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Haruhi Suzumiya, Actor Toma Ikuta to Appear in Gum Ad (Updated)
posted on by Egan Loo
Not-So-Daily Link of the Day: The character Haruhi Suzumiya and the actor Mikuru Asahina and Yuki Nagato will also appear in the commercial.
In the "Boutique" commercial, Ikuta is chewing Acuo gum when he spies an item that is sold out at a boutique. When he blows his "nice breath" onto the boutique clerk, she transforms into Mikuru Asahina. The boutique manager comes over to scold Ikuta for "turning people into anime characters." Ikuta says "Suimasen" ("I'm sorry") with his fresh breath, and the manager turns into Haruhi. Confused, Ikuta runs out of the store and runs into an alley cat … who transforms into Yuki Nagato.
Source: Oricon, Sankei Sports, NTV News 24
Update: More background and story information added. Lotte posted an earlier "Gōkon Kaeri" ("Returning from Mixer Party") commercial that Ikuta did.
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Update 2: A television show ran the commercial before the official release:
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