suzumiya haruhi

When the popular anime series, The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi (Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu), was rumored to have a second season, fans and bloggers alike went into a frenzy. This quickly turned into a disappointment when it was announced that it was actually going to be reruns of the first season. However, speculation for a second season never seemed to diw down, due in part to people behind Haruhi keeping details about the re-airing so secretive and cryptic.

In a brilliant marketing strategy (at least in my opinon), the producers of the anime sneaked in the first of the new episodes in the guise of first season reruns. Within hours, 2ch in Japan exploded with hunderds of posts a minute excited about Haruhi's return. It didn't take long before anime news blogs like Sankaku Complex caught wind of it and started spreading the good news.

The new episode "Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody" was aired last Thursday, May 21, 2009. It is billed as episode 8 of the series re-airing. The series will have a total of 28 episodes and will be shown in chronological order with first and second season episodes alternating in the re-airing.

A subtitled episode of Haruhi Season 2 Episode 1 is available HERE.