The Shock of Suzumiya Haruhi: Delayed Another Year
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Apr 30, 2009 19:06 JST
- Tags: Announcements, Delays, Haruhi, Kadokawa, Light Novels, Marketing, Otaku
The latest and increasingly unawaited novel in the Haruhi series, 涼宮ハルヒの / Suzumiya Haurhi no Kyougaku (The Shock of Suzumiya Haruhi), by 谷川流 / Nagaru Tanigawa, looks to have been delayed yet another year, the second time it has been delayed.
It now looks as if three years will elapse before any new release in the formerly popular series…
Reports indicate that the leaked schedule of light novel releases published in Sneaker magazine fails to make any mention of the title, which can be taken as a tacit admission of delay. Previously the sequel was set for a mid-2007 release, but this was postponed a year.
This means it is likely the series will go three years without a novel release, which should leave no-one in any doubt as to the oblivion facing the series, especially if the anime rerun proves to be mere eventful marketing rather than the dramatic coup Kadokawa is likely hoping for.
Just what the author is thinking is anyone’s guess.
Probably nobody will remember Haruhi by 2010, having forgotten it in a haze of of Mio-induced delirium…
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son of bitch!!!
LMFAO^3!!! The Haruhi fans just can't seem to get a break, huh?
Well they can, but it's broken knee caps.
Nah, just read the Novels, they're pretty great!
Agreed
THIS IS MADNESS!!!
*falls down a well
Madness?
This is KADOKAWA!!!
This is SPARTA!!!! C'mon you know that was coming.
Who gives a shit at this point- if the fan base drys up by then - fuck 'em. Kadokawa wants to kill the Goose that laid the golden egg let it happen. It would never be as good as season 1 anyway- why should they even bother at this point.
T H I S I S S P A R T A! ! ! ! !
THIS IS JAPAAAAAN!!!
This is SANKAKU!!!
c-c-c-c-combo breakah!
THIS IS SNEAKER BUNKO!!! TT_TT
FALCON PUNCH
FARUCON PUN (Q)^__^)==Q)_X)
FIST!!!!! Fist! Fist! Fist! (lady screams)/
This is MOOOOOOOEEEEE'!!!!
This.
This is the is reference to book 10 of the light novels. The anime series only covers the first 2 books.
The reason all the fans are up in arms about it is beause book 9 ends with:
"to be continued"
This in itself is somewhat annoying, but to then not continue as promised is like a dagger to their hearts.
Initially, I beleive the author was ill, and so a delay is understandable. As to since then? One can only guess.
Personally, I suspect the publishers have tied his hands, not willing to release the series conclusion (as 10 is expected to be) before they milk the Hell out of it
Oh, the more recent delyas is down to negotiations over payment, I believe. The publication company is uming and ahing over the amount they should pay for the story.
Personaly, I believe they should just pay the man. Of course, if I were the author I would long ago have gone to another publisher lol
FURRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
WWWRRRRYYYY!!!!
LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRROOOOOOOOOOOOY
fukin' lol'd at all this.
Anyways, yeah I just didn't care about it all that much anymore. Not since it was more and more delays. It's pretty useless now by this point if they try to bring back what it was from first season
JJJJJJJJJEEEEEEEEEEEENNNNNNNNNNNKKKKKKKKKKKIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSS
Oh lawd.
Seriously, after so long, why even bother? No one will end up reading it at this rate. There is a limit to how long Haruhi fans are willing to wait! T_T
no there is not. Haruhi-fans are this kind of race, which would be deleted if darwins theory still would be valid : Stupid.
And for what? Haruhi is just an school slice-of-life anime with some sci-fi extras. There are tons of better animes out there.
Since when does "waiting for an anime/light novel" mean that you waste your time?
I mean, I think of myself as a Haruhi-fan, I will be happy if and when new elements come.
But if that does not happen… I'm doing something else in the meantime anyway. So what, exactly, is the problem?
I believe is a kind of insult to fan from his author. There is limit you know when making things like movie, tv serie, anime, manga, book, etc... in making people wait that long. Thinking : "i'm the author and the fans will wait as long as I want" is unacceptable. I'm really disapointed right now. Sure, everybody will wait, what else could they do? But believing that only the author matter is selfish and irresponsible. In the world of art and media, fans are very valuable, it's them who make you popular or a drop out. You can't just ignore them for 3 years like that. That's my opinion. And whatever reason he's got, it's better be really GOOD ONE!!!
Yes i'm feeling this way too. Been waiting for a year and now being informed of this-! Absurb lol.
Damn and the story was getting real good... though book 4 was the best i've read.
You think that just because you have other stuff to do (aka, life which is pretty good mind you) hardcore fans will like delays? Do you like it when you expect a steak and it's delayed three hours?
But one thing is sure, even if it takes 10 years everybody will lap at it like the last bottle of water in the dessert when it really comes out; that's how sad hardcore fans are.
I wonder how long will it take for the fan t finally give up on it all. i stilll waiting for season 2 of the anime serise to came out and as long as the book cames out and i get to read it i'll wait till the end of time. Now let hope the writer does not die.
This is an insult from fans to the author.
The author makes art. You appreciate the art.
The author is not now indebted to you.
Learn your place.
Yes, the author is not indebted, but he also can't expect a bunch of willing fans to wait forever. It's give-and-take, and for a long while now the author and license holders have been just taking.
Yeah right, authors aren't indebted to fans, and while it's true that they can't do absolutely anything and expect it to be received as well as if it were timely and accomplished, the fans are the ones who are doing all the taking in the majority of cases, especially with the rise of downloads.
I doubt you are the kind of person to tell what anime is good and what is not, pathetic loser.
"Haruhi is just an school slice-of-life anime with some sci-fi extras. There are tons of better animes out there."
WORD Teri
way to oversimplifies thing..I guess this is as far as you can comprehend things..but not everyone is the same as you guys..
no this is not madness this is sankaku complex which tell us almost all the sad parts of haruhi suzumiya :(
BITCHES!!! ASSHOLES!!!!!!!!!!
HOW DARE THEY DENY ME OF MY GOD!!!!!!!!
I don't care if Haruhi becomes unpopular, I will still enjoy it.
I do hate how Kadokawa is milking the series to death.
You have a New God (4 in fact!) in "K-On!"...or has the Mio army not converted you yet?
There will be either a Live Action series/movie or second season of "K-On!" before any New Haruhi...at the rate they're going - screw 'em
I'll take Mio & Mugi-chan over Haruhi & Mikuru at this point any day. I even like the VA's more than Aya Hirano.
Idol
compared to Haruhi
t h e y a r e l o l.
Kay?
Haruhi still ownz them.
And,
DAMN IT.
Honestly, nobody cares about your new moeblob shit. Like it's even going to be remembered after airing.
You lack of faith is disturbing Anon... you cant deny the power of Moe Moe Kyun!
"Moeblob shit" is fucking awesome. Toradora is the kind of shit that won't be remembered. K-On for the motherfuckin win.
When I think of memorable anime, Haruhi, K-On, or Toradora aren't exactly the first things that come to mind.
Just watch, K-On is going to be fucking exactly like Hidamari Sketch. Incredibly popular when it is airing, every season it happens to air, then no one even bothers thinking about it the moment the season is over.
Do you think Clannad isn't memorable too? Because I can only think of two more memorable anime's than Clannad (Welcome to the NHK & Tenchi Muyo!)... Oh yeah, point is, if Haruhi isn't a memorable anime, what is?
The only thing I will remember Haruhi for is its fucking annoying abused wife fanbase that keeps coming back for more.
Don't worry, they hurt you because they care about you.
^ This
Who cares about Haruhi or Mikuru? I'm in it for Yuki. She's my reality hacking artificial goddess.
This is STUPID!!
i usually gotta wait some years before my favourite authors release new books (not only because i sometimes wait for a proper translation) ... but then again we are talking here about light novels i.e. books for children written by "grown adults" too dumb to really write in an enlightened manner the level of a freakin scholar.
sooooo. what i wanna say. go sit in a corner and cry.
i never even watched the anime o.O (don't misunderstand. i'm not saying haruhi is bad or anything. ... just not interesting enough for me to sit through the whole issue.)
but i gotta admit. three years is way to much. shouldn't the guy be already fired having exceeded the dead line like twice for 2 years?
He will never be fired, Haruhi fans (me included) will kill him and Kadokawa if that ever happens... Haruhi has too much of a fanbase and the fans have been tortured too much to do that...
You're partially correct. Haruhi has become too big of a moneymaking franchise to not allow him to take liberties in how long his writing takes. Above all else they want any potential money to be flowing into their coffers, not those of a competitor because they cut him from their umbrella. Any other company would love to take him in if such a fallout ever occured.
It's worth pointing out that Kyougaku not coming out this year doesn't strictly mean it's been delayed a second time. The previous delay was indefinite, with no new date ever given - not even a anything as vague as a year of release.
Still pretty shite that it's taking so long though.
Whether it's all part of Kadokawa's spectacularly poor franchise marketing strategy, or if Tanigawa is genuinely struggling with it (it does have to simultaneously resolve the stories of two parallel universes after all), the fact it's not coming out yet isn't really news to anyone.
this would be a
"Just as planned." from them
haha lol
JUST AS KEIKAKU!
Kadokawa's doing?
I'm not surprised >.>
assholes. lol.
I'll remember, I'll always remember.
After all, saying "Suzumiya Haruhi is mai waifu" isn't just something you can throw around, those words come with an oath, an oath not so easily broken.
actually, he is still writing. Just that there is no compilation of the works that is produced in sneakers.
Considering that the first book was compiled after they finished publishing the series in a weird sequence in Sneakers (the anime followed this weird sequence), I don't really found this suprising.
Actually I'm not surprised since I still think it's some sort of writer's block. As long as there will be a continuation at all I'm happy (but I'm not even sure about that).
And don't say such stupid things like the people won't read it if it's further delayed. Of course they will read it. If you've read 9 books you just want to know what comes next. Even if the next novel takes another 3 years I'm going to read it.
WRITERS BLOCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would bet that.
FUCK YOU KADOKAWA,
FUCK YOU NAGARU TANIGAWA,
FUCK EVERYTHING!!!
...
...;__; i want my new Haruhi novel SOON... damn.
I'd wait!
HOLY SHIT ARE THEY JUST GONNA WAIT FOR THE NEW CENTURY OR SOMETHING??
Looks like it (´∀`)
I'm guessing that the author might be overwhelmed/pressured due to the growth of the Haruhi fanbase thanks to the anime. My guess is good as anyone else's but that's the only logical reason for so many delays I can think of.
Now, I have no idea what the hell Kodokawa is thinking. Damn greedy bastards, give us Haruhi 2 already.
i juz hope the author won't end up dead at the hand of otakus...
At this rate he might..
KADOKAWA SITENTO.....When will i hear that ever again?
Friend A: nee nee, vin-kun. Haruhi is delayed for one year
Vin-nii: What Haruhi second season? I thought it was a cheap advertising trick to tame the fans?!
Friend A: um... Nyoron?
Looks like we have to satisfy ourselves with Mio or whatever new moe character Kyoani produces.
hahahahahahahahahaha
A world without Haruhi is...
A. Moe
B. Chaos
C. Nyoro~~~n
I laughed.
here's a theory.
someone leaked that they were working on it.. when they weren't. but rather than recieve death-threats and piss their fanbase off (in that order) ...
they decided to start working on it.
original plan was to work on it while the old show is on re-run (as that was the original leak... which was erroneous)... but it takes longer than they expect. so they 'delay' it..
in about a month or six, they'll make an announcement that it's been cancelled.
Maybe the author realised what a flop Book 7 was? I did them all in one mass read (thanks to some website which I've forgotten now), and Book 7 was just plain disappointing.
The only reason book 8 should be delayed is if it is because it is going to be the last one and he's wrapping things up. If we get another light novel of two increasingly dubious storylines, the Haruhi market will flop hard.
Oh shit, I made a serious comment here. Ugh...
wait, lol
the last novel was volume 9. not 7.
shame on you.
Frankly, Vol. 7 is my favorite. And yes, there are currently 9 books, not 7.
The light-novels are crap anyway.
It's all about the anime.
Same can be said for stuff like Zetsubou Sensei.
Light Novels are not crap. I have read the ones released in the US, and I find them quite enjoyable. Remember, the light novel came first then the anime, same can be said for series like Shakugan no Shana. It is people like you who are part of the light novel hiatus problem, the people who watch the anime and read the manga should read the Light Novel for the fact that the light novel is the story in its purest form.
Better she dies :D
It's interesting how they willingly shut down their gold mine. I'll never understand it, but at this point I don't care anymore. It's still the best anime I've ever seen and the best thing I've ever read, but I can't stay hyped forever.
it is just ridiculous. its the same shit like duke nukem...
Hahaha, i lol'd
No, Duke Nukem Forever is still in development
I'd be pretty surprised if the author flat-out isn't doing anything.
Lol at people and jumping to conclusions/not reading the post.
Vol. 9 wasn't published in Sneaker either. This means nothing.
Only thing it means is that Artefact really wants people to forget about Haruhi...
ooh the "Shock" of me, when i heard this....
Only under the name of Haruhi can you pull this kind of crap off.
Even K-On's Mio shall be usurped some day. I await another Mio by the time a Little Busters! anime is released: Nishizono Mio. Her flat chest, quiet voice and book-reading will attract moe fanboys everywhere! She's my waifu by the way. No touchy. >:3
Ok, deal! That Mio you waifu, Akiyama Mio, my waifu!
You both better get yourself a girlfriend first.
Seriously... they know the fan base and yet they fuck us up? Maybe they really don't want us to care any more. Some kind of strange conspiracy.
The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence. As much trolling as Kadokawa has done regarding the Haruhi franchise, do any of you really think that the announcement of the highly awaited Volume 10 would take place buried in the list of "well, here's what we're doing over the next year"?
Artefact is just getting in on the trolling. Well, you get you some. We'll see what happens eventually.
I wouldn't have guessed it was Naruko. Now we need more doujins.
i wasn't shocked about this probably irritated by its annoyance.Ladies and gentlemen,Haruhi is now dead.Now,we can all smell the daisies while listening to the music of Mio's band and get our lives back....,selling souls to the goddesses is bad thing.
Why the fuck is K-ON so popular? It isn't even that good.
Haruhi at least had likeable male characters and a plot outside LOOK AT CUTE GIRLS DO CUTE THINGS LOL
Er yeah... maybe I should try watching it again, but I could never get past the first 10 minutes of the first episode.
I guess there are people who like their anime to be only moe eye candy.
FANMADE HARUHI ANIME FTW!!!!!
He can take as long as he wants, but one warning: he's reaaaally pushing it... Given how some otakus become ultra obsessed I would be careful of going out.
I for one, just want a good novel. If he delayed it because the final draft looked like shit, then by all means he has to do whatever it takes to make it decent. I don't want shit on time if I can have good stuff in a late date.
jajjaj, u are right the poor man is in danger XP... but, does otakus really read the novel??, i though they just see the anime ( most of them).
>Haurhi
> haze of of Mio-induced delirium
Dude, do you read what you write before posting?
who's haruhi anymore?? pfft.
well.. i could never forget yuki...
They're probably trying to ease the extreme popularity of Haruhi, too much of it can pose a threat to the 2D industry as a whole; who knows, maybe Kadokawa and the author care about the other animation/manga and novel publishing companies out there struggling to keep themselves alive than greed with more Haruhi sequels and spin-offs.
Another theory would be that they don't know where to go from the first season of the anime or the 9th novel in terms of storyline and plot, didn't the author mention that he was running out of ideas?
Isn't the anime directly based on the light novels? Why would the author have to come up with new ideas to continue that?
I wonder what will happen first, Naruto, Bleach, or One Piece ending...or a new haruhi light novel being released...
God I pray its Naruto XD
Let see
Naruto will be hokage
Luffy will be Pirate king
And Ichigo will be either Itchy or strawberry pantsu
Even if it is released, it will never make up for or live up to the hype it's gained over the past 3 years.
You know, the author has churned out 9 fucking books for you people. He is having a hard time getting back into it. He's probably sick to death of Haruhi Suzumiya. So he can't come up with something as captivating as what has been done in the past. So he delays it to work it to perfection and get out a novel that he actually feels good about putting out.
In other words. Do you want a good book or do you want shit that not even the author likes?
Plus, you know, he can write whatever the hell he likes whenever the hell he likes. There should be no such obligation if the man wants to go on a damn break after writing so many stories in the series. Hell, I think his break is well deserved. The only problem is that HE went on his break when all of YOU learned about the series from the anime, so you think he is being lazy. Well learn to wait and stop being little kids about it.
well, you are right, after thousands of pages the autor may be tired....so, JUST GIVE IT AN END BITCH, stop trying to gain million of yens or whatever fucking currency u get, and move on, make another book, another history, i be happy to read it if it gets an english version, but if you are going to do such a cliff hanger and then delay it... you are just being a bitch.
i hope kadokawa is the one not letting him finish the serie, maybe for more merchandise or something... i hope, just for the sake of the author.
Sons of bitches, they need to release this piece of crap already so they can move on to something else... say... Little Busters or Full Metal Panic.
Wait, it's the book being delayed, I'm an idiot.
lol 'nuff said.
OMG...OMG... bitches.... TT... when i saw the notice title i though, "oh, so this bastards will delay the 2º season again"...but no..... it was worse.
FUCK!!!!!!!! o shit, the 9º novel ends in such a cliff hanger and the 10º will be ready on 2010!!!, fuck fuck,ok...i think is time to let it go, no more haruhi for me....fuck ... i even printed the novel ... ok thats it, sorry for my shitty english...fuck.
thanks u
I think how Haruhi end is like this.
This is true ending.
no ending.
that would be sad..., the only thing i am hoping now os that the 10º novel will be the last one, dont give me more shit please
How is this for an ending,Haruhi was in coma and Kyon was her childhood friend. So practically all was just a wierd dream.(Boy that would suck)
no, please not....i read more than 1000 pages per week, i dont want that shit please.....
Shit I don't want to read books from people that don't even have the sympathy of giving me an update of what's really going on.....
Yeah Haruhi's awesome not because of Haruhi's looks but because of the drug-fueled story......
But it's creators are simply insane....
Maybe they want to make a story about their insanity?
How can you be sick of a story that has Billion's of possibilities because of the prospect of the character being GOD!!!!???!!!
How many stories can you develop when you're main heroine can create and destroy anything??
Virtually limitless
your* sorry for the typo
I think it's time for another Duke Nukem Forever joke. The prospect of Duke Nukem Forever coming out is better than 2nd season of Haruhi, so sad...
Haruwho?...
artifact, i will never forget haruhi, not in the face of my beloved second strike witches season. i will not forget haruhi even through all these fantastic (not) articles about moeblob shitfest k-on, and through all the reporting of taiga nopan, haruhi and her lackeys will always still be number one in my ronrey little heart.
No one is listening. Again.
The expected occurence of Haruhi Suzumiya.
*goes back to waiting for Toaru Kagaku no Railgun*
haruhi is a good watch, but its seriously overated, over-hyped and the so called marketing has been 'over-done'....... just give it a rest......
Tanigawa is spending his off time writing a Tsukihime like story. Contains full service blood related imouto-tits maid.
Probably churning ideas for Haruhi, just hope it doesn't end up like 12Kingdoms with hiatus oblivion.
Until Haruhi season 2 coming almost every fan will be converted into K-On fans. Goodbye harushi we will miss you.
Gonna hate kadokawa for milking the series till death!
Kadokawa did it again. Haruhi 2nd is only an april mop joke after all.
They don't care what fans want.
I fill sorry for the fan,again.But considering us Berserk and Guyver fan has to put up to you guy are rather lucky.
I don't understand. When the novel's 6/07 release date was canceled, it was considered to have an unannounced release date. How does 'still not announced' = postponed?
It's just Artefact trying to rile up the Haruhi fanbase again.
You're perfectly right. It is "still not announced".
Most of your fellow commentors don't read the articles, just the title.
He likely never expected Haruhi to be so popular, got caught up in it all, and wrote himself into a corner, like an idiot.
I don't really care all that much about Haruhi, but I cannot stand watching/reading something, and never given a resolution. Even if it's a bad end, I'll take it, just let me move on dammit.
Vol. 9 really doesn't show the signs of being written into a corner. Though you never know, Tanigawa has said that he has no clue what he's doing.
And Haruhi was popular for years before the anime even existed. It was just never popular ENOUGH to really subsume into the collective otaku unconscious.
so when is my turn??
We always can read the fakes novels of Haruhi xD
Like the novel 10 titled "The Fuck of Haruhi Suzumiya" currently in emule xD or "The Absolution of Nagato Yuki" or "Kyon name:Path to the Apocalypse"(my favorite xD )
and why Kadokawa announces new Haruhi and takes it back?It'll be saying,"...ooops,we lied."Liars always go to hell and back.
Come on Tanigawa, seriously. I know an artist needs time for his works, but this... Oh well, but I expect it to be REALLY, REALLY good!!!
A YEEEEEAAAAARRRRRRRR?!!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!!!!! MY EXPECTATIONS!!!!!!!!! NOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! T_T
I'm broken...........................