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Quick Picks 01/12/10

Gia and Geekachu tackle this week's releases, but Geekachu cheats.

Surprise! Quick Picks is now earlier in the week, in an attempt to be more useful to you, the viewer. Don't worry, Straight-Up News is still on-- but it'll now go up late Wednesdays/early Thursdays (a quickly as we can get it done).
 
See, since most of the stuff comes out on Tuesday or Wednesday, we thought putting out the Quick Picks on Tuesday would be more useful. Although given the number of times I go in on the day a manga is supposed to come out only to find my bookstores don't have it yet, maybe it won't be THAT useful...but hey, surely SOME of you have bookstores that stay on top of this stuff. (And/or DVD shops.)
 
Without further ado: Quick Picks!
  
  
And that which you've all been waiting for, the release schedule! Note that putting this together on a Monday means that it's harder to get a totally accurate schedule, but I'll continue to do my best!
 

Manga

Title Publisher MSRP Date
Bastard v20 VIZ Media $9.99 01/12/10
Blade of the Immortal v22 Dark Horse $19.99 01/13/10
Gantz v8 Dark Horse $12.95 01/13/10
Gravitation Collection v4 TOKYOPOP $14.99 01/12/10
Happy Cafe v1 TOKYOPOP $10.99 01/12/10
How to Capture a Martini (Yaoi) DMP $12.95 01/13/10
InuYasha v44 VIZ Media $9.99 01/12/10
Red River v28 VIZ Media $9.99 01/12/10
Switch v12 VIZ Media $9.99 01/12/10
Teru Teru X Shonen CMX $9.99 01/12/10
The World I Create v1 CMX $9.99 01/12/10
Yakitate!! Japan v21 VIZ Media $9.99 01/12/10
Yashakiden: The Demon Princess v1 DMP $13.95 01/13/10
Bride of the Water God v3 (Manhua) NETCOMICS $9.95 01/13/10
 

Anime

Title Publisher MSRP Date
Genshiken 2 v3 Media Blasters $29.99 01/12/10
Ghost in the Shell 2.0 Manga Entertainment $24.97 01/12/10
Hidamari Sketch Season 1 Sentai Filmworks $39.98 01/12/10
Naruto Shippuden v5 VIZ Media $24.98 01/12/10
Rei Rei (Hentai) Kitty Media $24.99 01/12/10
 

Misc

Title Publisher MSRP Date
Boys over Flowers Box Set 2 YesAsia Entertainment $69.99 01/12/10
Departures (Live-Action) E1 Entertainment $26.98 01/12/10
Female Combatants / Demonic Heroine Double Feature Switchblade Films $19.98 01/12/10
Manga: The Complete Guide (eBook) Del Rey Manga $19.95 01/13/10
Onimasa: A Japanese Godfather (Live-Action AnimEigo $24.98 01/12/10
Taimashin (Novel) DMP $9.95 01/13/10
The Selfish Demon King (Light Novel, Yaoi) DMP $10.95 01/13/10
Dark Dreams: The World of Anime Horror Noir Pub $21.95 01/15/10
JJOR64on Jan. 12, 2010 at 11:49 a.m.
I would love to check out "Manga: The Complete Guide".
Konandaon Jan. 12, 2010 at 11:54 a.m.

Holy Geekachu abuse, Batman!

giaon Jan. 12, 2010 at noon
@JJOR64: You should! <3
Slimon Jan. 12, 2010 at 1:07 p.m.
The problem with GiTS 2.0, beyond the fact that they didn't really change that much, is they added all that cruddy 3D over key scenes. The cutting between 2D and 3D animation doesn't work well - never has and never will. The 3D works in Appleseed Ex Machina because it's all 3D. If they had made GiTS 2.0 a completely 3D movie that would have been something.
 
All I wanted was GiTS in 1080p with nothing changed. 
 

 GiTS 2.0 and Original
 GiTS 2.0 and Original
AHR staff on Jan. 12, 2010 at 1:57 p.m.
@Slim: Man the detail lost in that 3D shot is sad...people need to realize accuracy < artistry when it comes to oh, I don't know, ART?
giaon Jan. 12, 2010 at 2:35 p.m.
@Slim: Wow, that is pretty significant.
metalsnakezeroon Jan. 12, 2010 at 6:23 p.m.
OMG Hidamari Sketch Season 1 is out O_O!? *Started looking on amazon for it*
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