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The SOS Brigade @ Anime Expo® 2007

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 9:14 am
by Shamisen
May 25, 2007 (Anaheim, CA) – Anime Expo® 2007, Bandai Entertainment Inc., and Kadokawa Pictures USA announced today that the Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya will be celebrated at this year’s Anime Expo® convention, held at the Long Beach Convention Center June 29-July 2, 2007, with the “SOS Brigade Invasion Tour.”

The SOS Brigade is a reference to the school club formed by Haruhi Suzumiya, the eccentric lead character of this series, which has been nothing short of a phenomenon in Japan and is making its North American debut on DVD on May 29th 2007.

Aya Hirano (Haruhi), Yuko Goto (Mikuru), and Minori Chihara (Yuki), renowned worldwide for their performances in both the Haruhi television series and the character soundtracks will be attending as Official Guests of Honor at this year’s Anime Expo®.

In addition to appearing on panels and having autograph sessions, the three voice leads, will also be performing in a live concert on Saturday June 30th 2007 at 4:30 pm at the Long Beach Arena, next to the convention center. They will be performing such hit songs as “Bouken Desho Desho?” and “Hare Hare Yukai.” Winner of Bandai Entertainment Inc. Haruhi Dance contest will be allowed to come up on stage and perform the infamous dance with the voice actresses, live on stage. The concert will be free for Anime Expo® attendees.

“We are excited to be working with Anime Expo® and Kadokawa Pictures USA to bring the voice talents who have made Haruhi so successful in Japan for their first appearance in North America,” said Ken Iyadomi, President of Bandai Entertainment. “Please join us as the SOS Brigade Invasion continues.”
For more information see this link:

http://www.anime-expo.org/

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:15 pm
by Nagato
Ohhh... Soooo far awaaaaaay!



... Sorry.

Seriously, though: getting that beautiful box scribbled on by three pretty ladies would be nice :D

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:28 pm
by Shamisen
Well we DO have members in CA. AZ and points there abouts

Ah Nagato Road trip ??? (In my style?)

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 2:49 pm
by Nagato
Man, I'd love to, but I'd need almost two weeks off of work and more money than I can spare at the moment for gas and lodging... :(

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 3:02 pm
by Shamisen
Image




Pictured from left to right:

Minori CHIHARA (Yuki Nagato)
Date of birth: 1980-11-18

Yuko GOTO (Mikuru Asahina)
Hometown: Aichi, Japan

Aya HIRANO (Haruhi Suzumiya)
Date of birth: 1987-10-08
Hometown: Aichi, Japan

Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2007 4:05 pm
by JustDJR
Im going, maybe I should try to dig up a digital camera to post pictures of the expo for you guys.

I went to AX in 03 and 04, but due to WoW and being scared for life by ManFaye I skipped a couple years lol. Looks like its going to be fun going back, plus the concert $$$$

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 11:12 am
by Kei
I probably won't be able to make it... I'm just a poor college student, after all. :(

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 5:01 pm
by JustDJR
Ryoko wrote:I probably won't be able to make it... I'm just a poor college student, after all. :(
Eh same here, but the cost is in how much you spend when you get there, not the 60 bucks for the weekend pass :[

If I see any seikai stuff i might not be able to help myself

Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:18 pm
by Dragon
Sheesh its practically in my back yard......
I would love to go.. but I'm poor now and two weeks off work with no pay (haven't accrued vacation hours yet) would do me in... :shock:

Aya Hirano Has a New Look

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 1:51 pm
by Shamisen
Image


Just so you'll notice her...

Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:40 pm
by JustDJR
Yeah all over that concert on saturday bwhahaha

Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2007 10:43 pm
by AzgalathQ
I would... but I have the choice of either going... or eating this next semester (this is an obvious dramatization).


I'll choose the latter. :twisted:

Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2007 11:27 pm
by Shamisen
JustDJR wrote:I'm going, maybe I should try to dig up a digital camera to post pictures of the expo for you guys.

I went to AX in 03 and 04, but due to WoW and being scared for life by ManFaye I skipped a couple years lol. Looks like its going to be fun going back, plus the concert $$$$

Don't bother taking the camera to the arena unless you're official press, they will do the following:

Photography and recording of any kind are strictly prohibited during concert events with the exception of Anime Expo ® Archive Staff and pre-approved Press members from designated locations. By attending, you agree not to bring any photography or recording devices into the Arena. Any attendee(s), non-authorized press, or staff members discovered with functioning equipment will be subjected to immediate deletion of all media stored in the device and one strike on the badge. A second offense will result in media deletion, ejection from the Arena and badge revocation for the remainder of the convention at the discretion of Staff Pro employees and Anime Expo ® Staff.

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 4:16 pm
by JustDJR
Wow what camera Nazis. How are they going to stop people with super awesome cellphones I wonder. That arena sits 11,000.

Anyway, I can still grab pictures of the rest of the show.

Posted: Sat Jun 16, 2007 10:40 pm
by bluemercury
Thank god for cell phones, or should i say thank Haruhi for cell phone's

Haruhi American Voice Actors at Anime Expo® 2007

Posted: Wed Jun 20, 2007 3:33 pm
by Shamisen
Posted: Jun 19, 2007
Haruhi American Voice Actors and ASOS Brigade Members join the "SOS BRIGADE INVASION TOUR" at Anime Expo® 2007

June 18, 2007 (Cypress, Ca) – Bandai Entertainment Inc., and Kadokawa Pictures USA and Anime Expo 2007 ® announced today that Haruhi’s American voice actors Wendee Lee (Haruhi), Crispin Freeman (Kyon), Johnny Yong Bosch (Itsuki) and Stephanie Sheh (Mikuru) will be appearing as part of the “SOS Brigade Invasion Tour,” held at the Long Beach Convention Center June 29-July 2, 2007 at Anime Expo 2007 ®.

They will join their voice acting counterparts from Japan: Aya Hirano (Haruhi), Yuko Goto (Mikuru), and Minori Chihara (Yuki) in a live concert on Saturday June 30th 2007 at 4:30 pm at the Long Beach Arena, next to the convention center.

In additional fan favorite ASOS Brigade members Paddy, Haruka, and Kana, will also be part of the concert.

“It’s exciting to have east meet west at the SOS Brigade Invasion Tour,” said Ken Iyadomi, President of Bandai Entertainment. “This is an event Haruhi fans won’t want to miss.”

Aya Hirano, Yuko Goto and Minori Chihara join Tetsuro Araki, Eisaku Inoue, Masaru Kitao, Mary Elizabeth McGlynn and ORESKABAND as Anime Expo® 2007 Official Guests of Honor.

For more information, please visit http://www.anime-expo.org or http://www.asosbrigade.com

Posted: Thu Jun 21, 2007 1:20 am
by JustDJR
Ima try and get JYB to sign my Trigun LEs, and maybe have the SOS brigade sign my DVD1 of TMOHS

Posted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:10 pm
by Shamisen
Things are getting pretty tight time wise unless something breaks
I'm going to miss this one... :cry:

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:50 pm
by Shamisen
I missed it and I'm not happy

That is all... :(

Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 11:51 pm
by JustDJR
I was there and you didnt miss alot actually. Well it was allright.

I waited in the sun for like over an hour to get in, pretty uneccessarily considering the seating was assigned but whatever. When finally got in they just ran out of $9 beer that i was so looking forward to.

Before the show started they had some haruhi dub outakes running that were pretty funny, also some clips from their adventures in voice acting dvd thing i belive. They kicked off the show to Mikuru's voice actress singing her battle waitress song, in the proper poor fashion, leading to confused stares from people who didnt know why it was so bad.

Then they marched up the lead girls (both Mikuru's, then haruhi's, then just yukis japanese VA cause Michlle Ruff couldnt attend) in pairs and had them both do lines from a particular scene.

Aya Hirano sang that boku boku densho song, then they went on with some more random stuff. Then Yuki's VA sang two songs, then some random stuff with Johnny Yong Bosch and the ASOS Brigade. Then Aya Hirano came back out and sang God Knows and Lost My Music. Finally, they marched all the dance contest people up and pretty much everyone in the whole show did the ending theme dance. Johnny Yong Bosch didnt know the moves so he just started busting out riverdance moves and stuff it was pretty funny.

That was it, it was marred by technical difficulties, and language barrier fun time.

I think im still glad i went. We'll see how this sunburn turns out :[

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 5:22 pm
by Dragon
Still it sounds like it was fun to attend. *sigh*
:D

Posted: Mon Jul 02, 2007 6:32 pm
by Kei
Dragon wrote:Still it sounds like it was fun to attend. *sigh*
:D
Indeed. *sigh sigh*

Maikeru.Y>

Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 12:50 pm
by Yuuki
I'm really annoyed cause I went to the 2007 Oct and I went on Sunday.
Then I saw the reviews and on the Saturday there were a crowd of Haruhi based Cos play doing the dance!

YEP I WAS LIKE :x :cry: :shock: :?: :?: :!: :!:

Posted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 1:30 am
by lazysunside
That too bad cuz i have no money and i have to study may be if i finish high school, i may visit for sometime...time to rally and do Hare Hare Yukai