Yen Press will be publishing two Light Novels starting, March 2015. The novels will be Mamare Touno & Kazuhiro Hara’s Log Horizon and Satoshi Wagahara & Oniku’s The Devil is a Part-Timer! Be sure to look for these to add to your collections.
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends Trailer
Rurouni Kenshin: The Legend Ends will be hitting theaters in Japan shortly. The North American market needs to make a note on this movie so when it becomes available you can pick it up for your collection. Check out the trailer below:
Sailor Moon Concert
iconiQ, the Soundtrack Orchestra, puts together anime, cartoon, and video game inspired melodies. This time around they are presenting “Sailor Moon Symphony: SeraSymphony Live!” The fan arrangement, courtesy of Artistic Director Bobbie Lee Crow III, and will feature violinist Christina Bouey and Composer/Pianist Yasahiko Fukuoka. Songs from the original first five seasons of Sailor Moon will be spotlighted.
The concert is at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music, in Manhattan, on October 10 at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 at the door or you can obtain them online here: http://serasymphony.peatix.com/
Attack on Titan Marathon
On August 30, the Adult Swim Toonami block, on Cartoon Network will be airing a Labor Day Marathon of the first twelve episodes of Attack on Titan. If you haven’t been able to catch the series and you have the time this will be a great way to get into the show. Check you local listings for airing time. Thanks to the “FUNimation” channel on YouTube for the following trailer and AnimeNews Network for alerting everyone:
Ep 1 ComicPopping Manga Style with Strobe Edge
Ep 1 ComicPopping Manga Style with Strobe Edge
In this episode April, Luis, Logan, Jonathan, and Richard review and discuss the romance manga Strobe Edge.
Join us for another fun episode, by listening above, at www.comicpoplibrary.com, or wait until later today and it will be up on our iTunes feed.
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What we reviewed in this episode:
1) Strobe Edge, Vol. 1, Io Sakisaka, Viz Media, 2012. ISBN: 978-1421550688, $9.99.
Music clips used in this episode:
1) “Can I Say I Love You”, Boggie, musically.com, 2008.
Links:
http://www.viz.com/ – Viz Media’s Website
http://www.musicalley.com/ – Music Alley’s Website
http://www.musicalley.com/music/listeners/artistdetails.php?pageNum_MusicList=3&totalRows_MusicList=23&BandHash=40e39340ab615f450ae6f7c509221e60 – “Can I Say I Love You”, Boggie, 2008.
http://strangefruituk.com/ – Strangefruit’s Website
https://www.facebook.com/strangefruituk – Strangefruit’s Facebook Page
https://www.facebook.com/pages/ComicPop-Library/135675669828474?fref=ts – ComicPop Library’s Facebook Page
The Last Naruto The Movie Trailer
The Last Naruto, The Movie is one that everyone will want to put in their collections when it becomes available in the North American market.
Sailor Moon Gashapon for Glassware
If you are a Sailor Moon fan here are some glass accessories that you might be interested in obtaining. It is a set of five gashapon that you can see above.
Ninja Slayer Anime
This is one you might keep your eyes on. It is interesting that it is written by two American authors and has obtained a big following in Japan. So much of a following that an anime is being done for Ninja Slayer. Here is the teaser trailer that debuted at Anime Expo on “kingrecords” YouTube channel:
Sailor Moon being Streamed
It has been announced that Sailor Moon Crystal will be streamed on Hulu and Hulu+. Toei Animation the producer of the series will stream English Subbed episodes simultaneously with the Japanese episodes (1st and 3rd Saturday’s of each month). Viz Media which has the distribution rights for the North American market will have the episodes streaming on NeonAlley.com and Crunchyroll. Check out the trailer here from the “vizmedia” YouTube channel:
New Manga Classics
If you want to place some classic literature in your Manga Collections this will be one way to do it. UDON Entertainment is starting a line that will begin with Pride and Prejudice and Les Miserables that have been adapted into the manga format. I’ve ordered mine already have you?