This year during the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. the Smithsonian Institution’s Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery will be hosting a Ghibli film marathon. The event will be held April 15 from 10:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and is a free event. If you happen to be in the [...]
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D.C. Cherry Blossom Festival
March 8th, 2012 
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February 15th, 2012 RAB This is one for the whole family. Disney is releasing The Secret World of Arrietty. The anime is based on the novel The Borrowers, by Mary Norton. When you visit with your patrons remember this will appeal to your Japanese Anime fans since it originates from Studio Ghibli in Japan. Thanks to YahooMovies for the [...]
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October 28th, 2011 RAB Disney is scheduled to release The Secret World of Arrietty February 17. The anime movie is from Studio Ghibli, which Disney has had a strong relationship through the years. The movie is based on the children’s book The Borrowers by Mary Norton. This is one that libraries will want to pick up for it’s collection [...]
Posted in Movie Trailers Tags: Anime, Borrowers, Disney, Mary Norton, Secret World of Arrietty, Studio Ghibli Comments OffDiana Wynne Jones Passes Away
March 28th, 2011 RAB Diana Wynne Jones passed away this last Saturday. Fans of hers will recognize her immediately. However, this post is for the Anime fans that might not realize they know her. Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli adapted Jones’ Howl’s Moving Castle, which was an Oscar nominated movie in 2004. Our condolences go out to her family [...]
Posted in News Tags: Anime, Diana Wynne Jones, Hayao Miyazaki, Howl's Moving Castle, Studio Ghibli No Comments »DVD Release of Interest
March 7th, 2011 RAB Here are two DVD’s that will be of interest to libraries this week that are comic/animation related. The first is AMC’s Walking Dead Season 1, the adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s Image series Walking Dead. This will definitely appeal to your zombie fans. If your library happens to have the collected editions of the comic book [...]
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