
Recent buzz from the Japanese blogosphere and 2ch has all but come to the conclusion that the current “The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya” arc will run for 3 more weeks, coming to a total of 5 full episodes for the story.
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For those still puzzled over the Endless Eight fiasco, or those wishing to relive the torment, a kind soul has helpfully prepared a 36 second summary of the entire eight episodes, showing just how exciting they are…
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The visual parallels between Haruhi and K-ON! continue to intensify, with viewers noticing more and more similarities…
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Observers of Kyoto Animation’s otaku exploitation anime classics Haruhi and K-ON! can’t help but notice that the new Haruhi episodes show character designs which seem to have veered sharply towards those of K-ON!
Some examples of K-ON!-esque scenes from Haruhi (including suspected K-ON! cameos):
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Haruhi seiyuu Aya Hirano has made comments apologising for the Endless Eight debacle and thanking viewers for putting up with it all, as well as lamenting the hardships the seiyuu had to endure in recording it all.
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The latest episode of Haruhi brings the start of a new and much anticipated arc, The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya / 涼宮ハルヒの溜息 (- no Tameiki), originally expected by many to air much earlier in the second season’s schedule until the looping of the Endless Eight became evident.
The episode is clearly marked as “Part I”, so a continuation is obvious, putting into some confusion where exactly the few unaired episodes from the first season will be shown in the reportedly 28-episode long broadcast.
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Kyoto Animation will be adding to the numerous doujin K-ON! dakimakura we have already seen with this Yui & Mio cushion, though it is certainly oriented towards the pair’s moe qualities rather than ero…
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Kyoto Animation’s gifted depictions of moe girls becoming distressed to the point of tears is shown below in these few images, coming to us by way of the ever helpful and always tear loving 2ch:
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Haruhi director Tatsuya Ishihara has expressed an interest in making any movie edition of Haruhi another iteration of the reviled Endless Eight saga.
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Even newspapers have been reporting that the seemingly interminable Endless Eight arc has finally ended, perhaps in order to prevent civil unrest.
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- Author: Artefact
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Aug 5, 2009 19:02 JST
- Tags: Blu-ray, K-ON!, Kadokawa, Kyoto Animation, Moe, Oricon, Rankings, Records, TV

The release of the K-ON! Blu-ray edition has seen a new opening day sales record set, with the Blu-ray edition selling 33,000 copies, with a further 8,000 sales of the DVD edition, a total which makes it the best selling TV anime of all time, and one of the best selling anime titles ever.
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Kyoto Animation’s intent to go through at least to eight episodes for the Endless Eight arc of Haruhi is confirmed by the arc’s seventh episode.
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