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The Japanese publisher Kadokawa Shoten ran an advertisement in Thursday’s edition of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun paper to say that The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya light novel has sold over one million copies. According to Kadokawa, Nagaru Tanigawa’s first Haruhi Suzumiya novel is the first light novel to reach this milestone. The advertisement does not specify if the number is for Japan only or worldwide.
The advertisement also notes that the overall Haruhi Suzumiya light novel series is read in 15 countries. The advertisement adds that the latest …

As most have already known, the tenth novel of the Haruhi Suzumiya series was officially launched in Japan last week on May 25th. The new book is split into two volumes, and the initial release of the collector’s edition also came with a 64-page booklet containing a bonus story by Nagaru Tanigawa and art by Noizi Ito.

No English translations of the novels have been released so far, but we’re already seeing some scans of the new booklet, so hopefully some fan translations will be on the …

Kadokawa Shoten, the Japanese publisher of the Haruhi Suzumiya light novels has declared that the 10th novel in the series, The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya, will set a new record for them by having a first printing of 513,000 copies. The novel will ship out on May 25th in two volumes, so really Kadokawa will be distributing over 1 million copies of The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya in one day. A special short story booklet, “Rainy Day”, will also ship out with the special edition in the first …

In order to promote the publication of the much anticipated 10th Haruhi Suzumiya novel, Kadokawa has released a bunch of commercials. The following are the Japanese commercials from their Youtube channel.

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The publisher of the Haruhi light novels, Kadokawa Shoten, has announced that a special booklet containing an original short story by Nagaru Tanigawa will come with the limited first edition of the Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya light novel. The story is titled “Rainy Day” and is set during Kyon’s time in middle school. The booklet will also include 64 pages of colored artwork by Gaku Tsugano, Puyo and Noizi Ito.
The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya will ship out on May 25 to Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong, and to other countries …

Finally, confirmation for the release date of the 10th Suzumiya Haruhi light novel has been announced. Early spoilers for the  upcoming February issue of The Sneaker magazine have revealed that “The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya” will be shipping on May 25, 2011.  The tenth novel will apparently come in two volumes and will be having a simultaneous worldwide release.  The Sneaker has previously announced in the June issue that “The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya” would be published within the year, but it seems like they meant within 12 months of …