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Vincentdante said:
I am eyeing the In/Spectre, Future Diaries and Kakegurui CE's but have heard the former two aren't very good apparently.
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In/Spectre, got to 6 but it wasn't making me continue. Future Diaries, got bored after 2 episodes. Fortunately I watched it through Lovefilm.
Kakegurui I loved. Watched it on Netflix. Even my 77 year old mother paid more attention to it than her newspaper. I could tell because she would miss things and ask me questions. Yes I let my parents pay for netflix and I don't.
Hey, it means I visit. 🎂
 
Otomo said:
In/Spectre, got to 6 but it wasn't making me continue. Future Diaries, got bored after 2 episodes. Fortunately I watched it through Lovefilm.
Kakegurui I loved. Watched it on Netflix. Even my 77 year old mother paid more attention to it than her newspaper. I could tell because she would miss things and ask me questions. Yes I let my parents pay for netflix and I don't.
Hey, it means I visit. 🎂
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Thanks for the feedback. I was browsing some reddit thread discussions for these shows and it seems this is a consensus. I might get Kakegurui then and maybe a BOGOF
 
I never got CCS, so seeing as the CE is in there, I’ll chuck ‘em some pennies for that. 10% off £89 means it’s back to the lower price again (whether the package is worth that is a different matter)
Same goes for Hello World and Relative Worlds.

Meanwhile, all the BOGOF is just “got, got, got…”, and I don’t fancy the mystery boxes just having 5 standard BRs for £45 (£9 each, and probably own most)
 
Vincentdante said:
I am eyeing the In/Spectre, Future Diaries and Kakegurui CE's but have heard the former two aren't very good apparently.
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I loved both seasons of In/Spectre but hadn’t thought about buying it as I’m not sure if I’d watch it all again. I think I’d rather catch up on the manga (and the novels if they ever get licensed). But now I’m tempted seeing the price for it as it’s the cost of a standard release now. It is very much a marmite show - it’s very talky, and you will either love it or hate it. Even though I think it’s great, I also do admit that the pacing on the last arc leaves a bit to be desired as it goes on a bit too long, but I never was completely bored.

I haven’t seen the other two, but I did want to put a good word in for In/Spectre as I think it gets unfairly criticised for just not being a typical anime in a lot of ways.
 
Assuming the prices are good, I do fancy some stuff.
Silver Spoon 1+2
But will I compare it to No-Rin.🤔
Inuyasha for £20.
Blood -C. Didn't have any ambition to watch this again but the price might get me to buy it, just to have it and hold it and hug it . Would rather Blood+ (think that's right) as never seen it.
Maybe the Promised Neverland but after seeing it would it have the same surprise value? Probably not.
 
I did end up buying a few things, mostly because they were good deals and I had the 15% off code:

  • In/Spectre season 1 - as I mentioned in my previous post, I did really love the show and it’s a good deal
  • Erased - I had mixed feelings about this when I watched it. I loved the beginning, but after a while it was obvious who the culprit was and the ending was a bit convoluted. But if I treat it as a study on abusive family situations and as a thriller, not a mystery, for the rest of it, it’s still enjoyable.
  • MyHime - it’s a good price, plus I never got around to watching it back in the day, though I think I saw an episode or two fansubbed. It’s also no longer on Crunchyroll.
  • Silver Spoon - again, it’s a great price for both series and is no longer streaming.
I thought about a few more (Kagekurui, Blood C, Future Diary), but I didn’t want to spend too much now. The first one is still on Netflix, so I can watch it any time. The only Blood anime I watched was the original Blood: The Last Vampire which I have on DVD somewhere and liked, but I’ve never bothered to watch more of it and I’m not sure the watching order. And Future Diary is the kind of thing I’d like to see despite its reputation just to see it for myself, but I don’t want to blind-buy it.
 
I picked up Full Metal Panic! Invisible Victory and El-Hazard: The Alternative World in the BOGOF. I may return for something using my discount codes later.

El Hazard is a fun schoolkids-get-stuck-in-in-alternate world romp, if you like corny jokes and saucy elven maidens
 
Dave1988 said:
El hazard anygood?
Would be tempted by inuyusha but only season 1 released here
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El Hazard‘s another of those shows I meant to watch but never did back in the day. Isn’t it connected to Tenchi Muyo or created by the same people or something? I loved the first two OVAs and some of the TV shows years ago, but I never got caught up with the later OVAs and am not even sure how much I would like the old ones now. It’s tempting me in the BOGOF (haven’t shopped those thoroughly yet).

Tamako Market (and the movie) are also tempting me. I’m really picky on moe/iyashikei/slice of life, but it’s KyoAni and the same director as K-On which I haven’t completed but loved what I watched of it.
 
Trying to keep my spending a bit low atm so only picked up a few things with the 15% discount code being InuYasha S1 CE and Charlotte LE.

Haven't seen Charlotte since it aired but I remember it quite fondly despite it not having the best reception, pretty sure this edition has gone OOP a few times so wanted to finally pick it up before it does for good. InuYasha I've been meaning to check out for a while and since watching the recent adaptation of Urusei Yatsura I've wanted to check out more of Rumiko Takahashi's works.
 
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I expected to only get a couple of things I was interested in, but ended up buying so much that I could use the newsletter discount code - a first for me. The fact that I still want to have Promised Neverland S1 in my collection after seeing S2 really says something about how much I liked S1.
 
lilitu93 said:
Tamako Market (and the movie) are also tempting me.
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Tamako Market is great. I don't think the movie (Love Story) is as good as their other films, but it's a relaxing, lighthearted comedy altogether. I like All The Anime's collectors release of that, too. Quite a nice artbook/storyboard book pair there translated by the UK team, and they fixed the packaging logos between the TV series and film for bonus points.
 
Erufailon4 said:
I expected to only get a couple of things I was interested in, but ended up buying so much that I could use the newsletter discount code - a first for me. The fact that I still want to have Promised Neverland S1 in my collection after seeing S2 really says something about how much I liked S1.
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Season 1 is still a perfect series in my eyes, no matter the travesty which is S2 (though it has a great OP).
 
From all the anime’s sale, most of my buys were blind buys this sale but I picked up:
  • both mystery boxes as I always do you never know what you could get (hopefully not Hal again lol like last sale)
  • Sliver spoon s1+2 (blind buy but if I don’t like it I can re sell it pretty easy)
  • blood c collectors edition (another blind buy but I like the trailer so probably will like it)
  • hello world collectors (actually wanted this one, looks decent
  • love me love me not collectors edition (another blind buy)
Nearly got liz and the blue bird but idk if I would like it so left it
As well I’m thinking of dipping for some of the bogof offers but idk as I spent £160 - looking at maybe the revolutionary girls or tamako market
 
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