Haruhi Season 2 Due (Says Newspaper)
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Jan 12, 2009 18:49 JST
- Tags: Continuations, Haruhi, Kyoto Animation, Marketing, Mass Media, NewType
There will be a second season of the Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi, says major rag Mainichi. For details, see Newtype, they say.
The almost surreal marketing efforts surrounding Haruhi seem to have become yet more convoluted with this.
On the one hand, many are quick to point out that surely they are jumping the gun in reporting an announcement of an announcement a month in advance? Should the announcement turn out to be marketing fun and games they will have made themselves a laughingstock.
On the other hand, many wonder if perhaps Mainichi have reason to be confident; possibly they have behind the scenes assurances of what may transpire?
Mainichi may have a damaged reputation, but they are still a major, respectable newspaper, so from this perspective it is a little implausible that they would make fools of themselves by reporting a non-story; making a Haruhi related error also seems unlikely given the announcement comes from their anime section, which is able to follow these matters professionally.
Whatever the case, Newtype have secured a major marketing coup either way – now they have national newspapers reporting on their vague announcement of a possible new series announcement.
Haruhi marketing at its finest.
Hope its not a fake.. ToT
There was a fake news about it?
Yeah. Looong time ago. October 2007, IIRC.
As early as late august that year they were telling us Haruhi season 2 might be airing that fall, we got some weird-ass live action ultra-teaser video and lucky star in return.
as long as its animated by kyoto animation and retains the funny-ness of season 1 i dont care when it comes out.
agreed
If we EVER get a second season, it better have ass loads of Tsuruya
Couldn’t agree more.
it wont if its from the novels its supposed to be from. Tsuruya’s hardly in it at all. There is loads of Mikuru (and big Mikuru) as well as a cuter Nagato though…
Would rather see more of adult Mikuru personally . . .
loplop I know you would like more of adult Mikuru!
if it goes by the storyline, you won’t be disappointed
I’ve always loved this Yuji illustration of Haruhi, along with his Rei/Asuka ones.
Agree with you. One of the best illustrators out there.
Wait…there was doubts that a second season would come? Give me a fucking break, that cash cow is going to be milked until there is nothing more than a dried husk.
Hey, we’re still seeing Dragonball and Eva stuff, and I’m pretty sure those cows dried up years ago. Still getting stuff out of ‘em, though.
Haruhi 2…I wish >.>
Now if only they will release that damned novel…
It’s been a year and a half since the original release date, ffs…
They could make make this anime nonstop forever and I’d watch it
I wonder if there’ll be more game references like Phoenix Wright xD
And turn it into a Naruto like faggotery? No way! I’d rather watch a small series with the quality we’re used to than see it become an endless piece of plotless nonsense.
lol haruhi isn’t plotless non-sense?
No u lolololloloollololo
YES. THIS IS GOOD. Seriously, we’ve been waiting forever.
Eh? Didn’t we know this already a long time ago? Do they have details or are they just saying that there will be a second season because if they are then they are just slow.
Well with the director issues and ect the length of time its taken makes sense. I just hope they stick with using book 4 as the base of the story with some chapters of book 3 (a few of the promos they did made it seem like it)
If its based off Book 4 it will be far far better then S1 of haruhi.
I’m just hoping it lives up to the previous season.
Too bad there isn’t a date
Meh command the 2nd season of my anime will be The Dissapearence chapter…
This is good news if this is the real deal but if it’s not it’s quite sad after this long we still getting played by them for fooling us that a season 2 gonna come out.
Lemme see the anime first before I believe the news. Too much teasing I lost interest…
Due….in many years to come.
Haven’t even watched the first season of Haruhi yet and I don’t get whats all the fuss about the 2nd season appearing……
Blasphemy!
The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi is epic stuff, go watch it!
Someone get the torches! ;)
I’ve seen it and I still get what all the fuss is about. It was a very enjoyable series, and I’d definitely watch a second season, but I would’t kill for one.
well of course you wouldn’t know what the fuss was about over the announcement of a second anything if you haven’t experienced the first.
It’s a unique experience. Believe me!
I’ll only believe it when I see it~
Considering how many times we’ve been cockteased, I’m not holding out hope for Season 2 this decade.
hmm… maybe this is the disappearance of haruhi suzumiya… the disappearance of the series that is..
More Nagato-chan!!!
All the way :D
The Disappearance arc huh… I dunno, Haruhi feels like a thing of the past to me. It’s been literally months since I’ve read the ninth volume and the series has been pushed to the back of my mind. I just want to to know what Kyoto Animation will animate after it (hopefully Little Busters but that’s probably too early, or too hard).
i hope that there is a second season to the haruhi series. there are so many pieces of the story that still doesn’t add up. i read the manga and the anime has been good, but there is so much missing between the two. i hope that the series hasn’t been cut.