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X Japan’s new single “Jade” will be released on June 28th for North American, European, and Latin American markets in digital format. Let your patrons that enjoy JPop know so they can plan to download “Jade” as soon as it’s available.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-06-14/x-japan-single-jade-launches-worldwide-june-28
For all your patrons that like horror, anime, and comic books Marvel has put up a trailer for the Blade anime series. This will eventually play on G4 in their Marvel run of anime titles.
Marvel’s site reports that G4 will start airing the new anime styled Marvel animation this July. The titles will be: Ironman; Wolverine; X-Men; and Blade. For all the areas that get G4 let your patrons know to start keeping an eye on their TV listings. Below is the trailer for the titles coming to G4.
http://marvel.com/news/story/16062/video_marvel_anime_launches_on_g4_this_july
AnimeNews Network is reporting that Tekken: Blood Vengeance produced by Namco Pictures and distributed by Bandai Entertainment will have a limited release to theaters. The date scheduled is July 26, so have your patrons that enjoy anime to start checking their local theaters. Even though it doesn’t have a list of theaters it is to be expected that it will be in the major metropolitan areas. Trailer is provided through YouTube.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-07/tekken/blood-vengeance-to-run-in-u.s-theaters-in-3d
There is a new site, Bistro Animeshi at http://www.animeshi.net/recipe002.html, that just begun where the creators are posting recipes for different foods from anime shows. Pictured above is the Herring and Pumpkin Pie from Kiki’s Delivery Service. If you go there you will need to translate the recipes into English. The site currently only has a few recipes that includes Spaghetti and Meatballs from Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro. Visit their site and see what you think.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-06-06/japanese-site-offers-recipes-for-food-in-anime
Kenjirou Hata’s Hayate the Combat Butler is getting a Taiwanese adaptation to premier June 19. Hopefully this will eventually become available to purchase in the U.S. market when it is put on DVD. Follow the link for the article and watch the short trailer below provided by Formosa on their YouTube Channel.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-02/live-action-hayate-vitaminx-anime-promos-streamed
For our librarian family in Canada, you will want to let your patrons that enjoy anime know that Trigun: Badlands Rumble movie might be coming to a theater near you. AnimeNews Network has a listing of Canadian theaters that will be showing Trigun: Badlands Rumble. It is scheduled to be in theaters on June 22. Jump to the link for a full listing.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-02/trigun-film-canadian-theaters-listed
Aniplex also announced that the 1997-2001 Rurouni Kenshin OVA’s (Original Video Anime) will be released on Blu-Ray. Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal on August 24; Reflection on September 21; and The Movie on Oct. 26. To read the full article follow the link. Your libraries might already have these on DVD so purchase where necessary.
AnimeNews Network’s site is reporting that Aniplex of America announced at FanimeCon that starting in June, Adult Swim will start airing Durarara!!. Durarara!! adapts Ryohgo Narita’s suspense light novels and has 26 episodes. So let all your patrons that enjoy anime to keep an eye out for this new series.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-05-28/durarara-to-run-on-u.s-adult-swim-network-in-june
Jump to the below website for Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi trailers. There is a set of five different trailers you can watch. Even though it is in Japanese you patrons will still be interested in watching the trailer. Why? Because as popular as Fullmetal Alchemist is, this movie will eventually make it to the U.S. market for sell. And then libraries will want to pick it up for their Anime Collections.