July Haul #6
This part focuses on the items from Saturday 25th leading to Friday 31st.
#10: DAN DA DAN Season 2
#11: Haikyu!! Seasons 1 & 2
#12: Armour of God
#13: Fear Effect 2 & Killzone Trilogy
This part focuses on the items from Saturday 25th leading to Friday 31st.
#10: DAN DA DAN Season 2
Next we have a pre-order that actually arrived on time from Anime Limited once again. I was supposed to receive Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM but it was pushed back into August and fortunately DAN DA DAN Season 2 shipped out.
The second season of this Shonen Jump series adapted by Science SARU is a lot of fun to watch and there’s more to come which is great. I found it interesting that we are using Com’on Screen discs this time around but I have heard that GKIDS were dropping the ball on their disc authoring as of late so its a fortunate ordeal. I know this French authoring company has been meme’d to death but I have been made aware they’re slowly improving their processes, at least for the French audiences.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
The second season of this Shonen Jump series adapted by Science SARU is a lot of fun to watch and there’s more to come which is great. I found it interesting that we are using Com’on Screen discs this time around but I have heard that GKIDS were dropping the ball on their disc authoring as of late so its a fortunate ordeal. I know this French authoring company has been meme’d to death but I have been made aware they’re slowly improving their processes, at least for the French audiences.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
#11: Haikyu!! Seasons 1 & 2
Next we have the first of hopefully many pickups from the Crunchyroll UK Summer Sale that’s started across different retailers. I’ve not really picked up any titles from them as of late (with the exception of Konosuba Season 3 as that was a gift) due to pricing, but I do want to at least grab a couple over the course of August.
Volleyball anime series Haikyu!! Seasons 1 & 2 finally join my collection and it’s a pretty exciting one. I have seen at least the first three seasons when they first aired and Crunchyroll UK are in fact releasing all of the anime seasons onto home video which is a surprise considering Sentai Filmworks handled the distribution in North America. Seasons 3 & 4 are scheduled for the August & September timeframe so I wanted to grab what was available right now. These are Sentai discs with Crunchyroll's logo at the start (might be imports of the Australian releases in fact), but are region locked to B instead of being geolocked like Sentai's were.
Volleyball anime series Haikyu!! Seasons 1 & 2 finally join my collection and it’s a pretty exciting one. I have seen at least the first three seasons when they first aired and Crunchyroll UK are in fact releasing all of the anime seasons onto home video which is a surprise considering Sentai Filmworks handled the distribution in North America. Seasons 3 & 4 are scheduled for the August & September timeframe so I wanted to grab what was available right now. These are Sentai discs with Crunchyroll's logo at the start (might be imports of the Australian releases in fact), but are region locked to B instead of being geolocked like Sentai's were.
#12: Armour of God
Arriving near the end of the month is an early arrival though technically it was originally supposed to have been released in June. Jackie Chan’s 1986 film Armour of God (龍兄虎弟) is another one from the 88 Films catalogue that has been re-released once again for the 4K Ultra HD format. Pretty much any film directed or starring Jackie Chan have been getting this treatment as long as there’s access to a 4K restoration. I do own the Blu-ray deluxe collector’s edition release and this one is packaged differently to match the recent 4K releases. 88 Films’ webstore also included an o-card slipcase with theatrical artwork on the covers.
This film also stars Alan Tam (Hard Boiled II: The Last Blood), Lola Forner (Wheals on Meals), Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam (Once Upon a Time in China), and Ken Boyle (Bloodsport). The deluxe limited edition release includes a double-sided poster and a big book going over the film’s background and production.
This film also stars Alan Tam (Hard Boiled II: The Last Blood), Lola Forner (Wheals on Meals), Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam (Once Upon a Time in China), and Ken Boyle (Bloodsport). The deluxe limited edition release includes a double-sided poster and a big book going over the film’s background and production.
#13: Fear Effect 2 & Killzone Trilogy
The final package of the month comes from Canadian retailer Video Games Plus and it’s a mix of two different games.
The first is Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix which is the second game in the franchise developed by Kronos Digital Entertainment in 2001 for the original PlayStation and brought over to modern platforms by Limited Run Games on behalf of Square Enix, so what I have is the PlayStation 5 version. I have the first one that used a variant cover but they never planned one for the second game so I went with what was available.
The second is the Killzone Trilogy collection for PlayStation 3. This sci-fi dystopian first-person shooter series was developed by Guerrilla Games and is one of the big IPs from Sony during that generation. I did own physical versions for Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 but I decided to sell those copies in favour of this collection for two reasons; one is that it is much better for shelf-space and the other reason is because we have Killzone HD on the disc.
Killzone HD is a remaster of the PlayStation 2 game and the European version is very expensive (like we’re talking £100+ just for that one game alone) so it made more logical sense to just grab the North American release. Now you do need to install it onto the HDD but it’s only 3030MB and I suspect the UK version is a similar case. Also included in this trilogy pack is a download code for all of the multiplayer maps for both Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 which is neat especially since online multiplayer is free on the console.
The first is Fear Effect 2: Retro Helix which is the second game in the franchise developed by Kronos Digital Entertainment in 2001 for the original PlayStation and brought over to modern platforms by Limited Run Games on behalf of Square Enix, so what I have is the PlayStation 5 version. I have the first one that used a variant cover but they never planned one for the second game so I went with what was available.
The second is the Killzone Trilogy collection for PlayStation 3. This sci-fi dystopian first-person shooter series was developed by Guerrilla Games and is one of the big IPs from Sony during that generation. I did own physical versions for Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 but I decided to sell those copies in favour of this collection for two reasons; one is that it is much better for shelf-space and the other reason is because we have Killzone HD on the disc.
Killzone HD is a remaster of the PlayStation 2 game and the European version is very expensive (like we’re talking £100+ just for that one game alone) so it made more logical sense to just grab the North American release. Now you do need to install it onto the HDD but it’s only 3030MB and I suspect the UK version is a similar case. Also included in this trilogy pack is a download code for all of the multiplayer maps for both Killzone 2 and Killzone 3 which is neat especially since online multiplayer is free on the console.
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