20 Dec

By adding an extra “slash” to asosbrigade.com, you’ll find that the counter on top dumps an error which reveals the username on the account: “Kadousa“. I’ll report back when official word is out.
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The counter just reset itself a few minutes ago. It seems they’re trying to fix the bug as we speak. Someone is watching… (FINAL UPDATE: 12/22)
“The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” TV series, which began its run in April of ‘06 this year — with a possible second season set for Fall 2007, has officially been licensed overseas by American entertainment company… (Bandai/Kadokawa Pictures USA)
*Note: About “Kadokawa USA.” Seems like the only title they have the licensing rights to, prior to this so-called announcement, is “Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid.” But it’s FUNimation who distributes the R1 DVDs. ADV however is responsible for the English dub and subtitles.
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[…] There are now talks about Kadokawa Pictures USA. If you don’t know about them they’re the company who licensed Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid for US distribution. It seems as if it is now a pretty sure bet that the Haruhi series was licensed by them and, if and when they officially announce it, this would be their second licensed title. For evidence of the claim of Kadokawa Pictures USA appearing in the site coding head on over to moetron. It seems as if it was immediately updated after it was found out that an error revealed ‘kadousa’ in the site coding. […]
Hmmm… I wonder if they licensed just the first season or everything, including any upcoming seasons. Hopefully just the former, so there’ll be impediment to getting fansubs of the later.
Wow, news sure travels fast on this… Was posted just a few hours ago on ANN…
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/bbs/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?p=359926&highlight=#359926
And they fixed it in a matter of just a few hours… They are definately paying attention to what people are discussing in forums about this…
Btw, am I the only one seeing double entries? Or is it supposed to be like that?
Yeah…either it suppossed to be like that or it looks like someone is over-enthusiastic XDXD….
PantsGoblin: Thanks for letting me know about the double entries. I took a look at all the discussion going on in that ANN thread just now. This has to be one of the best, or should I say thee Greatest anime marketing campaigns ever :D
Btw, Haruhi.tv is back online.