Month: January 2011

Yahoo’s Movie News & Gossip is reporting that Henry Cavill has been cast as the new Superman in Zack Snyder is connected with at this time.  The link below will take you to the short article.

http://movies.yahoo.com/news/usmovies.thehollywoodreporter.com/henry-cavill-cast-superman-zack-snyder-film

This will definitely be of interest for all the Hello Kitty Fans.  Sephora Cosmetics has brought Hello Kitty cosmetics to the U.S. market.  Librarians that have Hello Kitty fans and even anime fans in general will want to mention this to those respective patrons.  Follow the link to Anime News Network for the full article.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-29/sephora-cosmetics-launches-u.s-hello-kitty-line

Dynamite releases Dean Knootz’s Nevermore in March.  Remember that this is just an issue of a mini-series.  Libraries will need to wait until it is released as a collected edition before they purchase this title.  Follow the link to ICv2 for the brief article.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19261.html

ICv2 is reporting that Funimation is suing over a 1,000 people for downloading One Piece # 481 for BitTorrent sites.  So if any of your patrons are talking about this type of activity your might give them a warning and lead them to this article, which is linked below.  They might think it’s cool, but it could lead them into some serious trouble.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19258.html

ICv2 is reporting that Luck Pasqualino has been cast as Adama in the new Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome series.  This will be of interest to your patrons that like  Battlestar fans, science fiction, and Battlestar graphic novel readers.  No date yet on when the series will be released though, it is still in it’s pilot stage.  Follow the link to the short article.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19267.html

The Bobby McKeys Night Club in National Harbor Maryland is hosting a musical tribute to the works of Jun Nujabes Seba, a JHip-Hop producer.  Advance tickets are $15.  Tickets at the door will be $20.  So libraries in that area might want to let their patrons that enjoy manga and anime know about this event.  For the full article follow the link to Anime News Network.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-26/maryland-to-host-nujabes-tribute-event-in-february

Anime News Network is reporting that the replacement for the PSP is in the works and is code named NGP.  Let your gaming patrons know and lead them to the link below for the full article.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-27/sony-announces-psp-successor-codenamed-ngp

At Japan’s Fugi-Q Highland amusement park guests can stay the night in a EVA-themed room with a supposed life size head of an EVA.  That’s going to be one huge head.  Follow the link to Anime News Network to read the full article.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-26/life-size-eva-02-head-evangelion-hotel-room-planned

For all of your library patrons that like JPop this will be of interest.  Berryz Kobo is planning their first U.S. album.  I did not see an official release date yet. Follow the link to the full article at Anime News Network.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-01-26/jpop-girl-group-berryz-kobo-plans-1st-u.s-album