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.    <object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" id="gb_player" align="middle" height="360" width="640"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> </param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> </param><param name="movie" value="http://www.animevice.com/video/video.swf"> </param><param name="quality" value="high"> </param><param name="bgcolor" value="#000000"> <embed wmode="transparent" src="/video/video.swf" quality="high" bgbadvar="#000000" name="gb_player" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="paramsURI=http%3A//www.animevice.com/video/params/2218/" align="middle" height="360" width="640"> </embed></param></object>  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.
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