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After pausing Elden Ring some time ago and beating Dark Souls 3’s base game; I decided to go through the original Dark Souls from beginning to end for the first time. Back on the original PS3 I stopped around . But now I’m starting over with the Remaster. The big difference is that I’m going to...

Kagurabachi Chapter 103 - Still going strong. The story is far from over but it feels like this is ratcheting up to the climax of the storylines set up right from the start while seeding future events. We are still hinging almost everything on Hokazono being able to wrap it up, resolve some core...

Kagurabachi Volumes 4 & 5 alongside Kamudo volume 1, inspired by Demelza's review for Anime UK News. I also brought a hardcover copy of The Black Diamond Detective Agency by Eddie Campbell and a paperback of Meta 4 by Ted McKeever.

This week’s Early Bird Deal is Vermeil in Gold Collector’s Edition for £29.99. Scheduled for release on 02/03/2026.

Spent yesterday rained in and using my rare time off work to sort through a lot of my stuff. Which has been ongoing project for many months but I'm making huge progress now. My hope was to get rid off 20% of everything but out of the manga and other books on the table I'm getting rid of 31 books...

I recently found out Heero is not called that because he's the hero. Heero Yuy is derived from hitotsu (one) and yuitsu (only) because a lot of Gundam Wing characters are named after numbers. But Heero's name means 'The One and Only'. Which is possibly the coolest name you could have. While...

Raging Bull, Kotoko and A Snake of June by Shinya Tsukamoto (Tokyo Fist was available but I decided against it). I got these from CEX in Harrogate after the Thought Bubble. Someone apparently brought the Tsukamoto films in for trade that morning so it felt happy coincidence worth taking...

There are two modern anime trailers that really stand out: The Netflix promotion for Evangelion and the trailer for Dragon Ball Super: Broly. These are both huge franchises that sell themselves so they can’t be used as a baseline example. But they are both effective advertising and each of...

I have been listening to the Woman Called Fujiko Mine soundtrack as well as The PenPals (who preformed the opening to the original Berserk anime’s opening)

Tales of Xillia Remastered on PlayStation 5 - I had played Xillia back 11 years ago and really enjoyed it. So now that it has been put on modern platforms it’s time to revisit it again. Crumb - the documentary about infamous underground comics artist R. Crumb. I showed a lot of restraint and...

Shamo written by Izo Hashimoto and illustrated by Akio Tanaka (it's complicated) A prison drama turned martial arts story about Ryo Narushima, a seemingly brilliant student who derailed his seemingly ideal life by murdering his parents. According to Ryo it was a pre-emptive act of self defence...

It’s completely understandable to focus on the current slate if you are faced sudden production issues that need resolving. I just want to buy things and if we are getting Galaxy Express 999 then I’d love to have a window at least.

That’s disappointing. Hopefully Diebuster doesn’t get delayed into next year.

Got the first three volumes of Kagurabachi, Metoria by Linkin Park, DRCL midnight children Volume 5, the graphic novel Portugal by Pedrosa. Burst Angel and Executioner and her Way of Life from MVM. I also got a new mattress earlier this week and it’s very different.

A bundle of CDs from Zen Market. Shipping is expensive so I aim to only buy a few other pieces through them though I don’t have any complaints about the service so far. Via and Petrol by Monoral - Monoral’s song Kiri was used as the opening theme to Ergo Proxy. The singer posted on his...