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Haruhi Suzumiya's 1st New Light Novel Volume in 4 Years Releases on November 29

posted on by Crystalyn Hodgkins
Worldwide simultaneous release planned, currently unclear if release will include languages other than Japanese

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Image via Haruhi Suzumiya franchise's X/Twitter
The official X/Twitter for volume in the franchise, titled Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekijō (The Theater of Haruhi Suzumiya), will release on November 29, and will have a simultaneous worldwide release. The announcement did not state if the volume will release in languages other than Japanese.

The volume will The Sneaker magazine, plus a new sequel to those two stories.

The "Suzumiya Haruhi Gekijō: Fantasy-Hen" (Haruhi Suzumiya Theater: Fantasy Arc) short story ran in the August 2004 issue of The Sneaker. It begins when the SOS Brigade are apparently transported to a fantasy world. The story continues in different worlds through the "Kaete Kita Suzumiya Haruhi Gekijō" (Return of Haruhi Suzumiya Theater) follow-up story in the June 2006 issue of The Sneaker. The new volume will then add a new sequel short story to these earlier stories.

Tanigawa and illustrator released the entire series (at the time) in 10 volumes between 2009-2013. The first 10 volumes are also available in English digitally.

Kadokawa published The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya, another following later in June 2021.

The first season of rereleased the anime in 2016.

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya anime film opened in 2010. Bandai Entertainment and later Funimation released the film on home video.

The novels have also inspired a manga and spinoff manga. Several of the spinoff manga have also inspired anime works.

Source: Haruhi Suzumiya franchise's X/Twitter via Yaraon!



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