Lucky☆Star x Haruhi Suzumiya

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“Hōkago Teatime,” a two-CD mini-album “performed” by the characters of the K-On! anime series, became the first anime character CD release to top either the weekly album or single chart of the Oricon survey firm.

K-on! Hokago Teatime album

The CD release sold 67,000 copies to debut at #1 on the latest weekly album chart. No other album credited to fictional anime characters has ever reached that high.

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A sketch of a Lucky Star character by the popular game illustrator Naru Nanao was sold for 1,311,000 yen (about US$14,000) in an online auction.

Lucky Star Kagami Hiiragi sketch

Nanao had originally drawn the sketch of the Kagami Hiiragi character to mark the end of the Lucky Star anime series, even though Nanao was not directly involved in Lucky Star.

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A full scale Gundam robot is built in Tokyo to celebrate the epic anime series’ 30th anniversary…

Kadokawa is streaming the new release of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya on Youtube. English subbed and HD, how cool is that?

The first episode (actual chronological order) below, you can view the rest on the Youtube playlist (8 episodes and counting)


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