Thanks to Anime News Network for posting the below trailer of the new Thundercats anime.
Supernatural Anime
Libraries that have patrons that enjoy the Supernatural television series, books, and graphic novels will want to get this Blu-Ray/DVD set. Warner Bros. Television has announced that Supernatural: The Anime Series will be released in the U.S. on July 26. Both lead actors, Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki, have lent their voices for all 22 episodes. Linked below is the full article.
Funimation gets Tales of Vesperia
Anime News Network is reporting that Funimation has acquired the rights of the 2009 anime film Tales of Vesperia to release in the United States. They also acquired rights for Fractale and Freezing. All of these are slated to be released next year. Follow the link to the article.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-02/funimation-adds-tales-of-vesperia-anime-film
Ironman & Wolverine Anime on G4
Marvel’s website, linked below, has announced that G4 will be airing the Ironman & Wolverine Anime series exclusively this July. Voice casting for Ironman is Adrian Pasdar and for Wolverine is Milo Ventimiglia. The article also states that G4 will be airing the Blade & X-Men Anime series later this year as well. This makes it one step closer for these series to be made available through Blue Ray/DVD. Librarians that keep track of the anime collection in their library will want to keep their ear to the ground for when these become available for purchase.
http://marvel.com/news/story/15556/iron_man_and_wolverine_anime_casting_news
Hush, Hush Now
Young Adult Librarians check this out! ICv2’s site has a brief article, linked below, that Sea Lion Books has acquired comic and graphic novel rights of Becca Fitzpatrick’s, bestselling young adult book, Hush, Hush.
Nimoy in Transformers
Leonard Nimoy has been tapped to be the voice of Sentinel Prime in the third Transformers movie, Dark of the Moon. Of course your patrons that like Transformers will be interested in this news, but your science fiction patrons will also be interested if they follow Nimoy’s career. Link below to ICv2 below for the article.