What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!
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cfx
Great Teacher
Very nice! I recognized the artist immediately as the same one who did designs for the Galaxy Fraulein Yuna games. I couldn't remember his name until I noticed it is on the obi on your book--Mika Akitaka.
What I did not know is he has far more credits for mechanical design than for characters:
August Haul #2
Another week, another batch of arrivals! Not shown but I have downloaded the Asura's Wrath DLC and inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood from the PlayStation 3 store on Monday.
#6: Terracotta Store July Pre-Orders Haul
#7: Fighting Force Collection & Puzzle Quest Immortal Edition
#8: Troy
Also arriving in the coming weeks are the anime imports from the US, two Marvel games from the PS3 era, and three Arrow Video releases that are taking their time because they're being shipped from Rarewaves.
Another week, another batch of arrivals! Not shown but I have downloaded the Asura's Wrath DLC and inFAMOUS: Festival of Blood from the PlayStation 3 store on Monday.
#6: Terracotta Store July Pre-Orders Haul
As expected I have pre-ordered a number of Asian Cinema releases from Terracotta Distribution store as they're my go-to for ensuring that I do get a copy and also supports the retailer and distributors. But this one was a bit interesting because it was delayed due to one of them being shifted back to 10th August and there was another item that had sold out in advance and I wasn't sure if my copy was reserved or not given the timing. Fortunately it's all here.
Starting off with the 88 Films titles. The first is a Japanarchy release with Fumihiko Sori's 2002 film Ping Pong (ピンポン) which is based on the Taiyō Matsumoto manga which as most of you would know was also adapted into an anime by Tatsunoko Production and Masaaki Yuasa. The film stars Yosuke Kubozuka (GO), Arata Iura (Air Doll), Sam Lee (Made in Hong Kong), Shido Nakamura (Death Note) and Koji Ohkura (St. John’s Wort). The Japanarchy release includes a Scanavo package with an obi-strip, reversible cover and booklet.
Next is a Category III release but also the first in this sub-range to be released on 4K Ultra HD - Lam Nai-Choi's 1991 film Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (力王), based on a Japanese manga by Masahiko Takajo. This is a very fun film and I'm happy to upgrade this one especially as 88 Films have once again done their own 4K restoration (their Blu-ray release was also an improvement over the previous Blu-ray releases in the past). The film stars Louis Fan Siu-Wong (Ip Man), Fan Mei-Sheng (The Young Master), William Ho (Prison on Fire), Gloria Yip Wan-Yee (The Cat) and Yukari Ôshima (Iron Angels). The film already received a deluxe collector's edition Blu-ray release so for this re-release we have a double-sided o-card slipcase cover artwork with a J-card for logos/specs and a double-sided poster.
And then we have a Shaw Brothers 88 Asia release but the first to be in a rigid box collection. Shawscope Triple Feature offers three films; Chang Cheh's 1980 film Two Champions of Shaolin (少林與武當) starring Chiang Sheng (The Five Venoms), Lo Meng (Ip Man films), Candy Man (Devil Hunters), Wong Lik (Five Element Ninjas) and Sun Chien (The Five Venoms); Tong Kai's 1982 film Shaolin Prince (少林傳人) starring Ti Lung (A Better Tomorrow), Derek Yee Tung-Sing (The Sentimental Swordsman), Jason Pai Piao (Killer Constable), Ku Feng (Magnificent Warriors) and Chan Shen (Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan); and Tong Kai's 1983 film Shaolin Intruders (三闖少林) starring Derek Yee Tung-Sing, Lau Yuk-Pok (Secret Service of the Imperial Court), Jason Pai Piao, Phillip Ko Fai (The Boxer's Omen) and Chan Shen. For this release we have a rigid box housing Scanavo cases and double sided posters for each film. The distributor hinted there's more box sets like this so I'm curious to see what they have to offer.
Next we have an Arrow Video release which features two films together in one set both starring Reiko Ike (Terrifying Girls’ High School). Norifumi Suzuki's 1973 film Sex & Fury (不良姐御伝 猪の鹿お蝶) also starring Christina Lindberg (The Kyoto Connection), Akemi Negishi (Lady Snowblood), Ryōko Ema (Terrifying Girls’ High School) and Naomi Oka (Assault! Jack the Ripper); and Teruo Ishii's 1973 film Female Yakuza Tale (やさぐれ姐御伝 総括リンチ) also starring Makoto Aikawa, Arumi Kuri, Meika Seri (In the Realm of the Senses) and Jun Midorikawa (Aesthetics of a Bullet). This is an interesting release because both of these films were first released on Blu-ray in the west by Discotek Media via their Nihon Nights label but I figured a UK release was going to happen at some point considering it's the type of film that would get brought over here. For this limited edition release we have an o-card slipcase with reversible artwork and a booklet.
And another double feature release, this time from Third Window Films focused on director Chūsei Sone (Angel Guts: Red Classroom). First is the 1981 film Scars of the Sun (太陽のきずあと) starring Kenichi Kaneda (The Imperial Navy), Satoshi Sadanaga (The Legend of Sayo), Mirai Hayashi, Koji Tanaka (Yokohama BJ Blues) and Ken Ogata (The Ballad of Narayama), and the second is exclusive to this limited edition release which is his 1983 film Blow the Night! Let’s Spend the Night Together (“BLOW THE NIGHT!” 夜をぶっとばせ) starring Namie Takada, Eiji Kobayashi, Yuka Komatsu, Kazumi Kawai (The King of Minami films) and Shūichirō Moriyama (Porco Rosso). Like the recent Toshiaki Toyoda double feature release, this one is also packaged with a Scanavo case, o-card slipcase and a small booklet.
Starting off with the 88 Films titles. The first is a Japanarchy release with Fumihiko Sori's 2002 film Ping Pong (ピンポン) which is based on the Taiyō Matsumoto manga which as most of you would know was also adapted into an anime by Tatsunoko Production and Masaaki Yuasa. The film stars Yosuke Kubozuka (GO), Arata Iura (Air Doll), Sam Lee (Made in Hong Kong), Shido Nakamura (Death Note) and Koji Ohkura (St. John’s Wort). The Japanarchy release includes a Scanavo package with an obi-strip, reversible cover and booklet.
Next is a Category III release but also the first in this sub-range to be released on 4K Ultra HD - Lam Nai-Choi's 1991 film Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky (力王), based on a Japanese manga by Masahiko Takajo. This is a very fun film and I'm happy to upgrade this one especially as 88 Films have once again done their own 4K restoration (their Blu-ray release was also an improvement over the previous Blu-ray releases in the past). The film stars Louis Fan Siu-Wong (Ip Man), Fan Mei-Sheng (The Young Master), William Ho (Prison on Fire), Gloria Yip Wan-Yee (The Cat) and Yukari Ôshima (Iron Angels). The film already received a deluxe collector's edition Blu-ray release so for this re-release we have a double-sided o-card slipcase cover artwork with a J-card for logos/specs and a double-sided poster.
And then we have a Shaw Brothers 88 Asia release but the first to be in a rigid box collection. Shawscope Triple Feature offers three films; Chang Cheh's 1980 film Two Champions of Shaolin (少林與武當) starring Chiang Sheng (The Five Venoms), Lo Meng (Ip Man films), Candy Man (Devil Hunters), Wong Lik (Five Element Ninjas) and Sun Chien (The Five Venoms); Tong Kai's 1982 film Shaolin Prince (少林傳人) starring Ti Lung (A Better Tomorrow), Derek Yee Tung-Sing (The Sentimental Swordsman), Jason Pai Piao (Killer Constable), Ku Feng (Magnificent Warriors) and Chan Shen (Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan); and Tong Kai's 1983 film Shaolin Intruders (三闖少林) starring Derek Yee Tung-Sing, Lau Yuk-Pok (Secret Service of the Imperial Court), Jason Pai Piao, Phillip Ko Fai (The Boxer's Omen) and Chan Shen. For this release we have a rigid box housing Scanavo cases and double sided posters for each film. The distributor hinted there's more box sets like this so I'm curious to see what they have to offer.
Next we have an Arrow Video release which features two films together in one set both starring Reiko Ike (Terrifying Girls’ High School). Norifumi Suzuki's 1973 film Sex & Fury (不良姐御伝 猪の鹿お蝶) also starring Christina Lindberg (The Kyoto Connection), Akemi Negishi (Lady Snowblood), Ryōko Ema (Terrifying Girls’ High School) and Naomi Oka (Assault! Jack the Ripper); and Teruo Ishii's 1973 film Female Yakuza Tale (やさぐれ姐御伝 総括リンチ) also starring Makoto Aikawa, Arumi Kuri, Meika Seri (In the Realm of the Senses) and Jun Midorikawa (Aesthetics of a Bullet). This is an interesting release because both of these films were first released on Blu-ray in the west by Discotek Media via their Nihon Nights label but I figured a UK release was going to happen at some point considering it's the type of film that would get brought over here. For this limited edition release we have an o-card slipcase with reversible artwork and a booklet.
And another double feature release, this time from Third Window Films focused on director Chūsei Sone (Angel Guts: Red Classroom). First is the 1981 film Scars of the Sun (太陽のきずあと) starring Kenichi Kaneda (The Imperial Navy), Satoshi Sadanaga (The Legend of Sayo), Mirai Hayashi, Koji Tanaka (Yokohama BJ Blues) and Ken Ogata (The Ballad of Narayama), and the second is exclusive to this limited edition release which is his 1983 film Blow the Night! Let’s Spend the Night Together (“BLOW THE NIGHT!” 夜をぶっとばせ) starring Namie Takada, Eiji Kobayashi, Yuka Komatsu, Kazumi Kawai (The King of Minami films) and Shūichirō Moriyama (Porco Rosso). Like the recent Toshiaki Toyoda double feature release, this one is also packaged with a Scanavo case, o-card slipcase and a small booklet.
#7: Fighting Force Collection & Puzzle Quest Immortal Edition
Another Limited Run Games arrival and this time we have a set of remasters/re-releases in this batch.
The Fighting Force Collection is a compilation of two PlayStation classic games Fighting Force and Fighting Force 2 from developer Core Design, who also created the Tomb Raider games. Square Enix is the publisher but the IP came from Eidos Interactive. These games are not as well-regarded as the other retro games on the platform but its great to see more PlayStation games return on modern platforms, and these were also using the Carbon Engine. This is available on various platforms but I have the PlayStation 5 version since they were on the original PlayStation and I wanted to keep it consistent that way.
Next we have Puzzle Quest Immortal Edition, a remaster of various versions of the original 2007 cult classic Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords that came out on Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 back in the day. Developed by Infinite Interactive (Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria), this is a hybrid of two genres; tile-matching and role-playing. I've been aware of the game for quite some time and I figured Nintendo Switch was the best platform to play it which is also available in 60 frames per second.
The Fighting Force Collection is a compilation of two PlayStation classic games Fighting Force and Fighting Force 2 from developer Core Design, who also created the Tomb Raider games. Square Enix is the publisher but the IP came from Eidos Interactive. These games are not as well-regarded as the other retro games on the platform but its great to see more PlayStation games return on modern platforms, and these were also using the Carbon Engine. This is available on various platforms but I have the PlayStation 5 version since they were on the original PlayStation and I wanted to keep it consistent that way.
Next we have Puzzle Quest Immortal Edition, a remaster of various versions of the original 2007 cult classic Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords that came out on Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 back in the day. Developed by Infinite Interactive (Warlords IV: Heroes of Etheria), this is a hybrid of two genres; tile-matching and role-playing. I've been aware of the game for quite some time and I figured Nintendo Switch was the best platform to play it which is also available in 60 frames per second.
#8: Troy
So with The Odyssey being a big success, Wolfgang Petersen's 2004 film Troy had been receiving a lot more attention because it's based on Homer's Iliad which timeline wise is before the events of the Odyssey poem (though the two focus on different cast of characters from my understanding so you don't need knowledge of the other). I figured it's probably going to sell out sooner than expected so I pre-ordered the 4K Ultra HD release from HMV.
The film stars Brad Pitt (Bullet Train), Eric Bana (Hulk), Orlando Bloom (Kingdom of Heaven), Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) and Brian Cox (Succession) amongst many more in the cast. The film received a director's cut that adds 30 more minutes of footage to the point where it makes this film 3 hours long, but Arrow Video's release does include both versions on the 4K Ultra HD discs.
The film stars Brad Pitt (Bullet Train), Eric Bana (Hulk), Orlando Bloom (Kingdom of Heaven), Diane Kruger (Inglourious Basterds) and Brian Cox (Succession) amongst many more in the cast. The film received a director's cut that adds 30 more minutes of footage to the point where it makes this film 3 hours long, but Arrow Video's release does include both versions on the 4K Ultra HD discs.
Also arriving in the coming weeks are the anime imports from the US, two Marvel games from the PS3 era, and three Arrow Video releases that are taking their time because they're being shipped from Rarewaves.
Dai
Combat Butler
The most interesting thing about Fighting Force (possibly the only interesting thing...) is that it was originally in development as a Streets of Rage game, but the developer had to file the serial number off when they had a disagreement with Sega about what platforms to release it on.
TakamakiJoker
Magical Girl
After hearing the Sony news about them shutting down the PS3 store, I decided to accumulate a small, but effective PS3 collection. Unlike many people here I barely used my PS3 as a muiti-platform gaming machine as a lot of them run strictly worse than their 360 counterparts.
Currently and even back in the day, PS3 has always been my 7th Gen JRPG/ Sony Exclusives machine.
As a result I will be only grabbing a handful of PS3 games JRPGs and Sony Exclusives as many of them have now available on modern consoles.
Currently and even back in the day, PS3 has always been my 7th Gen JRPG/ Sony Exclusives machine.
As a result I will be only grabbing a handful of PS3 games JRPGs and Sony Exclusives as many of them have now available on modern consoles.
One of the more noteworthy JRPGs of the PS3 JRPGs for better or worse, originally owned them on Xbox 360, but after finding out that they were drastically inferior to their PS3 counterparts, I sold them all and got the PS3 versions instead.
Lightning Returns FF13 on PS3 in particular has become a very rare in recently years and now getting swipe by scalpers.
Lightning Returns FF13 on PS3 in particular has become a very rare in recently years and now getting swipe by scalpers.
Arguably the most scalped game currently, I got extremely lucky getting it on eBay before true FOMO kicked in and became impossible to find for a decent price.
sniper_samurai
Chuunibyou
For FFXIII you'd nearly get a better experience now with those 360 versions playing on a Series console. All the crappy low res video from the Xbox version have been replaced with higher quality files and the game is upscaled to 4K. Unfortunately XIII-2 and Lightning Returns only got upscaled.
cfx
Great Teacher
I've never owned any Xbox so no personal experience, but according to Digital Foundry, if you have one of the newer consoles, Final Fantasy XIII and its sequels look and run better there than they do on either the Xbox 360 or PS3, because they got various enhancements via backwards compatibility. Here are a couple of videos about it:
...and @sniper_samurai posted the same comment as I was writing mine...
...and @sniper_samurai posted the same comment as I was writing mine...
Lucky_Deity
Combat Butler
From Amazon (U.S.)
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- (S3) (LE) (BD) and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (S1 - S3) (BD)
From GKIDS Store
Lupin the IIIrd: The Immortal Bloodline (BD)
Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- (S3) (LE) (BD) and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal (S1 - S3) (BD)
I'm glad to finally have a complete Sailor Moon collection, I'm hoping the Crystal movies will eventually see a home video release.
From GKIDS Store
Lupin the IIIrd: The Immortal Bloodline (BD)
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August Haul #3
Another week, another batch of arrivals!
#9: Falling Down, Swordfish & To Live and Die in L.A.
#10: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance & Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
#11: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM
Another week, another batch of arrivals!
#9: Falling Down, Swordfish & To Live and Die in L.A.
My Rarewaves package finally arrives as they generally take a few weeks with untracked shipping. What we have here are a few films that have been on my radar and were available to order for a pretty decent price on their storefront.
Joel Schumacher's 1993 film Falling Down starring Michael Douglas (The Game), Robert Duvall (Apocalypse Now), Barbara Hershey (Black Swan), Rachel Ticotin (Total Recall) and Tuesday Weld (Thief). I first recognised this film from the Foo Fighters music video of Run years back.
Dominic Sena's 2001 film Swordfish starring John Travolta (Carrie), Hugh Jackman (X-Men), Halle Berry (Crime 101), Don Cheadle (Oceans Eleven) and Vinnie Jones (Survive Style 5+). This film looked like a lot of fun to watch despite its reception.
William Friedkin's 1985 film To Live and Die in L.A. starring William L. Petersen (Thief), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), John Pankow (Bride Wars), Debra Feuer (Night Angel) and John Turturro (The Batman). Heard a lot of positive reception for this film so I figured I'll own it sooner than later.
Joel Schumacher's 1993 film Falling Down starring Michael Douglas (The Game), Robert Duvall (Apocalypse Now), Barbara Hershey (Black Swan), Rachel Ticotin (Total Recall) and Tuesday Weld (Thief). I first recognised this film from the Foo Fighters music video of Run years back.
Dominic Sena's 2001 film Swordfish starring John Travolta (Carrie), Hugh Jackman (X-Men), Halle Berry (Crime 101), Don Cheadle (Oceans Eleven) and Vinnie Jones (Survive Style 5+). This film looked like a lot of fun to watch despite its reception.
William Friedkin's 1985 film To Live and Die in L.A. starring William L. Petersen (Thief), Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse), John Pankow (Bride Wars), Debra Feuer (Night Angel) and John Turturro (The Batman). Heard a lot of positive reception for this film so I figured I'll own it sooner than later.
#10: Marvel: Ultimate Alliance & Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
I've been rewatching the Marvel films as well as playing Marvel Tokon and it's gotten me interested in more of the Marvel video games. Now I won't go crazy for most of the low budget games released over the years but there was a series that I wanted to check out for years but never gotten around to it and that was Marvel: Ultimate Alliance.
The first game released at launch for Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 and even though it was remastered for PlayStation 4 that version was delisted due to Activision's license expired, I wanted to own the game so I went back to the PlayStation 3 release. For those unaware it's an action game featuring a variety of Marvel Comics characters including Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, Wolverine and more, though a good number of characters were exclusive to the Xbox 360 Gold Edition and remasters. Soldier of Fortune & X-Men Legends developer Raven Software worked on this game.
I also picked up the second game Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 though my copy doesn't come with a manual. This game was developed by Vicarious Visions instead. Both games I ordered from CeX since I had vouchers to save money.
The first game released at launch for Nintendo Wii and PlayStation 3 and even though it was remastered for PlayStation 4 that version was delisted due to Activision's license expired, I wanted to own the game so I went back to the PlayStation 3 release. For those unaware it's an action game featuring a variety of Marvel Comics characters including Spider-Man, Captain America, Hulk, Wolverine and more, though a good number of characters were exclusive to the Xbox 360 Gold Edition and remasters. Soldier of Fortune & X-Men Legends developer Raven Software worked on this game.
I also picked up the second game Marvel Ultimate Alliance 2 though my copy doesn't come with a manual. This game was developed by Vicarious Visions instead. Both games I ordered from CeX since I had vouchers to save money.
#11: Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM
It's been two years since we last saw a new release from Anime Limited on the Gundam franchise (last one being the Mobile Suit Gundam Movie Trilogy 4K Ultra HD release) and now we have Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM also on 4K Ultra HD. This is also a combo pack and includes the English dub on both formats.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
You can view more photos & specs on my blog.
sniper_samurai
Chuunibyou
FMP IV is still available on the Anime Limited webstore and will probably be included in the bogof section in next months sale. Unfortunately the CE that includes the audio drama of the 5th novel is oop.
Gemsy-chan
Himouto
demonix
Magical Girl
The physical PS5 version of Little kitty, big city was delayed until September, but I had seen that Amazon was selling the harvest moon The lost valley/Skytree Village collectors edition for less then the standard edition I just said "shut up and take my money".
The wireless keyboard is just to avoid having the use the PS5s software keyboard in certain games.
Lucky_Deity
Combat Butler
From ebay
Pokémon Pearl (DS), Pokémon Platinum (DS) and Pokémon Black (DS)
Pokémon Pearl (DS), Pokémon Platinum (DS) and Pokémon Black (DS)
