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RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
Hmm, the nearest I can think of is this site I've used in the past called Parka Blogs. Here's an example page that looks at an artbook I'd recommend called Heroes & Heroines:
Book Review: Heroes & Heroines | Parka Blogs
www.parkablogs.com
Thanks @Neil.T, I have bookmarked it and will browse through when I feel ready to purchase something
Shadow Cat
Death Scythe
Has there been any mention of Azumanga getting an English Bluray?
I see its on Hidive and Japan has a bluray released back in 2016. But quick look on Rightstuf seems to show no Sentai Bluray :/
I see its on Hidive and Japan has a bluray released back in 2016. But quick look on Rightstuf seems to show no Sentai Bluray :/
Oldmario
Thousand Master
you're probably best buying the NTSC DVD of it, i looked into the Japanese blu-ray release a while ago and it seems to be a very poor upscale to the point it looked worse than the dvd version
Yami
Thousand Master
What are the most essential anime Blu-Ray releases that don't have English subtitles? I've figured out how to use external subtitles with my player, which opens up a new horizon. I've already got my eye on Angel's Egg and considering Evangelion, considering it has more content than the upcoming international release and can be had for half the price, but I'm mainly thinking of those that have little to no chance of ever getting a release here.
Dai
Death Scythe
The Cockpit is the first thing that comes to mind. It did have a UK DVD release from Kiseki, but it was low quality from a damaged master tape.
D1tchd1gger
Shrine Maiden
Don't know about older classics, but A Place Further Than the Universe and Yuru Camp (s1) still haven't had Western releases nearly 4 years since airing!
EDIT: Thought I'd double check, there is a German release for APFTTU. So there is 1 Western release out there.
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Scavenger
Adventurer
Takarajima doesn't have an English subbed release, but I can imagine that Discotek would pick it up someday. The French Blu-ray is strange: uses branching for OP/ED and it's totally not seamless. FR BD also has locked subtitles iirc. Don't know if that could cause problems with external subs. The Japanese box isn't terribly expensive on Japanese auction sites.
ActionFaust
Cardcaptor
No Western releases for any of the PreCure series sadly. At least they're getting more attention on Crunchyroll these days (if you're American that is) so there's a bigger chance now I guess. A release for Hugtto and Star Twinkle would be fantastic
D1tchd1gger
Shrine Maiden
It's a very good reader, the bookshelf is good for organising, but the list feature is a bit fiddly. The only problem I had with the reader was missing pages, but for some reason it was only on the first series I purchased and was solved easily enough with a re-download.
If you sign up you get 50% coin back on your first purchase:
So if there's a lot you want, buy as much as can straight away and then you'll have plenty of coins to use later down the line.
There's currently a coin back event on Sci-fi books, of up to 45% (not sure if they stack though):
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RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
Is it worth actually contacting UPS or should I wait for a day and see if it clears? Marmalade Boy is not by any means pornographic so I'm sure that's not the issue, probably just sorting out the money side of things with VAT and whatnot?
RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
How would I find my importer number?
If you don't already have one you probably don't need one
but some couriers were panicking after Brexit happened and it's more-or-less instant to apply for an individual 'EORI' number through the government website (you should be able to get away with giving just your delivery details though as you're presumably importing Marmalade Boy as a private person, not for commercial reasons, unless the sender filled in the documents incorrectly!)R
RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
If you don't already have one you probably don't need one
R
In the end the package turned up today even though I didn't get around to contacting them, but thanks for your helpful advice Rui, I'll keep it in mind in future
(I started rewatching Marmalade Boy already, I love it so much! XD)
Stiivun
Pokémon Master
Don't know if I'm alone or not (suspect not actually) but it seems Rightstuf has big issues with getting stock in.
An order I've placed back in July still isn't shipped out and this morning I got an email they've removed Bofuri LE from the order as they also earlier did with Cautious Hero LE.
One would suspect as a customer that when you ordered something and one or more titles in your order aren't in stock that the rest is at least set aside for you. This is clearly not the case with Rightstuf ... you've been warned
There was still one title in my order which hasn't been in stock for over two months (Date a Live III in fact) so now I had this removed from the order, so that the rest can finally be shipped out.
Also informed them that Duty and Tax Deposit should also be adjusted as it's still the same although $111 worth of items was removed from the order.
My personal experience with Rightstuf customer care took a serious dive in the last years, don't know if I'm the only one here.
An order I've placed back in July still isn't shipped out and this morning I got an email they've removed Bofuri LE from the order as they also earlier did with Cautious Hero LE.
One would suspect as a customer that when you ordered something and one or more titles in your order aren't in stock that the rest is at least set aside for you. This is clearly not the case with Rightstuf ... you've been warned
There was still one title in my order which hasn't been in stock for over two months (Date a Live III in fact) so now I had this removed from the order, so that the rest can finally be shipped out.
Also informed them that Duty and Tax Deposit should also be adjusted as it's still the same although $111 worth of items was removed from the order.
My personal experience with Rightstuf customer care took a serious dive in the last years, don't know if I'm the only one here.
Regarding Cautious Hero's LE, if you don't mind the shipping costs, the UK version (which is 100% identical as I own it) is still available if that helps.