- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Games, News
- Date: Aug 26, 2010 11:11 JST
- Tags: Adaptations, Anime Goods, Chibi, Haruhi, Haruhi-chan, Mahjong, Marketing, Otaku, PSP

Even hardened Haruhi otaku have been shocked by the announcement of the latest game in the Haruhi franchise – a thrilling PSP mahjong game of “less than doujin quality,” but with a $110 price tag.
Some screenshots from the game tell all that is needed:
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- Author: Quen
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Sep 5, 2009 20:51 JST
- Tags: Awards, ED, Eden of the East, Haruhi, Haruhi-chan, K-ON!, Music, Otaku, Pixar, TV

Animation Kobe, an event created by the Kobe city for the promotion of animation (moderately Engrish introduction site here) has identified the winners of its 14th Annual Animation Kobe awards on its website.
Among the award winners are such anime as Eden of the East, Haruhi-chan and K-ON!, winning the TV, Network and Theme Song categories respectively.
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This limited-edition Nendoroid Puchi (Nendoroid Mini) version of Nagato Yuki from the Haruhi-chan series is a furoku (freebie) packaged along with the new volume of the manga.
As it comes with a manga and not an expensive limited edition version of a game, this is one of the few limited edition Good Smile figures to come out that is actually accessible to international buyers.
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Haruhi-chan gets an unusual, and very high-quality, MAD adaptation in this rather meticulously edited video. Its Nico performance is correspondingly high…
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Eroge gamer Nagato Yuki can be seen singing the catchy Ga-rei Zero OP, Paradise Lost, in the new episode 6 of Haruhi-chan.
Fans with in-depth seiyuu knowledge will immediately get the joke – 茅原実里 / Minori Chihara voiced both Nagato and Ga-rei’s main character Kagura Tsuchimiya, as well as singing the show’s OP.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, H, News
- Date: Feb 18, 2009 16:27 JST
- Tags: Comparison, Crossover, Eroge, Haruhi, Haruhi-chan, Nagato, Parody, Shugo Chara


Haruhi-chan’s bishoujo renai simulation game fan Nagato has been caught out by the all piercing eyes of 2ch; it seems that the character being mosaiced hard in the above image bears an extreme resemblance to a character from shoujo anime Shugo Chara…
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The reign of quality publisher Kadokawa continues with the news that both second episodes of Haruhi-chan and Churuya-san have been released quietly without drama or boatwatching; however, fans may be dismayed to note that the main feature is barely longer than its opening, having become even shorter.
Additionally, Kadokawa have seen fit to completely remove the first episodes (update: they seem to have restored them after a significant period of them being taken offline)…
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Kadokawa’s grotesque marketing of its Haruhi-chan anime (to say nothing of the rerun of the original) seems to have resulted in such a negative backlash that their marketing department has launched itself into urgent damage control, replacing the “it wasn’t ready” nice boat announcement with a typically grovelling Japanese apology:
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After their jolly little marketing jape to drum up a storm of conversation amongst the sad remnants of Haruhi’s fanbase, Kadokawa have graciously deigned to broadcast Haruhi-chan on YouTube after all.
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Fans hoping to see the scheduled broadcast of Haruhi parody anime Haruhi-chan tuned in eagerly to their YouTube channel today, but were instead greeted with a 46 second “nice boat” video announcing that the video had not materialised, and nothing more.
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Haruhi parody anime “The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi-chan”, has received full and official dating for its airing on YouTube.
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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.
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