Whew! I meant to get this up yesterday as a little Christmas surprise, but this little Mac just can't handle the big files that come from the fancy camera...and believe me when I say you'll miss
AHR's wonderful video skills. I'm afraid you'll just have to suffer through my meager abilities for the next couple weeks!
Without further ado, Geekachu and I decided to go through our favorite manga and anime picks of the year, starting with manga this week and anime next week.
And of course, we wouldn't deprive you of this week's full release list. I've also bolded the titles that I would have spotlighted had I done a regular Quick Picks this week instead of this little "best of." I especially want to note the hentai DVD Dragon Pink, which is one of the funniest sexually explicit series you'll ever see in your life, and the book Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspective. I'm not especially familiar with Toni Johnson-Woods, but she also wrote a book on South Park and Cultural Perspective, so I'm curious to see what that book turns out to be all about.
Right then, back to that release list...
Manga Releases
| Title | Publisher | MSRP | Date |
| 365 Samurai and a Few Bowls of Rice | Dark Horse | $16.95 | 12/02/09 |
| Berserk v3 | Dark Horse | $13.95 | 12/23/09 |
| Go West! v4 | CMX | $9.99 | 12/22/09 |
| Gundam 00 v2 | Bandai Entertainment | $10.99 | 12/23/09 |
| Gundam 00F v1 | Bandai Entertainment | $9.99 | 12/23/09 |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion: The Shinji Ikari Raising Project | Dark Horse | $9.99 | 12/23/09 |
| Witchblade Takeru Manga Collection | Bandai Entertainment | $24.99 | 12/23/09 |
Anime Releases
| Title | Publisher | MSRP | Date |
| Ah! My Buddha v6 | Media Blasters | $29.99 | 12/22/09 |
| Dragon Pink (Hentai) | Media Blasters/Kitty Media | $24.99 | 12/22/09 |
| Gakuen Heaven Complete Collection (Yaoi) | Media Blasters | $19.99 | 12/22/09 |
| Guyver Complete Set | FUNimation | $49.98 | 12/22/09 |
| Spice and Wolf season 1 | FUNimation | $59.98 | 12/22/09 |
Misc Releases
| Title | Publisher | MSRP | Date |
| A Wind Named Amnesia / Invader Summer (Novel) | Dark Horse | $14.95 | 12/23/09 |
| Baian the Assassin (Live-Action) | TOKYO SHOCK | $19.99 | 12/22/09 |
| Creating Manga: From Design to Page (Nonfiction) | The Crowood Press Ltd. | N/A | 12/25/09 |
| Ichi (Live-Action Blu-Ray) | FUNimation | $34.98 | 12/22/09 |
| Ichi (Live-Action DVD) | FUNimation | $24.98 | 12/22/09 |
| Kazuo Umezu's Horror Theater (Live-Action | TOKYO SHOCK | $19.99 | 12/22/09 |
| Manga: An Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspective (Nonfiction) | Continuum | $27.95 | 12/24/09 |
| Vampire Hunter D v13 (Novel) | Dark Horse | $14.99 | 12/23/09 |
I read all of (the first volume of) 20th century boys
I (never) read Pluto
Black Jack is amazing (sounding)
So yes, way to remind me of my failings. I really enjoyed what I read of Corpse Delivery Service though.
Oh and the camera man, he was just trying to look at your booooo-hoooo-hooo-hoobs.
That's because Black Jack is amazing. The only thing that kind of sucks is Pinoko* can get annoying.
*She's introduced in the 1st volume and later becomes the titular character's comedic sidekick kind of.
I only have one 2009 pick! (since I don't read as much manga as much as american comics) X-Men Misfits!
Ya was going to say it looked more like boob framing. Perhaps if you try that in the future have it pan to the side down and away at an angle instead of just straight down. Not that I'm complain.... err i mean nice video!