Purchased some new manga this week. Got Yotsuba&! volumes 8 and 9. I really love this manga. The entire managa is about seeing the world through Yotsuba's eyes. How many of you were like Yotsuba when you were her age?
My other manga acquisitions were Negima! 29 (NEWS: There is a new anime to be released this year), Higurashi: Beyond Midnight Arc 2, and K-on! volume 2.
I also picked up Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Battle of the Labyrinth. Fox totally messed up when they made their movie adaptation. If they had stuck more to the book, instead of butchering it, they probably would of had a good 5 movie franchise on their hands.
The Miku-Fes 2011 Committee will be hosting a live Hatsune Miku concert at this years Anime Expo. The concert will take place in the NOKIA Theater on July 2nd, and will be sponsored by Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. The concert will be based off the "Miku's Day Thanksgiving" which took place March 9th, 2010 in Tokyo. More information can be found at http://mikufes.com/
In other Hatsune Miku news Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A. is featuring her in some of their commercials to promote the 2011 Corolla
Actress Elisabeth Sladen passed away from Cancer Tue April 19th, 2011. Sladen was probably best know for her role as Sara Jane Smith on Doctor Who from 1973-1976. She later reprised the role role in 1983's The Five Doctor's and guest appearances in the current Doctor Who series starting in 2006. She also portrayed Sara Jane Smith in Doctor Who spin off series The Sara Jane Adventures.
Just found out that Tokyopop is closing it's North American publishing operations on May 31s, 2011. Tokyopop has brought some great titles to the US, such as Love Hina, Ai Yori Aoshi, and Fruits Basket. They were also the first publish manga in it's original right to left format. It's disheartening to see such a leader in the US manga industry have to close it's doors. But, it seems the loss of their Kodansha licenses was just to much for them to come back from.
Peter Jackson has posted his first video blog from the set of the Hobbit. The video shows the reconstructed Bag End and Rivendale, as well as the orc caves where Bilbo has a fateful encounter. I really can't wait for The Hobbit part 1, but these videos should help make the wait a little more bearable.
Picked up TRON Legacy this week, and as a big fan of the original I had to get The Ultimate TRON Experience.
This 5 disc set comes in this collectible case shaped like an Identity Disc, which lights up. The 5 discs it comes with are TRON Legacy 3D Bluray (in case I ever get a 3D TV), TRON Legacy Bluray, TRON Legacy DVD, TRON Legacy Digital copy, and the original TRON on Bluray.
I also got the English language version of Da Capo, which is Mangagamer's first retail release of an eroge they have translated. It came with a soundtrack and art book. I'll probably play through it once I finish Dragon Age 2.
