Otaku World - June 2009 - 2.3

Volume 2, Issue 3 June 2009

Otaku World PACIFIC ASIA MUSEUM Here is something to look forward to besides the Anime Expo. If you would like to visit this museum for the exhibit below, just send us an email and we will get a plan together to visit. Admission: $7 for adults, $5 for students/senior.

Driving directions to 46 N Los Robles Ave, Pasadena, CA 91101 274mi – about 4 hours 22 mins The Samurai Re-Imagined: From Ukiyo-e to Anime February 19 through August 9, 2009

The Samurai Re-Imagined explores the roots of the popular Japanese art forms of manga (graphic novels) and anime (animation) in the traditional arts of Japan by examining images of the iconic warrior, the samurai. By juxtaposing depictions of samurai in Edo era woodblock prints, ink paintings, historical photographs, animation cels and drawings, original manga panels, and toys, the exhibition will demonstrate the ongoing links between fine art and popular culture in Japan.

Our trip to the museum will take place on Saturday, July 25, 2009

STUF FOR CLUBS QUESTION OF THE MONTH Our last newsletter’s question was: “What series features the best spring/summer celebration episode?”

Here’s what some of you had to say: “For me, the best series with a summer vacation/party would be Ouran High School Host Club. It may have multiple vacation theme episodes, but each one is memorable in its own way.”

Rachel H., Gustavus Adolphus Anime and Manga Society

Rurouni Kenshin (detail) By Kazuhiro Furuhashi, Japan, 20th century, Animation production cel (paint on cellulose), On loan by Charles Solomon

“The best spring/summer celebration episode has to be that of Azumanga Daioh. It was just hilarious and has remained one of my favorite episodes for years now…”

Jamey R., EML Anime Club

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Pacific Asia Musem 1 Stuf for Clubs 1 In the Spotlight 2 The Sky Crawlers My Heavenly Hockey Club Trips/Conventions 3 Library Lobby 4 Series Summaries DVD/Manga List Of Note 5 Hanasakeru Seishonen Shangri-La Fun & Games 6 Anime Scramble

“My favorite spring/summer celebration episode would be from the anime The Wallflower… What a crazy funfilled episode!

Amber Y., Anime Brigade In the past few weeks, there’s been a lot of chatter about possible North American versions of popular anime and manga series, like Full Metal Panic! and Death Note, not to mention the pending Cowboy Bebop movie starring Keanu Reeves. This month’s question: “What anime or manga series would you like to see receive the Hollywood treatment, and who would you cast in the lead roles?” Send your responses to animeclubs@rightstuf.com, and we’ll hand-pick a few responses for our next newsletter!

SKY CRAWLERS Plot Summary: Kannami Yuichi is a "Kildren", a fighter pilot recently sent to Urisu Base to replace a previous one who had died in battle. Like the numerous genetically-engineered pilots before him, he does not age, only to live his life fighting and eventually dying in battle. Rostock and Lautern, 2 different companies have been engaged in a brutal war that has no beginning or end, rather the battles they create serve to "entertain" the peacetime people.

Yuichi befriends the base commander, Kusanagi Suito, a woman who endures a long dark past. As their relationship grows, Yuichi learns the bittersweet moments of life, and the inescapable fate he has been placed in.

MY HEAVENLY HOCKEY CLUB Hana Suzuki loves only two things in life: eating and sleeping. So when handsome classmate Izumi Oda asks Hana–his major crush–to join the school hockey club, persuading her proves to be a difficult task. True, the Grand Hockey Club is full of boys– and all the boys are super-cute–but given a choice, Hana prefers a sizzling steak to a hot date. Then Izumi mentions the field trips to fancy resorts. Now Hana can’t wait for the first away game, with its promise of delicious food and luxurious linens. Of course there’s also the getting up early, working hard, and playing well with others.

How will Hana survive?

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The story unfolds in another 'possible' modern age. The main characters are youngsters called "Kildren", who are destined to live eternally in their adolescence. The Kildren are conscious that every day could be the last, because they fight a "war as entertainment" organized and operated by adults.

But as they embrace the reality they are faced with, they live their dayto-day lives to the full.

Special Features: The Sound Design and Animation of The Sky Crawlers, Animation Research for The Sky Crawlers.

Spoken Languages: English, Japanese, English subtitles.

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121 Minutes Format - Hybrid Media - DVD Publisher - COLUMBIA

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Anim me Film Fesstival May 14 - July 233, 2009 d lots Seveen films, fivee nights, and of fuun! Enjoy earrly Japanese cartooons such as Momotaro’s Sky Adventure A (1931) by Yaasuji Muraata and The Animal A Villlage in Trrouble by Saanae Yamam moto alongg with popullar films incluuding Samurai X and Gunddam Wing: The T Movie.

Anim me Film Fesstival Thurrsday, June 11 1 & 23 In ceelebration off The Samurrai Re-im magined, joiin us under the t stars in the museeum courtyarrd for thhe first preseentation in our Anim me Film Festtival. Stay tu uned for more m informaation on film m, time and cost.

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Saturrday & Sundday Auguust 29 & 30, 2009 Radisson Hotel 500 Leisure L Lanee, Sacramen nto CA 95815 9 Paciffic Media Expo E 2009 Veterans' Day Holidday Weekennd Noveember 6 to 8, 8 2009 Hiltoon Los Angeeles Airport

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Hi, It’s Rin naka heree. This is what I look likee for the Animee Expo T--shirts. I hope too see you there!!!

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Want to know what’s in our complete library….well, too much to list here, so I’ve listed as many as I could fit.

GRAPHIC NOVELS B.O.D.Y. Crimson Hero Cipher Devil Does Exist I Hate You More Than Anyone Othello Ouran High School Host Club Real/Fake Princess Romance Papa S.A. Skip Beat Versus Wild Ones VIDEO DVD Aishiteruze Baby* Akane-iro ni Somaru Saka* Allison and Lillia^ Bokura Ga Ita* Chrome Shelled Regios* Dragonauts* Fafner of the Azure* Full Metal Panic Generator Gawl Glass Fleet Gundam 00 Season 1# Gundam 00 Season 2* Gundam Seed Gundam Seed Destiny Gun X Sword* Happy Lesson Hayate No Gotoku* His and Her Circumstances Itazura Na Kiss* Jyu-Oh-Sei Kodocha Macross Frontier* Martian Successor Nadeisco Nogizaka Haruka no Hitmitsu* Ouran High School Host Club# Peach Girl Piano Prince of Tennis# PAGE 4

School Rumble Skip Beat* Solty Rei Tytania^ Whistle* Yakitate Japan* Yukikaze Symbols ^Will only play with computer dvd rom player #Two available sets, 1 playable on any dvd player and another playable on either a Divx dvd player or computer CD Rom. *Only playable with a Divx compatible dvd player or computer CD Rom. No Symbol indicates original dvd from publisher.

NOTEWORTHY WEBSITES Anime Paper www.animepaper.net Full of anime wallpapers and gallery images of so many anime series that you didn’t even know existed.

Anime Convention Nexus www.animecons.com The only place to go to check for all the anime conventions all over the world and when they start, some you will know about, most you don’t….

Cipher Plot Summary: This is a book about two twins named Siva and Cipher, who since entering high school have taken turns going to school and work as a model/actor under the name "Siva." When a girl at school finds this out she is not given a reason, but instead a two week basis in which she lives with them to try and be able to tell them apart without asking. At the end of the two weeks if able to tell the brothers apart, they have agreed to tell her the reason why they switch off.

Othello Plot Summary: Yaya's high school friends haven't been very nice.

They call her "Yaya the cry-ya! Yaya the misfi-ya!" But no matter how badly they act, Yaya is just too naive and trusting to believe the worst of her friends. Hard-rocking, butt-kicking Nana is just the girl to grab hold of Yaya's timid demeanor and turn it upside down. Nana exposes Yaya's "friends" as slime bags, doles out punishment, and does it all with style.

Can there be anything that terminally shy Yaya and hyper-confident Nana have in common? Well, for one thing, they're the same person...

Devil Does Exist, the Plot Summary: High school is hard for Kayano. When she tries to confess her love to the kind-but-distant Yuichi, the school bully Takeru makes her life hell. But things get worse when Kayano's mother gets engaged to Takeru's father, the school principal!

How will she cope with having the devil himself living in her own home?

Saito Kayano's mother and Edogawa Takeru's father dive into their blissful marriage, as mother and daughter move into the Edogawa household. But things aren't so blissful for Kayano and her new stepbrother, a tortured and complicated kid who switches from being a heartless bully to protective, caring friend. And despite herself, Kayano finds herself falling in love with him! Now Kayano must deal with a new family and new relationship, while she tries to cope with feelings she doesn't understand.

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Anime Network Taken Off Comcast, Put on DirecTV (Updated) A.D. Vision's Anime Network television service has announced on its web forum on Friday that it will no longer be available on the Comcast cable service provider in the United States. At the same time, The Anime Network announced it is available on the VOD service from the DirecTV satellite television provider. The network is also offering the first five episodes of the Kiba, Mezzo, and Azumanga Daioh anime series on the Ovi Phone Service for select Nokia phones.

Thank you to Prede for the news tip.

Update: The American anime distributor Funimation put its Funimation Anime video-on-demand content on Comcast earlier this month. This move coincided with the removal of Comcast's own Anime Selects package from the same cable provider.

The Anime Network was available as one of DirecTV's Pay per View Channels in 2006.

It later became part of DirecTV's Video On Demand offerings.

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Genre: Action Studio: Production I.G Director: Itsuro Kawasaki

Summary: Based on the popular game series, Sengoku Basara features powerful fighters with cool character designs and amazing abilities, and doubtless some kind of plotline to thread them together. Of course, the primary characters are the same as the game: historical warlords Sanada Yukimura and Date Masamune. Oda Nobunaga also makes a cameo!

Title: Hanasakeru Seishounen • Starts: Sunday, April 5 at 11pm, on NHK • Genre: Shoujo/Romance • Studio: Studio Pierrot • Director: Chiaki Kon Summary: Picture it: you're the beautiful only daughter of an incredibly wealthy and powerful businessman. Your father places three beautiful, elegant, eligible young bachelors in front of you and tells you to marry one of them. Dutiful daughter that you are, you start to get to know the three fellows (who apparently later become four): Li Ren Fong, Carl Rosenthal, Eugene Alexander du Volcan, and Rumati Ivan Dai Raginei.

Why do rich people always have superlong names in anime?

Title: Sengoku Basara • Starts: Thursday, April 2 at 1:34am, on CBC

Title: Shangri La • Starts: Monday, April 6 at 12am, on ChibaTV • Genre: Action/Mystery • Studio: Gonzo • Director: Makoto Bessho Summary: In a “neo-futuristic” (their words, not mine!) world, the tower city of Atlas is home to the wealthy-- and to ancient secrets. A colorful cast of characters including, but not limited to a “riotous” teen girl, a little princess, a child genius, and a drag queen, investigate the matters.

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