This post originally appeared on my personal blog – I’m just trying to give this breaking news wider coverage. To get the full picture, read the complete report on Anime News Network.

If untrue, come 24 May let’s all fly to Kadokawa’s corporate headquarters and seriously trash the place. If true, then the guesswork I made on 01 May (click here to read the original post) turns out to be correct after all:

Sasa no Ha Rhapsody will probably appear as one of the side stories in the second season.

The new episodes produced for the second season will probably be mixed into the “rebroadcast” of the first season.

If the chronological ordering of the Suzumiya Haruhi light novel series is strictly observed and the two preceding inferences are correct, the first episode of the new season will probably be an adaptation of Sasa no Ha Rhapsody and will probably air on 22 May or shortly thereafter, by which time – based on the 03 April start date of the “rebroadcast” – a gap will exist in the light novel material already covered by the first season. [emphasis added]

Now comes the difficult part: waiting for hard evidence. The Dark Kadokawa Empire cannot be trusted by its word alone.

EDIT (22 MAY 2009): IT’S HERE. RIGHT ON THE TICK.

Diego emerges from his anime viewing bunker to broadcast his thoughts on how some of this season’s titles are doing so far.

On today’s menu: Eden of the East, Hayate no Gotoku!!, K-ON!, Shangri-La, and Saki.

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Today, we’re throwing the spotlight on Alpha – a hardbound artbook featuring the work of ARIA manga author and illustrator Amano Kozue.

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The 28th of February 2009 is the first annual Global Shinkai Day. Anime enthusiasts from all over the world are encouraged to take part in the event by watching the noted animation director Shinkai Makoto‘s films and joining the discussions at the fan forum Cherry Blossoms Falling.

To mark the event, Crunchyroll is currently streaming three of Shinkai’s major works: Voices of a Distant Star, The Place Promised in Our Early Days and 5 Centimeters Per Second. A new dub of 5 Centimeters Per Second will be shown for the very first time today, featuring a different cast from that of the English dub commissioned by ADV for its now out-of-print R1 DVD release.

What does it take to turn this . . .

. . . into this?

Watch the 2006 Japanese comedy series Attention Please and find out.

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Today the spotlight falls on ADV’s R1 DVD release of the 2002 OVA Hoshi no Koe (release title: Voices of a Distant Star), part of the two-volume Shinkai Collection first launched in 2005.

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Today the spotlight falls on the second season of Natsume Yuujin-chou.

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Ghosts, ghouls and goblins don’t generally march across TV screens after October, but that’s about to change thanks to the second half of FUNimation Entertainment’s R1 DVD release of the 2006/2007 series Ghost Hunt.

This review covers Part 2 of the FUNimation DVD set, which includes episodes 14 through 25 of the 25-episode series. (A review of Part 1, which was released in October, is available here.)

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Note: If the picture above looks pixellated to you, congratulations! You’re having the same problem as me and I haven’t the foggiest idea why this happened. orz Click on the image to view a full-sized, high-quality, non-****ed-up version. Now, on with the show.

Your friendly Wolf Hurricane DVD critic is back from a long hiatus with a piping-hot review of Kadokawa/Bandai’s limited-edition R1 DVD release of the 2006 animated film Toki o Kakeru Shoujo (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time).

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With Halloween just around the corner, anime enthusiasts might wish to add a little spook to their viewing schedule with FUNimation Entertainment’s R1 DVD release of the 2006/2007 series Ghost Hunt.

This review covers Part 1 of the FUNimation DVD set, which includes episodes 1 through 13 of the 25-episode series. (Part 2 is scheduled for release next month.)

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