This AMV is fairly simple, but I enjoy the song. The title of the song is “Ai Hen Jian Dan”/”Love is Simple” performed by David Tao. You can find it on YouTube under “Batgirl and robin: Love is simple” the contributor is whentheeastwindblows.
Mickey’s Gift to Logan
Mickey recently gifted Logan with some Japanese Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh Cards. This is how it goes when you follow the progression of pictures. Logan first sees that he has some new packages of cards from Mickey. Next Logan realizes that they are from Japan! And finally third he appreciates what he is holding in his hands. Kudos to Mickey for getting these for Logan, as you can tell they were a smash hit!
Blade Anime Trailer
For all your patrons that like horror, anime, and comic books Marvel has put up a trailer for the Blade anime series. This will eventually play on G4 in their Marvel run of anime titles.
This Is Just Uncanny
This is something that your patrons that enjoy comic books will want to know about. Marvel’s site has announce that Uncanny X-Men #544, which is the longest running X-Men comic, will be the last issue for that series. This will give you a discussion topic if you are unfamiliar with the comic book world.
DC Gets “Sin”
Everyone will be interested that DC Comics is reportedly received the comic rights to Jon Land’s Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending. This is in development by King Midas World Entertainment as a hopeful franchise. You can jump over to ICv2 for the brief article.
G4 & Marvel
Marvel’s site reports that G4 will start airing the new anime styled Marvel animation this July. The titles will be: Ironman; Wolverine; X-Men; and Blade. For all the areas that get G4 let your patrons know to start keeping an eye on their TV listings. Below is the trailer for the titles coming to G4.
http://marvel.com/news/story/16062/video_marvel_anime_launches_on_g4_this_july
Utah and the 1st Amendment
Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s site has a report of a coalition the organization has joined. The coalition is working to have one of Utah’s proposed statues defeated. The statue is on censoring the Internet and was passed in 2005, but has not been enforced. It is currently in the courts – Florence v. Shurtleff, No. 05-CV-485 in the United States District Court, District of Utah. The law “seeks to regulate all Internet speech that some might consider ‘harmful to minors’, including works of visual art, photography, graphic novels, and information about sexual health and the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender youth”. Jump of to the site for the full article.
WizKids goes to the Stars
WizKids is planning on releasing Star Trek Fleet Captains gaming set. However, instead of having characters from the shows on stands they will have starships from the shows. Your gamers might be interested in this and I bet your patrons that are into Star Trek will definitely be interested in this new product.
Super 8 This Weekend
This weekend is the opening for Super 8, which will be of interest to your patrons that enjoy the graphic novel/manga medium. Below is a trailer provided by YahooMovies.
Original ThunderCats
If your library purchases older animation you will want your purchasers to put this on their list. Warner Home Video is scheduled to release ThunderCats Season1, Part 1 on July 12. This will be before the new ThunderCats series will debut on Cartoon Network from Studio 4C.