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Hey, Answerman!
Brian's force and fury are downright palpable this week, as he tangles and tussles with a trio of questions about the "defining" anime of the decade, icky "guro" manga, and music rights. A new Flake of the Week plus Hey, Answerfans rounds it all out, and it's another edition of Hey, Answerman! 2010-01-08

ANNCast - FUNi People
Two dudes from FUNimation, Adam Sheehan and Lance Heiskell, show up and talk shop. Also: Yumeiro Patissiere, GinTama and some baffling new Bluray news. 2010-01-07

RIGHT TURN ONLY!! - The Guilded Age
What guild would you rather join, the wizards of Fairy Tail or the virtual warriors of .hack? Or sign up for a life of imperial servitude like in Ôoku? RTO!! breaks down the pros and cons in this week's reviews! 2010-01-06

The X Button - From the Future
Todd makes largely unfounded predictions for the new year! Then he discusses Sands of Destruction, Last Ranker, Shatterhand, excessive profanity, and an artistic trend that threatens us all. 2010-01-06

Shelf Life - Sugar and Spice
Erin rings in the new years with anime and some armchair economics.
- Ichi
- One Piece s2 pt 4
- Spice and Wolf s1
2010-01-04

Linebarrels of Iron Give-Away
Win one of 7 copies of Linebarrels of Iron, along with a signed Linebarrels of Iron mousepad. 2010-01-04

The Great 2010 Twitter Give-Away
Why stop the giving on the 12th day of Christmas ? We're giving away a DVD set a day for 20 days, then 20 more DVD sets on the 20th day. 2010-01-04

RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~ Win it before you can buy it!
Win the complete series on DVD before you can buy it in stores! Extra stuff you can't buy in stores too! 2010-01-04

Gunslinger Girl OVA DVD
This DVD is largely forgettable, for completionists only, but will certainly satisfy fans who wanted to see more of Guise and Jean's souls laid bare…along with their chests in the beach scenes. At the very least, it's a harmless excursion for the story.

Aria The Natural Sub.DVD Boxset 2
This is a series that doesn't really go anywhere, and it doesn't have to. It's fine exactly where it is.

Kaze no Stigma DVD part 2
Somewhat surprisingly, the second half of this series about elemental magic users actually steps up its game a notch, thanks largely to improved writing and more fan service. While it should never be mistaken for a quality series, it at least does okay.

Monster DVD Box Set 1
Part evil fairy tale, part spy thriller, part moral study, and all dark resonance, it's something akin to a myth: an Odyssey for the bleak, byzantine years directly after fall of the Soviet Union.

Ikki-Tousen Dragon Destiny DVD 1
Dragon Destiny may be trash, but it isn't garbage. At least, not quite.

Hanasakeru Seishōnen Episodes 1-6 Streaming
Hanasakeru's various novelties are so far left floundering in a sea of horribly bland presentation.

Detroit Metal City GN 3
After several singles, an album, a music video, and even a cameo appearance in a movie, has the culture-clash hilarity of Krauser's exploits worn out its novelty?

El Cazador de la Bruja DVD Part 1
There's a laconic humor to the show that keeps it fun even as the lack of direction leaves you fuming.

Moribito DVDs 5-6 and 7-8
Piecing together the mystery behind the Nyunga Ro Im forces opposing groups to work together to protect Chagum and stave off a devastating drought as this superb fantasy series concludes. A visual and storytelling masterpiece, it stands as one of the decade's highlight series.

Hunter x Hunter DVD Set 4
If the first three sets were all about Hunter's potential as a grown-up shonen title, this is the potential grown up.

Train Man: A Shojo Manga
While other retellings of Train Man focus on the social misfit trying to win over the beautiful woman, this one tilts the viewpoint so that young female readers can see the social misfit as a love interest as well.