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Attention all Anime lovers, librarians as well as your patrons, Anime News Network reports that the SyFy channel will be moving its Anime block to Thursday nights. This will begin on March 24. The article, linked below, also states that the block currently shows it will begin at 11:30 p.m. instead of 11:00 p.m.
This is for your library’s Yu-Gi-Oh fans. Anime News Network has a small article (linked below) about the new Yu-Gi-Oh series entitled Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal anime series and it states the manga is already in production in Japan. This will be one title to look for in the next year if not sooner for library collections.
Librarians keep your ears to the ground about a possible Star Blazers live-action movie from Skydance Productions which, helped with the production of True Grit. They are currently in talks to obtain the rights at this time. Anime News Network’s site (link below) also mentions that there was a live-action Japanese movie of Star Blazers released this past December. So you might check out some of your international film distributors to see if they have this title.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-21/true-grit-producer-in-live-action-star-blazers-talks
This will be of interest to librarians working on their anime collection. Anime New Network’s site has a brief article about the X-Men anime starting on Japanese television channel Animax. The article also mentions that Animax is already airing Ironman and Wolverine animes. These are not available for purchase yet. However, with these being U.S. properties I can see these eventually collected and distributed in the United States (dubbed and subbed). I could be wrong with my speculation, but I would definitely keep these writing down and in the back of your mind for a possible future anime purchase. Follow the link to Anime News Network and there will be an image of X-Men’s Cyclops, pictured above. Click this image and it will take you to Animax’s site where you can see the trailer/commercial for X-Men.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-18/x-men-anime-nichijou-promo-videos-streamed
If some of your libraries are in the area that the new Yu-Gi-Oh 3D: Bonds Beyond Time movie will be shown let your patrons now about the movie packs. ICv2 has the article about this, however it is unclear if these will be available to purchase at the theaters or elsewhere. The link below will take you to the article. Let your anime and card gaming fans know about this if they don’t already.
For all the librarians purchasing anime for their library’s might want to consider Arrietty. Your anime fans will really appreciate it and you could show case it to American animation fans and us Arrietty as a crossing over title for some patrons that like American animation but are hesitant about Japanese animation. Arrietty won recently at the 34th Japan Academy Prizes. Follow the link to Anime News Network for the article.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-18/arrietty-wins-japan-academy-animation-of-the-year
See the trailer for the third Transformers movie below. As all librarians now this will appeal to your anime and comic book patrons and even to patrons in general just by the amount the first two movies made.
Librarians in New York, Atlanta and Chicago let your gaming and anime patrons know about this live concert in your three cities. The concert is the Distant Worlds Music From Final Fantasy. Below is a link to the tour’s website. On the site you can get locations and dates as well as order tickets on-line. Then on April 1, 2011 the Tour will have a DVD of the Distant Worlds performance available on amazon.com. This is great so all of your library’s gaming and anime fans that can’t attend a live performance will be able to view it.
Librarians everywhere let your anime patrons know about this contest at Anime Expo. Even if your patrons are not from L.A. they still might go to Anime Expo since it is one of the biggest Anime conventions in the U.S. Anime News Network has a brief article about this exciting event for individuals who have the talent of making AMV’s (Anime Music Video). The largest prize will be $2,500 for Best of Show and other individual prizes to total $10,000 that will be given away. The convention is scheduled for July 1-4, 2011. The prize money is being provided by the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation.
All you Massachusetts librarians that have anime and JPop patrons need to direct them to the link below. Anime Boston convention, April 22-24, will have Stereopony, an all girl JPop band will be performing.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-09/anime-boston-to-host-female-rock-band-stereopony