RedundantSquash
Dandy Guy, in Space
My limited edition of Attack on Titan The Final Chapters arrived today. It looks great when it is all put together with my other two limited editions. I can't wait to watch through it all again in the new year 
What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!
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BrokenPhoenix
Thousand Master
A Christmas sale order from Anime Limited arrived early this evening.
It was my little Violet Evergarden 'bundle'; the 4K film from the flash sale and the TV series and other film from the B1G1F offer.
It was my little Violet Evergarden 'bundle'; the 4K film from the flash sale and the TV series and other film from the B1G1F offer.
Shadow Cat
Death Scythe
My £9.99 BOGOF order arrived. Nice selection of titles.
Does mean I duplicated the Violet Evergarden movie as it was is the lightning deals
Does mean I duplicated the Violet Evergarden movie as it was is the lightning deals
RadFemHedonist
Guild Member
Got my last AL sale/BOGOF order of:
Cyber City Oedo 808 Remastered Standard Blu-ray (present for a fren who I think would enjoy it)
Kiznaiver Standard Edition Blu-ray (watching now)
Empowered Volume 12 (Adam Warren) arrived a couple of days ago too
Cyber City Oedo 808 Remastered Standard Blu-ray (present for a fren who I think would enjoy it)
Kiznaiver Standard Edition Blu-ray (watching now)
Empowered Volume 12 (Adam Warren) arrived a couple of days ago too
TakamakiJoker
Magical Girl
You're Under Arrest Volume 12 and 13 from Amazon.
The rest is from AL BOGOF
The rest is from AL BOGOF
kieran1
Hikikomori
Those You're Under Arrest volumes are making me very nostalgic,i remember buying the boxsets years ago from united publications,did you get those volumes at a fair price or cost you an arm and a leg,either way great to see the show still has its fans.
ayase
State Alchemist
Respect your perseverance in hunting down these YUA volumes. I tried years ago to obtain the box sets but they were OOP even then, I kept losing ebay auctions and eventually gave up. It really is time it got a re-release, I’m sure the original OVAs in particular would look fantastic in HD.
farzam1999
Brigade Leader
Got three shipments today and I drove to a town, around 1.5 hours from where I live, and picked up some manga. To my surprise, they had Sekirei in stock, and exactly those hard to find volumes, so I impulse bought them, lol.
Sekirei is one of the luckiest purchases I made during COVID because they were very hard to find. Don't know if they're still in print nowadays but Blackwells was the saviour for a lot of out of stock manga.
Good thing you've been picking up The 100 Girlfriends series considering Season 2 is in January which will probably make more volumes go out of stock for a while due to demand.
BrokenPhoenix
Thousand Master
Just a couple of collector edition films arrived today, from the last chance sale: Mirai and Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms
CommanderZx2
Magical Girl
My latest arrivals from Sentai: Gushing Over Magical Girls and The Vexations of a Shut-In Vampire Princess.
TakamakiJoker
Magical Girl
Thanks man ✌
I already own Box 1 and 2, with Box 3 in my Stackry locker arriving next year.
Box 4 in particular is so rare and hard to find I just ended grabbing the single volumes to avoid stress and save a ton of money.
I just have to find Volume 10 and 11 at some point next year.
TakamakiJoker
Magical Girl
Fortunately at a very fair price.
Same for Box 1-3 strangely enough from generous sellers, although I keep on flopping on Box 4 eBay auditions last minute recently so I just decided to grab them individually and slowly.
DragoStark
School Idol
I've been enjoying my re-watch of Cardcaptors (aside from the uh, very questionable teacher-student relationships. I can see why they edited that out) so I decided to pick up the sequel. Was initially surprised it wasn't on sale from AL but it's a crunchy release so I guess it's not really that surprising.
Looking forward to enjoying the full series!
2024 HAUL - DECEMBER CHAPTER: BATCH #3.1
A bunch of stuff arrived so I'll probably split this into two parts. These arrived on Thursday and Saturday.
Before Black Friday weekend came to a close, I noticed that Crunchyroll UK's Store was also running a sale of their own and I initially shrugged it because their main prices were too expensive and not appealing at all, but then I had a proper look at the sale prices themselves and it was quite honestly really surprising. The prices they had on offer were way better than any other UK retailer when it came to their titles which was shocking, like if you were someone who wanted to get the same prices that United Publications used to provide before they stopped selling anime, then you would have loved the prices on offer.
Now I wasn't sure when exactly the sale was going to conclude so I decided to order a bunch of stuff on the same day. The first order we have here is dedicated to a selection of limited edition Blu-ray releases that I've been interested in owning but with so many titles being released and the prices themselves I didn't pre-order them.
Starting off with Hell's Paradise Season 1, this is a pretty neat action historical dark fantasy type series adapted by MAPPA. I own all 13 volumes of the manga from VIZ SIGNATURE but I saved reading them until the anime finishes the story, since there is a second season in the works. The limited edition Crunchyroll produced is pretty good, though I am sad that they didn't go with the same model that One Punch Man had where the art cards could be used to change the front cover design inside the slipcase.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
Next we have Tomo-chan is a Girl!, an entertaining romance series that adapts the manga in its entirety. This was a surprising series because I didn't expect it to be this good, and I'm happy that Crunchyroll provided a limited edition since the story is one and done. The side characters were fun too.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
And then we have Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2, which I have yet to watch because of bad timing. I thought the first season was surprisingly decent and I liked the characters and story considering this is one of those shows where the female lead picks on the main protagonist trope. I heard the manga has progressed pretty well so I am curious to see if studio ENGI decides to make more seasons of this.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
Next we have the second order from the Crunchyroll UK Store, which is focused on regular Blu-ray releases from the distributor. Now I didn't have to buy these immediately but the prices themselves were good enough for me to jump ahead and get them.
Starting off with The Great Cleric, a surprisingly entertaining isekai series, not for everyone and pretty basic in animation but I enjoyed it enough to pick up the Blu-ray. The anime aired in July 2023 and was adapted by studios Yokohama Animation Laboratory (The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt) and Cloud Hearts (Whisper Me a Love Song).
Next we have My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1. Not seen this isekai but it was on offer so I figured I'll pick it up. I actually thought it was a sub only release but there is a dub. The anime aired in July 2023 and was adapted by studio Maho Film (I'm Standing on a Million Lives).
Then comes Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 2. The cringe adventures of Kazuya continues into this season. I've watched Season 1 but not the rest and I didn't get the chance to watch the later seasons during simulcast, but I have heard the development is what you would expect from Kazuya. This season adapts volumes 7-12 of the manga apparently. The anime aired in July 2022 and was adapted by studio TMS Entertainment (MEGALOBOX).
Next we have Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 3. Just to clarify, the waifus in this series are great and I feel bad about them having to deal with Kazuya but hey ho we have multiple seasons to go through. This season adapts volumes 13-19 of the manga apparently (there's 38 and counting by the way). The anime aired in July 2023 and was adapted by studio TMS Entertainment (MEGALOBOX).
Then we have That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond, an original theatrical anime film for the isekai series. Slime is like the Monogatari of the isekai genre because it's a very dialogue driven show with not much emphasis on action for the most part. I know a lot of people hated the third season due to so many conversations but Slime is interesting enough for me to keep going. Granted I've not seen the third season yet because I wanted to watch this film first which takes place before that. The film theatrically released in November 2022 and animated by studio Eight Bit (Blue Lock).
And last but not least we have Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion, which is also an isekai series but based on a South Korean web novel. I haven't heard much about the series but the art style and premise had me intrigued so I figured I'll pick it up. The anime aired in April 2023 and was adapted by studio Typhoon Graphics (Dahlia in Bloom).
Next we have a Black Friday haul from Canadian retailer Video Games Plus. This haul is a bit random but it was hard to pick which ones that I wanted to get and own in the moment as a lot of the titles available will still be around for next time.
Starting off with EXZEUS The Complete Collection, this is a collection of two arcade shooters developed by a French studio living in Japan. The first game saw a release on PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii while the second game came out on Windows. Both games are together here and received a physical release through Limited Run Games as a standalone release (not part of their numbered line-up) which went on offer on VGP.
Next we have Record of Agarest War, which is a remaster of the PlayStation 3 strategy RPG that Idea Factory & Compile Heart made back in the day. Some of you may be more familiar with the European name Agarest: Generations of War from Ghostlight, which I do own but I admittedly haven't played considering these are pretty long RPGs. Now Ghostlight did release the game for Nintendo Switch but they decided to make it digital only, and the North American physical version is rather uncommon so it was a miracle to see Video Games Plus receive more stock for it during the sale.
And last but not least we have The World Ends With You: Final Remix, a remastered version of the classic Nintendo DS game by Square Enix. Now I believe this Switch version is based on the mobile version of the game and the only issue is the use of motion controls which put off a lot of people, but to me this was just another way of being able to play/own the original game since this was not brought over to PlayStation compared to its sequel. The game did receive a physical in Europe but its very uncommon.
A bunch of stuff arrived so I'll probably split this into two parts. These arrived on Thursday and Saturday.
Before Black Friday weekend came to a close, I noticed that Crunchyroll UK's Store was also running a sale of their own and I initially shrugged it because their main prices were too expensive and not appealing at all, but then I had a proper look at the sale prices themselves and it was quite honestly really surprising. The prices they had on offer were way better than any other UK retailer when it came to their titles which was shocking, like if you were someone who wanted to get the same prices that United Publications used to provide before they stopped selling anime, then you would have loved the prices on offer.
Now I wasn't sure when exactly the sale was going to conclude so I decided to order a bunch of stuff on the same day. The first order we have here is dedicated to a selection of limited edition Blu-ray releases that I've been interested in owning but with so many titles being released and the prices themselves I didn't pre-order them.
Starting off with Hell's Paradise Season 1, this is a pretty neat action historical dark fantasy type series adapted by MAPPA. I own all 13 volumes of the manga from VIZ SIGNATURE but I saved reading them until the anime finishes the story, since there is a second season in the works. The limited edition Crunchyroll produced is pretty good, though I am sad that they didn't go with the same model that One Punch Man had where the art cards could be used to change the front cover design inside the slipcase.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
Next we have Tomo-chan is a Girl!, an entertaining romance series that adapts the manga in its entirety. This was a surprising series because I didn't expect it to be this good, and I'm happy that Crunchyroll provided a limited edition since the story is one and done. The side characters were fun too.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
And then we have Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2, which I have yet to watch because of bad timing. I thought the first season was surprisingly decent and I liked the characters and story considering this is one of those shows where the female lead picks on the main protagonist trope. I heard the manga has progressed pretty well so I am curious to see if studio ENGI decides to make more seasons of this.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
Next we have the second order from the Crunchyroll UK Store, which is focused on regular Blu-ray releases from the distributor. Now I didn't have to buy these immediately but the prices themselves were good enough for me to jump ahead and get them.
Starting off with The Great Cleric, a surprisingly entertaining isekai series, not for everyone and pretty basic in animation but I enjoyed it enough to pick up the Blu-ray. The anime aired in July 2023 and was adapted by studios Yokohama Animation Laboratory (The Genius Prince's Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt) and Cloud Hearts (Whisper Me a Love Song).
Next we have My Unique Skill Makes Me OP Even at Level 1. Not seen this isekai but it was on offer so I figured I'll pick it up. I actually thought it was a sub only release but there is a dub. The anime aired in July 2023 and was adapted by studio Maho Film (I'm Standing on a Million Lives).
Then comes Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 2. The cringe adventures of Kazuya continues into this season. I've watched Season 1 but not the rest and I didn't get the chance to watch the later seasons during simulcast, but I have heard the development is what you would expect from Kazuya. This season adapts volumes 7-12 of the manga apparently. The anime aired in July 2022 and was adapted by studio TMS Entertainment (MEGALOBOX).
Next we have Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 3. Just to clarify, the waifus in this series are great and I feel bad about them having to deal with Kazuya but hey ho we have multiple seasons to go through. This season adapts volumes 13-19 of the manga apparently (there's 38 and counting by the way). The anime aired in July 2023 and was adapted by studio TMS Entertainment (MEGALOBOX).
Then we have That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond, an original theatrical anime film for the isekai series. Slime is like the Monogatari of the isekai genre because it's a very dialogue driven show with not much emphasis on action for the most part. I know a lot of people hated the third season due to so many conversations but Slime is interesting enough for me to keep going. Granted I've not seen the third season yet because I wanted to watch this film first which takes place before that. The film theatrically released in November 2022 and animated by studio Eight Bit (Blue Lock).
And last but not least we have Why Raeliana Ended Up at the Duke's Mansion, which is also an isekai series but based on a South Korean web novel. I haven't heard much about the series but the art style and premise had me intrigued so I figured I'll pick it up. The anime aired in April 2023 and was adapted by studio Typhoon Graphics (Dahlia in Bloom).
Next we have a Black Friday haul from Canadian retailer Video Games Plus. This haul is a bit random but it was hard to pick which ones that I wanted to get and own in the moment as a lot of the titles available will still be around for next time.
Starting off with EXZEUS The Complete Collection, this is a collection of two arcade shooters developed by a French studio living in Japan. The first game saw a release on PlayStation 2 and Nintendo Wii while the second game came out on Windows. Both games are together here and received a physical release through Limited Run Games as a standalone release (not part of their numbered line-up) which went on offer on VGP.
Next we have Record of Agarest War, which is a remaster of the PlayStation 3 strategy RPG that Idea Factory & Compile Heart made back in the day. Some of you may be more familiar with the European name Agarest: Generations of War from Ghostlight, which I do own but I admittedly haven't played considering these are pretty long RPGs. Now Ghostlight did release the game for Nintendo Switch but they decided to make it digital only, and the North American physical version is rather uncommon so it was a miracle to see Video Games Plus receive more stock for it during the sale.
And last but not least we have The World Ends With You: Final Remix, a remastered version of the classic Nintendo DS game by Square Enix. Now I believe this Switch version is based on the mobile version of the game and the only issue is the use of motion controls which put off a lot of people, but to me this was just another way of being able to play/own the original game since this was not brought over to PlayStation compared to its sequel. The game did receive a physical in Europe but its very uncommon.