The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya Blu-Ray released delayed until February 2012

After the announcement of the inclusion of a bonus DVD packed with extra content to both the UK DVD and Blu-Ray release back in August Manga Entertainment UK have had to reveal the unfortunate news that the Blu-Ray release of The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya has been delayed due to production issues.

In a statement on their official Facebook page, Manga UK stated "The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzimiya will be released on DVD on 7th November. However, our sincerest apologies as the Blu-ray will now be released on the 20th February 2012 due to major problems with the production".

You can pre-order the DVD version of this release from Amazon UK HERE and Blu-Ray version HERE.
[It should be noted that at the time of posting this news, the Amazon UK Blu-Ray listing has not been updated with the pushed back release date.]

'The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya' UK release to be "upgraded to 2-Disc set" by Manga UK

Manga Entertainment UK have made it known via their twitter account that the upcoming release of 'The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya' will now include a bonus DVD packed of extras to compliment the release!

According to Manga UK, "News Flash! Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzimiya DVD and [Blu-Ray] release to include bonus extras disc. Over 169 min of features. All pre-orders for [Disappearance Of Haruhi] will be upgraded to 2-Disc set. Bonus disc is a DVD disc. Special features incl. tons of Behind The Scenes, Tokyo, Theme Song, Trailer, Teasers, Commercials etc"

The film itself has a duration of 163 minutes. This means you are getting more than the runtime the film you're purchasing in extras! Well worth the money if you ask us!

It should also be noted that according to the message above, the bonus disc will be a DVD packed in both the DVD and Blu-Ray versions.

Manga also note that the listings on various websites including Amazon UK will be updated with this news as soon as possible.

Notes on upcoming Manga UK releases

Before we get into the this blog post itself, apologies for the lack of updates over the last few days. Some personal circumstances cropped up unexpectedly, but I'm back, so the next few updates will act as a catchup of sort.


Following our post regarding the release of the Yu Gi Oh 3D Movie (HERE) there is more news from Manga UK regarding an number of their upcoming releases.

As according to the order of posting on the Manga UK twitter -

*The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya Season 2 'Deluxe Edition' (that will included the 'The Melancholy of Haruhi-Chan Suzumiya shorts) box set will be released on July 4th. (Manga also noted this will be a 4 disc DVD set. It will not be released on Blu-Ray.)

*The first volume of 'Birdy The Mighty Decode' and Volume 6 of Naruto Shippuuden will be available from July 11th.

*Casshern Sinns and Xam'd: Lost memories from July 18th, set to be released on both DVD and Blu-Ray

*The Disappearance Of Haruhi Suzumiya will be released on July 25th on both DVD and Blu-Ray

*Fumihiko Sor's 'TO' that has been rebranded as '2001 Nights' for the UK release by Manga is set for release on August 1st. Also, volume 2 of Shikibane Hime (aka 'Corpse Princess') will be released on this date.

*August the 18th will see the release of the complete series of Sekirei (that has a duration of 12 episodes).

*Vampire Knight: Guilty on August 25th.

*The Complete series of 'Rideback' is now set for release on August 29th.

*September 1st will be the release of Naruto Shippuuden volume 7 and the second box set of Xam'd: Lost Memories

*September 12th is a busy week, as it see the arrival of the hotly anticipated 'Redline' feature, volume 2 of 'Birdy The Mighty Decode' that will include the second half of the first season and part 5 of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood.

*And on September 19th will bring the complete series of The Sacred Blacksmith.

It's certainly a busy calendar of releases over the summer heading into the final quarter of the year. No doubt there will be more more announcements by Manga UK in the coming months, perhaps at the London Expo to compliment this already very promising release schedule.