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AMV of the Week

This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber ShizukaTeyova.  The song “Move Along”, performed by The All-American Rejects is edited around scenes from Big Windup!  This one is in here since we are right in the thick of things for Baseball season.  However, the song is a great song and the editing that ShizukaTeyova did for the AMV is nice and clean.  It was posted last May and doesn’t have very many views, but it is one that is worth checking out. Watch it below or on YouTube under “Big Windup! AMV-Move Along”.  Great job ShizukaTeyova.

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X-Wing Expansion Sets

 

Fantasy Flight Games has set July as the month for the company to release four Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game Expansion Sets.  The sets will be the X-Wing, TIE Fighter, Y-Wing, and TIE Advance.  This would be something that will appeal to your gamers, but your other Star Wars fans might like them just for display purposes.  The sets are going to be at the suggested price of $14.95.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/22785.html

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New Digimon

Sony, through Bandai Namco Games is scheduled to release Digimon World: Re:Digitize game on July 19.  The game will be available for the PSP system.  Thanks to AnimeNews Network and YouTube for the following trailer:

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Sonic Game for the Holidays?

Sega has announced that in late 2012 they will be releasing Sonic & All*Stars Racing Transformed.  The game will be available for the X-Box 360, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Nintendo 3DS, and the PC platform.  Thanks to AnimeNews Network and YouTube for the following trailer of the game:

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30th Anniversary of Macross

 

For the 30th Anniversary of Macross a traveling exhibit is making its rounds across Japan.  This last Saturday it opened at the Sunshine City Complex in Ikebukuro, Tokyo.  The exhibit is called “30th Anniversary of Macross Super Dimension Exhibition~Valkyrie de Sasotte!~”.  The exhibit features several Macross images and statues, but the big center piece for the exhibit is the full-scale VF-25F Messiah Valkyrie Variable Fighter.  Because of the smaller size of this complex only the top portion of the Valkyrie is on display.  When the exhibit makes it way to Osaka it will be in a larger complex and will have the complete Valkyrie on display.  For more images follow the link below:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-04-28/life-size-macross-valkyrie-or-part-of-it-unveiled#gallery_top

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Did Someone Say Nevermore

The Raven will probably appeal to several of your patrons.  With John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe it should be a well acted part, I’ve always enjoyed his movies.  Thanks to YahooMovies for the following trailer:

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Pirates are on the High Seas Again

Pirates: Band of Misfits is a new offering in the animation full length movie category.  This is an English production that comes from the same studio that makes the Wallace & Gromit animation.  So if your patrons are fans of Wallace & Gromit, they will want to check out Pirates.  Thanks to YahooMovies for the following trailer:

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DC Entertains a Chicken?!

If you don’t know about Robot Chicken, your patrons that like comic books and animation in particular will know Robot Chicken.  This show takes popular entertainment and spoofs them.  The show is usually a bunch of clips from a variety of entertainment properties and has done full episodes that spoofed Star Wars.  This is the first time the Chicken will have a special show spoofing just DC Comics.  Be warned and let your parents know that this show is for a mature audience and might not be suitable for young viewers.  No date has been released yet for when the special will air, but all your Chicken fans will love it.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/22770.html

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Episode 16.5: 2012 Kansas Library Association Conference Interviews

In this special episode of ComicPop Library, Richard has edited together six interviews from the recent 2012 Kansas Library Association’s Annual Conference.  Richard was able to speak with: Kansas State Librarian Jo Budler; representatives from the Friends of Kansas Libraries; presenters from the “Steampunk Catalog” and “I Geek” panels; a representative from the Kansas Library Association Educational Foundation; and Comic Book Creators Matt Upson and Mike Hall.

 

Episode 16.5: 2012 Kansas Library Association Conference Interviews

Links:

Friends of Kansas Libraries: http://www.fokl.net/

Kansas Library Association Educational Foundation: http://kslibassoc.org/home/foundation-2/

Geek the Library: http://get.geekthelibrary.org/

Mike Hall: http://cmichaelhall.com/

Matt Upson: http://upsonlibrarian.weebly.com/index.html

E-Mails:

Steampunk Catalog – Ann O’Neill: aoneill@emporia.edu