Haruhi Second Season Due After All?
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Mar 7, 2009 18:53 JST
- Tags: Aya Hirano, Continuations, Haruhi, Kyoto Animation, Marketing, NewType
The latest announcements with respect to Haruhi are being interpreted by many as referring to a second season airing in April, not the generally inferred rerun of the first season.
Aya Hirano is quoted as saying “Reprising the role of Haruhi was a pleasure!”
Those prepared to believe anything now largely suspect a mixed broadcast of new and old episodes.
However, this is Kadokawa, so who knows what is going on…
The usual tedious Haruhi marketing continues despite the imminence of whatever is to constitute the broadcast, and ease with which confusion could now be cleared up. The summary:
In a lengthy feature, their careful campaign of confusion continues: above you can see their theme of “renewal” applied to an old promotional image, which has been redone (below).
The comments from several seiyuu, including Aya Hirano, manage to carefully avoid giving any useful information despite amounting to several paragraphs.
Aya Hirano says “Reprising the role of Haruhi was a pleasure!”, which many take as an indication of a new season, though many also think she may be referring to Haruhi-chan and Churuya-san
Some even speculate a mixed broadcast of the two is planned, following the original out of order sequence with an additional 12 episodes, though some wonder how Kyoto Animation could manage this whilst airing K-On in the same season.
We do learn that the show, whatever it is, is due to air in the early hours of April 3rd, so the truth cannot be long in coming.









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Perhaps it will, perhaps it won't. Given their track record, I would not expect too much. It's out early April, just forget about it and watch better animu until then, and when it airs, still do not watch it. There will undoubtedly be a few hardcore retards who watch it, and will post all over the interwebs if it's a second season or not.
If you still believe anything Kadokawa and KyoAni say at this point, you should probably get a lobotomy.
They cant do it a 3rd time right? I mean, that blasphemy. But it is next to April Fools. Maybe they'll pull another Rick Roll and trick us into thinking where going to get trolled......
Ya know... Maybe they WANT you to think that it's a re-run... Only to pop up with the second season and go like APRIL FOOLS!!! HAHA!
Highly unprobable but I can dream can I?
I love Haruhi! Gimme moar! I'm still watching it lol
is it only me or did anyone notice that the new artstyle is way better than the original one...
i smell trolling!!! those bastards....
Kadokawa never directly said it was a rerun, I think there was a giant misunderstanding.
Enjoy ur second season
Not sure if anyone's commented on this yet, but the revamped version of the image has added text to Nagato's sign, instructing people to visit the SOS Brigade homepage for more information. I haven't been following these shenanigans too closely, so I'm not actually aware if said website exists, but perhaps that's something for rabid fans to go scrutinize?
Oh it does exist, I saw it some time last year
It's weird
http://www.mistakesofyouth.com/index2.php?id=moy_comics/132/index
I STILL BELIEVE IN YOU HARUHI-SAMA D:
Finally, 2012 is going to be a good year.
lol. all of you saying its an april fools joke, a lie, etc. we all kno the second the new season shows up, you'll start worshiping it and saying you never gave up hope and you knew it was coming all along.
well in any case, we'll find out april 3
I think we should just wait to see what airs instead of trying to analyze it every time it shows up in a magazine. It'll only lead to heartbreak if we keep doing this.
God I wish I hadn't read this post, as much as I don't want to get my hopes up they've already sky rocketed >_>
I honestly don't care anymore. When it airs, it airs, and I will watch it.
Lets not get carried away now....
i do not believe in promise. . just give me the show. . .
Wait, what are you guys complaining about? All I see are pictures of bunnygirls...
arggh .. just gimme my fumoffu and my little nrorthern wolf please!!!!!
I think it is just another gimmick. I will believe it when I see it.
Oh man I can't help but get excited for this...
Aya Hirano says “Reprising the role of Haruhi was a pleasure!”, which many take as an indication of a new season, though many also think she may be referring to Haruhi-chan and Churuya-san
-Here is my theory:
The wicked minds of Kadokawa forced Aya Hirano to redo their rol of Haruhi together with the other seiyuus for the old series.
It is the original series of Haruhi but with a new seiyuu work.
have a good day :3 .
OMG! What happen to the artwork? Can't they create another artwork out to promote it at least.
I'd like to draw everyone's attention here: http://chaos-th.com/?p=279
Some similar news found in the Hong Kong anime mangazine, Ani-wave, which is apparently reliable for such information.
"though some wonder how Kyoto Animation could manage this whilst airing K-On in the same season."
I thought they're doing Clannad and Munto at the same time right now? Or am I mistaken?
Correct - Clannad was a 2-cour season continuing into this Winter season, in which Munto began its run, so both are airing currently.
It helped that two of the Munto episodes were animated already, but I guess they are experimenting with producing 2 anime at the same time perhaps.
Well after so many fakes I dont know what to express anymore. . .
I like this series, I dont wanna see it fall though. . .
Lets just hope for the best, and hopefully it will come out this years\.
...
Yeah, and April 1st is the day.
No... just wishful thinking I'm afraid >.<
I'm taking a wait-and-see approach.
Waiting for this while seeing to completing my gaming backlog, that is.
*goes back to playing EarthBound*
My hypothesis is that the worse you treat your fans, the more hardcore they become.
At this point, I think Haruhi fans would still think a 2nd season was coming if Kadokawa raped them and then defiled their mother's graves, and then the apocalypse came.
If they get it out, good for them. If not, not surprising.
Haruhi who?
Who was Haruhi again..?
And were is my Horo? xD
Everyone is being a tsundere right? I understand.
Screw Haruhi. Give me my Little Busters! and/or Planetarian OVA.
You are right, where is my kudo?
THE CAKE IS A LIE
KyoAni:
"Have I lied to you?
...I mean, in this room?
At the end of the expiriment, you will be baked
[and then there will be]
cake. "
Kadokawa* you mean. Don't blame KyoAni, they just draw the shit.
Cake, cake, cake, cake! Delicious cake!
...I can't believe I'm saying this, but I actually do believe that the 2nd seasons due.
Though given that I'm not a Haruhi fan, I guess I really don't have much of a stake in this either way.
The fuck happened to the art?
Arthritis perhaps.
Haruwho?
I see what you did thar.
Yeah right. pfff
Imagine if we got a 52 episode Haruhi saga, you all probably would die for that
This better as hell be a 104 episode season 2! All the way from where they ended to vol 10(if it appears by then that is)!
No...it would only underline the 'douche-baggery' of Kadokawa for stringing people along for so long...for no reason. "The Watchmen" toke less time and has greater quality- lol.
"The Watchmen" - the parody short? Well played, sir, well played indeed.
Hey, Kadokawa: Pull the other one.
Huh?
i just hope we do... i mean, years of trolling and with the loyal fans remaining— they do deserve a 52 —no, make it more—episode run of the series.
By Toei Animation, and their high levels of QUALITY on long running shows.
oh noes it's a troll!
I believe in cake. They tried too hard with an ugly boat.
I do not buy it. Not one single bit. I've given up on Haruhiism, I'll take Minori~n over her any day.
I agree!...I'm not buying it.
What's that? "Black Lagoon season 3" this summer?Asuka in "Eva 2.0 movie"?...Sorry Kadokowa...You've burned your Haruhi bridge - there is sooo much more to look forward to in Anime than YOU.
Even if it does come out- I'll watch it for free and not comment until it gets an english dub!.
I like taiga more especially after last episodes she has been so deredere.
well, no other choice but to see what's going to happen so..we'll see I guess
who cares? where is my strike witches and spice and wolf.
This. Just give up on the garbage that is Haruhi anyway.
I'm kinda surprised you dislike the series, given that you've translated so many doujins from it. At least, if you're the CGrascal that does the translating.
don't care until i see it
I'm gonna wait but I don't expect anything since it might be a late April fools joke....
Haruhi-chan sudden rocketing in quality gives us a slim glimmer of hope.
The scene where Kyon tells Itsuki he loves him...
A+ QUALITY I MUST SAY.
that's a pretty loose indication to go on :s
Lets wait and see then.
Bleah. Lies.
April Fools' Day...
Could this be the ultimate troll, that April will be the second season? Only a few more weeks to wait . . .
I swallowed the first rumour whole so I will be more careful this time. Whatever happen will happen, but If they want to gain something out of all this they really should give the people a second season instead of a rerun!
Given that more than half of first season adapts short stories from later books, and major plot events occur in between which would need filling in if season 2 is to adapt Disappearance, a broadcast of both seasons in chronological order would make a lot of sense.
Also, while it seems like KyoAni would have their hands full with K-On, this show has been announced as in development in various stages for the last two years. I don't think it's impossible.
Bingo, we saw production art from S2 by kyoani over a year ago. Now does that mean we will see it Real Soon Now? God only knows, but fact that kadokawa keeps stoking the hype engine points to it showing up sometime or another. My guess would be right around the time they beat book 10 out of the author to use the show to boost sales.
Nah, Maybe they lie it's april fool anyway. Maybe they just want to bost haruhi selling merchandise.
It's KADOKAWA anyway.
I'm not gonna get trolled...
Wait n see.... I cheer if its real, and nothing of value would be lost if its fake.
Saw the title, read the article, never once, not for a single moment, did I actually even come close to believing this. We can expect Haruhi S2... in, idk, another two years from now? At least the last couple episodes of Haruhi-chan have been pretty good. =] I loved the "Heart in a wall".
A live-action movie would be great too I would realy appreciate a funny and mysterious show like the anime was.
I think a second season would be selling good for the company, I reckon the financial times are not the best even in Nippon.
But guys if anyone of you knows the japanese language i would recommend to look for a tv-guide in japanese, these have usualy a programm for a month in advance, so you can search something related with the anime and you can pinpoint the exact date of the airing and of course the truth behind this confusion.
You know what I mean?
No.
to look for ハルヒ(means haruhi I presume) on a site LIKE http://www.tvguide.or.jp/ so you can determine the correct title of the anime (to know if there is a "season 2").
I've tried to translate stuff with an online translator but it's not easy to find something useful in Japanese-Sites when you have no expirience with this language.
The title is given in the Newtype article - it is ambiguous...
Nobody knows so it's just a matter of waiting, as Kadokawa doubtless wants...
yes thats true and I've just found a blog about this topic and the magazin in japanese. The guys on that blog say that's highly probable a re-broadcast of the first season so i give up and wait for news on this site
Screw 2dn season. Where is my 10th novel!!!
Probably going to be released alongside 2nd season for greater novel sales. Which is actually the only reason I care about season 2 at all, at this point.
I've been asking the same question for a long time.
So true.
I converted to hatsune-ism ages ago.