Peter's Japan blog

It's becoming more and more real!! A trailer for the movie has been posted on the official website and it's looking great! I haven't read the novels so I'm very curious about some of the cutscenes they show in the trailer. Especially the scene where Nagato has the blood splashes and is actually showing emotions. And Asakura Ryoko makes a reappearance too. Not much Haruhi though (well it's the disappearance ;p).

Enjoy the trailer:

It's already all over the internets by now, but for completeness sake, a Haruhi movie has been officially announced to be released in the Spring of 2010 (might be right during my Japan 2010 trip ^^). It will be the much awaited fan-favorite arc: The Disappearance of Suzumiya Haruhi, which was though to be in the second season. The story revolves a lot around Nagato Yuki and will feature a long-haired Haruhi. The long-haired Haruhi was used a promotion picture for the second season but has thus been postponed for the movie.

Let's just hope the people who thought up the 8-episode Endless Eight arc have been sacked and no more surprises will be come up, but knowing what we've seen in the past, the movie might just as well be released Spring 2011. But I still have hope :-)

Update: The movie supposed to be more than 2 hours long, that's almost 6 regular episodes!

Today arrived a package from CDJapan in the mail with 3 items in it ^^

- a cushion case from the Saki anime. Will post pictures of it soon, but you can see it through the link. I'm quite happy about it because these collectibles sell out very fast.

- Perfume in Happy de Ki-ni naru Chandelier House 3 DVD Box: DVD Box containing all 12 episodes of Perfume no Chandelier House and the best bits of their other 2 shows: HAPPY! and Ki-ni naru Ko-chan. Not subtitled though, but playable in Europe because Japan is also region 2 ;p I still have the full HD TV rips though :)

- K-ON! Sakurako Keionbu Official Band Yarouyo CD + Band score sheet music: the CD didn't interest me that much, but the band score is very nice. It's the complete band score of almost all the songs from K-ON including Cagayake Girls and Don't Say Lazy. The CD contains some full version of some of the songs but also short practice parts for every instrument.

P.S.: It's Ayu's birthday tomorrow (Oct 2nd), so Happy Birthday! Otanjoubi omedetou!

After having had a very bad day at work yesterday, got home today to a nice surprise! (well it wasn't a surprise, cause I knew it was coming ;p). Two packages had arrived: one big package which contained the 1/5 scale Yoko by Gift and the Lucky Star DVD box 1 & 2 (limited edition), and the other smaller package had a asian Mahjong set in it. It's Japanese made, but it has some extra tiles for other asian variants. I actually can't use it yet because I don't have 3 other people to play with but I just had to have one ^^; I (try to) play the Japanese variation and I still suck at it with an occasional nice hand when playing on my DS or SNES emu. Mahjong rules and scoring is very complex, and I'm still learning. (Bought a book on rules and strategy but that still needs to arrive).

The Gift Yoko figure is absolutely gorgeous. 1/5 scale seems quite large but she's crouching which means the height of the figure is just like a 1/7 scale figure, but the body is as if it's 1/5 scale. But she's really huge compared to the nendoroid figures ;p.

And there's my Lucky Star DVD box, which I still hadn't bought. It's a must if you like this stuff ^^. For the moment just dvd 1 & 2 (on the picture, the dvd's are already inside the box). These are limited edition so they come with some extra goodies. Three CDs with the ED song single and the first two charactor song singles (Konata and Kagami).

The long announced third season of top anime Black Lagoon will be made into an OVA slated for a 2010 release. This will be confirmed in this months issue of Monthly Sunday GX magazine. Good to know is that some names have been confirmed and they are all original cast and production. Sunao Katabuchi will return as director, along with character designer Masanori Shino and the Madhouse anime studio. Toyoguchi Megumi will reprise her role as Revy.

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Seems like they have some weird marketing strategies up their sleeve. One of the rumours seems to be true and comfirmed by tv station, that the second season episodes of Suzumiya Haruhi will be broadcoast inbetween episodes of the first season. After all this hope and fall, it's finally coming (I hope...), cause methinks many haruhi-fans are at the end of their patience, so it better be good and true.

But this is really the first time I've heard of a second season episodes being broadcast inbetween old episodes... Will there be special meaning to the order in which they will be broadcast? It is true that the broadcasting order of the first season was not chronological as well, so you never know.
Anyway, I didn't mean to rant, as I'm very much excited that the second season will finally be realized and I can't wait to see it!

On another note, I'm really enjoying the Suzumiya Haruhi-chan no Yuuutsu anime shorts very much. They are just hilarious and I hope there will be more to come. Same goes for the Nyoron Churuya-san anime shorts as well.