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.
Japan is at it again by using manga style drawings to represent Articles of the Japanese Constitution. Yuko Morita is a lawyer in the Daini Tokyo Bar Association and uses the pen name Aka-Neko to write and draw manga. Recent she and the publisher PHP Kenkyusha has released Constitution Girls – Nihon-Koku Kenpo, which depicts each Article of the Japanese Constitution as moe girls (See above).
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-06-29/constitution-girls-book-turns-law-into-moe-girls
Transformers: Dark of the Moon has already hit here on Tuesday night. This is one of those were you ask is this a true reflection of a weekend opening. It’s basically a week opening. Either way this is going to be one of the biggest movies of the Summer. Watch the trailer below provided by YahooMovies.
Cartoon Network has announced that Thundercats will be debuting on Friday, July 29, at 8:00 p.m.(ET). Then the series will be regularly broadcast beginning August 5th at 8:30 p.m. (ET).
If you have some patrons that need something to do this week and holiday weekend let them know about Dark Horse’s Frazetta Contest. Dark Horse wants the person to take a picture re-enacting a Frazetta Conan cover of their choice. If there are multiple people on the cover you can use friends to pose with you. If you are 18 and older you can enter the contest by July 4th. Two winners will be chosen and they will receive all eight Conan: The Frazetta Series cover titles. Link below for more information.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/468/recreate-conan-frazetta-cover-contest
Head on over to Dark Horse Comics site, linked below, to possibly win a Buffy Trade. Dark Horse is taking a product survey that is six questions in length and the sixth is providing your E-mail to be entered into a contest were three participants will win a Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season 8 – Last Gleaming graphic novel. Not to bad a deal for just taking a few minutes out of your day. If you win you could put the book in your library’s collection, your personal collection or use it as a giveaway during a program in your library. Dark Horse would appreciate the feedback which helps them in making marketing and production decisions.
This weeks AMV comes to use from YouTuber “xkh0bssessedx”. This individual takes images from Kingdom Hearts and the music is “Life is a Highway” performed by Rascal Flats. You can find it on YouTube with the query “Life Is a Highway – Kingdom Hearts AMV” or enjoy it below. Great job xkh0bssessedx.
ICv2 has provided a teaser trailer, through YouTube, of Disney Pixar’s Brave. Check out the trailer below.
This was just to fun not to post. Thanks to ICv2 for finding this on YouTube. Below is a commercial for Dunkin Donuts to help promote the new movie Captain America movie.
Marvel has let us see a clip from G4’s upcoming Ironman anime series. Check it out below.
In 2012 Warner Bros. Japan is planning on the debut of a live action movie of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s Rurouni Kenshin. The movie will star Takeru Satoh as Kenshin. The company is hoping this will become a series of movies if it proves popular enough. Hopefully when this finishes its run the Blu-Ray and/or DVD will be available for the North American market. Jump to AnimeNews Network for the full article.