One of the most popular and influential anime of the last decade, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, is coming back to home video. After being out of print for years, we’re bringing it back in time for its 10th anniversary, along with a special collector’s edition. You can pre-order on June 15, and here’s what you can look forward to:
- The complete series (seasons 1+2 together) is on Blu-ray for the first time in North America, presented in the same rebroadcast order used on the Japanese Blu-ray release. A DVD release will also be available.
- We’ll also be including a guide in the release of how to watch the entire two-season series in various other orders, including the super-popular broadcast order, chronological order, and DVD order!
- The release will have many of the extras originally included Bandai release — as well as some that have never been seen in North America!
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For ultimate fans, we’re also releasing a special The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya – Ultimate Collector’s Edition Blu-ray set!
- This features not only the original two season series, but the chibi spinoffs The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya + Nyoron! Churuya-san AND the new Nagato-centric alternate universe spinoff, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan — all in a premium set with a collector’s chipboard box plus a filler box with art cards!
- The filler box happens to be about the same size as a Blu-ray case and can be removed to fit something else…
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The Melancholy of Haruhi-chan Suzumiya is based on the hilarious spinoff chibi manga with all the characters a little more exaggerated than before—and a Haruhi-chan that’s more Haruhi than Haruhi. Nyoron! Churuya-san is based on a popular webcomic-turned-meme full of deadpan humor centered around a smoked cheese-loving version of Tsuruya. These are also available together as a standalone DVD release on the same day at the series, but the Ultimate Collector’s Edition is the only way to get them on Blu-ray along with the art cards!
The spinoff series, The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan, follows the characters in the universe featured in the film The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya and will be available as a Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack separately as well!
Pre-order now to take home ALL of these releases on 9/13!
I already have the Bandai versions but I’ll get this one too since I’m a big Haruhi fan.
On Bluray.. (praying that missing spot is for the movie.. at a later date). I’m soooo preordering this. Thank you! ♥
Almost guaranteed.
License for Haruhi was announced in August 2014. Almost 2 years ago.
I await the Steins;Gate film, which was announced at the same time. I also await Code Geass and Akito the Exiled, which was announced in August 2013.
It would be nice if you gave some updates on these. Eva’s 3.33 delay was already brutal, but at least you guys explained things.
Simple: Sunrise and Kadokawa are being slow as mud getting the materials to them.
It isn’t Funi’s fault, really. Sentai haven’t gotten any of the shows they licensed from Sunrise that year either.
So by “rebroadcast order”, you mean that all episodes from both seasons will be shown in chronological order? Just want to quickly clarify on that, since that’s preferable.
You’re correct
Any news for the movie?
I wonder if that’s why they point out that the filler box can be replaced with a blu-ray box. As in, they don’t have it out yet, but they’re planning for it. I was hoping for an ultimate edition that came with the new show, but kind of surprised it doesn’t have the movie.
So any news yet on the Stiens Gate movie. I’ve been waiting years for that to come out and you guys never seem to be willing to talk about it.
So you guys weren’t able to get the ASOS Brigade extras that were on the original Bandai releases?
I’ve been waiting for something like this since they got the license, but now that it’s happened, the details have me torn. The lack of the movie is hard to ignore, regardless of why it’s missing. On top of that, it looks like the Ultimate Edition is Blu-ray only? I really liked Yuki-chan and it comes in a combo pack. I almost feel I’m better off getting things separately when (or if, in the case of the movie) they’re available.
Oh, so FUNimation are screening out negative comments. Guess I’m not really surprised. They’ve always been shady about stuff like that. (Hey, dude who will ultimately delete this comment before it’s seen by anyone: you should consider finding work with an honest company who actually communicate with their customers instead just releasing things without any consideration since they’ll sell anyway.)
And that one just goes through? Weird; Two of my comments were screened before that one.
Regardless, it really sucks that they’re using the 2009 order, which crams new episodes in between old ones with a noticeable animation difference. It would be less bad if we could at least get the ONAs on BD standalone. Even “DVD order” on 2 discs would have been fine, since you can watch broadcast order without changing discs a ton. Never thought I’d miss the Bandai DVDs.
Will this set be on Amazon?
Almost certainly. Basically everything they release makes it onto Amazon.
I was really concerned I’d have to buy the movie at the cost of an arm and a leg after seeing it wasn’t included on the product page, but the text about the filler box fitting “something else” has got me really excited. Even if I have to buy it separately, it’ll still be much cheaper than trying to find an out of print Blu-ray.
After searching for ever to find a below £50 version of season one in english dub, I finally find this with everything I need, both seasons and the nagato spin off. It looks amazing and i am willing to play the price to get the ultimate edition. One problem…it doesn’t ship to the UK…fml…hopefully it will get here at some point
What resolution is the video up-converted to? 480p? 720? 1080p?
Pretty sure haruhi is already 1080p