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  1. Spark_Heal

    Your anime viewing journal

    Finally got around to Burst Angel Episodes 1 and 2 - The main character has a few scenes where she invokes Brandon Heat from Gungrave, which isn’t a bad thing for a gunslinger in a rotting city where violence rules. It’s just surprising. This just fine for the moment. It’s got good facial...
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    The Anime/Manga I Bought Today Was...

    Preordered the Gungrave collection from Anime-On-Line, alongside The World Is Beautiful and Trinity Blood. MCM defeated me here. I’d been waiting for a standard edition for Trinity but it’s been a few years so it must not be in the pipeline
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    What Games Are You Playing?

    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...
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    What manga are you reading now?

    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...
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    What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

    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.
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    UK Anime Distributor MVM Entertainment Discussion Thread

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

    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...
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    The Gundam Thread

    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...
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    What did you BUY today?

    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...
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    The rise and fall of anime trailers

    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...
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    Anime Music

    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)
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    What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

    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...
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    What manga are you reading now?

    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...
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    UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

    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.
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    UK Anime Distributor Anime Limited Discussion Thread

    That’s disappointing. Hopefully Diebuster doesn’t get delayed into next year.
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    What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

    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.
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    What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

    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...
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    The Anime/Manga I Bought Today Was...

    My Hero Academia: You're Next is up for pre-order on Anime-On-Line so I ordered that alongside the standard edition of Burst Angel. I will put in an order for Diebuster form Anime Limited tonight as well.
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    General Comics and Graphic Novels Discussion

    I’m so glad we have this thread. Mazeworld by Alan Grant and Arthur Ranson - Sometimes you read something with lower expectations and come out thoroughly satisfied. Adam Cadman is a criminal so vile the British Government has revived the death penalty exclusively for him. But has he is hung...
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    What manga are you reading now?

    Claymore by Norihiro Yagi - Chapters ?? to Chapter 91 A world where hamlets and towns are threatened by humanoid man-eating shape-shifters called Yoma is under the protection of The Organisation. For a price this group will send out one of their specially built human-Yoma hybrids to solve their...
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