Believe It! Naruto @ the library
Most of the branch anime clubs showed the OVA Naruto Mission: Protect the Waterfall Village! and episodes from Naruto Vol. 1 at their meeting this month. The showings were a hit at Cliffdale, Bordeaux, and East Regional, although some teens expressed disappointment that we weren’t showing the newest Naruto movie (we’ll work on getting permission from VIZ Media). At the Anime Headquarters club, teens insisted on coming into the room early “so they didn’t miss it.” Three girls spent the entire time screeching whenever their favorite character came on screen. The rest of the crowd limited their outbursts to whenever Naruto had embarrassing encounters with various and sundry scatological obstacles. In-between episodes, teens read ShonenJump, ShojoBeat, and NewType magazines that had been donated to the club. At the Anime North club, only younger teens & kids seemed very interested; and there was altogether too much screaming when Sasuke was on the screen. J Teen liaison, Katharine, says never again, LOL! (I’m pretty sure she’s kidding…heh…yeah, pretty sure. – Missy, AYSC)
Write Here, Right Now – North Regional (10-11-07)
Teens reveled in the opportunity to interact with members of The Anime Arsenal and artist Paul Taylor. Discussions ranged from the latest in J-Pop Culture to determining the correct anatomical scale for drawing manga-style characters.
Movie Mondays – East Regional (10-15-07)
Napoleon Dynamite has become a cult classic for teens and still proves to be a big draw. Teens were engaged and on the edge of their seat in anticipation of their favorite lines and scenes which they knew by heart.
Pizza & Books Teen Book Club – East Regional (10-18-07)
This event drew one of the largest teen audiences, 30 attendees, to the book club. Many of the teens were engaged in the discussion and despite some of them not having read the book prior to the meeting, found it easy to relate to the themes presented in Robert Cormier’s The Chocolate War. This book club was Co-sponsored by the Fayetteville-Cumberland County Human Relations Committee on Diversity.
TeenZone North – North Regional (10-25-07)
Teens faced off and played Dance Dance Revolution, Super Smash Bros Melee (on a Game Cube® using 4 controllers for insanely fun competition), and board games including Mousetrap and Wizard Chess.
Our Library is Haunted! Or Is It? – Cliffdale (10-30-07)
Teens enjoyed ghost stories and looked up spooky websites in our “graveyard” around the “campfire”.
Spooky Scary Anime – North Regional (10-30-07)
44 teens attended this over-the-top program with complete with Halloween costumes, cosplay, and trick-or-treat goodies!! KaKuRenBo & Mushi-shi were shown.
Thanks to all who came to the programs this month!
For more teen programs at the library, please check the calendar of events.
Always,
Missy
