This week Geekachu challenged me to do something a little different with Quick Picks. Instead of just picking what I'd say are the outright best buys-- names you've seen me go on about many times, like Pluto and Black Jack --we tried to stick with slightly more off-beat titles.
But you should definitely still check out the release list, because quite a few really fantastic books came out that Geekachu wouldn't let me talk about! I've italicized some of them, as well as bolding the ones mentioned in the video. The only problem is now almost everything is either bolded or italicized...
Manga
| Title | Publisher | MSRP | Date |
| All My Darling Daughters | VIZ Media | $12.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Black Jack v9 | Vertical, Inc. | $16.95 | 01/19/10 |
| Case Closed v33 | VIZ Media | $9.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Code Geass v7 | Bandai Entertainment | $10.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Crayon Shinchan v10 (Reissue) | CMX | $7.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Divine Melody v6 (Manhwa) | DrMaster | $9.95 | 01/20/10 |
| Fullmetal Alchemist v22 | VIZ Media | $9.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Gundam 00F v2 | Bandai Entertainment | $10.99 | 01/19/10 |
| I've Moved Next Door To You (Yaoi) | 801 Media (DMP) | $15.95 | 01/18/10 |
| King of RPGs | Del Rey Manga | $10.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Ninja Baseball Kyuma! v2 | Udon Entertainment | $7.99 | 01/20/10 |
| not simple | Natsume Ono | $14.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Oishinbo: Izakaya – Pub Food | VIZ Media | $12.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Pluto v7 | VIZ Media | $12.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Real v7 | VIZ Media | $12.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Rinne v2 | VIZ Media | $9.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Silent Mobius: Complete Edition v2 | Udon Entertainment | $12.95 | 01/20/10 |
| Street Fighter IV v1 | Udon Entertainment | $12.99 | 01/20/10 |
| Swans in Space v2 | Udon Entertainment | $8.99 | 01/20/10 |
| Tears of a Lamb v7 | CMX | $9.99 | 01/19/10 |
| The Big Adventures of Majoko v3 | Udon Entertainment | $7.99 | 01/20/10 |
| Vagabond BIG v6 | VIZ Media | $19.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Vagabond v31 | VIZ Media | $9.95 | 01/19/10 |
Anime
| Title | Publisher | MSRP | Date |
| Bamboo Blade Part 2 | FUNimation | $59.98 | 01/19/10 |
| Bleach v24 | VIZ Media | $24.98 | 01/19/10 |
| Case Closed Movie 5: Countdown to Heaven | FUNimation | $19.98 | 01/19/10 |
| Code Geass R2 Part 3 Limited Edition | Bandai Entertainment | $44.98 | 01/19/10 |
| Countdown: Akira (Hentai) | Kitty Media | $24.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Glass Mask: Collection 1 | Section23 | $49.98 | 01/19/10 |
| Linebarrels of Iron Part 1 | FUNimation | $49.98 | 01/19/10 |
| One Piece: Season Two, Fifth Voyage | FUNimation | $49.98 | 01/19/10 |
| Rin: Daughter of Mnemosyne Complete Series | FUNimation | $59.98 | 01/19/10 |
| Sexual Education (Hentai) | Adult Source Media | $24.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Special A Collection 2 | Section23 | $39.98 | 01/19/10 |
| Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle: Collected Memories Box Set | FUNimation | $99.98 | 01/19/10 |
| Xenosaga DVD Complete Collection (Viridian) | FUNimation | $29.98 | 01/19/10 |
Miscellaneous:
| Title | Publisher | MSRP | Date |
| Fevered Kiss (Yaoi Novel) | DMP | $10.95 | 01/18/10 |
| The Art of Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney | Udon Entertainment | $39.99 | 01/20/10 |
| The Book of Heroes | VIZ Media | $21.99 | 01/19/10 |
| Yukikaze | VIZ Media | $14.99 | 01/19/10 |
So, where will your money go this week? Aside from the obvious (Pluto, Black Jack), I'm really thinking about picking up The Book of Heroes-- it's by Miyuki Miyabe, who also wrote
Brave Story. I bet John wants to pick up
Special A collection 2, also. And I keep meaning to grab ALL the Oishinbo books...so a trip to the bookstore is definitely in order.
Think I'll check out King of RPGs ... it'll be like reading my own autobiography.
Man, that's like, my second favorite part.
As I can safely say this, since I'm not involved with this video series in the slightest, I still dig Geekachu. Knowing that Ana records and performs, plus the cheesy dialog helps keep this featuring humming for me. I mean, 3Min Expert is Gia versus the audience, Straight Up News is the same way, here she has someone to talk to things about and it works for me.
This is how Detective Conan should be:
(Remember that Conan and Haibara are actually seventeen and eighteen years old and in this class.)
It can be pretty informative about Japanese culture if VIZ didn't dumb the series down. I find it suspicious that on one of the most informative series into Japanese culture they remove as much Japanese culture as possible. Even more so when you consider how much the culture has to do with the solution to many of the cases.
Scene from Episode 517 - Furinkazan's Shadow Case
(The voice actress for Kallen and Holo, Koshimizu Ami, is in this episode as Uehara Yui. She becomes a reoccurring character in the series.)
Now, Del Rey is a good publisher.
I like Geekachu just how things are, by the way.
Miyuki Miyabe
Miyuki Miyabe
Miyuki Miyabe
Miyuki Miyabe
WHEEEEEEEEEEE!