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I bought some anime cels from an IRL shop in London! Discovered the shop a few weeks ago while strolling through Notting Hill / Kensington area. Lol I'm not rich - I just like coming to London for a big long day of walking for exercise, and I happened to pass through there. Anyway, I saw a shop...

I have! It's superb, one of my favourite shows of all time. I love how much it rewards repeat viewings with all of the background details, and even the hiding-in-plain-sight details. Can't wait for season 2 to drop.

Oh wow no way!! I must have got very lucky. I suppose nowadays they're more used to nerds coming over and buying boatloads of merch. Lol they probably see suitcases packed full of nonsense all the time.

No problems at customs. The total value is a very low four-figure number. If you exclude the ten new albums and the Yoasobi box sets, then many of the CDs only cost like £2 or £3, so it's all legit. I kept all the receipts just in case there were any questions though. Yoasobi are so good!! I...

Nice! What ones did you buy brand new on your last trip? For me, new CDs in that batch include the Malice Mizer (lol, not a new band, but it's a new CD), Zutomayo, Sexy Synthesizer, a couple of Official Hige Dandism, Nemophila, and the TM Network album Major Turn-Round. There's others that are...

Went to Japan last month. Bought back, er.... one or two CDs, lol. Here's my haul. 250 CDs, plus some music blu rays and DVDs. Almost all of them second hand, and the vast majority of those were no more than £2 or £3 each. A big motivation for the holiday was specifically for this - to search...

This is very relevant to my interests - but it's extremely disappointing to see that the graphics for this were generated by AI. It's a no from me. I can't give my money or time to an organisation that has so little disrespect for human artists. It's even more staggering that this night is in...

Today I found out that they've made a live theatre adaptation of Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo, which some folks might remember (and guess from my profile pic) is my favourite anime of all time. I cannot imagine how this could possibly work as a live show, but I'm very excited to find out...

I saw Macross Plus Movie Edition at the cinema last night. I suppose it's been about 25 years since I saw the OVAs on VHS when I was a young teenager. Going in, I hardly remembered anything about it - despite having two CD soundtracks that I've played to death over the years! (Same with Macross...

Thank you for the heads-up! Purchased :)

By the way, I dropped AL an email, and they confirmed that it's subtitled. I'm looking forward to seeing it!

I saw Dan Da Dan at the weekend. I went in knowing precisely nothing about it. No trailers, no spoilers, nothing. I often try to do that when I see a new movie, so I can be surprised and judge it purely on my own terms and its own terms before I see what anyone else has said. So imagine how...

They did the right thing with that shortbread, that stuff's legit. I could eat it for days!

Today I saw My Neighbor Totoro at the cinema. I watched it to death back in the 90s and early 2000s when I had a VHS copy of the pre-Disney sub that I recorded off of Sky TV. Haven't watched it since then. I was excited to see a subtitled showing at my local indie cinema. Exactly as wonderful as...

Delighted to say I'm going to Japan soon :) Bit of a last minute decision. I was surprised at how cheap the flights and hotel were. I mean, it's all relative, but I expected it to be twice the price - which is why a holiday there was always something for the future. 12 days in total excluding...

Out of interest, did you watch the dub or the subtitled? I've seen one episode of the dub and I cannot stand it, it makes me want to scream at my TV. But the 2003 (ish) fansub is one of my favourite things ever made. Good to see Ah My Goddess on there. Used to love that, and I especially loved...

Welcome to the site! The 90s is definitely my favourite too. So much anime nowadays seems flat and bland. Not all of it - there's some gorgeous and outstanding anime in the modern era, and of course there was plenty of low-budget garbage back in the 90s too - but all things being equal, the 90s...

This is a brilliant list! I just recently finished a marathon of the first three seasons of Slayers. Love that show. And Excel Saga is one one of my favourite pieces of media of all time. With the exception of a few duff episodes, I honestly think that show was made especially for me. It's so...

Welcome! 90s anime is my favourite era too. What are your favourite shows?

I'm trying to research more into Japan's recently launched digital nomad visa, and my god it's maddening to find concrete details. One thing I'm still confused by is the required insurance. You need to prove your insurance to apply for the visa - but also, when you buy insurance, you have to say...