not late night? The first season could've run at that time since there was next to no service or pantsu so it's not surprising, I suppose, but still... the serialization in Bonbon would seem to indicate it will be targeted towards a younger audience as well. Just have to wait and see how it turns out... Idolmaster Anime - Idolmaster XENOGLOSSIA (via MOON PHASE) The game where you, as producer, make a girl into the most popular idol there is.... will be made into an anime by the Mai-HiME people at Sunrise? Yeah, there'll be robots. Dunno about live events ;) Director is Tatsuyuki Nagai (Honey & Clover II), series composition by Jukki Hanada (Rozen Maiden series).
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I don’t usually buy Voice Newtype, but the front cover of the August issue caught my attention. Featuring the seiyuus from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, I knew I had to get it. Especially when Aya-chan was standing right smack in the middle. Seiyuus have always been a big determining factor when I decide whether to keep [...]
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The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi has NOT been licensed… yet.
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Oh, what an amusing day it has been. Reports from the first day of Otakon saw people discovering English flyers for recent fan favourite The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. At some point along the line, this poster got associated with ADV – how, precisely, I have no idea given that it was actually a flyer [...]
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Funimation have licenced School Rumble, although one may ask what took so long. It will be great to see people getting it confused with “Rumbling Hearts”. Someone, possibly ADV, has in all likelihood licenced The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi. Can the obsession strike twice? Already the ADV hate has kicked into high gear, which gave me [...]
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From Anime News Service, 8-4-06 (6:03AM EDT)——Suzumiya Haruhi Computer Viruses Everyone pretty much knows the popularity of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya has taken on viral proportions but this is just rediculous. First identified in Japan sometime in July, 2006, 2 new computer viruses have been on the spread, using omake images from the breakout hit anime. [...]
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