A promotional bookmark made from a film strip of a key scene in the Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya movie has been auctioned off for $3990 USD (356,000 Yen) on Yahoo! Auctions Japan. From ANN:
YenThe auction for a film strip randomly given to a repeat viewer of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya movie just ended on Monday evening at 356,000 yen (about US$3,990). To encourage fans to watch the movie again, the producers launched a “Film Bookmark Repeater Campaign” late last month. Fans can redeem the two movie ticket stubs …

The latest issue of The Sneaker has announced that a part of the 10th novel in Nagaru Tanigawa’s Haruhi Suzumiya series will be published in its next issue. Volume 10 is entitled the “The Surprise of Haruhi Suzumiya” and has been postponed since 2007. The next issue of The Sneaker will be released on April 30th, 2010. However, with Baka-Tsuki recently forced to stop their English translation of the novel, whether a fan translation will ever be available in the future is up in the air.
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New 15 and 30 second versions of a commercial for the Haruhi Suzumiya movie have been posted at the haruhi.tv website.  The song in the background is the official theme for the movie, “Yasashii Bokyaku” by Minori Chihara.  The end of the commercial lists a DVD release date: Feb. 26, 2010 (Edit: correction, the date is for the DVD release of Suzumiya no Gensou)  This could be very good news for the Haruhi fan community as fansubs will certainly follow. Not yet anyways.

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It has been confirmed that Bandai will be releasing the second season of Haruhi Suzumiya as a complete collection as opposed to the individual volumes that season 1 was distributed as. The announcement first came in the form of a repost of a previous ASOS video announcing the licensing of the season 2 DVDs for North America. The move is believed to be largely due to the Endless Eight episodes dominating the second season. Anime distribution companies usually rely on individual DVD volume to bolster sales before offering box sets; …

Yenpress has recently licensed Puyo’s The Melancholy of Suzumiya-Haruhi-Chan manga for North American publication. The manga has been in publication since 2008 in Kadokawa Shoten’s Shonen Ace. Most fans believed the gag manga would not see the light of day overseas so a scanlation group has been (slowly) translating the chapters.
In other Haruhi publication news, Little Brown Young Readers will be releasing the third volume of the Haruhi Suzumiya light novels (The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya) in July; at current pace, the next volume should be ready in another 5-6 …

According to a new video posted at Bandai Entertainment’s ASOS Brigade website, it appears the North American license rights to the second season of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya have been signed. American voice actress Cristina Vee appears in the video singing the English version of season 2 OP Super Driver (originally sang by Aya Hirano) in a not so subtle hint that she will play a voice role in the English DVDs.  The producer in the video mentions that he will need to shoot a new series of promotional …