We are just having fun reviewing and discussing comic books, graphic novels, manga, anime/animation, music and movies that we have recently read, listened to or watched.
Shadows Over Camelot: The Card Game, by Days of Wonder, is one that libraries that have a strong gaming community might want to consider picking up. The game can be played by 1 up to 7 players and is a stand alone game that lasts about 20 minutes. So this would be great for a gaming day in the library. It is scheduled for an October release date and has a suggested retail price of $25.00. For more information follow the link below:
Japan’s Visual Art’s Rewrite Harvest festa! will be going up for auction on Japan’s Yahoo Auctions Japan. This vehicle is a wrapped van not a painted van. Major difference since it is a wrapped vehicle, because this vehicle has some wear to it. The van was used to a promotional tour in Japan that went to eleven regions for the game. Still it’s kind of cool. The auction begins September 3 and goes to September 17. Follow the link below to get additional pics including some close ups of the wrap.
It your library picked up the first Nightshade books by Andrea Cremer, you will want to pick up the next in this series, Rift. Be aware though this is a prequel to the other three books. Thanks to PenquinYoungReaders and YouTube for the following trailer:
The Japanese arm of Unilever is having a promo were exclusive super deformed Gundam figures will be packaged with AXE Fragrance Body Spray and Body Soap. The promotional will start September 13 and will continue while supplies last. Japan just has some cool promotional tie-ins, that’s all their is to it.
Yes that’s right Nami’s prized Mikan oranges will be sold in stores (straight out of One Piece), just not in the U.S. Starting in October Japanese supermarkets and department stores will begin selling Nami’s Mikan ~Premium~ oranges. They are prized for their “sweetness” You can see an add for them above and there will be different size boxes that customers can choose from with different artwork on each size. Just plain fun!
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund website has an article by Becca Hoekstra about Facebook “Like”s. In Hampton, Virginia six employees of the sheriff’s department were fired for supporting an opposing candidate in an upcoming sheriff election. Three employee’s were dismissed because of “Liking” the opposing sheriff candidate. The employee’s took the issue to the courts and a U.S. District judge determined that “‘liking’ a Facebook page was insufficient speech to merit constitutional protection”. Facebook and the ACLU are challenging this decision that “Liking” on Facebook should be consider free speech, under the U.S. Constitution. Read the full article at the link below:
http://cbldf.org/homepage/facebook-and-aclu-challenge-the-ruling-that-likes-are-not-free-speech/
Toy’s Factory has released Hatsune Miku’s music video to “Weekender Girl”. Hatsune being a vocaloid means that several people helped with this creation. Producers kz and Hachioji-P created the song and vocaloid producer Wakamura-P, helped create the video with the Project Diva staff and TNKS created the “Pansy” costume that Hatsune Miku wears in the video. The song and video are a tie-in to Sega’s Hatsune Miku – Project Diva – F game. Thanks to AnimeNews Network, Toy’s Factory and YouTube for the following video:
One of the more popular young adult books of last year has it’s second book out now. Michael Vey: Rise of the Elgen by Richard Paul Evans is available for your library. Thanks to GlennBeckBookList and YouTube for the following trailer:
You know October is getting near because Horror movies are starting to hit the theaters. This week The Apparition is the first up for the season. Thanks to YahooMovies for the following trailer:
Here is another one from FUNimation that looks like a good one to put in your anime collections, Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror. Oblivion Island was a Nominee for the 2010 Japan Academy Prize for “Best Animation Feature Film”, Winner of the 2010 Japan Academy Prize for “Award of Excellence” and Winner of the 2010 10th Nippon Connection Japanese Film Festival for “Nippon Cinema Award”. Thanks to FUNimation and YouTube for the following trailer: