Month: November 2011

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AMV of the Week

This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber Kalysons.  This individual takes the song “Time for Me to Fly”, performed by Jonas Brothers, and edits it to images from the animated Avatar: The Last Airbender.  Many will discount this AMV, it hasn’t been viewed much, because of their feelings toward the Jonas Brothers.  It doesn’t matter to me how much an AMV has been viewed or not.  I look at how it’s put together, if the song is catchy and if it fits the anime.  This song has a good message and fits Aang and his journey perfectly.  There is some pixelation within the video, but not enough to distract from the viewing.  Check it out on YouTube under “Avatar AMV – Aang – Time For Me To Fly or check it out below.  I enjoyed it Kalysons.

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Doujinshi Threatened

The United States is wanting to standardize copyright laws between Japan and seven other Pacific countries.  Japan has had a unique marketing tool with Doujinshi.  Doujinshi is fan made manga that fans can sell at doujinshi conventions, only for that one convention.  The fans use copyrighted characters and produce fan manga.  Comiket is one of the largest conventions for this type of product.  The Japanese publishers have always let these conventions happen because it also helps promote their characters and keeps interest and possible create new interest in their published titles.  Thank of it as you get a small taste of the characters and then you want to purchase the whole meal.  It would be nice if the U.S. publishers would recognize that this could help them in their business here in the U.S.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/21387.html

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Miniature Gaming

For your gamers that enjoy miniatures the Axis & Allies game, produced by Wizard of the Coast, is coming out with Axis & Allies Air Force Miniatures.  This set will have 30 mini’s for game play, for a suggested price of $39.99.  This set will also have booster packs that contain 3 mini’s called Angels 20, which will be available for a suggested price of $19.99.  Remember if you have any gamers in your library, the library could provide a space for them to gather and play as a program.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/21384.html