Hello everyone Fallenangel here with my take on the news.
Library Bars 43-Year-Old from Manga Club Meeting
An adult resident of Bluffton, South Carolina is considering a lawsuit against his local public library after its employeees barred him from attending a manga club meeting that the library had organized. 43-year-old C.J. Palmer planned to share old anime and manga from his personal collection at the meeting. Flyers for the club did not indicate an age limit, but according to the library, it was meant for teenagers only. Palmer has filed a complaint with the library and has contacted the local American Civil Liberties Union branch to discuss a possible age discrimination lawsuit. The director of the local county library system has apologized for what he called a "slip-up on our part" and mentioned that if there is sufficent interest, he would look into starting a manga club that would be open to adults.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-30/library-bars-43-year-old-from-manga-club-meeting
Megumi Hayashibara to Sing Slayers Revolution's Themes
Singer/voice actress Megumi Hayashibara's official page on the Starchild website has announced on Monday that she will sing both the opening and ending theme songs for the Slayers Revolution fantasy comedy television anime. She is already confirmed to return as the main lead Lina, along with most of the main original cast. Hayashibara had sung songs for all the previous Slayers anime incarnations, including the first Slayers series and the last two television sequels (Slayers Next and Slayers Try).
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-28/megumi-hayashibara-to-sing-slayers-revolution-themes
National Public Radio Profiles Death Note
National Public Radio's Fresh Air program is currently running a feature on Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note manga and anime series. In his six-minute piece, pop-culture and film critic John Powers introduces the plot of the series (calling it a "wonderful piece of pop storytelling") and talks about Death Note's "infinitely seductive premise." He compares the main character Light to Harry Potter and The Matrix's Neo, but calls him a "rebel with a cause that is misguided."
Fresh Air can be heard weekly on over 450 NPR stations around the country, and his review is also streaming online.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-29/national-public-radio-profiles-death-note
To listen to the review go to
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89999028
Emmy Award Winning Show Attends the Nation’s Largest Anime/Manga Convention
Anaheim, California (April 18, 2008) —The Emmy Award winning and popular stop-motion animation sketch comedy show, Robot Chicken, which airs on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim is slated to appear at this year’s Anime Expo® 2008 held from July 3-6, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, CA. More information can be found on the website www.anime-expo.org. The following are conformed Cameron Baity, Mike Fasolo, Chris McKay, Jeanette Moffat, Tom Root
Fallenangel random thought: why is Seth Green not going
www.anime-expo.org
Anyways thats the news for this week on my part I hope it was helpful.