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.
Come join the fun as April, Logan, Chris, Matt and Richard review and discuss the DVD, In Time, starring Justine Timberlake and directed by Andrew Niccol and the Manga The Innocent by Avi Arad, Junichi Fujisaku, and YaSung Ko.
Episode 19: He didn’t do a Crap Job
If you library provides space and information for gamers you might be interested in this for your library or just pass it along to your gaming community. WizKids, the maker of HeroClix, will be releasing an Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood and Revelations set this coming October. So this information might not just be of interest to your HeroClix players, but also the video gaming community at your library to have an opportunity to get some Assassin’s Creed collectibles.
Here is one movie libraries will want to make sure they pick up, for their anime fans, when it becomes available to purchase. The movie is the live action adaptation of Nobuhiro Watsuki’s manga Rurouni Kenshin. Yahoo! Japan movie section released the trailer for the upcoming movie, which is slated for release to theaters in Japan August 25. With Warner Bros. being involved and the popularity of the title this movie, the DVD, will definitely be distributed world wide. Thanks to AnimeNews Network for the following trailer:
This week FUNimation is releasing Tales of Vesperia: First Strike. This looks to be a good one to add to your library’s existing anime/animation collection. Thanks to FUNimation for the following trailer:
If you have not picked this graphic novel up yet for your library’s collection, it would make a great addition to your Graphic Novel Collection, especially if you have the Young Adult novels within your Young Adult Collection. Thanks to YouTuber rhpubgroup for the following trailer:
A spotlight on Ted Dekker and Tosca Lee’s novel Mortal: Thanks to YouTuber HachetteBookGroup for the following trailer:
Sentai Works is releasing the complete collection of Twano Quon today, June 26. It is rated TV14 by the company. Librarians, if they have not already ordered the collection, might want to consider the collection for their anime/animation collection. Below is a trailer provided by AnimeNetwork through Youtube:
Another cool tie-in to a licensed property. I do tend to get the soft drink cans that I like with tie-ins, but not all. However, this tie-in I wish was here in the United States. I’ve always been a Gundam fan and the artwork on these cans look very nice. If I knew someone in Japan near the Gundam Front Toyko entertainment Complex I would see if they would get me a set of empty cans for my collection. Japan just has some very cool tie-ins that I wish we could have more of in the States. These cans are being done by SUNTORY Foods International with Pepsi and will go on sell August 7. The cans shown are:
and will run 115 yen, which is approximately $1.45, per can.
Marvel Entertainment is helping the Susan G. Komen for the Cure during this coming October, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Marvel will have a select number of titles that will have pink covers with the characters in pink highlighted costumes. This is a great way to help a worthy cause. I’m pretty sure, including myself, that everyone has a loved one or friend that has had to fight breast cancer. The issues involved with the promotional will be: Avengers #31; Captain America #18; Captain Marvel #5; Fantastic Four #661; Invincible Ironman #526; Mighty Thor #21; Uncanny X-Men #20; and Wolverine #315. This is just a current listing and more titles could be added to the promotional. Each issue will have one page in the comic to educate readers about breast cancer.
CAPCOM has announced, not a new Resident Evil video game, but the first official Resident Evil Restaurant. This is were it would be fun to live in Japan with all of the themed restaurants that it has to offer. The Biohazard Cafe & Grill S.T.A.R.S. will be inside the Shibuya Parco shopping center in Tokyo’s Shibuya ward and is scheduled to be open on July 13. Besides food, although no menu has been set yet, the restaurant will off limited edition items for it’s patrons. So if you happen to be traveling to Tokyo or just happen to be in the area, this might be a fun side trip.