A round-up of various new reports on the this year's NYCC (updated constantly):

General:

• Thoughts (vicariously) from NYCC [ Shuchaku East ]
• NYCC08: License/Announcement Roundup [ Giapet.net ]
• New York Comic-Con Wrap Up [ UGO ]
• New York Comic Con 2008: Hits and Misses [ Premiere ]
• When Fan Worlds Collide: Scene @ NY Comic Con [ Galleycat ]
• Interview with Lance Fensterman [ ICv2 ]
• NYCC Rocks! [ ICv2 ]
• NY Comic Con: Videogames at New York Comic Con 2008 [ Destructoid ]
• NYCC Round up [ Comics2Film ]
• Comics Go Wide at New York Comic-Con; Gordon Lee Charges Dismissed [ PWCW ]
• Report From New York Comic Con [ NarniaWeb ]
• Thousands Of Comic Book Fans, Creators Meet In NY [ wnbc ]
• East Meets West x 2: Stan Lee's Manga and Del Rey's Marvel Projects [ Firefox News ]
• 2008 New York Comic Con - Day Two [ PinkRaygun ]
• 2008 New York Comic Con - Day One [ PinkRaygun ]
• Manga Recon @ NYCC 2008: Day Two [ PopCultureShock ]
• New York Comic Con ‘08 Report [ Ex-fansubber ]
• NYCC: Sales crunch, Stan Lee, Viz to do global manga [ MangaBlog ]
• New York Comic Con 2008: Complete On-Site Coverage [ Toon Zone ]
• NY Comic-Con: Friday's Manga /Anime Highlights [ Newsarama ]
• NY Comic-Con: Friday's Manga /Anime Highlights [ About.com:Manga ]
• The Anime and Manga Lover's Guide to NYCC 2008 [ PopCultureShock ]
• IGN NYCC Updates [ IGN ]
• CBR's Exclusive Coverage of New York Comic Con [ CBR ]
• Geek gods united at N.Y. Comic Con [ NY Daily News ]
• ANN: New York Comic Con [ ANN ]
• New York Comic Con Central [ Wizard ]
• NY Comic Con '08: First Impressions [ The Quarter Bin ]

Photos:

• New York Comic-Con 2008 Photo Gallery, Highlights [ About.com:Manga ]
• NYCC: Photo Gallery - Day One-ish [ ComicMix ]
• In photos: 'New York Comic Con 2008 - Hellboy II: The Golden Army Preview' [ Monsters & Critics ]
• Pulp Secret
• NYCC: Photo Gallery - Day One-ish [ ComicM!x ]
• New York Comic Con Photos [ Comic Related ]
• 3 Photos from The New York Comic Con [ comics212 ]
• Photo Mania NYCC 2008 [ PWCW ]
• New York Comic-Con 2008 [ ComingSoon ]
• NYCC 2008 [ Flickr ]
• New York Comic-Con 2008 [ Figures.com ]

Videos:

• Fear.net
• NYCC on Fox National News!
• Episode 420 - Day 1 of the NYCC [ Comic Geek Speak ]
• ComicMix Radio at NYCC: Familiar Faces and Plans for '09 [ ComicMix ]
• A Different Take on New York Comic Con [ Major Spoilers ]
• New York Comic Con 2008 Day 1: Stan Lee and Viz "Ultimo" Press Debut [ MeFeedia ]

ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference:

• Graphic Novels Hit $375 Million [ ICv2 ]
• ICv2 Confab Reports 2007 Graphic Novel Sales Rise 12% [ PWCW ]
• Initial Commentary On The ICV2 Graphic Novel Conference In NYC 04-17-08 [ The Comics Reporter ]

Publisher-Specific:

• The Wachowski's Sequels Galore - Speed Racer and Ninja Assassin [ FirstShowing ]
• NYCC: Minx Panel [ CBR ]
• Hiroyuki Takei And Stan Lee Presents Ultimo [ AnimeNewsI ]
• Tokyopop Expands GoComics Relationship [ ICv2 ]
• NYCC08: CMX [ Giapet.net ]
• Del Rey announces Wolverine Team [ MangaBlog ]
• Manga Giant Extends Publishing Portfolio with Launch of Colorful New Line of International Books [ Newsarama ]
• NYCC08: VIZ Press-Only Event! [ Giapet.net ]
• TOKYOPOP and Spacedog Entertainment Join Forces to Develop Manga Entertainment [ MangaCast ]
• TOKYOPOP and Blizzard Entertainment® Announce Three-Year Publishing Plan [ MangaCast ]
• Yen Press Licenses Haruhi [ MangaBlog ]
• NYCC08, Oh Yeah, Yen Also Has Soul Eater [ Giapet.net ]
• Liveblogging New York Comic Con! [ Del Rey Blog ]
• MAC STORE [ comics212 ]

On 9/1, the hosts of a Taiwanese variety show called "The Guess Show" (我猜我猜我猜猜猜) introduced the light novel The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya as an adult light novel by saying it's "obviously H" and "so A[dult]," and went on to read out "adult scenes" from the book. The episode caused an uproar from the online community and the fans. The host's response was: "Obviously what I said weren't from the novel, I'm also a Haruhi fan, it's not my fault if they can't take a little joke." In the end, the show did not apologize.

A few days ago, Kadokawa Taiwan issued a statement explaining that the Haruhi novel is in fact not an adult novel, and asks the TV show to better organize its programs in order to avoid further confusion:

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GRIMES, IA, July 25, 2007 – Right Stuf, Inc. and Nozomi Entertainment are pleased to announce the Fall 2007 release of two official T-shirts featuring artwork from the hit anime series The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

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A special Suzumiya Haruhi telephone card featuring exclusive artwork from Noizi Ito is given to those who purchase the Complete DVD Box Set of Suzumiya Haruhi. Due to the series' popularity, most DVD Box Sets were sold out on the day of release, as a result, the exclusive telephone card can now be found on auction sites, selling for as high as 30,000 yen.

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A live event called Suzumiya Haruhi no Gekisou (涼宮ハルヒの激奏) will be held at Omiya Sonic City on 3/18. The event, expected to last four hours, will feature all five SOS-dan members, as well as Tsuruya-san, Kyon's sister, and Taniguchi.

On 1/20, Animate began selling tickets in advance at selected stores and online website for 4,500 yen. As expected, the tickets were sold out in a very short amount of time. Now the tickets are available on Yahoo Auction for 10x the original price. The ticket of a good seat was sold for 66,000 yen, while tickets of slightly less desirable seats are around 30,000 yen.

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Combining Moe and education is nothing new. After the success of Moetan (English), educational books featuring cute characters aimed at otaku have become increasingly popular, some examples include Moe Economics (Economics), Kabu de Ikou! (Stock Trading), and Tsundere Linux (Linux). English otaku blog Cardcaptor's Blog recently announced "Moeru Kakuritsu Moekaku," (Budding Probability Moekaku), a guide to probability theory taught by Nagato Yuki from the Suzumiya Haruhi universe:

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Kita High Festival, a convention centered on sales of Suzumiya Haruhi-only doujinshi and events, will take place in Chiyoda-Ku, Tokyo on September 17th between 12-4pm.

Source: MangaCast

No one can stop the momentum of the super supervisor! A special illustration card by the SOS Brigade will come with the second volume of "Haruhi Suzumiya no Yuutsu" (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya).

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