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On Master Blacksmith Tony Swatton’s webseries, Man at Arms he recently created Elric’s spear from Fullmetal Alchemist, Brotherhood. It’s a cool episode and only lasts 5 minutes and 41 seconds so check it out below. Thanks to the “AWE me” channel on YouTube and AnimeNews Network for the heads up:
FUNimation released Hero Tales this week. This is one that you will want to consider for your library’s anime collection. It is by the same person that made Fullmetal Alchemist, so that fact alone will make it of interest to your library’s anime patrons. Thanks to FUNimation Channel on YouTube for the following trailer:
Cartoon Network is bringing back Toonami to it’s Adult Swim block on May 27 at 12:00 a.m. (midnight). Most of the shows will be what you would think: Bleach; Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood; Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd Gig; and Cowboy Bebop. However two shows will be airing that are new to the block: Deadman Wonderland (12:30 a.m.) and Casshern Sins (1:00 a.m.) It’s good to see Toonami coming back and hopefully they will expand on their variety of shows in the future.
The FUNimation Channel on YouTube has recently added a trailer for the Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos film. The DVD/Blu-ray discs are scheduled for release in the Spring of 2012. Mark your calendars so you can let your purchasing agents know when to order the film for your library.
This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber JellonaKunkku. The song used by JellonaKunkku is “Take on Me” performed by A-Ha and is edited to scenes from Fullmetal Alchemist. For those that can remember the music video for “Take on Me”, it was set in a comic book world. Therefore, it is fitting that it be used for another comic book world. Their are a few jumps in the editing, but the majority is cleanly done and where primarily taken from the clean openings of the series. I could be wrong about the clean openings being used, but they look real familiar to me. A nice job by JellonaKunkku on bringing together two things I enjoy. You can check out the video below or go to YouTube and use the search query “Fullmetal Alchemist – Take On Me AMV”.
Eleven Arts has stated that Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos will be showing in around 100 theaters this winter. Your patrons will want to contact their local movie houses to see if they are going to be one of the lucky few theaters that will be showing this movie. These releases usually happen in larger cities like New York, Denver, or San Francisco.
More film festivals with be screening Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos. Three of the locations have not finalized when the screening will be, but it has been scheduled to screen during their festival. Check below to see if any of the screenings will be in your area:
The Hawaii International Film Festival – October 18 at 9:15 p.m.; The Vancouver Asian Film Festival – TBA; Toronto’s Reel Asian International Film Festival – TBA; and The San Francisco International Animation Festival – TBA.
Librarians in the Burbank, California area let your patrons know about this upcoming event. This Saturday, the 17th, the Burbank International Film Festival will host the West Coast premiere of Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos. The viewing will begin at 1:00 p.m. at the AMC Independent 6 theater.
If your patrons live in the Tokyo, Japan area or you have patrons that will be visiting Tokyo in the very near future and they are into anime and manga you might pass along this information. To celebrate the Fullmetal Allchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos movie Namco Ninja Town, starting June 25 and running through July 24, will feature 23 deserts based on the film. Ninja Town is an indoor theme park in Tokyo’s Ikebukuro ward. Above are three of the deserts: 1st – “Alphonse Ice Cream”; 2nd – “Flame Burger Set”; and 3rd – “Fluffy Fluffy Xiao Mei. Below you can jump over to AnimeNews Network’s site for see images of the deserts.
Jump to the below website for Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi trailers. There is a set of five different trailers you can watch. Even though it is in Japanese you patrons will still be interested in watching the trailer. Why? Because as popular as Fullmetal Alchemist is, this movie will eventually make it to the U.S. market for sell. And then libraries will want to pick it up for their Anime Collections.