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.
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.
Konami will be releasing Yu-Gi-Oh: Hidden Arsenal 5, Steelswarm Invasion on December 6. This booster set will have 60 cards and they will all be foil cards. These were previously available at Duel Terminals, so let your gamers know to keep their eyes open at their local hobby shops.
The Downtown Independent, a theater in Los Angeles, will be screening Redline from December 2 to December 8. Tickets are available to pre-order. So librarians in the L.A. area let your anime fans now about this so they can purchase their tickets.
FUNimation has decided to stop it’s program that it had through it’s company that supported Anime Clubs, Operation Anime. We appreciate all the years FUNimation has helped various clubs and are sad to see them go. Thanks to Johnny Dunlap for this notice.
Follow the link below about the Steampunk Expo convention that was recently held in Wichita, Kansas. Thanks to Robert Hicks for this bit of news. It’s great to see people having fun in their lives. A tip of the hat to the folks in Wichita.
http://www.kansas.com/2011/11/06/2091520/emerald-city-steampunk-expo-genre.html
This weeks AMV comes from Youtuber imthemaster312. This individual takes the song “Would you be my Girlfriend” performed by Nsync featuring Nelly and edits it to scenes from Ah My Goddess! You can tell imthemaster312 to some time putting this video together. The words, of the song, are lined up really well with the lip movements of the characters in the scenes. You can tell scenes were used that emulated what the song’s lyrics where. This was a really well done AMV and you can watch it on YouTube under the tag “Ah My Goddess-AMV-Would You Be My Girlfriend” or you can catch it below.
It’s the debut of the new crew….Chris Dressler, Matt Moyer and Johnny Dunlap join Richard to review and discuss HBO’s Game of Thrones, adapted from George R.R. Martin’s novel by the same name, and Blue Exorcist by Kazue Kato. We are going with a new style for the show where it is more relaxed. There will be very little editing and you will get to hear some of the few bumps that occasionally happen. So remember, when you listen have fun.
Jin Akanishi will be hitting iTunes tomorrow with his single “Test Drive” featuring Jason Derulo. Let all your J-Pop fans now so they can be ready to down load.
After the the Great East Japan Earthquake, the youth group of the local chamber of commerce and industry created a superhero, Onagawa Rias Soldier Eager. The superhero was created to help boost morale in the local population and for rebuilding. Since it’s creation Onagawa Rias Soldier Eager has now become the character of a 164 page manga by 60 manga professionals to help raise money for the devastated region in the Miyagi Prefecture of Japan. The manga is entitled Shinsai ni Makeruna Higashi-Nihon Project. For more information follow the link below.
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/culture/AJ2011101113251
Tokyo’s Namco Namja Town is having fun again. This time it’s with the release of the K-ON! film. To celebrate K-ON!’s release they will have desserts and entrees from November 18-January 27 with a K-ON! theme. Pictured above is the variety of food that will be available. If you want a closer look follow the link below back to AnimeNews Network for a listing of each individual dish.