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Long leg idol seiyuu Tomatsu Haruka announced in her blog a few days ago that she will be releasing her second photo album as well as her first solo album Feburary next year. She also mentioned that this time there will be swimsuit shots (!). The sound you just heard is a combination of a thousand fanboys (and fangirls) falling to the ground due to blood lost from picturing her in a swimsuit while the album weeps quietly in the dark corner for being ignored.

The im@s girls and Shimoda Asami made the cut to this years Animelo Blu-ray and DVD, but somehow Shoko-tan didn’t make the cut (nobody cares though, right?) yet GACKT did. Proving yet again that the Elevens suck at negotiating rights. The days till they release a full concert is nowhere in sight.

Kawakami Tomoko apparently had a role in the second season of DARKER THAN BLACK, prompting fans to speculate that she came out of hiatus. She went into hiatus due to health problems around July/August of 2008.

The release date for the Haruka movie - 劇場版「遥かなる時空の中で～舞一夜」 「Haruka naru toki no naka de ~ Maihitoyo」  is now on the movie’s official site.  Set to roadshow on August 19,  the movie will actually premiere on the first day at ｢ネオロマンス・フェスタ 遙か祭 2006｣,  Harukasai 2006, on the August 12.

The official site features a full theatrical trailer as well as the previous short teaser trailer.  Art and production values it seems to be quite OK.  The new theme song is nice, though I cannot give compliments on background song they chose for the teaser.  The theatrical trailer gives out hints about a mysterious young man who Miko falls in love with and is possibly going to be whom Hachiyou 八葉 and Miko will fight in the end. ^^;  The Amayadori scene strangely reminds me of one of the Tomomori event from Haruka 3 ~ Izayoiki 十六夜記. Maybe it’s the hair style and the dress. ^^;

The entire cast of the Hachiyou and main character played by 川上とも子, Kawakami Tomoko will be present at the premiere together with guest 櫻井孝宏, Sakurai Takahiro, who voices the new character 多季史, Oono Suefumi, in the movie. However I don’t see any sign of 置鮎龍太郎, Okiayu Ryoutaro or 大谷育江, Ootani Ikue which is a pity. Also, Ishida Akira will only be there for the second day’s event. The last Harukasai was very successful. Let’s hope this will be a good one too.

Before the release of movie, the Making of Maihitoyo DVD is due for release on the 28th of July, a set of Maihitoyo dolls (Hachiyo + Suefumi) on sale from the 27th, a drama CD on the 9th of August which consists of a new story based on the Maihitoyo, the full version of image song and selected BGM of the movie.