Once again, anime picks and comments courtesy AceCaseOR.

First, the DVD releases:

• 009-01 Complete: Series brick of a sci-fi series about a group of female superspies. The title is a number-pun on kunoichi (female ninja). Apparently it tries to stay serious despite the fact that the main character has machine guns in her breasts.
• The Best of the Electric Company, Vol. 1: Amazon.com comments indicate a postponement on the release, and TVShowsonDVD.com indicates a 2006 release date. I don’t know if this is a mistake, a reissue, or the result of a 2006 postponement.
• The Best of the Electric Company, Vol. 2: Amazon.com comments indicate a postponement on the release, and TVShowsonDVD.com indicates a 2006 release date. I don’t know if this is a mistake, a reissue, or the result of a 2006 postponement.
• Bleach Vol. 14: This stuff is also, by the way, available on Hulu.com – but uncut, and subtitled with the original Japanese dialog only – no English Dub (some comments have stated concerns about that.)
• Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger
• Chris Rock: Kill the Messenger (Three Disc Collector’s Edition)
• City of Ember
• Confessions of an Action Star
• Criss Angel Mindfreak: Season Four
• Darker Than Black Vol. 2
• The Deal
• Emergency! Season Five: Viewers of this show today seem most impressed with the “before they were stars” elements of the guest casts.
• The Express
• George Wallace
• Ghost
• Igor: I have to admit, I’m tempted to watch this.
• Kiba Collection 1: Grim and Gritty anime based on a trading card game.
• Lunar Legend Tsukihime Complete Collection
• Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi : Series brick of an anime from Gainax about coming of age in a similar vein as FLCL.
• Magnificent Obsession – Criterion Collection: This is one of the more mainstream entries in the Criterion Collection.
• Max Payne
• MGM: When The Lion Roars
• MI-5: Volume 6
• Moonlight: The Complete Series
• My Three Sons, Season One, Volume 2: Starring Fred MacMurray, the original model for the “Shazam!” edition of Captain Marvel.
• National Lampoon’s Stoned Age
• El Norte – Criterion Collection: Note that the Criterion Company is also releasing this on Blu-Ray. Because the bulk of their cost is in restoration and extra production, and because they’ve been using high definition sources as their DVD master sources for years anyway, they are able to offer Blu-Ray product at the same MSRP as the DVD edition.
• The Notebook
• One Piece – Season 1, Third Voyage: This is the Funimation release, not the 4Kids release – Uncut with the original Japanese dialog as well as an English Dub – blood is intact, smoking is intact, profanity is intact. It’s all there.
• Paranormal State: Season Two
• The Powerpuff Girls: Complete Series – 10th Anniversary Collection
• Repo! The Genetic Opera
• The Rockford Files: Season Six: The final season of this series finally comes to DVD.
• Spy School
• Waking the Dead

Now, the Blu-Ray releases:

• 13 Going on 30
• Antwone Fisher
• Click
• The Deal
• Domino
• Election: This was highly enjoyable.
• The Express
• King Kong
• Igor
• The Machinist: This helped Christian Bale gain the credibility he needed to get his current roles. You may have heard of one of them; some kind of rodent/human crossbreed, I think.
• Max Payne
• El Norte – Criterion Collection
• The Notebook
• The Pink Panther: Out in time for the sequel.
• Repo! The Genetic Opera
• Saw V
• Unfaithful

Finally, the pick of the week. If you’re already collecting one of these TV or anime series, keep up the collection. If not, save your pennies for a better week.