Giant Scavenger Hunt Scatters 707 Frames From a Mysterious Video in Ads All Over Japan

The return of Haruhi

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Happy hunting, indeed!

A staggering 707 unique illustrations of Haruhi Suzumiya, the anime icon, have been hidden on billboards, in magazines, and even handed out on the street all around Japan. Each one has a QR code and a number that lets you report your find over at Haruhi.com, where fans are slowly filling in the film frame by frame with their snapshots—slowly giving shape to what appears to be a short anime teaser of Haruhi singing a song.

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