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.
EMI Records is currently streaming a part of Yumi Matsutoya’s music video for the theme song for the upcoming, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s, The Wind Rises flim. The song is entitled Hikoki Gumo (Airplane Cloud). What makes the music video so unique is because part of it is filmed in the Ghibli Museum, which does not allow photos or videos to be taken in the museum. So thank you to the Ghibli Museum and EMI Records for allowing this rare look inside the museum walls.
If any librarians have patrons (that are anime and manga fans) planning a visit to Japan make sure you tell them to visit the Ghibli Museum. Anime News Network’s site, linked below, has an article about the Ghibli Museum. Part of the Museum’s new display there will be a life-size rendition of the Catbus from My Neighbor Totoro. The Museum has had a plush piece that was child size however this new piece is adult size. From the Catbus the Museum attendees will exit on the second room. Once on the second room attendees will see recreations of: the Tokyo-area antique shop from Whisper of the Heart; the restaurant from Spirited Away; milliner’s hat shop from Howl’s Moving Castle and the forest from Princess Mononoke.