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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!

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.

As part of a contest on Danny Choo's website to post THE picture of your otaku room, I'm writing this post with extra photos to go with it. (my room isn't as otaku as many others, but it's just fun to have everybody participate!)
The following picture is the one that I posted in the member news on the site. (click for original pic) It's a 3-piece as my stuff is located in several places in my room and I can't take a 360 degree picture, and even if I could, it wouldn't be practical.

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Much anticipation for nothing, the alleged second season that was supposed to start in April, will just be a rerun of the first season. Fans are outraged (of course), and all hopes seems lost that a second season will ever take place and that we can believe any info will be real from now on, until the day that the first episode of the second season will actually air.
Just a very small chance might be that they will rerun the first season in April, and start the second season directly after it in the summer. But that will probably just remain wishful thinking... Sorry for the false hope...

Source: Sankaku Complex & ANN

A little bit more details about the exact contents of what will be revealed in the March issue of New Type (which will shop on February 10th).
Apparently, the issue will include an interview the the episode director Yasuhiro Takemoto. From what can be seen on a tv commercial of New Type, the cover reveals that the second season will start in the next anime season, being April 2009.

This really seems so sudden, that it's almost too good to be true. More details about the story and on what part of the light novels that this season is based upon will be revealed in the interview. So we'll have to wait a little longer to know the facts!
This is exciting as I'll be in Japan when it's airing! ;p

Source: AnimeNewsNetwork