Update: As it turns out the so called announcement was a rather cruel play on words. Due to the rather open nature of the original air date, this only refers to a RERUN of the original anime series. Perhaps when that is completed they will air the continuing series. 

Just a small post to let everyone know that hasn’t already heard. The long overdue and awaited Haruhi season 2 will apparently begin airing in april.  However which april, this or next, is still left open for discussion. The news comes from a comercial for anime mag Newtype, which sports a “TV anime broadcasts commence in April” on the front cover. More will be known and updated on when the mag itself drops on the 10th of february. 

I have seen many posts proclaiming distaste for Lucky Star calling it all sorts of colourful names. I personaly loved this show as it poked fun at anime lovers and other culture aspects. For those who don’t already know, Lucky Star was produced by Kyoto Animation which was responsible for the massive hit, The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya. Due to this, there are many Haruhi refrences throughout Lucky Star often as a result of Konata, 1 of the characters in the show. Both Haruhi and Konata even have the same voice actor, Aya Hirano, so it should come as little shock when Konata’s friends show up to her work in a cosplay cafe to find her dressed as Haruhi.

While undoubtibly 1 of the best moments of the show, figure designers Max Factory have taken this moment to design what I believe to be the best cross-over item ever. Konata dressed as Haruhi in their Figma range. If that wasn’t enough, they thought it would be fun or something to only make 5000 of these and release them only at Wonderfest ’08. As to be expected of such a popular and rare item, many poped up on ebay and I watched them sell for over $200 US each. Pretty crazy considering that the actual cost of these figures at the festivel was only around $25 US.

Perhaps I was just lucky (no pun intended) but last night I was able to snatch 1 of these for under $100. Still expensive for a figure but being an otaku isn’t cheap as every collector knows all too well. So as the title of this post says, Best. Item. Ever.