It's been a very good year for anime and this week Anime Talk picks the Top Ten Anime discs of 2005. There are some titles you'd expect to see, as well as a few surprises. We also have reviews of the 1982 Astro Boy series, a collection of Makoto Shinkai's work, and the R2 version of Howl's Moving Castle - the newest Hayao Miyazaki film. Holly has some more anime bargains to help stretch you anime dollar this holiday season, and Chris Tribbey has an early look at Viewtiful Joe, another video game that's been turned into an anime series. Also, be sure to check out last years best anime list, as well as the top ten from 2003.

This week the DVD Savant has a number of new reviews including: Scarlet Street - Kino presents Fritz Lang's American masterpiece in an excellent remastered edition; Thèrése Raquin - Marcel Carné turns Émile Zola's blood-curdling guignol piece of murderous realism into a standard murder blackmail story; The Five Pennies - Danny Kaye almost makes this beautifully shot musical biography work; Imagine: John Lennon - this soothing biography of the pacifist poet Beatle is largely told through recordings from Lennon himself; The Short Films of David Lynch - David Lynch goes public with a selection of his works early and recent, from bizarre creepy-crawlies to a 100% weird anti-western; Gallipoli Special Collector's Edition - Peter Weir's beautiful film about the horror of war comes down to one basic issue, the waste of good men; Eat the Rich - A smorgasbord of Brit comedians are splattered across this mostly dreadfully unfunny "wild" comedy; Face (Kao) - a droll and curiously affirming quirky comedy about a plain-faced murderess who discovers life on the run from the law. Read all this and more in this week's DVD Savant.

This week we have a special giveaway for the "hidden gem" TV series Long Way Round starring Ewan McGregor and Charlie Boorman. Long Way Round follows Ewan and Charlie as they ride their motorcycles all the way around the world via the toughest route they could possibly plan. This show is one of the best of 2005 and should not be missed. The Long Way Round DVD features: bonus footages of the trip preparation, an extended Look at The First Five Days, more footage of the toughest parts of the trip, a deleted Glacier Plane Ride Segment and Wrong Way Round - bloopers and outtakes. Enter Now for your chance to one of 5 copies of the Long Way Round DVD.

An interesting mix of notable DVDs out this week, including: Serenity [Review | Interview] - Joss Whedon does the impossible, turning a canceled series into one of the strongest movies of the year; The Amazing Race: S7 [Review] - Reality TV might have jumped the shark, but this season arguably the peak for the genre; Battlestar Galactica: S2 [Review] - a very entertaining show and one of a precious few quality science fiction series currently on television; The Exorcism of Emily Rose [Review] - an interesting mixup of the unlikely pairing of demonic possession and court room drama. Other notable DVDs out this week: Chicago: DE, ER:Complete Fourth Season, Four Brothers [Review] and Must Love Dogs [Review]. Read our List of Top Upcoming DVDs for more great DVDs out this week, visit our DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

We've been fortunate to be able to bring a number of great clips to DVD Talk this year (see them all at DVDTalk.tv). Some of the most notable clips this week include clips from: The Best and Worst of American Idol Collector's Edition; Open House: The Musical, The Beat That My Heart Skipped, Oldboy, Major Dundee: Extended Edition, Double Dare, Danger 50,000 volts, Bad Girls Season 1, Punk Attitude and Margaret Cho - Assassin. See all the clips from 2005 on DVD Talk TV.

Now with over 14,250 DVD reviews in the DVD Talk Review Database, it's easy to overlook some of the great reviews. Recent DVD Reviews include: The Simpsons: S7 - one of the strongest seasons in the history of the long running fan favorite series gets a superb DVD release; Battlestar Galactica - Season 2.0 - a very entertaining show and one of a precious few quality science fiction series currently on television; Death Race 2000 - Special Edition - a much improved transfer and some very cool extras compliment a feature that just seems to get better with age; The Frighteners - a feature packed release sure to please fans of Peter Jackson; Significant Others: The Complete Series - a hidden gem of a show which went virtually un-noticed on TV can now be discovered on DVD; The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill - an utterly engrossing true story that's a real charmer. Visit the DVD Talk Review Database for all the latest reviews including an entire section devoted to reviews of DVDs out this week.

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