In case you hadn’t heard, PBS will be airing a special performance of Video Games Live through July and August. The 90-minute Video Games Live special will consist of never before televised live musical performances from the Mario, Zelda, Sonic, Halo, Warcraft, Final Fantasy, Castlevania, God of War, Civilization, Chrono Cross, StarCraft and Guitar Hero franchises, including a musical journey through Classic Gaming. The special will premiere on July 31 and air throughout August 2010 on PBS stations (check local listings).

Lucky viewers in the Bay Area and Northern California will be able to experience the Video Games Live PBS Special almost two full months in advance. PBS station KQED Public Television 9 will be debuting the Video Games Live special in its entirety on Monday, June 7th, 2010 at 7:30pm and Tuesday, June 8th at 1:30am.

More information can be found on the KQED website.

The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, the first movie in the Haruhi Suzumiya franchise, will be screened at the Laemmle’s Sunset theater in Hollywood on June 24.

Stephanie Sheh, english voice actress for Mikuru will appear along with other surprise guests. She will be signing the theatrical poster for all attendees. Cristina Vee of Bandai’s ASOS Brigade will also appear and be performing on stage several of the series’ songs in English and Japanese before the screening.

Attendees will be treated to a Haruhi manga and novel giveaway courtesy of Yen Press and Crunchyroll will raffle off 10 three month memberships and five one-year anime memberships to lucky attendees. Cosplayers that come to the theatre in a Haruhi costume will get an extra prize!

Laemmle’s Sunset 5 is located at 8000 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA - (323) 848-3500.

Tickets for the event are now on sale at http://www.laemmle.com/viewtheatre.php?date=06242010&thid=2

Crunchyroll, the number one online destination for anime and Asian entertainment, is giving away a free 16GB iPad. The iPad will arrive to the winner pre-loaded with the new Crunchyroll iPad App - so the winner can watch the hundreds of anime and drama titles found on Crunchyroll in HD for free!

To qualify for the giveaway, Interested parties can enter by becoming a fan of the Crunchyroll Facebook Page  and be a Crunchyroll Premium Member on the day of March 31st. Crunchyroll will pick one (1) lucky winner on March 31st, 2010. The lucky winner will be announced on the front page and will be contacted by email and private message.

For more infomation visit Crunchyroll for full details.