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Here’s a Unique View for Teachers

Here’s something librarians can pass on to their teachers within the community or use it within the library itself.  Akitoshi Maekawa, a 46 year old teacher in Japan, is using Chopper, from Eiichiro Oda’s One Piece, to demonstrate civil rights.  Chopper is a character that was isolated from any interaction from the world when Luffy and his crew first encountered him.  People made fun of him, they were scarred of him, and bullied him because of this, but Luffy and the crew befriend him and he becomes part of the pirate crew.

Maekawa’s class related the Chopper character to several issues including: racial discrimination; people forced into a homeless lifestlye; handicapped people; and bullying.  Follow the link below for the complete article.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2012-03-05/one-piece-anime-helps-teach-human-rights-in-high-school

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NISA Licenses Anime for a N. A. Release

NIS America (NISA) has announced that it has licensed Otome Yokai Zakuro, a Japanese alternate history horror anime.  It’s scheduled release is for June 12 and it will be a subtitled edition only.  So you might want to mention this to your library’s purchasing agent if you are interest in picking it up to add to your anime collection.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-03-05/nis-america-licenses-otome-yokai-zakuro-tv-anime

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AMV of the Week

This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber LadySilverWings.  LadySilverWings took the song “At the Beginning” performed by Richard Marx and Donna Lewis and edited it around scenes from Chrono Crusade.  This is an older AMV, but still worthy of mention.  The editing is done cleanly and if you know the story of Chrono Crusade (Manga or Anime) you know this song fits perfectly and it will bring back your feelings you were having at the end all over again.  For those of you that don’t know the story I highly recommend you read the manga or watch the anime, then come back a watch the AMV, because it will make the impact of the AMV much better.  Great job on your selection and editing LadySilverWings and thank you YouTube of the video, you can find it under “Chrono Crusade – Within My Heart” or watch it below.

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Comic-Con Documentary

For those of us that will never get to Comic-Con, Comic-Con Episode IV A Fan’s Hope might be as close as we get.  The documentary will have a very limited release and will get most of it’s money from Blu-Ray/DVD sales.  This would be one for a library to get, so patrons that have expressed an interest in the convention can see what it would be like.  Thanks to ICv2 and YouTuber “movieclipsTRAILERS” for the trailer below.

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Gaming Art at the Smithsonian

If your library is in the D.C. area you will definitely want to let your gamers know about this upcoming exhibit at the Smithsonian Art Museum.  During March 16 – September 30 the Smithsonian will have an exhibit entitled “The Art of Video Games”.  During it’s opening weekend they will be having an additional event “GameFest”.  During “GameFest”, on March 17, from 12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. the Art Museum will host Metal Gear Solid’s game series designer Hideo Kojima in the McEvoy Auditorium.  Follow the second link below to the Smithsonian’s Exhibitions page for more information.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-22/d.c.s-smithsonian-to-host-metal-gear-solid-hideo-kojima

http://americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/

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Sakura-Con

For all the libraries in the Seattle, Washington area, the Sakura-Con is coming April 6 – 8.  Some guest have already been announced on AnimeNews Network, which include anime director Yoshiaki Kawajiri and cellist/vocalist Kanon Wakeshima.  You can find additional guest listed at the below links.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-20/sakura-con-to-host-ninja-scroll-kawajiri-singer-kanon-wakeshima

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-20/sakura-con-to-host-madoka-magica-urobuchi-ninja-scroll-minowa

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K-ON! Series Two go’s to Sentai

Sentai Filmworks has announced that they have licensed the second season of K-ON!  So all you K-ON fans rejoice.  I speculate that it will probably be released during the third or fourth quarter of the year.  So if you have an anime section within your library mark your calendars to begin looking for the ordering information and get it to your purchasing department as soon as you get it.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-02-20/sentai-filmworks-licenses-k-on-anime-season-2

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World Cosplaying

This year’s preliminary for the American Region for the World Cosplay Summit was held at Katsucon.  This year’s winners and the American Region Representatives to the World Cosplay Summit is the team known as “Coconut Bubble Sex Cosplay”.  They performed a skit from Princess Tutu for their win.  As being representatives to the Summit they get a free trip to Japan for the finals and other awards.  Congratulations on the win and good luck to you and all of the other regions representatives during the finals which is this Saturday.

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-cosplay/2012-02-19/world-cosplay-summit-2012-team-usa-chosen

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The Next Step Forward

It has nearly been a year since the 9.0 earthquake and tsunami struck the Tohoku coastal region of Japan.  Stu Levy, the founder of TokyoPop, has been living in Japan to help with relief and filming a documentary of the disaster and recovery efforts.  On March 14 at 7:00 p.m. AMC theaters will be screening his finished documentary, Pray For Japan.  Tickets are available at Fandango website, linked below.  All proceeds of the screening will be going to the rebuilding efforts taking place in Tohoku.  Thanks to YouTube and “PrayforJapanFilm” for the trailer below.

http://www.fandango.com/prayforjapan_152463/movietimes

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AMV of the Week

This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber Pugmasterjack.  Pugmasterjack takes the song “Here We Go” by Jason Gochin and edits images from Air Gear to it.  The song is a great catchy song and the editing cuts between scenes is well done.  All in all a nice AMV that doesn’t have that many views.  So check it out on YouTube under the tag “Here We Go Air Gear AMV” or below.