It seems the only major confirmed Haruhi title, “Haruhi-chan”, has not even fully begun production, leading many to doubt whether a 2009 release is likely.
The news comes by way of a radio interview with the staff (Lantis) of Ga-rei Zero (at about 40:00): “We’re still not started on Haruhi-chan”.
Much fuss has been made over the supposed announcement of the full second series of the main title, but this latest news, although from a separate production company, hardly suggests the Haruhi marketers take the business of actually releasing the anime they announce seriously…
That said, a 2009 release should still be possible, but the earliness of the announcement if a later 2009 release is planned is rather questionable. Evidently, it is felt that it is best to keep fans in a state of permanent suspense.
Given the very low credibility now attached to Haruhi-related marketing announcements, fans are left doubting that the 2nd season will be delivered at all…
Updated information from their latest announcments seems to suggest that Lantis here must have been referring only to their responsiblities (apparently only the score). Not exactly reassuring all the same, but the series is at least now dated.
Good, now I can go back to being indignant and not caring so much.
No, really, where’s the Ga-Rei Zero link to Haruhi-chan? I can’t find a source that claims anything other than Kyoto Animation being behind it, and they have now announced its ‘airing’ date in mid-February.
I’d rather you didn’t insert troll news randomly, and if you genuinely thought this was actual news then you should be doing more research than this. Get back to posting irrelevant funny pictures as news if that’s as much effort as you’re willing to put into it.
You sources aren’t worth much then.
The link to the official radio interview is in the post.
The series certainly is credited to Kyoto Animation, though Lantis is also involved. They are listed as being in charge of musical direction on the official page; so even if they were referring only to music, their statement is rather odd…
But when can I order my bunny headphones? When?!
Rest assured that those are cute enough that we’ll see them, sooner or later…
are they imitating cartman’s style of business?
They are actually waiting for “someone” on 2ch in a [particular] thread to seriously start the project. Well that’s they really want though.