This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber LadySilverWings. LadySilverWings took the song “At the Beginning” performed by Richard Marx and Donna Lewis and edited it around scenes from Chrono Crusade. This is an older AMV, but still worthy of mention. The editing is done cleanly and if you know the story of Chrono Crusade (Manga or [...]
Archive for February, 2012
AMV of the Week
February 29th, 2012 
RAB 
Posted in AMV Spotlight/Music 
Tags: AMV, Animated Music Video, Anime, At the Beginning, Chrono Crusade, Donna Lewis, LadySilverWings, Manga, Richard Marx, YouTube 
Comments OffLorax Trailer
February 29th, 2012 RAB Another movie for all of your animation fans to get ready for, this weekend, is Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax. Looks to be a fun movie. Thanks to YahooMovies for the trailer.
Posted in Movie Trailers, News Tags: American Animation, Animation, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Seuss' The Lorax, Lorax, The Lorax Comments OffiBooks gets Graphic Novels
February 29th, 2012 RAB The iBooks app is going to start carrying graphic novels available for the customers to consider as purchases. It is believed that Apple will add additional titles as time goes by. http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/22282.html
Hunger Games Is On Fire
February 27th, 2012 RAB ICv2 is reporting that Hunger Games is already sold out in several time slots and locations. The movie doesn’t come out until March 23 and it already has this much buzz. Hopefully the fans of the young adult novels won’t be disappointed in the movie. Thanks to YahooMovies for the trailer below. http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/22249.html
Comic-Con Documentary
February 27th, 2012 RAB For those of us that will never get to Comic-Con, Comic-Con Episode IV A Fan’s Hope might be as close as we get. The documentary will have a very limited release and will get most of it’s money from Blu-Ray/DVD sales. This would be one for a library to get, so patrons that have expressed [...]
Posted in Movie Trailers Tags: A Fan's Hope, Anime, Comic Books, Comic-Con, Comic-Con Episode IV A Fan's Hope, Conventions, Cosplay, Cosplayers, Documentary, Fantasy, Gamers, Gaming, Graphic Novels, Manga, Movies, Popular Culture, Science Fiction Comments OffEpisode 13 of ComicPop Library: Deamons Have Taken Over
February 24th, 2012 RAB Episode 13 of ComicPop Library is finally here! This one turned out to be a longer than normal episode, but it’s still great listening. Join the crew, along with our guest Charity, as we review and discuss Deamon by Daniel Suarez and K-ON! by Kakifly. Episode 13: Deamons Have Taken Over
Posted in Podcasts Tags: Charity, Chris Dressler, ComicPop Library, Comicpoplibrary.com, Daniel Suarez, Deamon, Episode 13 of ComicPop Library, Johnny Dunlap, Johnny Dunlap III, K-ON, Kakifly, Matt Moyer, Matthew Moyer, Richard Brookman, Richard Brookman Jr. Comments OffGaming Art at the Smithsonian
February 22nd, 2012 RAB If your library is in the D.C. area you will definitely want to let your gamers know about this upcoming exhibit at the Smithsonian Art Museum. During March 16 – September 30 the Smithsonian will have an exhibit entitled “The Art of Video Games”. During it’s opening weekend they will be having an additional event [...]
Posted in News Tags: Anime, D.C., District of Columbia, GameFest, Gamers, Gaming, Hideo Kojima, Manga, McEvoy Auditorium, Metal Gear Solid, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Art Museum, The Art of Video Games, Video Gaming Comments OffSakura-Con
February 22nd, 2012 RAB For all the libraries in the Seattle, Washington area, the Sakura-Con is coming April 6 – 8. Some guest have already been announced on AnimeNews Network, which include anime director Yoshiaki Kawajiri and cellist/vocalist Kanon Wakeshima. You can find additional guest listed at the below links. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-20/sakura-con-to-host-ninja-scroll-kawajiri-singer-kanon-wakeshima http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-20/sakura-con-to-host-madoka-magica-urobuchi-ninja-scroll-minowa
Posted in News Tags: Anime, Anime Director, Cellist, Convention, Conventions, J-Pop, Kanon Wakeshima, Manga, Sakura-Con, Seattle, Vocalist, Washington, Yoshiaki Kawajiri Comments OffSkylanders are Sky High
February 22nd, 2012 RAB Yahoo reports that six chase figures of Skylanders sold for over $1,000. I’m currently working on episode 13 and we have 14 and 15 waiting in the wings and in episode 14 ComicPop Library reviews Skylanders. As the article says if people are paying this amount it is definitely a hit at this time. We’ll [...]
K-ON! Series Two go’s to Sentai
February 21st, 2012 RAB Sentai Filmworks has announced that they have licensed the second season of K-ON! So all you K-ON fans rejoice. I speculate that it will probably be released during the third or fourth quarter of the year. So if you have an anime section within your library mark your calendars to begin looking for the ordering [...]
