Releases - November 2008

Whoo boy is this list late! I plead lots of projects at work and the beginning of the Holiday Season. Speaking of which, this is officially considered Q4, the fourth quarter of sales and releases for the media industry, and usually it is packed full of blockbuster hits and releases to ramp up the revenues. Shall this year with its bad economy and political events follow the trend? I'm not so sure. When a title like "My Stop Smoking Coach" and "Calvin Tucker's Redneck Jamboree" make Q4, I start to worry about the future of the industry. Remember as always that this list is compiled after running thru the AO filter, so although Gears of War 2 and Call of Duty: World at War are being released this month, I won't list them here. Also sometime this month Rune Factory 2 should make its appearance. Finally.

Games:

• Valkyria Chronicles (PS3) - 11/4
• Tales of Symphonia: Dawn of the New World (Wii) - 11/11
• Tomb Raider Underworld (PS3, XBOX 360, Wii) - 11/18
• Sonic Unleashed (Wii, PS2, XBOX 360) - 11/18
• The Last Remnant (XBOX 360) - 11/20
• Chrono Trigger (DS) - 11/25

DVDs:

• Batman: The Complete Animated Series - 11/4
• Popeye Vol. 3: 1941-1943 - 11/4
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit Vol. 1 & 2 + Box - 11/4
• Pokemon Diamond & Pearl Box #2 - 11/4
• Saiyuki: Complete Collection - 11/4
• Black Blood Brothers: Complete Collection - 11/11
• Emma Season 2 - 11/11
• Magical Lyrical Nanoha: Complete Collection - 11/11
• Nadia Collection 1 (2008 Edition) - 11/11
• Naruto Movie 3 - 11/11
• Tsubasa Season 1 - 11/11
• Yu Yu Hakusho Season 3 - 11/11
  
• The Real Ghostbusters: The Complete Series - 11/15
• Bones Season 3 - 11/18
• Star Trek Season 3 Remastered - 11/18
• Blue Dragon Vol. 2 - 11/18
• Chrono Crusade: Complete Collection - 11/18
• Coyote Ragtime Show: Complete Collection - 11/18
• Death Note Box #1 - 11/18
• Ghost Hunt Season 1, Part 2 - 11/18
• The Girl Who Leapt Thru Time - 11/18
• Gurren Lagann Part 1 - 11/18
• Lucky Star Vol. 4 - 11/18
• Ah! My Goddess Season 2 - 11/25
  
• Pink Panther: Ultimate Collection - 11/25
• Case Closed: Season 3 - 11/25
• Pumpkin Scissors Part 1 & 2 - 11/25
• Sasami Season 2 - 11/25
• Shonen Onmoyji Vol. 4 - 11/25
• Toward the Terra: The Movie - 11/25

Books:

• How To Drive Your Sister Crazy - 11/1
  
• Harry: A History - 11/4
• Fruits Basket Vol. 21 - 11/11
• Flame of Recca Vol. 29 - 11/11
• Yakitate! Japan Vol. 14 - 11/11
• Penguin Revolution Vol. 6 - 11/11
• Hayate Vol. 9 - 11/11
• Trigun Maximum Vol. 13 - 11/12
• Case Closed Vol. 26 - 11/18
• Kekkaishi Vol. 15 - 11/18
• Tsubasa Vol. 19 - 11/18
• Yokazura Quartet Vol. 3 - 11/25
• Mushishi Vol. 6 - 11/25

I'm sure I've missed some, but it is a busy month. I found out in poking around that Brian Jacques has a new Redwall novel called Doomwyte out, and Philip Pullman (of The Golden Compass fame) has two new novels out as well. I myself have been busy reading Brisngir and enjoying it thoroughly. Everyone take notice, its the month for GURREN LAGANN!! ^_^ And the new Sonic game just looks freakin' awesome. I have a real soft spot for the blue speedster, so I'm really happy about this even if I don't have any new-gen consoles yet.