ANIME FEST

The Anime Festival is over. So you can start thinking about the Comicon. Go here.

Many,many fun and fabulous moments -- among them talking with Joshua Elder, author of the Mail Order Ninja series which is both perfect & perfectly funny. (That means I am recommending them. We have them. You can check them out. )

For AnimeNewsNetwork's video wrap-up of the Anime Fest, go here. Also, check out the World Cosplay Summit pic.

And for stuff from Anime Fest, come here on Tuesday, December 18 @ 6:00 pm.

Nola Ni

And i-Pods

There's a contest.

It's called a Manglish context.

The grand prize is
an i-Pod Touch.

Check it out.

Shopping

An anime toymaker is going OOB. Its stuff is going on sale on e-Bay Dec. 11. It has/had licenses for figures from Fruits Basket to Full Metal Alchemist. Go here to find out more.

Getting Crafty

Gingerbread crafty: the Club has 2 Gingerbread houses to decorate at the Gingerbread House Workshop on Thursday, December 8 @ 6:30 pm.

How many of you are going to decorate? We need to know by Tuesday December 6, aka the next club meeting.

Decorations crafty: on Tuesday December 11, we're planning a holiday decorations workshop (things to hang from trees, on walls, pillows). You must bring in what you want to make (if it is something specific) on Tuesday December 6.

So Tuesday December 6: Gingerbread house - yes or no?
Holiday decorations - what?

Nola Ni the Librarian

DEATH NOTE NOTE

From Tokyograph.com:

"Actor Kenichi Matsuyama will be releasing a photobook next year - not as himself, but as the character L from the popular "Death Note" movies. The collection, photographed by Mika Ninagawa, will go on sale around the same time as the theatrical release of the "Death Note" spinoff, "L change the WorLd." The movie is scheduled to hit theaters on February 9. Ninagawa is said to be a fan of L, and it was she that proposed the idea. The theme of the photobook is to depict L's everyday self. Photos were taken between August and September, at locations such as Shibuya Center Gai and the Hanayashiki Amusement Park in Asakusa."

And go here for the official movie website.

Ni

Bus Gamer. The Anime.

Go here to read about Minekura's Bus Gamer
going anime.

Nola Ni

More. Manga. In.

Gundam Wing.
Hikaru No Go.
Kitchen Princess.
Emma.
R.O.D.
some more Rurouni, just for fun..
and a Samurai Deeper Kyo or two.
There's also a novelization of Blood: The Last Vampire that looks as if it has some potential.

Nola Ni the Li...

Gingerbread Houses, Death Note

Okay.

Here's a schedule:
DEATH NOTE 13 released February 19.
Checked out repeatedly.
DEATH NOTE poster raffled off at first meeting of Anime/Manga Club in February after that.
We will be discussing how to raffle it. All input welcome.
Also 2 gingerbread houses have been reserved for the Anime/Manga Club to decorate. Details to come.

And DANA is bringing the ANIME (James, take note!) for us to watch next week.

Also, Jen, where are you? Need to ask you a question. Call. Write.

Finally, pics. We need pics from Halloween. (I'm talking to you, Geisha)

Nola Ni the Librarian

L33T LINK

I want to add a link to the L33T site you recommended, Dana. So, which one was it?

Ni

SCARY SCARY LIBRARY

Hey, y'all. Excellent Halloween costumes - those were costumes, right?

Casio, you left your wings. Also, would you be willing to recreate the look? We didn't get a pic & we want one. If so, bring costume & makeup in next Tuesday for the photo op. That goes for you, too, Susan. And John. And anyone else we didn't get to lens for posterity...

Meanwhile, check out the new links.

What else?

Ah yes. The Death Note poster. Still working on What To Do.

Nola Ni the Librarian

MirrorMask

Two things:

MirrorMask. I think we should watch some of it tomorrow night (Yes. We will watch Blood: The Last Vampire on October 30) Here's the Mirror Mask blurb: "A girl from a family of circus performers finds herself in a strange new world populated by mysterious creatures--a dreamworld in which she is about to embark on a most amazing journey..."

There's also in a full-color graphic novella. Both are written by Neil Gaiman. So you know it's good.

Also, Jennifer (where are you?) - we need a few more photos from our cosplay party. Can you upload/bring a disk next time you come to the meeting?

And Happy Belated Birthday to Susan. Singing implied here. And hello to Yulan, who stopped by on Saturday. We miss y'all...

Okay, that was a few more than two things.

Nola Ni the Librarian

STUFFED STUFF

On Tuesday December 4th we're getting crafty -- local crafts impressario Amy Hess is going to be here with lots of materials to help in creating large stuffed objects (pillows, maybe?) & small stuffed objects (decorations? things to hang on your rear view mirror? earrings?). She is going to be making patterns in the meantime. I suggested patterns for, oh, I don't know, PIKACHU? A RICE BALL? THE ZODIAC ANIMALS from FRUITS BASKET?

You see where I'm going with this -- come next week prepared to brainstorm on what we want to make.

And btw, this isn't limited to Manga/Anime Club members, so if you know someone who might be interested, ask h/h to join us.

Nola Ni the Librarian

RECOMMENDATIONS, PLEASE

I just saw Ms. Andria, everybody's favorite school librarian, and she asked me to recommend some manga & graphic novels to her. So I suggested AMERICAN BORN CHINESE and the MEGATOKYO series (the latter because I am still trying to figure out L33T - did I spell that correctly?).

But what else would you recommend? It has to be something that readers of all ages could enjoy. I told Ms. Andria I was going to ask for recommendations here, so she's going to be checking the blog to see what we come up with.

Let us know.

Nola Ni the Librarian

Ghosts

I would like to report that there is a ghost in the YA section.

Also spiders, cobwebs and, uh, things appear to have taken over the library.

If anyone has any explanations, please let us know. Immediately.

Thank you.

Nola Ni the Librarian

NEW LIBRARY!!!

REMEMBER THE TEEN ROOM IN THE MODEL FOR THE NEW LIBRARY THAT I SHOWED YOU?

YOU'RE GOING TO GET IT!

VOTE PASSED: 299 YES. 224 NO.

Nola Ni the Librarian

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New manga. Biiiig box.

And new graphic novels, too. Two big boxes, thanks to Barbara Moon. Thank you! You're the best.

See y'all tonight.

Nola Ni the Librarian

ROAD TRIPS 2

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The New York Anime Festival is December 7-9 in, uh, oh yeah, Manhattan.
If you are interested in finding out more about it, go here:
http://www.newyorkanimefestival.com/

If you are interested in going, let me know. If we have ten people, we can apply for a group discount rate on the tickets.

Call. Write. Show up at the next meeting prepared to discuss New York Anime Festival Commitment Issues.

Nola Ni the Librarian

ROAD TRIPS

Okay, if you're going to San Francisco, check this out:
http://www.wired.com/gaming/gamingreviews/multimedia/2007/09/gallery_hoteltomo
It's a Best Western, Japanese style.

And a quick reminder that tonight, we'll be in the teen area for the Manga/Anime Club meeting.

Nola Ni the Librarian

DEATH NOTEs

Just ordered Death Note How to Read 13. Viz's pub date is February 19, 2008. And we put in an order for lots more manga & graphic novels, then realized a couple of things had been left off. So if anyone wants something added, now's the time.

Plan for next Manga/Anime Club meeting: Make plans for Halloween decorations, bookmarks, etc. More pinatas seem like a good idea.

Stayed up very late last night to watch Saiyuki Requiem. I liked it. The animation for the movie is much better than for the TV series. In fact, I liked it so much that I started started all over to listen to the seiyu commentaries. But. Not.

And in the too much information category: Wikipedia has a list of "notable voice actors" here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_notable_voice_actors

Nola Ni the Librarian

SMILE, Raina Telgemeier

So, I was at this Graphic Novels conference last week & met Raina Telgemeier. She illustrates the Babysitters Club graphic novels and even better, has a great webcomic, SMILE, about, well, teeth, among other things. Go here:

http://www.webcomicsnation.com/raina/smilecomics/series.php

and take a look. Actually check out her webpage, too:

http://www.goraina.com/Index2.htm

Try it. You'll like it.

(I chose this color pink because it's kind of the color of gums. Good, right?)

Nola Ni the Librarian