Fanime 2008?

Did you go to Fanime 2008 during Memorial Day weekend at the San Jose Convention Center?! Fanime is a huge and awesome anime convention held every year in San Jose. I didn't go inside, but I walked around the front of the convention center and admired all of the cosplay. (Read more about cosplay here.) It is a BIG deal at Fanime. Everyone was dressed up! I found these nicely-taken pictures on flickr that someone else took. Check out those costumes!

I was thinking that it would be fun to do a cosplay workshop during one of our next meetings. We could share tips and techniques that we've found, or good places to order supplies. Maybe we could do a cosplay party in the fall for Halloween...What do you think?

New Blog!

Welcome to West Valley Library's NEW Anime & Manga Club blog!

We are a club for teens ages 12-18, and we meet monthly at West Valley Branch Library to watch anime, talk about stuff we like, eat large amounts of Pocky, and have fun! Our club started in the fall of 2007, and we've grown to over 20 members so far, and growing every month.

As for me, I'm Katherine, a librarian at West Valley and the club's moderator. I like anime and manga myself, and I noticed a lot of teens in the library did too, so I started this club. If you're a teen who also loves anime and manga, I hope you'll join us at our next meeting. Stay tuned to this blog for updates about the club, interesting stuff going on in our area, and other random anime/manga-related findings...