Wow!

Last weekend's Anime Afternoon was or biggest ever, with around 35 people attending. Hope you all had fun! We got to see some of our brand-new titles such as Jellyfish Princess, along with many older favorites like Excel Saga, Naruto, and Black Butler. The audience was awesome!

Summer is coming, and the summer reading program. Be sure to watch for announcements about our annual outdoor movies! This year's possible candidates for outdoor viewing are The Secret World of Arrietty and The Lorax, though the decision isn't final by any means.

Whoops!

Sorry it's been so long since I updated the Friday movie list! I hope you've been checking in with us to see what's been showing though March.

The library book sale will be on April 27 and 28! Lots of DVDs and VHSs will be in the sale!

Preparations are under way for April 21's Anime Afternoon, and we're very excited. For the first time officially this year, we are adding the rule that younger children (under 13) may be present, but must leave by 8 pm. Anime with more mature themes, gore and seriously inappropriate material will be held until after 8.

NOTE: We can not guarantee the family-friendliness of all shows shown earlier, though: there may be swearing, nudity, risque humor, or unexpected content in almost any program. We suggest a parent attend with any under-13 children.

The library is continuing to add the hottest new anime releases as they come out. Apart from Fairy Tail and Rideback, we have continued with more Hetalia, as well as adding Broken Blade, the classic Genshiken, and Princess Jellyfish. On order are the complete K-On! and Season 2 of Black Butler! (I hope we will have them in time for the event!) In addition, we have replaced our timeworn Fruits Basket and Trigun with new, compact box sets.

New year, new budget

It's always exciting after the end of the year, when the budget is used up, to be free to order lots of movies again!

Sci-Fi fans will be glad to notice we've added the complete Farscape series and follow-up movie, The Peacekeeper War. Also Crusade, the short-lived spinoff of Babylon 5. By request, we may also be getting Earth2.

Anime fans will be glad to know we'll be adding Fairy Tail (Fantasy/comedy/action about a wizard's guild) and Rideback (Action drama, about an ex-ballerina who becomes a mecha-motorcycle rider and gets involved in a revolution) as soon as cataloging gets them into the computer system.

And, of course, we've been adding plenty of high-interest mainstream movies as well, plus foreign films and non-fiction. Check out My Secret Cache, a Japanese comedy about a girl obsessed with money, or the Canadian film, Gunless, a western where American gunfighter The Montana Kid ends up in a small Canadian town where nobody has a decent pistol.

The next Anime Afternoon is planned for April 21--put it on your calendar!

Catching up!

Hello, all!

Anime Halloween 3 was a great success! We had a bigger audience than ever before! The anime was great, the cosplayers were awesome, and the curry turned out okay in spite of my worries, or at least nobody complained and lots was eaten. ^^ (Sorry if I was a bit out of things, I was not well and ended up in the emergency room 36 hours later.)

Now, as usual, we are looking for movies to show in the new year. January and February are always tough months to schedule for, because all the major kids' DVD releases come before Christmas or later in Spring, for Easter. And anything older we show has kids telling us, "Oh, I got that one for Christmas."

So, this is the best time for repeats, classics, or special events. Anyone want a particular older movie shown in February? Maybe a Harry Potter Deathly Hallows double feature? I'm willing to hear any suggestions, either here or in person in the library!

The end of Summer Reading-- Anime Halloween 3!

The end of the Summer Reading program has arrived, and we will miss it! Thanks to everyone who took part. The outdoor movies were mostly a success. We watched Rango indoors due to rain. Rio was outside, though, on a beautiful night. Everyone had a good time, including (unfortunately) the mosquitos.

Our third Anime Halloween will be coming up on October 29th! I hope you can make it for anime, curry, and cosplaying! Dressing up is encouraged, but not compulsory.

Summer's here - Outdoor movies scheduled!

We will be having two movies outdoors this summer, weather permitting! The first will be on August 12th, the second a week later on August 19th.

Be prepared, and supply your own lawn chairs, blankets, jackets, mosquito spray, and anything else you may need to brave an evening in the back yard! :D

Anime Afternoon rocked!

Thanks to everybody who came! We had 27 people attend the event this time, more than ever before. Fortunately we had a lot of very cool door prizes this time around. We watched Black Butler, Pokemon, Full Metal Alchemist, Bleach, The Gokusen, Disgaea, The Story of Saiunkoku, School Rumble, and lots more! There was Japanese-style curry rice, traditional and peanut butter taiyaki, Japanese candy, Pocky, ichigo (strawberries!) with whipped topping, Cheetos, sandwich stuff, and Alyssa brought in delicious marzipan. (Thank you!) I am still tired, and the library still smells like curry, but all the anime is back in circulation.

Thanks to the Friends of the Library for helping to finance it! And thanks to everyone who spread the word and helped to make Anime Afternoon such a success!