March 2022 Week 3 Part 1 haul (as there will be one or few more by the end of this week)!
This batch includes another round of Blu-rays and books.
I also want to provide a quick status update regarding my health for those who care enough - I tested positive for COVID last week on Tuesday (symptoms began on Sunday 6th), but yesterday and today I have tested negative so I am pretty much going back to normality. Symptoms in general were surprisingly mild with only a blocked nose being the big one but other than that I was able to taste my food/drinks without issue. Been working from home since that day and will be back in the office on Monday.
On Monday I received Kwon Oh-seung's
Midnight (미드나이트), a Korean film from Eureka Entertainment's Montage Pictures label. It's quite rare for a Korean film to be released nowadays (at least in the UK) due to Netflix and licensing costs, but it's nice to see something like this particular film getting some attention. I went for the first print edition so it has a slipcase and booklet.
On Tuesday & Wednesday, more manga arrived for Seven Seas' Ghost Ship label with Goro Aizome's
Do You Like Big Girls? (Ōkī Onnanoko wa Daisuki Desuke ka?) Volumes 1 & 2. The concept behind this one is what interested me in owning it as well as the fanservice of course. Seven Seas have released Volume 3 recently but I wanted to grab the first two while the prices were solid.
Also arrived alongside the manga is another batch of light novel volumes from Seven Seas (& J-Novel Club) with
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom (Genjitsu Shugi Yūsha no Ōkoku Saikenki) Novels 7, 8, 9 & 10. Now you may have noticed that I have skipped Novel 6, and that's because it is out of stock for the meantime so I'll be grabbing that later when it's available. This big batch was so that I have most of what's left in case any of them sell out.
Now we shift gears to the anime which all arrived on Wednesday in one big order from United Publications. Starting off this batch is
Dr. STONE: Stone Wars, the second season of the Shonen Jump anime series distributed by Crunchyroll & Funimation. This is the North American version because the UK branch didn't bother to bring the set over, but it doesn't matter as the US discs are Regions A & B either way.
You can view more photos & specs
on my blog.
Next we have
Isekai Quartet Season 2 from Funimation UK. Much like the first season, this release does not include a slipcase but because there were no differing artwork between the slipcase and amaray in the US release, the UK release uses the main artwork like normal. Interestingly while Season 1 is Region B only, Season 2 is Regions A & B.
Then we have
Dragon Ball Z Seasons 4, 5 & 6 from Manga Entertainment, before they rebranded as Funimation UK. These are the standard edition, or first print editions as I prefer to name them, which include a slipcase, fold-out poster and art cards. The plan is to get Seasons 7, 8 & 9 in April as each batch costs about £69. Because some users were in denial about the disc regions, yes these are Region A & B.
And as a bonus mention, I got a new bookshelf for the room which is to cover the light novel and manga section. The old bookshelf has been moved to the other corner of my room for the video games. I also acquired a height extension which does the job pretty well and is there for the larger-sized books like Bitmap Books, BLAME, Highschool of the Dead and anything similar. Due to stock issues, I don't have the height extensions so it looks weird but it saves me the faff of moving them around later.
