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Winter 2012 Anime Spotlight: The List
There are still a few Spotlights to come (they weren't finished in time for the deadline), so in the mean time, here's the big list of every OTHER show coming out this season! 2011-12-22

Anime Spotlight: Natsume Yujin-cho 4
The mysterious boy who can see spirits is back for a fourth season! 2011-12-21

Anime Spotlight: The Familiar of Zero F
Were you a fan of Familiar of Zero? It's coming back for one last romp... 2011-12-20

Anime Spotlight: High School DxD
Behold: This is a harem show with prominent female chesticles. Enjoy. 2011-12-19

Anime Spotlight: Listen To Me Girls, I'm Your Father!
Well doesn't THIS look adorable? A college student gets to deal with his sister's 3 daughters in our next Anime Spotlight show... 2011-12-18

Anime Spotlight: Another
Time for something a little spooky. Our next Anime Spotlight show is the middle school horror show Another. 2011-12-17

Anime Spotlight: Inuboku Secret Service
Anime Spotlight continues! Check out the new oddball romantic comedy, Inuboku Secret Service! 2011-12-16

Anime Spotlight: Daily Lives of High School Boys
More Spotlight! How about a serious-minded show involving honor students? Here we have the exact opposite of that. 2011-12-16

Anime Spotlight: Brave10
Anime Spotlight is back! Our first title for the Winter season is the historical action series Brave10. Complete with subtitled trailer! 2011-12-14

The X Button - Long Live the Fighters
This week's all about the fortunate King of Fighters XIII! Oh, and also about Sumiomi, Gyrozetter, and the Pokèmon game nobody saw coming. 2011-12-21

Anime News Nina! - 2012-12-21
Where Kevin's mind is further bent/by Grandma Rosa's ornament~ 2011-12-21

Contest: Battle Royale in Los Angeles Ticket Giveaway
Are you in the Los Angeles area for the holidays? You could win a pair of tickets to Cinefamily's special Battle Royale event! 2011-12-20

Shelf Life - The Gift Guru
Erin's got all your anime gift-giving ideas covered, with this handy guide for some last minute shopping. 2011-12-19

My Boyfriend is a Vampire GN 1-2
My Boyfriend is a Vampire's first volume is a compulsively readable book that is just perfect for the holiday craziness with its smooth translation, easy layout, and dashes of both humor and masculine beauty.

Dawn of the Arcana GN 1
Dawn of the Arcana has immense popularity in Japan, and even though this is not the most exciting volume in the world, it is still easy to see why.

From Up On Poppy Hill
Whether or not Miyazaki Senior's presence made the difference, Poppy Hill feels like a fresh start for Goro Miyazaki.

Full Moon o Sagashite Episodes 40-52 Streaming
It may not be great anime, but it's the rare ending that can make you weep even as you roll your eyes.

Princess Knight GN 1
Princess Knight, despite its slow start, has a bit of everything that makes shoujo manga so much fun. While it very definitely bears the mark of the early 1960s in its heavy use of Christian iconography and gender stereotypes, Tezuka's pioneering shoujo work deserves the acclaim it has gotten.

Black Bird GN 11
Black Bird is still not an excellent series, but Sakurakoji has made strides in terms of removing this from the realm of terrible, and the new plotline has real promise.

Sailor Moon GN 2
Even if you're just in this series to see what all the fuss is about, stick around. As this volume indicates, things have only begun to move.

Documentary of AKB48: To Be Continued DVD
A gentle, slice-of-life film about a form of entertainment that is often the furthest thing from "real life."

Darker Than Black: Gemini of the Meteor + OVAs (Limited Edition) Blu-Ray + DVD
Though this follow-up story retains the style and action of the first series, its shift to focusing on a new female lead makes it an entirely different animal, one with a tighter and more focused story. Also includes the four-episode interim OVA series.

Fairy Tail Blu-Ray + DVD 1
There are plenty of flashy fights, dramatic speeches, and earth-shattering explosions, but at this stage they simply lay the foundations of what will come later.

Peepo Choo GN 3
This final volume doesn't make up for the series' often slapdash execution, but it does bring Peepo Choo's stronger points to a predominantly satisfying finish by continuing to explore the culture shock they share.