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.
Librarians in the Seattle, Washington area let your manga patrons know that Sakura-Con has added Atsushi Suzumi, creator of Venus Versus Virus, to its guest list. Link below to the full article on Anime News Network. The con is April 22-24. Be aware that this could change with the recent Tsunami in Japan.
Dark Horse’s site has a contest that librarians will want to let their anime and manga patrons know about. It is an easy contest were you have to make a reply to the blog on which character you like in Neon Genesis Evangelion. Then Dark Horse will pick a winner from all of the replies. Contest is open until March 10, below is the link to the blog.
http://www.darkhorse.com/Blog/287/neon-genesis-evangelion-contest
ICv2 is reporting that the bankruptcy of Borders is negatively effecting TokyoPop. TokyoPop stated that Borders owed the company and has placed them in the difficult position of having to layoff employees to help balance the losses that they have because of Borders actions. Use the link below to read the full article.
Here is another contest that librarians need to let their anime and manga patrons know about. TokyoPop is having a contest on their Facebook page. They are trying to get to 100,000 fans on their page. Guidelines for the contest is also on their webpage. Let your patrons know so they can check out the company’s Facebook page and possibly win some swag.
Here are some Anime Conventions that librarians might pass along to their patrons that live close to the area. A Con is an experience unto itself so if you have any patrons that have not been to one let them know about these three up-coming Cons: Anime Matsuri, March 18-20, in Houston, Texas; Zenkaikon March 18-20, in Philadelphia, PA; and Mega Con, March 25-27 in Orlando, Florida. Links to each Cons homepage are below so be sure to share them with your patrons.
For librarians looking at new titles, these from Viz Media might catch your eye. Here are the titles that Anime News Network’s site, linked below, is reporting being licensed: Pokemon: Black & White; Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s; Tesoro; Dawn of the Arcana; Meet Mameshiba; and Clamp’s X.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-03/viz-acquires-dawn-of-the-arcana-pokemon-b&w-manga
Any libraries out there that have been picking up Inubaka: Crazy for Dogs will want to take notice. Anime News Network is reporting that Viz Media is placing this title on hiatus. Use the link below for the short article.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-03/viz-confirms-inubaka/crazy-for-dogs-manga-hiatus
ICv2 is reporting more 15th Anniversary news, see link below for full article. The 14th and 15th feature films will debut in Japan during the month of July. The titles of the two films are Pokemon: Vintini and the Black Hero: Zekrom and Pokemon: Vintini and the White Hero: Reshiram. These films feature the Legendary Pokemon listed in the titles, which tie into the release of the Pokemon TCG: Black and White set that was mentioned in an earlier post, see second link. When these two films make it to the U.S. to purchase these will be two films librarians will want to purchase to add to their anime collection for all of their Pokemon fans.
Anime News Network reports that Screen Gems, a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment, has licensed the rights to make a Devil May Cry feature film. This will be exciting news to your library’s gaming, anime, manga, horror patrons. Devil May Cry began as a gaming property, but it has spawned an anime series, manga series and light novel series. Will it ever get made? It has as good of a change as anything else, only time will tell. Follow the link to the atricle.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-02-28/screen-gems-gets-devil-may-cry-games-film-rights
Anime News Network is reporting, link below, that TokyoPop has released additional employees. Goes to show that the economy has an impact on everything. Hopefully, this will not lead to some cancellations of your patrons favorite titles.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-03-01/tokyopop-employee-ranks-shrink-this-week