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All Nippon Airways unveiled it’s newest jet paint design yesterday. The ceremony was held at Toyko’s Haneda International Airport. You can see an image of the jet above, which is a Pokemon jet “Peace Jet” where the company wants to express to their costumers and public “a world where the children’s futures are filled with smiles and peace”. It’s great to see when companies can have fun like this.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-07-18/ana-unveils-pokemon-peace-jet-to-cheer-on-japan
If you are going to Comic-Con this week you could attend the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund welcome party. Follow the link for all the information:
http://cbldf.org/homepage/sdcc-youre-inivited-to-cbldfs-25th-anniversary-comic-con-welcome-party/
Marvel’s site is announcing that they and the Army and Air Force Exchange Service will be giving away a free special Captain America comic to soldiers, that celebrates the soldiers in today’s Armed Forces. This special issue will be available in U.S. Exchange Services first and then will hit the foreign Exchange Services. The story centers around Captain America’s effect on his fellow soldiers and will also give readers a sneak peak of the upcoming Captain America: The First Avenger. The comic is written by William Harms and illustrated by Shawn Martinbrough.
http://marvel.com/news/story/16294/a_free_captain_america_comic_for_us_soldiers
Here are most of Bilbo Baggins’ dwarf companions that will be making the Quest of Erebor with him, in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. I didn’t want to have to make multiple posts so I waited until I could put the majority in one post. When the last images are released I’ll post them as well. Thanks to ICv2 for the images.
Warner Bros. is currently going with Jaume Collet-Serra to director the live-action Akira. Collet-Serra is known for his movies Unknown, starring Liam Neeson, and Orphan. Thanks to ICv2 for this report.
ICv2 is reporting that Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil and Disney are in talks about creating a new Night Stalker movie. Depp will star as the tabloid reporter Kolchak to chase down the stories that go bump in the dark.
This is a fun little item that your patrons that are into One Piece or anime in general would probably like. It’s the One Piece Dream Dessert Dish: Thousand Sunny. Bandai’s official shopping site will have the Sunday dish up for pre-order Friday at 1:00 p.m. in Japan (Midnight EDT). The dish is approximately 10 inches long and comes with 2 forks that feature the characters Luffy and Chopper. The price tag on this cool item is 4,500 yen or $57.00 and is scheduled to ship in early November. Check out the full article at the link below.
Attention librarians in the Dallas, Texas area. You need to let your patrons that like anime and manga know about a screening that will be happening in Dallas. The 10th Annual Asian Festival of Dallas is screening Kimi ni Todoke (From Me To You), a live action movie based on the high school romantic comedy manga by Karuho Shiina. The screening will be on July 17 (Sunday), at the Landmark’s Magnolia Theatre at 3699 McKinney Avenue, beginning at noon. Make the jump below for more information at AnimeNews Network.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-07-14/live-action-kimi-ni-todoke-to-be-screened-in-dallas
I label this as “just plain cool”. Natsumi Hayashi is a young woman, living in Tokyo, who has been doing self-portraits of herself and posting them on a daily blog. However, as you can see above in her photographs she is doing more than just standing and setting around. Her self-portraits are of her appearing to be levitating. I saw this on DiggNation’s video cast and had to find it. They commented that it takes her approximately 300 photos to get the 1 she likes for that day. Jump over to her site, “yowayowa camera woman diary”, to see more great photos below.
ICv2 is reporting that Ruth Wilson has joined the cast of Lone Ranger. She will play the Lone Ranger brother’s wife.
