Ideas from ALA’s Young Adult Listserv:



Recent Ideas from ALA’s Young Adult Listserv:

Starting/Running a Group:

I run an anime group, though I am not into anime myself.  The kids bring in their own anime (which their parents have bought them), and I provide the space, popcorn, and lemonade once a month.  Basically, I told them that the movies or TV episodes had to be "PG-PG13" level and that I had the right to cancel all future anime club meetings if they tried to be sneaky and bring in a video that was too "mature" for anime club.  They have been meeting for over a year now, and they are very good about being responsible for bringing in all the videos (which are always appropriate).  All I do is make the popcorn, and I bring my VOYA to skim articles and reviews instead of focusing on the video the whole time.  Hope this helps!

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Chrissie Morrison

Tween & Teen Librarian

East Greenbush Community Library

East Greenbush, NY



On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 12:39 PM, wrote:

We have several teens that are interested in having an anime group in our

library.

If any one has any ideas how to get this started, that would be great.

Did you find an adult that liked anime to assist with the group,

Did you let the teens run the group, we need everything from start to finish.

We do not have any staff on hand that are comfortable with anime.

Thank you in advance for your time.

Cindy Cookson

Kudos to you for wanting to start up something like this!

Here's my blog entry on running an anime club, even if you're a bit scared about it. (^o^)/



Feel free to leave a comment whether you agree or disagree.

Violeta Garza

Teen Services Librarian

San Antonio Public Library

Hello all-

I have a monthly anime club that meets and watches various anime and talks about manga. We usually watch two episodes of anime. I'm looking for some

activities or crafts that the club can do. We've had a local group come in

and teach us para para dancing and today I'm going to try and make candy sushi.

Anyone else have some great anime club ideas??

Thanks!

Sarah Bean

Teen Associate

The Library Center

Springfield MO

SarahBean@

If you ever want to try to make some authentic Japanese food, try The Manga Cookbook; it's a really cute book, the recipes are for real Japanese food but the recipes are simplified and presented in manga format.  I can vouch for most of the recipes, I've cooked the food before at home.

 

Does everyone know how to use chopsticks?  Try contests to pick up different kinds of things with chopsticks such as picking up individual grains of rice, peas, other round and hard foods ...

Kat Kan

teenlibn@

If there's a local Go club that can come in and teach your teens how to play Go, you can pair it with Hikaru no Go.  Similarly, you could do tennis for Prince of Tennis, etc.  Invite a religious person in to speak about Buddhism or Shinto.  One of my coworkers thinks Bubble Tea and anime go hand in hand.  Art workshops are always great, if you have a local artist who can teach about the "manga style".  A workshop on making anime music videos, or even just showing some anime music videos might go over well.  Fortune-telling would probably be a hit.  There are so many anime and manga that involve tarot cards or some zodiac.

I know it is not that original, but last year I had the kids draw their favorite anime character on Shrinky dink material. I punch a hole in the top, we baked them and put rings on them. They loved their key rings so much, they are begging me to do it again.

Jennifer Martin

Wells County Public Library

Bluffton, IN

I brought in a crock pot and put in 5 batches of ramen noodles.  I had 3 judges (one of them being myself) and we judged on creativity, likeness, speed and showmanship on a 5 point system on each category.  Chopsticks are required.  Their bowl must be empty.  In the event of a tie, I had them eat a Hello Kitty Marshmallow (purchased from Walgreens) pop...whoever could it the fastest won.  The winner received $15 worth of free Japanese snacks (from World Market), consisting of Hello Kitty and Hello Panda snacks, Pocky, Pucca, Yan Yan, Botan Rice Candy and Ramune (Japanese soda).  It was highly amusing to watch until they made me eat some too...30 min old Ramen is very soggy and nasty!

 

 

James Nagy

Young Adult Specialist

Massillon Public Library

208 Lincoln Way E

Massillon, OH  44646

330-832-9831 Ext. 332 (Work)

330-830-2182 (Fax)

nagyja@

 

"If you don't offer them something they value now, you're going to be irrelevant to them for the rest of their lives.  It's not a risk we can afford to take." - Eli Neiburger, ALA Gaming in Libraries Symposium, December 2005

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From: Caroline Lacour [mailto:clacour@]

Sent: Tue 10/14/2008 11:52 AM

To: ya-yaac@

Subject: [ya-yaac] RE: RE: RE: Anime Club Activities

OOH! I love this idea...can you give us some more details? How did you run the contest?

Caroline LaCour

Youth & Teen Services

Lincolnwood Public Library

4000 W. Pratt Ave

Lincolnwood Illinois, 60712



clacour@

847-677-5277 x247

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From: James Nagy [mailto:nagyja@]

Sent: Tue 10/14/2008 10:46 AM

To: ya-yaac@

Subject: [ya-yaac] RE: RE: Anime Club Activities

We had a Raman noodle eating contest / Naruto "eat-a-like".  It was hilarious and gross at the same time!

I usually do a few themed anime club events each year. This month, I'll be doing a Cosplay Anime Club (the kids dress up as their favorite anime character for prizes). A few years ago, I did a high-school only "goth" night (it was an after hours event, the teens dressed up in a goth/Lolita style and we watched horror anime). This January, I'm also going to be doing a 5 year anniversary anime club countdown (I'll pass out a survey a month prior, and then on the date of the program we'll count down the most popular anime episodes at the library). Overall, I would say the cosplay events have been the most popular, but my teens always get into the "marathon" days (if you think you can handle 5-8 hours of anime)! I also start each session of anime club with a mini gaming tournament, and if I can find a themed game (like Naruto: Clash of the Ninja II with the anime), I usually try to do that.

Good luck,

Mandy

Amanda Henning, MLIS

Youth Services Assistant

The Marysville Public Library

231 S. Plum St.

Marysville, OH 43040

(937) 642-1876 ex. 25

Showing Amine Titles/Licensing:

I've just read that FUNimation is not only getting licenses for lots of Geneon anime, but also for quite a few ADV anime titles.  Details here:

 



 

Kat Kan

teenlibn@

The library where I work has a public screening license, so most of the DVDs in our collection fit under that umbrella and I do check. I've also ordered from Operation Anime, which gives you the public screening rights for your anime club once registered.

We do not watch fan subs, or other things that the teens have ordered online and such. I also adhere (as was mentioned before) to the 13+ rating.

-----Original Message-----

From: Katharine Kan [mailto:teenlibn@]

Sent: Mon 10/20/2008 5:38 PM

To: ya-yaac@

Subject: [ya-yaac] RE: RE: Anime groups

The problem with "throwing on a DVD" is that you might not have public performance rights to show that DVD. Showing anime needs advance planning, because you MUST have screening permissions (public performance rights). For most anime, they're free, but they take effort. You need to contact the DVD distributor and secure that screening permission in advance. Showing DVDs without those permissions is violating copyright laws, and libraries must not be seen as scofflaws.

Kat Kan

teenlibn@>

Activities:

We did this at our cosplay last winter and it was fun. We took Twinkies, cut them in three equal pieces, laid them filling side up, wrapped a section of green striped fruit roll-up (seaweed) around it, and placed gummy fish on top. Some recipes call for the Swedish Fish candy, but our grocery store didn't have any, so I improvised.

Have fun!

Jeanette

gwyne@library. wrote:

> Has anyone out there ever done a candy sushi-making program at their library?

> What sorts of materials did you use? Was it complicated? We're

> trying to figure out if this would be a feasible program for us.

> Thank you!

>

> Gwendolyn Wyne

> Teen Services Librarian

> County of Los Angeles Public Library

>

> tel: (562) 940-6993

> fax: (562) 803-3983

> gwyne@library.

I did this as part of the kickoff for the new manga/anime group for teens that I started this summer.  It was really easy and the teens had fun putting together their own creations.  I googled candy sushi for some pictures and put them in a 3-ring binder on the table for them to flip though.  Materials we provided included: Twinkies (cut in thirds for a base) & Rice Krispie Treats (cut in half for a "rice" base), fruit by the foot for the nori/seaweed wrap, white icing with green food coloring for wasabi, chocolate sundae syrup for soy sauce, bulk M&Ms in 2 shades of brown and also white for roe, gummy fish as salmon & sliced dried mango for salmon slices.  I just put everything out buffet style and they went at it :)  We had juice pouches to drink. Have fun! Mandie

It is fantastic and not at all complicated.  EVERYONE loves it.  I used recipes from Not Martha and Family Fun, but there are lots of others now, too, like on the Instructibles site. 

 



 



 

You can get inspiration from the "real" candy sushi that is very expensive. 

 

Good luck! 

Laurie

Laurena L. Schultz

Teen Services Librarian

Mt. Lebanon Public Library

16 Castle Shannon Blvd.

Pittsburgh, PA  15228

412-531-1912

schultzl@

Sushi basically contains a crunch, a goo or soft center, a "meat" and something to roll it up in. For the regular stuff, that includes a crunchy veggie, cream cheese or avocado, crab/salmon/shrimp/etc., rice and nori (roasted or toasted seaweed). For the "candy" kind you can basically follow the same recipe using complimenting flavors. Here's

mine:

Crunch: Apples, Mike and Ikes or other softer-hard candy, hersheys bar, nuts.

Goo: cream cheese, peanut butter, jelly, mashed bananas, or other semi thick spreadable sweetness

Meat: Oranges, chocolate, mango, or other strong flavored food

Roll: Fruit roll ups, flour tortillas, sheets of dried fruit (gooey fruit only bars can be rolled into sheets, use lots of nonstick spray)

If you have a rolling mat, great! If not, use plastic wrap. Lay down a piece that is larger than the "roll."

Lay the roll on top of the plastic wrap, using nonstick spray if the roll is sticky.

Spread the "goo" on the entire surface except for a 1" strip on the end furthest to you.

Starting 1" in from the end closest to you, layer the "crunch" and "meat" in a small strip going across the roll.

Using the plastic wrap, slowly and carefully fold the end closest to you over the crunch and meat until the roll covers the ingredients.

Peel the plastic wrap away slightly as you continue to roll the roll into itself (meaning don't roll the plastic into the roll itself, just use it to roll the roll.) Continue until the roll reaches the other end.

If necessary put a little water or extra goo on the end of the roll to adhere it together.

My favorite combos are

Apples, cream cheese, and walnuts in flour tortilla Soft toffee, peanut butter, chocolate pieces in a strawberry fruit roll up Chocolate pieces, mashed banana and peanut butter, in a banana fruit bar/roll.

Mango, blueberry jell, and cream cheese in a mango fruit bar/roll.

One teen came up with: Mike and Ikes and liquid sucker in a blue fruit roll up. It was a bit too sweet for me but he loved it.

Have fun!

Courtney

Courtney Alfaro

West Des Moines Public Library

courtney.alfaro@wdm-

515-222-3412

Trivia:

Hi Emily,

I used these for a quiz with my manga group. I just read through different manga websites to come up with the questions. Feel free to use them!

Q: What is the difference between "shojo manga" and "shoen manga?"

A: Shojo manga is aimed at a female audience, while shonen manga is aimed at a male audience.

Q: In 2003, manga accounted for what percent of all books and magazines sold in Japan?

A: 40%

Q: If you are going to a "manga kissa" in Japan to read manga, where are you going?

A: To a manga cafe.

Q: If an American publisher "flips" a manga, what do they do to it?

A: They flip the pages, changing the direction from front to back and left to right.

Q: Is Japanese manga usually published in color or black & white?

A: Black & white.

Q: What is the word that describes "a Japanese subculture centered on dressing as characters from manga?"

A: Cosplay.

It's not much, but I hope it helps!

Heather Colby

Reference Librarian

 

Homer Township Public Library

14320 W. 151st Street, Homer Glen, IL 60491

(708) 301-7908



RoseMary Honnold has anime and anime theme song Jeopardy here:



I used her Jeopardy template and also made my own version of anime/manga Jeopardy. The categories I used were Anime Groups (I list characters in an anime/manga and they have to name the anime/manga they're from), Bleach, Naruto, Japanese terms (my teens thought this category was too hard), and Name that Mangaka (which was also a little hard for my teens). If you'd like a copy of my Jeopardy, email me off list.

Jessica Frazier

Bloomingdale Public Library

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