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Cardfight Vanguard!! Flash Fight Deck Giveaway
We're giving away 1000 Cardfight!! Vanguard Flash Fight demo decks! That's 33 winners a day for 30 days! 2012-11-09

Shelf Life - Closet Case
Mysteries abound in this week's Shelf Life, including drug rings, government conspiracies, and the case of the unnecessary sequel!
- Fafner: Heaven and Earth
- Heaven's Memo Pad
- Un-Go
2012-11-12

Astro Toy - Play Arts Spike Spiegel
David Sees A Space Cowboy. 2012-11-11

The List - 8 Demons You Wouldn't Exorcise
Usually nefarious, powerful, and untrustworthy, there is still the occasional demonic character that proves themselves one better than their brethren. 2012-11-10

Rose of Versailles Haiku Contest
One more week to compose a haiku for your chance to win a DVD boxset of this legendary series or an autograph from creator Riyoko Ikeda! 2012-11-09

ANNCast - Game Show II
In Japan this is Game Show IV, but you'll figure that out later. Todd Ciolek, Dave Riley and Joel White drop on by for the fourth in our Game Show series! We're talking about videogames! And nothing but! 2012-11-09

[C] BD+DVD
An uneasy mixture of unique ideas, off-the-beaten-track ambitions, and dully unimaginative narrative mechanics.

King of Thorn BD+DVD
This apocalyptic story reinterprets its source manga moreso than adapting it, resulting in a relentlessly-paced action/horror movie which has definite imperfections but in some important senses improves on the original story.

Okami HD
Okami is beautiful regardless of platform, and this is not its first rerelease, but in widescreen and high definition every inch of it is beyond compare. Seeing it like this we are reminded that no one has done it better, even though they've had six years to try.

Oresama Teacher GN 9 & 10
Overall these volumes provide more faint smiles than outright laughs and on the whole, Oresama Teacher is fairly unremarkable.

Case Closed GN 44
With an engaging hero, a combination of logic and knowledge, and stylized but pleasant art, Case Closed continues to be a diverting read. It won't fill the gap left by Tokyopop's Kindaichi Case Files, but if you're looking for something a bit mysterious, you could do far worse than Case Closed.

Wolf GN
Perhaps Wolf's greatest appeal should be in the fact that this is a sports manga in English, and not only that, but a good one.

Dorohedoro GN 7
It's got fighting action, personal drama, quirky humor, and science crossed with sorcery, with no particular aspect overshadowing any of the others.

Skip Beat! GN 29
With it's 29th volume, Skip Beat continues to charge ahead as one of the most enjoyable shoujo series available in English.

A Devil and Her Love Song GN 3 & 4
A Devil and Her Love Song manages to be set in school without being just another school story. While it has its flaws, like crowded pages and villains who reform too quickly, its heart is absolutely in the right place.

Ōoku: The Inner Chambers GN 7
Ooku is a story that is more interested in getting the facts straight than in telling a rip-roaring tale. It slowly meanders along, rich with details and delicately drawn, and while it may not be immediately apparent where Yoshinaga is going with it, it is an immersive and fascinating read.

009-1 DVD 3
This futuristic take on James-Bond-ish tales of Cold War derring-do makes an admirable attempt to portray the humanity and moral compromise that such action extravaganzas usually gloss over.