DPL Teens

Tomorrow night is the first Anime Club meeting of 2010!

We’ll be kicking things off with Anime Jeopardy so put your thinking caps on and tromp on over to Fairmount by 5:30. 

Then we’ll be checking out the latest DVD sent to us by FUNimation called Gunslinger Girl.

And maybe…just maybe…if the Anime Karaoke CD I’ve reserved arrives in time we’ll have to have way too much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!  

-Christie

WHAT?!?

yes

SERIOUSLY?!?

serious

NO WAY!?!

promise

Mindbridge Foundation (the group that puts AnimeIowa together) just announced that their newest con will be in the Quad Cities.

 June 18-20, 2010 at the Lodge Hotel in Bettendorf, IA. 

THE QUAD CITIES!!! 

Bout time, right?!? 

For all event details including cost & registration info check out the QC Anime-zing website. 

I think that means the Quad Cities just got a little bit cooler. 

Now run and tell all your friends.

-Christie

Check out these pics from “Food Night” at last night’s Anime Club. 

Here’s Marcus winning the ramen noodle eating contest!

Some of the girls and their delicious candy sushi!

nom nom nom

You shoulda been there!

-Christie

The plan for tomorrow night’s Anime Club is what we like to refer to as Food Night. This time around we’ll be featuring a couple of last year’s FN activities like the ramen noodle eating contest and we’ll most certainly have a chopsticks race of some sort.  New for this year, we’ll be making our own candy sushi, and showing off a few select dishes pulled from The Manga Cookbook.

The Manga Cookbook, one of our newer YA non-fiction books, is full of great recipes and ideas for all the hungry manga lovers out there.  It even has instructional tidbits on how to properly use chopsticks, and set the table in a traditional Japanese fashion, not to mention a list of some the more uncommon ingredients and tips on where to find them. 

I’m wondering if Naruto Rolls go well with Ramune?  Guess there’s only one way to find out…

Tomorrow night.  5:30.  Fairmount Library.

-Christie

Here are some more fun pics from Anime Fest.  Enjoy!

Look at the ears on these cool cats.  Nice creations.

Hanging out at the candy sushi station.  Mmm…sugar.

Cosplaying and candy sushi make a lovely combo.  Always.

Cosplayers striking a pose before the final voting.  Yah!

And if you have any comments on this year’s Teen Anime Fest be sure to let us know.  Don’t be shy!  Let us know what you liked as well as what you didn’t like.  We plan to make next year’s event even better and we can’t do it without your fresh ideas and valuable input.

-Christie

Sunday’s 2nd Annual Anime Fest at the Figge was a great time.  The place was packed with teens from all over the area.  Enjoy these pics of the winning artwork and characters from the cosplay fashion show.

3rd place:  Setsuka by Sari Moore.

2nd place:  We Are United by Clayton Summers

1st place:  Twin Mimi by Victoria Meyer

3rd place winner–cosplay fashion show

2nd place winner–cosplay fashion show

1st place winner–cosplay fashion show

The winning artwork was selected by the teen librarians and Figge representatives.  The cosplay fashion show was judged by the teen audience.  All winners received gift cards to Hobby Lobby.  Congrats to all the participants!

-Christie

The 2nd Annual Teen Anime Fest will be held at the Figge from 12-4 this Sunday…WHICH IS TOMORROW!! There will be a $5 museum admission fee at the door. All ages are welcome. The Figge Art Museum is located at 225 W. 2nd St. in downtown Davenport. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind teen event!

This year’s features:
A cosplay mask creation station
A cosplay cat ear and tail creation station
Candy sushi making and refreshments
Sales booth of your favorite manga & anime supplied by Borders
A martial arts demonstration by the John Morrow Academy of Martial Arts

Contests:
Anime Music Video Contest
Cosplay contest
Art contest

Hope you can make it!

-Christie