Catching up on an area we got behind on this year, we kicked off a week of voting for the readers where they could choose the best title of each release month from June through November 2009. After December's title is voted on in the first week of January, all twelve titles will compete head to head in mid-January for the title of Best Release of 2009 overall. You can view the overall list of titles here from months and years past and check out the list below of what just got added to the previous winning entries with a link to their reviews as well.
June 2009
Gakuen Alice Complete Collection from Nozomi Entertainment
July 2009
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens Vol. #1 from Bandai Entertainment
August 2009
True Tears Complete Collection from Bandai Entertainment
September 2009
Kannagi: Crazy Shrine Maidens Vol. #2 from Bandai Entertainment
October 2009
Clannad After Story Collection 1 from Sentai Filmworks
November 2009
You're Under Arrest Season 2 Collection 1 from Sentai Filmworks
I wouldn't be too concerned with the list. The voters/forum lurkers have slowly been over taken by the shoujo crowd. They're not really indicative of the average consumer. Popular stuff like Geass/Gundam/DBZ tend to have a smaller reflective base in the forum than they do in the actual market. It'd be good to see sales comparisons but it's likely that a lot of the same forces are driving it.
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And this is why the industry is going down the crapper. Every one of these is a sub only show. Anime will never pick up if all we buy is half done releases like this. It's no wonder why the industry is on a constant decline in this country.