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Tecmo KOEI Games began streaming the trailer for Atelier Ayesha: The Alchemist of Dusk on their YouTube channel. Atelier is an RPG game that is available for the PlayStation 3. So if you are interested in these types of games you might want to consider adding it to your collection. Thanks to “MyKOEITV” on YouTube for the following trailer:
Ciro Correia has created a graphic novel for your digital collection, entitled The Piano, Pt. 1: The Dreamer. It is available now from amazon.com for your Kindle. This book looks to be about a young boy utilizing a piano to escape from his undesirable reality and enters into another reality full of wonders. Thanks to Ciro for the link to the trailer on YouTube and I have provided the link to the amazon page:
http://www.amazon.com/The-Piano-Dreamer-ebook/dp/B00BMJ0L0W/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1362503320&sr=1-1&keywords=the+piano+graphic+novel – Amazon link to The Piano Pt. 1: The Dreamer
DC and Capstone are working together with a writing contest that they are sponsoring. The contest is for grades 3 – 6 and is entitled “Be a Super Hero, Read!” The child will need to write about a real hero in their lives and the person’s “powers”. The winner with receive a trip for 4 to Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment. The person described in the essay will receive a $2500 prize to donate to the charity of their choice. The contest is from March 1 – April 15. Then starting May 15 kids can read the essays online and vote for the winner, which will be announced at Book Expo America.
You know where all of the Oz fans will be this weekend. Oz the Great and Powerful opens Friday. It makes you wonder, if this movie does well, if a remake of The Wizard of Oz could be in the works with updated technology that is used in this movie and if Disney will try to continue with the rest of the novels by L. Frank Baum. Thanks to YahooMovies for the following trailer:
If you like Harem/Moe anime this looks to be just that with a little bit of Magical Girl thrown in as well. Heaven’s Lost Property: The Angeloid of Clockwork is a comedy from FUNimation that will appeal to older teens. Once you see the trailer you will understand. This would be one for larger collections, but if you are on a budget you might want to wait on this one or pass on. Thanks to FUNimation Channel on YouTube for the following trailer:
Mackenzie Scott’s (Torres) debut album is spotlighted with her song “Honey”. I love Mackenzie’s voice, it is crisp and clear. With “Honey” sounding like a personal song I would have used the drums, but rather than an electric guitar, I would have preferred an acoustic guitar so Mackenzie’s voice could be spotlighted that much more. Definitely an album to consider for a growing music collection. Thanks to Wild Honey Pie for the song below and check out more artists on their website (http://www.thewildhoneypie.com/):
This spring and summer if you are going to be in Japan this is something you might want to check out. To coincide with the release of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods movie, publisher Shueisha, Toei Animation and the movies production committee is organizing a Dragon Ball exhibit. The exhibit is entitled “Akira Toriyama: The World of Dragon Ball” and will have 300 items featuring cel animation, original color illustrations, a video screen area, and other items. The exhibit opens on March 27 – April 15 on the eighth floor hall of the Nihonbashi Takashimaya store in Tokyo. There will be two other showings April 17 – 23 at Osaka and July 27 – September 1 at Nagoya. For more details about the exhibit follow the link below:
The Vocaloid Hatsune Miku’s newest song “Redial” music video has been released as a teaser by Livetune. The music video was directed by Takashi Murakami. The album Re:Dail that the song is featured on will be released March 20 for 2,5oo yen and a CD/DVD limited version will be released for 3,500 yen. Also the Hatsune official YouTube channel has posted a roughly six minute video from the Sapporo Snow Festival for 2013. The song ‘Senbonzakura” is featured in the video and then their is a short interview with Crypton Future Media’s CEO Hiroyuki Itoh. Thanks to AnimeNews Network for the heads up and if you’re a fan of Hatsune be sure to watch these two short videos or if you are not sure what a vocaloid is check out the concert video the vocaloids are very cool.
“Redial” Teaser
Sapporo Snow Festival 2013 Video
In Japan Kentucky Fried Chicken in working with the new film Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods in for a promotion. You can see they even put the Colonel in Cosplay for the event. The movie will be released in Japan March 30 and I expect it will get a release here in North America at some point. Thanks to AnimeNews Network for the following commercial and you can link to their site for the story and more pictures.
Here is the next re-imaged fairy tale for everyone. Jack the Giant Slayer looks to be one of those movies you just have fun seeing. Thanks to “movieclipsTRAILERS” on YouTube for the following trailer: