What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

I received one more pre-order title from Crunchyroll yesterday:

The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash

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A few things today (so much for only buying stuff I had planned to, as is how it usually goes). However! Don't regret anything that made you smile (lol).

Firstly, I picked up Anonymous;Code Steelbook Launch Edition (PS4): I have the other Science Adventure games on Steam, but this was at a very good price on Amazon so I don't mind having this one physically on PS4.

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Second is the awaited Chronicles of Narnia full-colour illustration set (hardback) from Books4People. It seems that there has been some debate as to the best reading order: publication order (2, 4-6, 3, 1, then 7) or in-universe order (1 to 7). I think I'll have to look into it a bit more before I decide which to go with for my read-through.

£105 RRP!! :eek: Only paid £40 though 🤭

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And lastly, this was a bit of a spontaneous purchase. Seeing as I was in the Narnia mood, I managed to grab a sealed copy of the BBC adaption of The Chronicles of Narnia for only £5 from Vinted, which adapts four of Lewis' Narnia stories. I remember watching these as a kid when I used to visit my dad, so I have fond memories of these.

These adaptations were aired from 1988 to 1990 (I wasn't even born! Sorry to all the true oldies here) and this DVD set seems to include quite an array of special features; notably a 2003 cast reunion and some Blue Peter interviews (that's how old this is, lol). This set is also from an era where things like trivia and outtakes were commonplace on home video sets. Truly a blast from the past.

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DECULTURE! Do you remember the time... we had to wait 30 years for a new release of Macross: Do You Remember Love in English?

The good news is it's a solid translation. If anything it clarified a couple of important lines of dialogue that were poorly worded in Kiseki's VHS release. Visually the colours really pop, even on the BD. I don't have a 4K TV, so I can't comment on the UHD. For audio, the surround mix sounded impressively weighty through headphones.

The rest of the visual presentation is likely to be divisive though. There's almost no sign of film grain, so there has presumably been some heavy-handed noise reduction. Some shots also look blurred or oddly smeary in places, but I can't tell if that's an artefact of noise reduction, intentional soft focus from the souce, or depth of field caused by the rostrum the cells were filmed on. Most of the movie looks great; it's just that the issues can be distracting in places. As I say though, I don't know how much of that is native to the film itself rather than the new master.

That said, this is likely the best the movie will ever look, and it's obviously an incomparably massive upgrade over the ancient VHS release.
 
Got a new High Sierra bag in the post today. Not exactly the most glamorous get but it's important for work and I have brought so many pins at conventions that it's nice to have something to stick them on.
 
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