Bandai announces the release of the first DVD will be on April 3rd, 2007, and that they’ll release footage of Asahina Mikuru no Bouken Episode 00, pegged as the first episode on the DVD, on their website a few days early to promote it. The end of March comes, and at midnight (PT, of course) on the Sunday before the DVD release, when Bandai had announced that the footage would be shown, we get another Pink Space Ranger Haruhi video where she basically says “April Fools, FUNimation really has the license.” After that it redirects to the FUNimation site where Episode 00 is played online in dub form. “Highlights” include a failure to get the license for either “God Knows” or “Hare Hare Yukai,” Tsuruya-san having a southern accent, an overacting Itsuki sounding like he’s a regular at the Blue Oyster Bar (NO ONE is going to get that reference these days), “esper” being translated to “superhero,” and very nice packaging and DVD menus. Rioting in the streets, societal breakdown, and a big fat lawsuit from Marvel Comics follow…

Isn’t that going to be the title of book 9?[/quote]

“涼宮ハルヒの認可”
[i]Suzumiya Haruhi no Ninka[/i]

…What? It’s possible. :3

Don’t think you have to worry about Pink Space Ranger doing the voice for Haruhi. While the road from Power Ranger to voice actor is not without its successes (see: Stampede, Vash the), primary character voices on series like this, where all signs point to a very profitable license, if done right, tend to go to proven veterans.

Unless you’re ADV, of course. After all, somebody’s got to take the risk of hiring voice actors who haven’t done anything before…

I’d expect someone with a recognized name, who can do a younger (but not too young) voice, like Kari Wahlgren (FLCL’s Haruko), or Michelle Ruff (Lupin III’s Fujiko), or even Wendee Lee (best known as Faye Valentine, but the voice she’s currently doing for Tatsuki on Bleach would be about right).

A lot of it will depend on whether they hire via casting call, or if they farm it out to an ADR production company, like Animaze (Bebop, Trigun, GitS) or Ocean (Inuyasha, Ranma. Gundam Seed/Wing). Both have done business with Bandai in the past. I kinda hope they get Ocean to do the dubbing, as they’ve got a number of fine voice actresses who could handle the female roles, their VAs never seem to overact like too many American VAs do (probably because they’re Canadian), and Kirby Morrow (Inuyasha’s Miroku) would be absolutely perfect for Itsuki.

as so many have said before what did they do to yuki O_o (mikuru was hot though :D.. cant stand the voice for haruhi though >.>)