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Madoka Magica Exhibits

If their is anyone that will be traveling to Japan during December or February, or you happen to live in the Tokyo and Osaka area, MOVIC Promote Service’s is sponsoring two exhibits for “Puella Magi Madoka Magica Exhibit”.  The exhibits will recreate scenes from the popular magical girl anime for visitors to view.  The exhibit will be in Tokyo first from December 27 through the December 31 at the Sunshine City complex’s Culture Hall.  Then it second exhibit will be in Osaka from February 10 through February 12 at the Asia and Pacific Trade Center ATC Hall.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-11-21/madoka-magica-exhibit-in-tokyo-osaka-to-recreate-scenes

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AMV of the Week

This week’s AMV comes from YouTuber MPilotVF1V.  This one is for all the Mecha fans out there.  MPilotVF1V has taken “Blow Me Away” performed by Breaking Benjamin and edited it to Robotech Shadow Chronicles scenes.  The song fits the images and the editing is seamless.  It is a nice clean job and very well done  You can check it out on YouTube under “Robotech/Macross-Blow Me Away AMV” or check it out below.

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Episode 8 Shownotes

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.

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Screening for Redline

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.

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AMV of the Week

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.

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More Fun Food from Japan

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.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-11-05/k-on-film-celebrated-with-dishes-desserts-passports

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One Night only…Hatsune Miku

If you happen to live in the Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, Orange, San Francisco, or Seattle areas and happen to like J-Pop you will want to check around at your local concert venues.  The Vocaloid Hatsune Miku on November 10 will be broadcasting a concert to these 9 cities.  This is a one night event only, so check your area to find out where the concert will be broadcast and join in on this music event.

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AMV of the Week

This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber Kalysons.  This individual takes the song “Time for Me to Fly”, performed by Jonas Brothers, and edits it to images from the animated Avatar: The Last Airbender.  Many will discount this AMV, it hasn’t been viewed much, because of their feelings toward the Jonas Brothers.  It doesn’t matter to me how much an AMV has been viewed or not.  I look at how it’s put together, if the song is catchy and if it fits the anime.  This song has a good message and fits Aang and his journey perfectly.  There is some pixelation within the video, but not enough to distract from the viewing.  Check it out on YouTube under “Avatar AMV – Aang – Time For Me To Fly or check it out below.  I enjoyed it Kalysons.

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Trailer for Magic Tree House Anime

AnimeNews Network has posted the trailer, they picked up from Kadokawa Shoten’s Movie Walker website and YouTube, of Mary Pope Osborne’s The Magic Tree House.  The movie’s animation is based on Ayana Amako’s artwork that is used in the Japanese editions of the books.  This will definitely be one for libraries to keep their eyes out for when it becomes available to purchase in the U.S.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-31/magic-tree-housebooks-anime-film-trailer-streamed