In the last couple of weeks I felt deprived of all my energy. I couldn’t do or write much. All I did was updating my “Anime & manga bibliography” (and it’s far from finished). Depressingly, the news were dominated by the US election mud slinging. However, I discovered by chance a new french pop singer named Zaz (iTunes, Wikipedia, Youtube) — a great scratchy voice — and, with my wife, I’ve finished watching the fourth season of Mr. Selfridge as well as the mini-series And Then There Were None (a recent British-american adaptation of the famous Agatha Christie’s novel).

If the crazy pace at work (btw, only 553 weeks left!) can sometimes break my spirit (or, like now, my back!), there’s always something to rejuvenate my soul. Earlier today I took, with my wife, a long walk through the park of the Île-de-la-Visitation, observing the nature, the river, the automnal colours, and visiting the Sault-au-Récollet mill as well as the maison du pressoir. It was beautiful. I took several nice pictures.

Finally, of course, I still found a little time to stay acquainted with the affairs of the world. I therefore share with you a few notable news & links that I came across lately (in no particular order):

• Takashi Miike to Direct Live Action JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure (ICv2)
• Apple is now selling interactive Game of Thrones iBooks (The Next web, International Business Times)
• How Russia Wants to Undermine the U.S. Election (Time)
• ‘Cup Noodles’ Turns 45: A Closer Look At The Revolutionary Ramen Creation (NPR)
• iPhone Lens Kit: Amazon sale on Android lens attachment, iPhone lenses (BGR)
• Meet the nuclear cattle of Japan (CNN)
• Apple HealthKit reportedly to shift from tracking to diagnosis (CNET)
• Apple developing new Apple Watch sleep tracking and heart rate apps (9to5Mac)
• Japanese biologist wins Nobel (NHK World, NHK World)
• Lawmakers promote national manga center (NHK World). There is already an International Manga Museum in Kyoto, but if the idea of a national ‘Manga Museum’ has been around for years it was announced only in march of this year (ANN, Crunchyroll, Nerdist)
• 10-Minute Digital Privacy Tuneup (Consumer Report)
• RIP Jeff Mackintosh (ICv2)
• Le 33e Festival du film Japonais à Montréal (Coco Montréal)
• Festival du nouveau cinéma 2016 (Coco Montréal)
• Yoshinori Ohsumi wins Nobel Prize for medical research on cells (CNN)
• Anime Director Yamakan Declares Anime Dead (ANN)
• Digital Manga Hints at Offering Tezuka’s Under the Air, The Crater Manga (ANN)
• Meiji Tokyo Renka Historical Visual Novels Get TV Anime, New Game (ANN)
• Rose of Versailles Gets 2 New Chapters About Marie Antoinette (ANN)
• 1st Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets Poster (ICv2)

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