Japan just likes to have fun with their popular culture. It has been announced that the convenience store chain FamilyMart will be offering new pork buns. The pork buns will be Slime Nikuman, inspired by the role-playing game DragonQuest.
The Dead Rise Again
AMC has set the date for the debut of season 2 of the Walking Dead. The date is October 16 at 9:00 p.m. ET and it will be a 90 minute episode.
Kobe Awards Winners Announced
The winners of the 16th Annual Animation Kobe Award were announced: 1) Individual Award – writer Mari Okada; 2) Special Award – director Osamu Dezaki and production team of Detective Conan; 3) Theatrical Film Award – Macross Frontier: Sayonora no Tsubasa; 4) Television Award – Puella Magi Madoka Magica; 5) Network Award – Hetalia: World Series; and 6) Theme Song Award – “Shinryaku no Susume” by ULTRAPRISM with Ika Musume from Hisako Kanemoto. Thanks to AnimeNews Network for the update.
Yolen’s Dragon is Let Loose
Dark Horse has just released The Last Dragon. This graphical novel is written by Jane Yolen, with art by Rebecca Guay. Your fans of fantasy will be interested in this novel, not to mention your patrons that definitely follow Yolen’s works. So this work will be a great cross promotional tool within your library. The price for the hardcover volume is $29.99. If you are interested in this the ISBN is: 978-1-59582-798-2.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Books/15-952/The-Last-Dragon-Hardcover