This neat website was recently sent in through the Haruhi Tracker. The site owner, undoubtly a hero amongst Haruhi fans, has travelled to the various locations in Japan that were scouted out by Kyoto Animation to be used in scenes for the Haruhi Suzumiya anime.  The site owner has also conveniently labelled which episode(s)/event(s) each location was used for.  There are also location photo hunts the Haruhi Suzumiya movie, as well as a large collection of galleries for locations used in other animes (Clannad, Lucky Star, and more!) Take a …

A recent documentary on BBC 3 (a British television channel) featured Beckii Cruel (Rebecca Flint), a 14-year-old girl from the Isle of Man who has become an Internet celebrity and popstar in Japan. Beckii became famous after posting videos of herself dancing to J-pop using her own choreography. She did this secretly, without telling her parents. Beckii commonly cosplays in Haruhi Suzumiya costumes and has done covers for songs like Bouken Desho Desho? and Hare Hare Yukai. The BBC documentary explores Beckii’s rise to fame as an internet sensation …

Liz Ohanesian from the LA Weekly Blogs sent in a link to a cool article about the Haruhi Suzumiya series. It’s a great primer to help explain the wonderfulness of this series to newcomers and spread Haruhiism. The post also contains many photographs taken by Shannon Cottrell at the premiere of the Haruhi Suzumiya movie in L.A., so it’s definitely worth checking out. As a precaution, I must warn that some photos contain Man-Haruhi content, so proceed at your own discretion ;p

Perhaps riding off the wave of popularity generated by the Haruhi Suzumiya movie, a new Japanese commercial from the company Lotte will use Haruhi Suzumiya characters to advertise their Acuo brand gum. The short commercial features actor Toma Ikuta using his nice gum-freshened breath to transform girls… and cats into Haruhi, Mikuru and Yuki. Yes, it is as weird as it sounds, so watch it for yourself below.

A short translation of the commercial from ANN explains what the commercial is about:
In the “Boutique” commercial, Ikuta is chewing Acuo gum …

Haruhi media has been spotted in a “Akihabara Majokko Princess” music video from actress Kirsten Dunst, McG and Takashi Murakami.  The video was shot in Tokyo’s Akihabara district and features Dunst singing The Vapors’ “Turning Japanese” song while cosplaying as a Majokko (Mahou Shoujo or Magic Girl). Dunst is a self-professed chidhood Sailor Moon fan and has provided dubbing for the English version of Kiki’s Delivery Service film in the past. Note to viewers, the video contains a small amount of nude hentai images, though nothing highly obscene it’s probably …

I dug these out from Youtube on a hunch that at least one those tech-savvy L.A. Haruhi fans would upload something. If anyone else has videos and photos to share from the Jan 25th event, just let us know.
Here’s a short one from AnimeJungle themselves:

The next two are from an attendee. WARNING: Crossdressing MAN-HARUHI Alert!!!