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It’s here. The ASOSBrigade Video. I for one applaud these efforts. If these people were to actually voice the characters it’d be horrible but luckily it’s quite obvious they will not be. As energetic as Patricia Ja Lee is here her voice just won’t fit if we don’t see her actual enthusiasm. Frankly, she’s not a voice actress.

However, Bandai and Kadokawa, from what we see in this video, seem to be making an unusual effort to please existing anime fans - that’s been something rare in anime dubs since anime was introduced to the world. They even have online polls actually asking us which Mikuru/Yuki english voice sounds better. Thank god they asked us too, cuz if these were in order from 1st choice to 4th choice, it wouldn’t have been pretty.

Kudos, Kadokawa. Kudos, Bandai. You have broken ground in reaching to the American otaku.

Haruhiism has reached the Middle East!

I did say something amazing has happened yesterday didn’t I? Global permeation! The answer to peace in the Middle East is to convert everyone to Haruhiism!

So apparently Haruhi willed the world into existance today, December 18th, 2006. That’s the date proclaimed by the Gospel of Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu. Whatever memories before today you think you had are not real. They didn’t actually happen. They’ve only been implanted in your brain. The universe was created today because Haruhi wanted it to exist. We must do our best to keep her satisfied shall we? ne?

Many websites seem to be aware of this massive event. AnimeonDVD’s post for today has all the S’s and O’s highlighted in red and linked to asosbrigade.com, which ominously points to the end of the world as we know it.

Haruhi.tv is also down (intentionally)…with a nice hidden message at the bottom of the source code as well.

What is this world coming to?

One thing I wanna say before I get to my Kanon blogging: fans of Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, fans of Kanon…can’t we all just get along? Is it not possible to love both? Why must the anime blogging community be so polarized, and everyone must love one over the other?! Bashing each other will not derive much benefit, and because they are both amazing anime, missing out on either one is truly a shame. Instead, sit down and objectively watch each one. Forget the other exists, unless you have something fun to see, but none of that shit like, “This is what Kyoto Animation cut off Haruhi for?”

Yes, I’ll admit it, at this point I like SHnY a bit better than Kanon, but who knows what I’ll think 24 23 weeks later? Kyoto Animation made their decision to animate both Kanon and SHnY, and since they work up there with the same people who brought us light, the stars, and our daily bread, let’s not second-guess their choices. Come on guys, forget this blogosphere politics, and just enjoy the anime…