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.
Viz Media is releasing Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots novel, June 19th. This title will be one that appeals not only to the anime/manga fan, but also your library’s gaming fans. The project MSRP will be $15.99. When you get it in at your library you could spotlight other gaming titles that have been made into novels (i.e. Resident Evil, MASS Effect, and Doom just to name a few that have been published over the years).
If your library has been keeping up with all the Yu-Gi-Oh! titles you will want to add this one to your lists to purchase, Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal, Vol. 1 is now available for purchase, published by Viz Media.
Viz announced at FanimeCon this past weekend that Tiger & Bunny will be released in the North American market sometime in early 2013. So you might mark your calendar to start looking for this after the New Year.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-05-29/viz-plans-tiger-and-bunny-dvds-in-early-2013
Nura:Rise of the Yokai Clan, Vol. 1, Hiroshi Shiibashi, Feb. 1, 2011, VIZ Media LLC. ISBN: 978-1421538914, $9.99.
Glades: The Complete First Season, 20th Century Fox, Jun. 11, 2011. ASIN: B004TJ1GY2, $39.98.
Other things mentioned in the podcast were: Monsters, Inc.; Nightmare Before Christmas; Ghostbusters; House M.D.; Stargate SG-1; Jack O’Neil; Farscape; John Crichton; Mentalist.
1) Pre-order: Game of Thrones, D.B. Weiss & David Benioff, HBO Studios. ASIN: B002IFT1ZA.
2) Blue Exorcist, Vol. 1, Kazue Kato, April 5, 2011, Viz Media, LLC. ISBN: 978-1421540320.
3) Also mentioned in this episode were: R.A. Salvatore; Hobbit; Lord of the Rings; Enders Game; Orson Scott Card; Eragon; True Blood-HBO Series; Charlaine Harris; Harry Potter; & Star Wars.
Viz Media has announced that it is joining forces with Animate, Ltd. and Libre Publishing Co., Ltd. to begin publishing a Yaoi (Boys Love) line called SuBLime. The line will have titles in print and in digital format. The print line will launch in the Spring of 2012 with Three Wolves Mountain by Naono Bohra and Hachimitsu Darlin by Norikazu Akira with additional titles launching in the Summer. The digital line will actually start this December with Love Pistols by Tarako Kotobuki and Dannasama To Mitsugetsuchu by Haruka Minami with more titles coming in 2012. Viz is taking the leap to digital because of the observance of their consumer readership downloading more digital content.
ICv2’s site, linked below, has an article about the titles that TokyoPop had rights to produce. TokyoPop announced that rights of the manga titles they had will revert back to the Japanese owners. This will allow the owners to try to find another U.S. publishing house or the series will stop publication in the U.S. Hopefully the titles will find a home somewhere since Viz, Yen Press, Del Rey, Dark Horse and other smaller publshers that could pick up some of these titles.
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