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Oh yeah, they are pretty stupid. Seeing as the first box is designed to house all the subsequent DVD’s, CD’s and other paraphernalia, there really wasn’t much point in producing three oversized boxes that are ultimately redundant. Last night I used McIcy’s simple plan of folding most...

Nope, they're there primarily to stop the single volume supplied from rattling around the box. I really wish they were plain so I could sling them without regret. And as they now tend to supply the art box with volume two or even three they are not even used for a brief period, as you already...

I’m sure you’ll find like minded people if you’re on a tour, For one thing, it’s safe to assume that you’ll at the very least have Japan as a common interest! March hey? That’ll soon be here. And I hope and I’m sure that you’ll have an amazing trip! As for me speaking...

Flattening them; what a wonderfully simple idea. But there must be some reason I’ve not done that. I reckon a foam block would be at least as easy and cheap as a fully printed, cut, folded and glued cardboard insert. And then I’d have no qualms about getting rid of them. But I suppose...

You know those printed cardboard boxes that they put in the starter set boxes to fill the space of dvd’s 2 to whatever? Well they do my head in. I’ve got a pile of them in a cupboard doing nothing but taking up precious space as I just can’t bring myself to throw them out. And the only...

Ordered some DVD's today, Vandread: Stages 1 & 2 Collection Welcome the the NHK: 1st Conspiracy Welcome the the NHK: 2nd Conspiracy + Artbox The Third: The Girl With the Blue Eye Vol 4 Simoun 1: Choir of Pairs Quite excited about Vandread.

Agreed, but... I don't think it's quite managed to get across that feeling of '****, what have I done?!' after Ai has concluded her work. The school girl in the first episode just smiles and skips off to organise the school sports day. If it were me, I'd spend the rest of my living days feeling...

It looks as if the UK is getting the same artbox as the US, going off the image on Amazon. But anyway, despite a gorgeous artbox and other artistic positives about the series, I’m finding that after watching three episodes that I feel like I’ve seen them all. I’m hoping that some...

Thanks for the informative answers. I’ve just ordered the first volumes of these as they both sound like decent series. Sometimes I think episodic series are a good thing. So many 26 episode anime that have one running storyline are horribly stretched out and are filled with unnecessary sub...

Basically we spent 10 nights in Japan, 3 in Tokyo, 2 in the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, 3 in Kyoto and 2 back in Tokyo. During the first stay in Tokyo we stayed in west Shinjuku. On the first afternoon we visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Towers and generally wandered around the business...

Cheers! Sorry about the dodgy billboard , I've just wiki'd it and it does seem pretty 'odd' to say the least. Guess it shows one of the great cultural differences in that the Japanese are happy to produce that kind of programme for TV. The bullet trains are awesome. And they're much cheaper...

I’ve not bought much anime for a while but I’m getting withdrawals. So after randomly browsing on-line seller’s sites, these two series’ have caught my fancy. Anyone seen either of them and has any thoughts?

I really liked it even though I was left a bit confused by it. Let me know what you think when you see it. Maybe it'll all be clear to you!

I guess at the end of the day you come across good and bad people wherever you go. It's mainly pot luck I suppose. But I give the Japanese a big thumbs up.

Now there’s a question! The answer to that depends very much on whom you ask and I would think it depends on the situation of the ‘foreigner’ in question. So I can only answer from the perspective of a European tourist talking about the reception of tourists (as opposed to resident English...

Glad you're all liking the pictures. I just realised that I left Fuji out but never mind. Manga Girls and Dan, I've pm'd you both with some details but I will add a refined version on here soon.

I'd been meaning to post a few pics from my trip last November for ages but between me and my brother we ended up with about 1500 photo's so it's taken ages to look through them. Here's a just a few anway... (ps I hope this isn't causing any bother in terms of space) Starting with my...

Alongside Sanjuro, Throne of Blood is my favourite Kurosawa film. I love it’s Noh style and I particularly love the scene with the witch/ghost/demon with the spinning wheel. Surprised you say it’s his most famous film though. I’d have thought that would be Seven Samurai or possibly...

Glad to hear they have caught your attention. If you get chance, do check out Eureka, as it really is a beautiful film. I haven’t seen Toni Takitani but it sounds quite interesting so I’ll check it out. Another film I’ve bought but have yet to see is called Nobody Knows. It’s a tale...

Over Christmas I’ve watched a handful of films made in Japan. They’re all a bit too obscure to warrant a thread of their own but I thought I’d list them and see if anyone else has seen any of them and what they thought. Shikoku – A ghostly type horror film about a young women...