What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!
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CommanderZx2
Vampire Ninja
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SkwigglesWorth
Thousand Master
A few things from the past few weeks. Overlord sesaon 1 CE being the main one (didn't realise "AllTheAnime" had anything to do with the boxset, but found there name on the back I assume it was just a collabration with funimation).
NOTE: My unique skills...., Kamikatsu....., reincatate...strongest exorcist......, shinobi no ittoki all looked pretty cheap (<£10) I think via ebay and i think it was DVD overstockers if anyone is intrested
NOTE: My unique skills...., Kamikatsu....., reincatate...strongest exorcist......, shinobi no ittoki all looked pretty cheap (<£10) I think via ebay and i think it was DVD overstockers if anyone is intrested
Spark_Heal
School Idol
Art books for Disgaea RPG, Labyrinth of Refrain and Witch and the Hundred Knight. Even when their games let me down Nippon Ichi Software with their strong designs and sprite work thanks to artists like Takehito Harada. Disgaea RPG was the Japanese mobile game that ended service some years ago but left behind a lot of unique designs and re-designs of the franchise’s cast. RPG, Labyrinth of Refrain and Witch and the Hundred Knight are both PS4 games that I haven’t played yet but like the designs for.
I also picked up two academic books on anime: Beautiful Fighting Girl by Saitō Tamaki, the director of medical service at Sofukai Sasuki Hospital, and Anime - A Critical Introduction by senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia Rayna Denison. The hope this is that learning more about theory will improve my own writing.
I also picked up two academic books on anime: Beautiful Fighting Girl by Saitō Tamaki, the director of medical service at Sofukai Sasuki Hospital, and Anime - A Critical Introduction by senior lecturer at the University of East Anglia Rayna Denison. The hope this is that learning more about theory will improve my own writing.
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May Haul #3
This week I have quite the amount of packages; one haul from last Monday, another from last Tuesday, and two from last Thursday.
#4: HMV 4K Ultra HD Haul
#5: Clear River Games Spring Sale Haul
#6: EVIL DEAD RISE
#7: Tomba! 2 and Ys vs Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga
This week I have quite the amount of packages; one haul from last Monday, another from last Tuesday, and two from last Thursday.
#4: HMV 4K Ultra HD Haul
During my trips to town I always visit the local HMV to see what sort of films that I can pickup from their 3 for £50 4K Ultra HD deal and in a lot of cases they just don't have enough variety to make any purchases, especially considering the webstore has more on offer. So I decided to order six films that would have made at least 2 trip hauls in one go which miraculously all arrived in a single day despite being shipped in about 4 different parcels.
First up we have two films from director Sam Raimi with The Evil Dead from 1981 and Evil Dead II from 1987. Both are classic horror films starring Bruce Campbell (various cameos with Sam Raimi films) and in preparation for the upcoming EVIL DEAD BURN I wanted to acquire the films that are currently available on 4K Ultra HD format. Sony Pictures distributed the first film while Studio Canal secured the rights to release the second film on the 4K format.
The first film also stars Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, and Philip A. Gillis, while the second film stars Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie DePaiva, Ted Raimi, Denise Bixler and Richard Domeier.
Next up we have two films from director Guy Ritchie with Snatch from 2000 and The Gentlemen from 2019. Both have cult followings in the crime film genre and were on my radar to acquire for quite sometime. Sony Pictures distributed Snatch while Entertainment in Video distributed The Gentlemen for the UK.
Snatch stars Jason Statham (The Beekeeper), Alan Ford (The Long Good Friday), Stephen Graham (Adolescence), Brad Pitt (F1), Dennis Farina (Thief), Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another) and Vinnie Jones (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels).
The Gentlemen stars Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar), Charlie Hunnam (Pacific Rim), Michelle Dockery (Anna Karenina), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice), Colin Farrell (The Batman) and Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians).
And then we have two Arrow Video releases - Alex Proyas' 1998 film Dark City and Abel Ferrara's 1990 film King of New York. The former is the standard edition release, therefore it only includes the director's cut of the film because the theatrical cut was exclusive to the limited edition release. And the latter is one of Arrow Video's first 4K Ultra HD releases so it took this long for me to get around to picking this one up.
Dark City stars Rufus Sewell (Old), William Hurt (The Incredible Hulk), Kiefer Sutherland (Stand by Me), Jennifer Connelly (Requiem for a Dream) and Richard O’Brien (Phineas and Ferb).
King of New York stars Christopher Walken (Dune Part Two), David Caruso (Rambo: First Blood), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Victor Argo (Mean Streets), Wesley Snipes (Blade) and Giancarlo Esposito (The Usual Suspects).
First up we have two films from director Sam Raimi with The Evil Dead from 1981 and Evil Dead II from 1987. Both are classic horror films starring Bruce Campbell (various cameos with Sam Raimi films) and in preparation for the upcoming EVIL DEAD BURN I wanted to acquire the films that are currently available on 4K Ultra HD format. Sony Pictures distributed the first film while Studio Canal secured the rights to release the second film on the 4K format.
The first film also stars Ellen Sandweiss, Richard DeManincor, Betsy Baker, Theresa Tilly, and Philip A. Gillis, while the second film stars Sarah Berry, Dan Hicks, Kassie DePaiva, Ted Raimi, Denise Bixler and Richard Domeier.
Next up we have two films from director Guy Ritchie with Snatch from 2000 and The Gentlemen from 2019. Both have cult followings in the crime film genre and were on my radar to acquire for quite sometime. Sony Pictures distributed Snatch while Entertainment in Video distributed The Gentlemen for the UK.
Snatch stars Jason Statham (The Beekeeper), Alan Ford (The Long Good Friday), Stephen Graham (Adolescence), Brad Pitt (F1), Dennis Farina (Thief), Benicio del Toro (One Battle After Another) and Vinnie Jones (Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels).
The Gentlemen stars Matthew McConaughey (Interstellar), Charlie Hunnam (Pacific Rim), Michelle Dockery (Anna Karenina), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice), Colin Farrell (The Batman) and Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians).
And then we have two Arrow Video releases - Alex Proyas' 1998 film Dark City and Abel Ferrara's 1990 film King of New York. The former is the standard edition release, therefore it only includes the director's cut of the film because the theatrical cut was exclusive to the limited edition release. And the latter is one of Arrow Video's first 4K Ultra HD releases so it took this long for me to get around to picking this one up.
Dark City stars Rufus Sewell (Old), William Hurt (The Incredible Hulk), Kiefer Sutherland (Stand by Me), Jennifer Connelly (Requiem for a Dream) and Richard O’Brien (Phineas and Ferb).
King of New York stars Christopher Walken (Dune Part Two), David Caruso (Rambo: First Blood), Laurence Fishburne (The Matrix), Victor Argo (Mean Streets), Wesley Snipes (Blade) and Giancarlo Esposito (The Usual Suspects).
#5: Clear River Games Spring Sale Haul
Clear River Games have been building up their reputation in recent years. They would put out various lesser-known games and then out of nowhere have become a solid alternative to various Limited Run Games releases. Not every game gets the lucky UK treatment but its been improving in the past year (especially if you're after the super rare & expensive physical for The House in Fata Morgana which they're releasing soon).
They recently held a Spring Sale on their webstore and despite the £10 shipping cost (because they're based in Sweden), I decided it was worthwhile as each game was on offer for about £17 (with one of them being £9). I added six games because there were a lot that I had wanted to own but didn't want to pay too much if I got them individually elsewhere.
Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute, NCS' 1997 run-and-gun made for the SEGA Saturn in Japan, which has been re-released for modern platforms thanks to City Connection.
Batsugun Saturn Tribute Boosted, Toaplan's 1993 vertical scrolling bullet hell made for Arcades & SEGA Saturn in Japan, which has been re-released for modern platforms thanks to City Connection and was the first in their line-up of 'boosted' releases as this one features extra content and UI for modern users.
Mamorukun ReCurse!, G.rev & Gulti's 2008 vertical shoot em 'up made for Arcade, Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 in Japan, which has been re-released for modern platforms thanks to City Connection and I remember this was one of the most expensive imports for the PlayStation 3. This remaster features modern content like widescreen support and twin-stick controls, arranged soundtrack and more.
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition, Capybara Games' 2009 puzzle RPG made for the Nintendo DS and a spin-off to the Might & Magic franchise published by Ubisoft. The game was remade for modern platforms thanks to Dotemu and I heard it was a solid experience so I decided to grab this one since it was £9.
Under Defeat, G.rev's 2005 vertical shoot em 'up made for Arcade & SEGA Dreamcast in Japan which was eventually re-released for Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3, the latter of which I do own for my collection and got the Platinum trophy. This helicopter game has been re-released for modern platforms thanks to City Connection.
Ys Origin, Nihon Falcom's 2006 action RPG made for PC which was eventually brought to the west on PC by XSEED Games while Dotemu handled the console releases. Limited Run Games and Arc System Works released physicals for the PlayStation 4 version in US & Asia so I own the Asian English release (though annoyingly my UK digital file can't transfer saves due to being treated as separate games/versions), but the game was eventually brought over to Nintendo Switch which is how Clear River Games managed to get physical rights for Europe literally just as I had purchased the PS4 physical back in 2020.
Clear River Games have tons of other games that are also on my radar; Culdcept BEGINS, Culdcept The First Saturn Tribute, Dementium The Ward, Lolipop Chainsaw RePOP (which includes the patches on the disc), R-Type Delta HD Boosted, Toaplan Arcade Garage: Flying Fire Shark, WiZmans World Re;Try and more.
They recently held a Spring Sale on their webstore and despite the £10 shipping cost (because they're based in Sweden), I decided it was worthwhile as each game was on offer for about £17 (with one of them being £9). I added six games because there were a lot that I had wanted to own but didn't want to pay too much if I got them individually elsewhere.
Assault Suit Leynos 2 Saturn Tribute, NCS' 1997 run-and-gun made for the SEGA Saturn in Japan, which has been re-released for modern platforms thanks to City Connection.
Batsugun Saturn Tribute Boosted, Toaplan's 1993 vertical scrolling bullet hell made for Arcades & SEGA Saturn in Japan, which has been re-released for modern platforms thanks to City Connection and was the first in their line-up of 'boosted' releases as this one features extra content and UI for modern users.
Mamorukun ReCurse!, G.rev & Gulti's 2008 vertical shoot em 'up made for Arcade, Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3 in Japan, which has been re-released for modern platforms thanks to City Connection and I remember this was one of the most expensive imports for the PlayStation 3. This remaster features modern content like widescreen support and twin-stick controls, arranged soundtrack and more.
Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition, Capybara Games' 2009 puzzle RPG made for the Nintendo DS and a spin-off to the Might & Magic franchise published by Ubisoft. The game was remade for modern platforms thanks to Dotemu and I heard it was a solid experience so I decided to grab this one since it was £9.
Under Defeat, G.rev's 2005 vertical shoot em 'up made for Arcade & SEGA Dreamcast in Japan which was eventually re-released for Xbox 360 & PlayStation 3, the latter of which I do own for my collection and got the Platinum trophy. This helicopter game has been re-released for modern platforms thanks to City Connection.
Ys Origin, Nihon Falcom's 2006 action RPG made for PC which was eventually brought to the west on PC by XSEED Games while Dotemu handled the console releases. Limited Run Games and Arc System Works released physicals for the PlayStation 4 version in US & Asia so I own the Asian English release (though annoyingly my UK digital file can't transfer saves due to being treated as separate games/versions), but the game was eventually brought over to Nintendo Switch which is how Clear River Games managed to get physical rights for Europe literally just as I had purchased the PS4 physical back in 2020.
Clear River Games have tons of other games that are also on my radar; Culdcept BEGINS, Culdcept The First Saturn Tribute, Dementium The Ward, Lolipop Chainsaw RePOP (which includes the patches on the disc), R-Type Delta HD Boosted, Toaplan Arcade Garage: Flying Fire Shark, WiZmans World Re;Try and more.
#6: EVIL DEAD RISE
Next we have a North American import that isn't anime or Asian related which is also a first time addition to the collection. As mentioned earlier I've been making preparations to check out EVIL DEAD BURN which is out this July but I had only seen the 2013 reboot from the lot, so I wanted to own the remainder of the franchise. Because Army of Darkness and Evil Dead 2013 are currently not available in 4K, I secured what was left with the first two being picked up from the HMV haul.
EVIL DEAD RISE was a different situation. While Studio Canal have released the film on 4K Ultra HD over here in the UK, Warner Bros allowed Arrow Video to do a new release for North America which included Dolby Vision HDR and tons of new bonus features for the fans of the film and I decided to pursue that instead. I got my copy from All Your Music on eBay and price-wise was pretty decent considering you need to factor in VAT within the price itself so it works out and arrived in just 7 days from making the order.
This film is the second reboot in the franchise but pretty much a standalone story and I figured it was worth watching this latest instalment before jumping right into EVIL DEAD BURN and then EVIL DEAD WRATH when that comes out after. Directed by Lee Cronin, the film stars Lily Sullivan (Lee Cronin's The Mummy), Alyssa Sutherland (The Devil Wears Prada), Morgan Davies (The Hunter), Gabrielle Echols (Reminiscence) and Nell Fisher (Stranger Things 5).
EVIL DEAD RISE was a different situation. While Studio Canal have released the film on 4K Ultra HD over here in the UK, Warner Bros allowed Arrow Video to do a new release for North America which included Dolby Vision HDR and tons of new bonus features for the fans of the film and I decided to pursue that instead. I got my copy from All Your Music on eBay and price-wise was pretty decent considering you need to factor in VAT within the price itself so it works out and arrived in just 7 days from making the order.
This film is the second reboot in the franchise but pretty much a standalone story and I figured it was worth watching this latest instalment before jumping right into EVIL DEAD BURN and then EVIL DEAD WRATH when that comes out after. Directed by Lee Cronin, the film stars Lily Sullivan (Lee Cronin's The Mummy), Alyssa Sutherland (The Devil Wears Prada), Morgan Davies (The Hunter), Gabrielle Echols (Reminiscence) and Nell Fisher (Stranger Things 5).
#7: Tomba! 2 and Ys vs Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga
Limited Run Games somehow forgot to ship out one of my orders. I had to contact support because I knew full well that both of these games were already out in the wild and they did respond at a decent pace and get them shipped out the next day.
Tomba! 2 The Evil Swine Returns Special Edition is a 1999 action adventure game released on the original PlayStation by Japanese developer Whoopee Camp. This game ultilises full 3D environment this time around and is the same gameplay style as the predecessor. Limited Run Games ported the game over to modern platforms using the Carbon Engine.
Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga is a 2010 fighting game released on the PlayStation Portable in Japan only by Japanese developer Nihon Falcom. No one picked it up for localisation over the years until a new distributor came along called Refint/games to remaster the game for modern platforms, which worked with Limited Run Games to release physical versions. The game also features full English voice acting with the cast from previous Ys and Trails games returning to reprise their roles.
Tomba! 2 The Evil Swine Returns Special Edition is a 1999 action adventure game released on the original PlayStation by Japanese developer Whoopee Camp. This game ultilises full 3D environment this time around and is the same gameplay style as the predecessor. Limited Run Games ported the game over to modern platforms using the Carbon Engine.
Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga is a 2010 fighting game released on the PlayStation Portable in Japan only by Japanese developer Nihon Falcom. No one picked it up for localisation over the years until a new distributor came along called Refint/games to remaster the game for modern platforms, which worked with Limited Run Games to release physical versions. The game also features full English voice acting with the cast from previous Ys and Trails games returning to reprise their roles.
Jon O Fun
Za Warudo
For your Evil Dead collection both Evil Dead 2013 & Army of Darkness have pretty solid 4K releases from Shout Factory which can normally be picked up on Amazon UK for about £25-£30 each.