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Anime News Network is reporting that Funimation has acquired the rights of the 2009 anime film Tales of Vesperia to release in the United States. They also acquired rights for Fractale and Freezing. All of these are slated to be released next year. Follow the link to the article.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-02/funimation-adds-tales-of-vesperia-anime-film
Marvel’s website, linked below, has announced that G4 will be airing the Ironman & Wolverine Anime series exclusively this July. Voice casting for Ironman is Adrian Pasdar and for Wolverine is Milo Ventimiglia. The article also states that G4 will be airing the Blade & X-Men Anime series later this year as well. This makes it one step closer for these series to be made available through Blue Ray/DVD. Librarians that keep track of the anime collection in their library will want to keep their ear to the ground for when these become available for purchase.
http://marvel.com/news/story/15556/iron_man_and_wolverine_anime_casting_news
Young Adult Librarians check this out! ICv2’s site has a brief article, linked below, that Sea Lion Books has acquired comic and graphic novel rights of Becca Fitzpatrick’s, bestselling young adult book, Hush, Hush.
Leonard Nimoy has been tapped to be the voice of Sentinel Prime in the third Transformers movie, Dark of the Moon. Of course your patrons that like Transformers will be interested in this news, but your science fiction patrons will also be interested if they follow Nimoy’s career. Link below to ICv2 below for the article.
Anime News Network has posted that the author of Japanamerica, Ronald Kelts, will host a tribute of director Satoshi Kon at the Smithsonian Museum. Any librarians in the D.C. area will want to let their anime fans know about this event. The tribute is this Saturday, April 2, so there is no time to waste in letting your patrons know about this event. The day will start with a screening of Kiki’s Delivery Service and end with the tribute, by Kelts, for Satoshi Kon and then followed by a screening of Kon’s Paprika. Link below for all the details and times of the days events.
According to DC’s site marketing for the Green Lantern movie has been delayed due to visual and special effects needing to get done for it’s release. The site says that Warner Bros. is wanting Green Lantern to become a franchise property for them so the pressure is on for this movie to perform. Link below to the full article.
4Kids Entertainment has responded to the suit by TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems. 4Kids has stated that the letter to terminate did not comply with the 10 business day notice and cure provision written in the agreement for the Yu-Gi-Oh license. They also stated that the termination was wrongful and devoid of any factual and legal basis. What will happen will ultimately be up to the courts. Follow the link below to the full article at Anime News Networks’ site.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-31/4kids-files-shareholders-report-on-yu-gi-oh-lawsuit
IDW’s site is reporting that the second volume of Witch & Wizard will be available this week. So any library that has patrons that are fans of James Patterson’s books will be interested in this. This is an original full color story, so readers of Witch & Wizard will want to read this hard cover graphic novel. The full title is James Patterson’s Witch & Wizard, Vol. 2: Operation Zero, ISBN is 978-1-60010-890-7 at $17.99.
Anime News Network has a report that TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems have filed suit against 4Kids Entertainment accusing them of “underpayments, wrongful deductions and unmet obligations” in regards to their contract for the rights of Yu-Gi-Oh. The article also states that the two companies have terminated their Yu-Gi-Oh deal with 4Kids Entertainment. For the full article, which gives figures, link over to Anime News Network below.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-29/tv-tokyo-nihon-ad-terminate-yu-gi-oh-deal-sue-4kids
DC’s site, linked below, is reporting that Warner Bros. President Jeff Robinov stated that a new script is in the works for a Justice League movie, hoping to get it to the onscreen in 2013. He also stated that after Christopher Nolan’s Dark Knight Rises, Warner Bros. is planning to “reinvent” the Batman franchise.