Month: March 2012

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Criminal Charges Dropped in Canada Case

The case of Ryan Matheson crossing the border, with manga on his laptop, into Canada were he had his computer confiscated for possible possession and importing of child pornography and was later brought up on charges for same acts, has been dropped by the Crown.  Even though the charges were withdrawn Matheson still has to pay legal fees.  Some of the fees were covered by generous donations, however he still has a fee of $45,000.00, to be paid to the court.  Since the charges have been dropped he will not have any criminal record or be registered as a sex offender.  For the full article follow the link below to Comic Book Legal Defense Funds site:

http://cbldf.org/homepage/criminal-charges-dropped-in-canada-customs-manga-case/

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AMV of the Week Do Over

Didn’t realize I had already done the tribute video for Serenity, so here is another AMV for you.  This one comes from YouTuber SimplyMadStudiOs.  This AMV takes the song “Like it Loud” performed by Myah Marie and edits it to several anime: Bleach; Ookami-san; Toradora; Angel Beats; Higurashi; Macross Frontier; Shuffle!; Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya; and Umineko, as stated by the maker of the AMV.  It spotlights the female characters of these anime as the tough ladies that they are.  The transitions are timed with the beats of the song which make it a fast paced video.  The added background isn’t distracting, but add to the video.  Just a great video with a great song nice going SimplyMadStudiOs.  You can find the AMV on YouTube under “[SmS] We like it Loud! [Collab]” or check it out below:

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5 Points

RightStuf has announced the creation of 5 Points Pictures.  This branch of RightStuf will focus on bring Korean Movies to the North American market.  5 Points will begin releasing titles this summer with the following titles: Bleak Night; Finding Mr. Destiny; Moss; Penny Pinchers; and others.  Follow the link for more titles.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/22409.html

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New Pokemon Decks

  

Let all your gamers know that Pokemon is having a new expansion come out on May 9.  The new expansion is called Pokemon: Black & White – Dark Explorers.  The expansion deck will have 100 cards to include six new “Pokemon-EX” cards.  The expansion will have theme decks at $11.99 and booster packs at $3.99.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/22406.html

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AMV of the Week, It’s Shiny

This week’s AMV comes from YouTuber Heironeous77.  Heironeous takes scenes from Serenity and edits them around the song “Blaze of Glory” performed by Bon Jovi.  I believe everyone that is a science fiction fan knows about Firefly and it’s follow-up movie Serenity.  If you haven’t seen either go to your library’s and asked to check the series and movie out.  Just be sure to watch the series before you watch the movie.  If your library doesn’t have them ask them to get it for you through their Interlibrary Loan Program.  “Blaze of Glory” fits this series to a “T”.  The cuts between scenes is nicely done and lyrics to from the song emulate the scenes well.  It’s a shame that this AMV hasn’t been seen by more people.  Hopefully this will change with this posting.  Head to YouTube and search under “Serenity: Blaze of Glory” or check it out below:

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Still Having Fun with the Castle Franchise

Get ready for a second round with Derrick Storm.  Marvel Entertainment and ABC Studios is releasing the second graphic novel based on the fictional Richard Castle’s Derrick Storm books.  This graphic novel is entitled Richard Castle’s Storm Season and is scheduled for release October 17.  This is one libraries that have Castle fans will want to pickup as they did the first graphic novel.  If this is your first knowledge of this series, pick up both graphic novels for your library.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/markets/22387.html

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“Tell Your World” Streaming

The video “Tell Your World” featuring vocaloid Hatsune Miku was released, by Toy’s Factory music label, for streaming.  The song is written and composed by livetune and the  album Tell Your World EP is available today for purchase for all you J-Pop fans.  Thanks to Toy’s Factory and AnimeNews Network for the following video:

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J-Pop at D.C. Fest

Additional information on the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington D.C.   Let all of your library’s J-Pop fans know about these two events that they will probably want to attend.  Misia and Sara Bareilles will be performing at the opening ceremonies of the Festival on March 25 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.  Then on March 27, AKB48 will have two performances at the Lincoln Theatre.  AKB48’s first performance will be at 4:00 p.m. and the second performance will be at 7:30 p.m.  Everyone enjoy the music.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-03-13/akb48-misia-to-perform-at-washington-d.c-cherry-blossom-fest

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D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival

This year during the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery will be hosting a Ghibli film marathon.  The event will be held April 15 from 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and is a free event.  If you happen to be in the area or your library is in the area let your patrons know about the marathon.  Movies that will be shown are: Ponyo; Porco Rosso; Princess Mononoke; and Spirited Away.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-07/d.c.s-cherry-blossom-festival-to-hold-ghibli-film-marathon