| 9:48am | Alter announces school uniform Haruhi, Shuffle’s Asa | | | | The official site of figure maker Alter was updated today with two new figures scheduled for release in November of this year: Suzumiya Haruhi (school uniform ver.) from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu, and Shigure Asa from SHUFFLE! MEMORIES. The Haruhi figure is being produced in cooperation with Chara-Ani... | | |
| 7:18am | Nendoroid Petit - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya Set #3 | | | | GSC announced its third Nendoroid Petit Haruhi series, this time featuring all five members of the SOS brigade in Day of Sagittarius and Extravaganza (Gekisou) outfits. A box of 12 (ten different types of figurines + one secret, might be Mikuru) costs 6,000 yen (~$56.62). I’m making the =D and... | | |
| 4:20am | Griffon does Goth Punk Mikuru | | | | Figure maker Griffon updated their official site yesterday with the news that they'll be producing a "goth punk" version of Asahina Mikuru from Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. She's scheduled for release in October at 8,500 yen retail, 1/7 scale and 24.5 cm tall, with a sculpt from Yamamoto Masahiro. Preorders... | | |
| 4:07pm | How Did I Not Know About This? | | | | I was looking around for info on the Haruhi novels for a friend who was too lazy to do it himsefl, and I came upon this: a book from a company called Cocoro Media titled Haruhi Suzumiya Yearbook: A Guide to the Many Moods of Haruhi Suzumiya. Here’s the blurb on the book and author: Product Description... | | |
| 1:37pm | OH MY GOODNESS. OUR GENDERBENDING HARUHI PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED | | | | I have shed over 9000 gallons of tears. Sniff.So it is true? Persistent wishing might end up as a reality. I will just keep this short and simple- Kyoani is doing a special DVD as display of appreciation for all the support fans have been giving for the studio and the anime Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu.Special... | | |
| 10:54pm | Haruhi site down on Tanabata: more thoughts on the new season |  | | | We once again get teased by clever Internet tricks This past Monday, July 7th, which is the Tanabata festival in Japan and an extremely important day in The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya series, the official haruhi.tv site went down and was replaced with a 404 error page. The only thing displayed... | | |
| 7:57am | Cool Items: Friday, July 11, 2008 | | | | Here are today's "really cool products" that I've picked out for you, out of the 30+ new items we've added to the J-List and JBOX.com sites today. Note that some products may be "not safe for work" but that all links will allow you to redirect yourself either to the J-List or JBOX.com websites. To see... | | |
| 9:04pm | [PR] BANG ZOOM! ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES NEW VOICE ACTING WORKSHOPS | | | | BANG ZOOM! ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES NEW VOICE ACTING WORKSHOPS BASED ON ROUSING SUCCESS OF ANIME EXPO EVENTS Unique Workshops Taught By Notable Anime Voice Actors Attracted Standing Room Only Crowds And Spurred Demand For New Workshop On July 19th At Bang Zoom! Studios Burbank, CA, July 10, 2008 –... | | |
| 2:36pm | ロボット萌え[robot-moe] | | | | If you haven’t realised this yet, please try to recall as much the anime you have watched as you could. I am pretty sure you have already seen this in all your life. To get to the point, ロボット[robotto] means a robot. I think you already see what I am going to sayYes, ロボット here... | | |
| 3:38pm | Cosfest 2008: Suzumiya Haruhi | | | | I has affinity with Haruhi! ^^; And the second set of photos from Cosfest 2008. Here we have a super cute Suzumiya Haruhi! I managed to snatch her away from the photographers to get some of her time to do a small photoshoot. More pictures of uber uber cute Haruhi after the jump! #1 Kawaii Haruhi Cosplayer... | | |
| 1:54pm | Anime Releases for July 2008 | | | | ADV Films ADVFilms.com July 8, 2008Cromartie High School DVD Complete Collection (Thinpak) - 325 minTokyo Majin Vol. #4 - 125 minWelcome to the NHK Vol. #5 - 100 min July 15, 2008Devil May Cry Vol. #3 - 100 minFull Metal Panic? FUMOFFU DVD Complete Collection (Thinpak) - 300 minShattered Angels Vol.... | | |
| 6:50am | Do-not-want: Hirano Aya AV gets produced ? |  | | | No..it is not the actual Hirano Aya that we know, but rather a look alike. TMA productions (if you are familiarthey are the ones who did the Fate/Stay Night, Lucky Star, Haruhi cosplay hentai).They decided to make one based on Hirano Aya. -.-”’ Titled 平○綾の憂鬱 / The Melancholy... | | |
| 3:53am | “Britney.” |  | | | Gloss. By some strange and cruel twist of fate, and despite a deluge of delicious words like ‘blaxploitation’ and ‘gentrisone’ from our readers, good old Impz managed to pull ‘Britney’ out of the hat Okay, so it actually wasn’t that bad. With some serious mind-stretching,... | | |
| 8:16pm | Fighting against fansubs is pointless | | | | I read The Anime Almanac’s recent essay with a great interest. Effectively titled “Greg Ayres and the Fight Against Fansubs”, it presents an industry-biased perspective on the massive proliferation of anime fansubs, via the enthusiasm of Greg Ayres, a “hardcore otaku” turned... | | |
| 10:52am | Setsukyie on Suzumiya Haruhi |  | | | Today, 2nd of July is the date when the anime, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya ended 2 years ago. Coincidently, my birthday falls on the same date. I’m officially 15 years old today!^_^So, you can say that I’m writing this in conjunction with my birthday. Since there is no better birthday... | | |
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