Releases - December 2008

The holidays are here, and so is the last minute spurt of media worth buying for 2008! Does anyone else besides me have a phobia of shopping on Black Friday? Deals you may find, but you may lose an appendage in the process. There's been a riot of news in the anime world this week, the most notable being that Viz will start streaming subtitled episodes of Naruto: Shippuuden for free one week after they air in Japan beginning in January. The AO cheers for this show of foresight!! VIZ is an awesome company and I hope this really works out for them. In the spirit of ethical fansubbing, Dattebayo has announced that they will stop subbing the series when the streams start, and I agree with them 100%. That probably won't stop me from looking for the raws just in case the series doesn't get totally licensed here in the US, but I think Naruto is such a money maker that it probably will.

Other interesting news from the anime world includes the announcement that 07-Ghost will be animated next year and that Del Rey will be publishing Moyashimon for the masses in the coming fall. Who knew microbes could be so entertaining? ^_^ On the downside, a cease-and-desist letter was issued for Soul Eater, which is totally a bum deal. However the Professor Layton video game series is getting a movie, so when do we get games 2 and 3 here in the States, please?! But enough of that, here's the lists for your holiday perusing. Remember, these are extremely biased!!

Games:

• Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories (PS2) - 12/2
• Dairy Queen Tycoon yes I'm serious here (PC) - 12/2
• Sonic Unleashed (PS3) - 12/12
• And that is all, folks! Light month.
  

DVDs:

• Air Gear Box Set - 12/2
• InuYasha Season 6 - 12/2
• Kyo Kara Maoh! Season 2 Vol. 9 - 12/2
• Negima Box Set (Veridian Collection) - 12/2
• Negima Season 2 Part 1 - 12/2
• Story of Saiukoku Part 2 - 12/2
• Toward the Terra Part 3 - 12/2
• Tweeny Witches Complete - 12/2
• Prince Caspian - 12/2
  
• Code Geass Part 2 - 12/9
• Hunter x Hunter Box Set 1 - 12/9
• Mushi-shi Box Set - 12/9
• Samurai 7 Box Set - 12/9
• Wedding Peach Season 1 - 12/9
• Nadia Complete Collection Part 2 (2008) - 12/16
• Naruto Uncut Box Set 11 - 12/16
• Save Me! Lolipop Box Set - 12/23
• Tsubasa Vol. 10 - 12/23
• Xenosaga Box Set - 12/23

Books:

• Monochrome Factor Vol. 4 - 12/1
• Jyu-Oh-Sei Vol. 2 - 12/1
• The Gentleman's Alliance Vol. 8 - 12/2
• Ghost Slayers Ayashi Vol. 2 - 12/2
• Bleack Vol. 25 - 12/2
• The Tales of Beetle Bard - 12/4
  
• Getbackers: Infinity Fortress Vol. 2 - 12/9
• Rave Master Vol. 31 - 12/9
• +Anima Vol. 10 - 12/12
• Negima! Vol. 20 - 12/16
• Naruto Vol. 33 - 12/23
• Ruroni Kenshin Vizbig Ed. 4 - 12/23

Its kind of sad, but there are more yaoi books coming out each month right now than decent manga. Blech. And the DVDs for TV shows are rather light this month too. I suppose I ought to be glad though, considering this is the season to give rather than get. ~_^

Sources: AnimeNewsNetwork, Dattebayo Fansubs, Gamespot, Mania, TVShowsOnDVD, Borders Books & Music