ZIP! Gets Rurouni Trailer

ZIP! a Japanese morning television showed a trailer for the upcoming Rurouni Kenshin live action movie.  This is one movie librarians will want to keep an ear to the ground on because it should eventually make it’s way to North American markets.  Kenshin might be an older manga series, but it is still one of the most loved series and when new readers come into the format this is one of the series that is suggested to them to read and the manga and anime should be on must library shelves.  Thanks to AnimeNews Network and YouTuber MrZoom91 for the trailer below. You will have to set through a little of ZIP! before the trailer starts, which is approximately 45 seconds in:

Kenshin Turns Blu

Aniplex also announced that the 1997-2001 Rurouni Kenshin OVA’s (Original Video Anime) will be released on Blu-Ray.  Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal on August 24; Reflection on September 21; and The Movie on Oct. 26.  To read the full article follow the link.  Your libraries might already have these on DVD so purchase where necessary.

 http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-28/aniplex-ships-rurouni-kenshin-ova/film-bds-in-japan-u.s-on-same-day