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The Keihan Railway in Japan is the latest company to have fun with the country’s pop culture. Starting Monday, in Otsu City, the company will have a “Ho-kage Tea Time Train” that will be wrapped in images of K-ON! characters. The train will run from the Ishiyamadera to the Sakamota Stations on the Otsu line until late December.
This weeks AMV comes from YouTuber UraSei87. The song is “Can’t Help Falling in Love” performed by the A Teens. The animation is from the anime One Piece. The editing is done very well with the song and is fun to watch. At the end even if you don’t understand the spoken language you know what is happening, so it doesn’t distract the AMV to much. Watch the Video below or you can search for it under the tag “Ruffy x Nami – can’t help falling in love”. Great job.
AnimeNews Network is reporting that the comic book store Comicopia in Boston is having a midnight release party on September 13. The party is for the release of two Sailor Moon titles from Kodansha Comics: Sailor Moon and Codename: Sailor V. If any of your patrons live in Comicopia’s area let them know about this and have fun with fellow fans.
Here is what some of your gamers will be talking about shortly. Scheduled for release tomorrow, Tuesday, is the new booster packs Yu-Gi-Oh Generation Force. The set will contain 100 cards, which will include two of the most powerful XYZ Monsters “Tiras Keeper of Genesis” and “Adreus Keeper of Armageddon”. Let your gamers know your keeping up with the hobby by mentioning the new set to them. Make a jump over to ICv2 for more information.
Toei Kyoto Studio Park has been expanding it’s theme park to include a ukioye art gallery, ninja residence, and an anime museum. The museum will be a history on Toei Animation. Within the museum there will be interactive displays for One Piece, Precure and Kamen Rider. The park’s expanded sections are scheduled to open on September 15. So if you happen to be in the area or are planning a trip to Japan you might want to add this to your list of activities.
Here is something you can tell your patrons that enjoy cosplaying. Cosplaying might be dress-up for most people, however in the anime/manga conventions this hobby is taken very seriously. The individuals that participate are very talented in costume making, a master level is when he or she actually designs and constructs all of their costumes. If you have a patron that enjoys this hobby this will give them something to strive to attend in Japan. Each year they have the World Cosplay Summit. The summit is represented by 17 countries: Australia; Brazil; China; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Italy; Japan; Malaysia; The Netherlands; Mexico; Singapore; South Korea; Spain; Thailand; and The United States. This year the winners were from Brazil.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-08-07/brazil-wins-world-cosplay-summit-2011
Thanks to Bandai, using YouTube, for providing this trailer for K-ON.
AnimeNews Network is reporting that Emi Takei has signed on the the live action Rurouni Kenshin movie. She will be portraying Kaoru Kamiya, Kenshin’s love interest, pictured above on the manga cover.
For all of our neighbors in Japan AXE Fragrance Body Spray and Soap will have One Piece figures in them. You will be able to get one figure out of nine, for a limited time in Japan. The campaign begins next Monday and last until supplies are out. Good luck in getting all nine figures and if any one has friends in Japan see if they can pick them up for you.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2011-07-20/one-piece-to-pitch-axe-body-spray-soap-in-japan
This is something librarians can use with their Gundam fans to show interest in model kits. There is a group of individuals that do the model kits all around the world. It’s just the same as a car or airplane model kit which you might be more familiar with. I myself have one that I haven’t put together yet. These modelers are really exact or use the molds to kit bash and create unique Gundams or unique paint apps. for their Gundams. Anyway Bandai is setting up the 1st Gundam model kits contest, “Gunpla Builders World Cup 2011”. There will be 13 regions for the contest: Japan; China; Korea; Taiwan; Hong Kong; Singapore; Thailand; Malaysia; Philippines; Indonesia; Australia; Italy; and America. Preliminary rounds will be between July 25 – September 9. For more information about additional rounds and how the judging will be done follow the link below to AnimeNews Network.