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.
Libraries that have video game collections will want to let their purchasing agent know about the upcoming Takken Tag Tounament 2 to purchase for their libraries. The game will be released by Namco Bandai Games on XBox 360 and PlayStation3 on September 11. Thanks to Namco, AnimeNews Network and YouTube for the following trailer:
Brazilian artists Marcos Saboya and Gualter Pupo created a maze of books which is pictured above. They used 250,000 books for their creation and will be on display, until August 25, at the Southbank Centre in London, England. Follow the link to additional pictures from Yahoo.
The next Naruto movie that librarians will want to keep track of is Naruto: Road to Ninja. It has already been released in Japan and will definitly be released in the North American market. Thanks to AnimeNews Network, Naruto Official website and YouTube for the following trailer:
Librarians that work on the anime collection will want to place this on their calendar. The series of Kazue Kato’s Blue Exercist manga has spawned a movie in Japan. The movie will debut in Japanese theaters August 25. Since this is a fairly popular title in North America it will more than likely have a DVD release for our region. I would say it will hit late winter or the first part of spring. Thanks to AnimeNews Network, Blue Exercist official website and YouTube for the following trailer:
Join the crew for Episode 20, ComicPop Library: One Little Thing. We review and discuss the short story Who Goes There by John W. Campbell and the DVD The Thing From Another World directed by Christian Nyby.
I know a couple of weeks have slipped by that I didn’t get to our AMV Spotlight. This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber “garblehose”. “Garblehose” takes the song “Secret Agent Man” performed by Johnny Rivers and edits it to scenes from the FX show Archer. If you remember we did a review on Archer on Episode 17 of ComicPop Library podcast, so you knew we had to do an AMV of Archer eventually. The selected scenes fit the lyrics of the song really well and the cuts are very clean. Great job on this AMV “garblehose”. Be warned that this is a mature AMV and is not appropriate for all audiences, it contains violence and partial nudity. You can check out the AMV below or on YouTube under “Archer – Secret agent man”:
This is something you will want to relay to your on-line MMORP fans. There will be an update to the Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn game for PlayStation and PC’s. Thanks to AnimeNews Network, Square Enix UK and YouTube for the following trailer:
Most libraries will have Vincent Paronnaud’s adaptation of Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. Persepolis was nominated for an Academy Award for best animated film, so if your library doesn’t have it you might want to consider picking up a copy for you animation collection. Paronnaud and Satrapi have teamed up again to bring about a live action adaptation of Satrapi’s Chicken with Plums, which will hit theaters August 17. Thanks to ICv2 and YouTube for the following trailer of Chicken with Plums:
If your library has the first season of Clannad you will definitely want to pick up Sentai Filmworks Clannad – After Story Season 2. Thanks to YouTuber “AlinVideoXD” for the following trailer:
Here is some information you will want to pass along to your TCG gamers, especially if you have a club that meets at your library to play. Konami Digital Entertainment has released information on the rest of the years Yu-Gi-Oh products: August 28 will see the release of the booster set Return of the Duelist; October 16 is the release of the Structure Deck Realm of the Sea Emporer; and December 11 is the release of the booster set Abyss Rising.