VAMPIRE KNIGHT ANIME

VAMPIRE KNIGHT (the anime) will be released by VIZ starting January 2010. And of course, Viz will be providing lots of merchandise to go along with it.

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Manga Library

The new Tokyo International Manga Library, which will house two million + manga, anime, games and related media (think cels, character goods, figures, dojinshi), is scheduled to open in 2014 at the Surugadai campus of Meiji University. The building planned to house the collection will be 5 stories and 8, 500 square meters (think 2+ acres).

Meanwhile, Kyoto has had Kyoto International Manga Museum since 2006. With 500 yen (think $5.50) you can buy a day pass to the museum, where you can read all the manga you want from its collection.

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NEW MANGA, NEW ANIME

New. More ordered. Coming in All the Time.
Stop by the library and check some out.

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Publish Post

NY Anime Festival

It's heeeeeere. Starting tomorrow. The Last NY Anime Festival... Kidding. Next year, the PTB are combining the Comicon and Animefest to better "monetize" the events. Whatever. It means NYCC + NYAF = total takeover of the Javits Center from October 8-10, 2010. And hey, pre-combo the NYCC was the 2nd largest pop cult event in America and the 2nd largest event in NYC. Bwhahahah.
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Emily the Strange, Pikachu Origami. And More.

Cut. Fold. Repeat.
Origami Manga/Anime Style at Club Manga tomorrow night.
That's Thursday. 5:00 -6:30 pm.
Westhampton Presbyterian Church.

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Diz Biz

Okay. Disney XD, which is Disney's cable station primarily geared toward showing children's animated TV series, has acquired Naruto Shippuden. Bowderlization ahead?

Hmmm. "Believe it" ?

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VIZ manga online

Go here to read online manga (including the new Rin Ne by Takasha Rumiko and Arata by Watase Yuu) being released (for the first time ever! Yay!)simultaneously with the Japanese releases. The manga will be released in book format in the U.S. under VIZ Media's new Shonen Sunday imprint starting with Rin Ne in October.

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Inuyasha Again

Rumors and reports have it that the Inuyasha anime series will resume this fall in October with Inuyasha: Kanketsuhen (Inuyasha: The Final Chapters) on Japan’s YTV.

The Inuyasha manga ended with Volume #56 last June but the 167 episodes of the anime only covered the manga through Volume #36. That works out to approximately 4.6 anime episodes per book. With 20 books remaining, that means how many episodes ahead?

Reports also say the original voice cast is returning.

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TWILIGHT GOING GRAPHIC

In case you missed it in one of its other incarnations....Yen Press, no pub date yet (maybe November, when New Moon is slated?). Meyer will be superivising artist Young Kim panel by panel, apparently.

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GUNDAM SIGHTED IN TOKYO

Bandai is celebrating the 30th anniversary of Gundam Wing with a Gundam monument in Odaiba Shiokaze park in Tokyo. Although The Gundam lacks scythe or beam cannons, it is 59 feet tall. It will be in residence throught the summer.

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PERSEPOLIS. NOT.

Go to SpreadPersepolis.com here to see graphic format coverage of the post-election protests in Iran by the pseudononymous Payman & Sina, using images from Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. Comes with disclaimer.

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Reviewers Wanted at Next Club Manga Meeting

Barbara Moon, Librarian Extraordinaire who recommended the very excellent graphic novel CAIRO to me and is an Ouran High School fan, will be at Club Manga on Thursday, June 25 with LOTS OF NEW GRAPHIC NOVELS AND MANGA for you to review. Reviewers will be paid in pizza. We will, of course, watch anime....although we may also watch DR. HORRIBLE.

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Now That She's Here, There Will Be BLOOD

BLOOD THE LAST VAMPIRE, which is from one of the producers of CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON and HERO and the director of KISS OF THE DRAGON, will have a limited US opening (rumor: 10 theatres) July 10. Go to the official website to see the trailer. It's worth it.

Is it opening in Long Island on July 10? Does anybody know?

Makes my blood run cold....

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San Diego Comicon

Peter Jackson is going to be there.
You remember him. LOTR.

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New Moon Trailer Is Out!

The trailer for New Moon is out, and in my opinion looks AWESOME!



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DOMO PROMO, PART 2

DOMO, the Manga. Coming in September.

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Domo Promo

Last year, Domo was a promo tool for Target.

Coming in October: Six weeks of Domo service at 7-11 stores, which will offer a Domo Slurpee in Red Apple flavor in its own little theme cup. Special coordinated straws are being considered. To get the full Adweek report of this momentous event, go here.

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Read Rin-ne Online

Go here to read INUYASHA mangaka Rumiko Takahashi's new manga, RIN-NE online. And don't forget her blog, here. Ni

The Death of Death Note?

Warner Bros. has acquired the American version of Death Note.

No comment at this time.

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