Anime News Network has posted that the author of Japanamerica, Ronald Kelts, will host a tribute of director Satoshi Kon at the Smithsonian Museum. Any librarians in the D.C. area will want to let their anime fans know about this event. The tribute is this Saturday, April 2, so there is no time to waste [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Smithsonian to Host Satoshi Kon Tribute
March 31st, 2011 
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Tags: Anime, Japanamerica, Japanese Animation, Kiki's Delivery Service, Paprika, Ronald Kelts, Satoshi Kon, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Museum 
No Comments »Green Lantern Marketing Delayed
March 31st, 2011 RAB According to DC’s site marketing for the Green Lantern movie has been delayed due to visual and special effects needing to get done for it’s release. The site says that Warner Bros. is wanting Green Lantern to become a franchise property for them so the pressure is on for this movie to perform. Link below [...]
4Kids Responds to Alligations
March 31st, 2011 RAB 4Kids Entertainment has responded to the suit by TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems. 4Kids has stated that the letter to terminate did not comply with the 10 business day notice and cure provision written in the agreement for the Yu-Gi-Oh license. They also stated that the termination was wrongful and devoid of any factual [...]
Second Witch & Wizard GN
March 30th, 2011 RAB IDW’s site is reporting that the second volume of Witch & Wizard will be available this week. So any library that has patrons that are fans of James Patterson’s books will be interested in this. This is an original full color story, so readers of Witch & Wizard will want to read this hard cover [...]
Posted in News Tags: IDW, IDW Publishing, James Patterson, Witch & Wizard, Witch & Wizard: Operation Zero No Comments »4Kids Entertainment lose Yu-Gi-Oh
March 30th, 2011 RAB Anime News Network has a report that TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems have filed suit against 4Kids Entertainment accusing them of “underpayments, wrongful deductions and unmet obligations” in regards to their contract for the rights of Yu-Gi-Oh. The article also states that the two companies have terminated their Yu-Gi-Oh deal with 4Kids Entertainment. For [...]
Justice League Movie
March 30th, 2011 RAB DC’s site, linked below, is reporting that Warner Bros. President Jeff Robinov stated that a new script is in the works for a Justice League movie, hoping to get it to the onscreen in 2013. He also stated that after Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros. is planning to “reinvent” the Batman franchise. http://dccomics.com/dcu/news/?nw=18715
Posted in News Tags: Batman, Christopher Nolan, Dark Knight Rises, DC, DC Comics, Jeff Robinov, Justice League, Warner Bros. No Comments »Resident Evil Playing League
March 30th, 2011 RAB Libraries that have Trading Card Gamers will want to pass this along to them. Resident Evil: Alliance TCG came out in January and proved to be a hit, with an expansion set planned. Because of this, Bandai is planning to release a league play program. Think of the Magic The Gathering & Yu-Gi-Oh league play [...]
Posted in News Tags: Gamers, Gaming, Magic the Gathering, Resident Evil, Resident Evil: Alliance, TCG, Trading Card Game, Yu-Gi-Oh No Comments »Follow-up to Zombies in the Library
March 29th, 2011 RAB Attention all libraries!!! Here is an opportunity for you to do a webcomic/graphic novel. Mike Hall, the writer/artist of Library of the Living Dead, has extended an offer to all libraries that would have an interest in creating a webcomic/graphic novel. Mike will assist you with your project. You would have to get in touch [...]
Quitely with CBLDF
March 29th, 2011 RAB If you are going to WonderCon stop by the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s booth, #323. Frank Quitely and the CBLDF have joined forces and will be debuting exclusive prints and postcards by Quitely. For a $20 donation you can get one of an unlimited full color print by Quitely. For a $50 donation if [...]
Posted in News Tags: CBLDF, Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, Frank Quitely, WonderCon, WonderCon 2011 No Comments »Paper and Ink Shortage
March 29th, 2011 RAB Anime News Network has an article that will be of interest to libraries that purchase manga. Japan is experiencing a paper and ink shortage because of the earthquake and tsunami. Therefore, many manga, newspapers, and magazines are being delayed. This will of course effect the manga industry in translating new material to the international market. [...]
