The widely held belief that the Haruhi franchise is a spent force seems to have been shattered by the news that the latest novel in the series, “The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya” (Suzumiya Haruhi no Kyougaku), has sold a record 341,000 copies.
The two-volume novel’s limited edition version went on sale May 25th to a great deal of excitement, as might be expected of the first new Haruhi novel in 4 years.
Oricon in fact reports first week sales of 341,184 copies, over twice the previous best selling light novel’s first week performance:
341,184 – “The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya”
151,194 – “Ore no Imouto 8”
121,410 – “Index 23”
109,643 – “Hanamonogatari”
101,356 – “Infinite Stratos 7”
It should also be noted that earlier reports about the success of the title (reportedly 1 million copies were shipped/printed) fell for the usual press release trick of substituting “inventory shipped to distributors” for “copies sold to consumers.”
Kadokawa in this case was even more sneakily combining inventory for the two volumes (bundled in the limited edition) into one figure to arrive at a more impressive number – not that it really needed to bother considering how impressive actual sales were anyway.
Online there is much surprise at such an unexpectedly strong showing from a series many had thought to be on its way out:
“So they can squeeze some more life out of it still.”
“Amazing. Who says it was done for?”
“Haruhi is restarted… but a new anime is impossible, with the current seiyuu at least.”
“Every bookshop was showing off great piles of it. It didn’t look like it was selling to me.”
“For an industry which calls 10,000+ sales a hit, this is fantastic.”
“All I remember is being recommended this by a friend only to read it and find it is utter trash.”
“It’s still selling. If it gets another anime I hope they change the seiyuu though.”
“For season 3 please change the Haruhi seiyuu!”
“So what the hell was the author doing all those years?”
Final revival and sure miss a lot leaving this for 2 days lol so many posts
GO HARUHIIIIII !!!!!!! AND THERES NO REASON WHY AYA WONT COME BACK
Yeah, all the fucking idiots who believe his ridiculously slanted stories. So, apart from people on Sankaku, probably not.
Hahahahah, f♥♥k yeah, Haruhi! =)
And all the Aya-hating retards need to stfu. “Wahhh, she makes drama on twitterrrrrr. Get new seiyuuuuuu.”
Who the f♥♥k cares what she does with her personal life? She’s a freaking top-notch seiyuu, and has brought us a ton of classic characters. As long as she keeps up the acting, I’ll love her. And when she retires, I’ll still respect her for what she’s done for anime.
Hopefully we get a season 3 of Haruhi now. Hopefully that sells like crazy, too. >=D
Funny thing is… the Aya-haters LIVE for Aya updates. What kind of sick obsession is that?
IF YOU DON’T LIKE HER, DON’T FOLLOW HER.
I am surprised that her publicist hasn’t advised her to quit twitter. Not because she doesn’t have a right to use it, or because she says stupid s♥♥t. Just because it’s become troll fuel. Cut off their oxygen.
until now…I still don’t know what the interesting about tnis story…the character standard, fans service nothing, protaganist standard,supporting character stardard, heroine very annoying me, the story ?!?!?!
The fact that you even mentioned fan service as a serious plus shows that you’re too fucking stupid for the show. There’s your answer!