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[NormanicGrav]

October Haul #1

Just one item this week, as all of my orders are pretty much due for the latter half of the month at this point. Starting off the October haul is a box set that went on sale over on Eureka's official website and from the looks of it is pretty much selling out going by the stock on other sites.

Released last year, I now own Joseph Kuo's Cinematic Vengeance limited edition Blu-ray box set, which includes 8 martial art films. I don't actually know much about the Taiwanese director and their films, but I recall there were some fanfare given for 7 Grandmasters.

 

[Joe]

 

[Anime1977]

Steam refused to allow this game to sold on there store even with a pegi 18 rating.ive got a feeling that there's someone who gets game games for sale on Steam is one of those eww gross anime **** type of people.it wouldn't surprise me one bit.

 

[sniper_samurai]

Steam refused to allow this game to sold on there store even with a pegi 18 rating.ive got a feeling that there's someone who gets game games for sale on Steam is one of those eww gross anime **** type of people.it wouldn't surprise me one bit.

That decision was reversed on Thursday and it was released on Steam as originally planned on Friday.

 

[SAHO]

PACKAGE ARRIVAL
「week end ver.」retake​

What's included? [AmiAmi Exclusive Bonus] Arknights OPERATORS! (Manga) + "W" Illustration bromide [Bonus] Arknights Lappland Promotion 2 Premium Ver. 1/7 Complete Figure + Keychain Captain Phillips - Steelbook Edition (Blu-ray) Soul Hackers 2: Launch Edition (PS5) *still awaiting collector's edition Steins;Gate Elite (Switch) The Art of FIRE EMBLEM: Awakening

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PACKAGE ARRIVAL
「week start ver.」​

What's included? Chaos Double Pack Steelbook Launch Edition (Switch) CD Projekt RED Cyberpunk 2077 - SAMURAI Medallion Necklace GENSHIN CONCERT 2021 "Melodies of an Endless Journey" Collector's Gift Box｜Genshin Impact Ghost of Tsushima Promo - Kinchaku + Omamori Key Holder Senran Kagura Burst Slipcover (3DS) Slipcover Senran Kagura 2 Deep Crimson (3DS) Slipcover

 

[NoSurprises]

Still here! Hope everyone is doing well! This seemed interesting so figured I'd share.

 

[Girls with Guns]

Surprised your Cobra copy didn't have a slipcase. I thought the newer print runs came with one, same with Jin-Roh.

Well, that just gives me more incentive to put it on my Sentai shelf next to the series Blu-ray, to keep them filed together. At least they'll match, then.

 

[Gemsy-chan]

 

[Girls with Guns]

@Gemsy-chan - Be sure to heed that warning label - no choking on his small part, now...

 

[Girls with Guns]

I received another couple of partial shipments today from Rightstuf:

A Silent Voice Steelbook
Higurashi When they Cry Sotsu
Burn the Witch
The Deer King

 

[D1tchd1gger]

DVDs for my sister:

 

[NormanicGrav]

October Haul #2

Next, we have another collection of films from Japan thanks to Terracotta shipping stock out early.

From Third Window Films we have Nobuhiko Obayashi's 80s Kadokawa Years limited edition Blu-ray box set, which includes 4 of his films released between 1981-1986. School in the Crosshairs (ねらわれた学園) (this one is based on a novel that was also adapted into an anime as Psychic School Wars), The Girl Who Leapt Through Time (時をかける少女) (this one is based on a novel that was also adapted into an anime by Mamoru Hosoda), The Island Closest to Heaven (天国にいちばん近い島), and His Motorbike, Her Island (彼のオートバイ、彼女の島). You can view more photos and specs on my blog.

NEO: The World Ends With You, went for a pretty solid price-point so I picked it up. This is the sequel to the Nintendo DS cult-hit that Square Enix & Tetsuya Nomura made many years ago, but I heard this one can be played without too much prior knowledge of the original game.

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More Discotek Media anime arrived, and these are the out-of-print rarities Goshogun and Goshogun: The Time Etranger on Blu-ray. I did not get these from Rightstuf or United Publications but via other methods to secure any last remaining stock. Fortunately, the price was the same as if I was ordering them directly from Rightstuf, and the condition was brand new with no sign of damage which is nuts.

 

[D1tchd1gger]

Another DVD and some drawing equipment for my tablet:


I had a specific How to Draw Manga book that I spotted, but it's sold out everywhere in the UK ATM, but the publishers have it as being reprinted, so I'll have to get that later.

 

[Joshawott]

October Haul #2
I did not get these from Rightstuf or United Publications but via other methods to secure any last remaining stock. Fortunately, the price was the same as if I was ordering them directly from Rightstuf, and the condition was brand new with no sign of damage which is nuts.

Grav just pulling off a mfing Ant-Man style heist over here.

 

[ayase]

I had a specific How to Draw Manga book that I spotted, but it's sold out everywhere in the UK ATM, but the publishers have it as being reprinted, so I'll have to get that later.

Not to sound like too much of a snob here, but are there actually any good 'how to draw manga' books? Every single one I've ever seen looks like it teaches you how to draw in a particular, fairly amateurish (and very '90s) looking OEL manga style and are usually produced by artists I've never even heard of, which is never a particularly good sign. Surely at least one actual professional Japanese mangaka must have produced something like this at some point?

 

[RadFemHedonist]

Not to sound like too much of a snob here, but are there actually any good 'how to draw manga' books? Every single one I've ever seen looks like it teaches you how to draw in a particular, fairly amateurish (and very '90s) looking OEL manga style and are usually produced by artists I've never even heard of, which is never a particularly good sign. Surely at least one actual professional Japanese mangaka must have produced something like this at some point?

I have one by Camilla D'Errico that might appeal, and there's the infamous Even a Monkey Can Draw Manga which is for sure produced by industry greats but IDK how much useful advice it actually contains XP

 

[D1tchd1gger]

Not to sound like too much of a snob here, but are there actually any good 'how to draw manga' books? Every single one I've ever seen looks like it teaches you how to draw in a particular, fairly amateurish (and very '90s) looking OEL manga style and are usually produced by artists I've never even heard of, which is never a particularly good sign. Surely at least one actual professional Japanese mangaka must have produced something like this at some point?

Well the author is Japanese (I believe it's a translation from a book he released in Japan), although no credits on MAL and it gotten good reviews:

Drawing the Female Figure

Drawing the Female Figure: a guide for manga, anime, hentai and comic book artists

www.koreropress.com

NSFW

 

[SkwigglesWorth]

Well the author is Japanese (I believe it's a translation from a book he released in Japan), although no credits on MAL and it gotten good reviews:

Drawing the Female Figure

Drawing the Female Figure: a guide for manga, anime, hentai and comic book artists

www.koreropress.com

NSFW

Oh its the translation of I think this book, I might be tempted to grab the translated version when it gets re-printed/is avalible

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[D1tchd1gger]

Oh its the translation of I think this book, I might be tempted to grab the translated version when it gets re-printed/is avalible

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Yeah, looks like it. The drawing of the skeleton looks like a page I saw a preview of (on Amazon I think)

 

[Dai]

Yeah, looks like it. The drawing of the skeleton looks like a page I saw a preview of (on Amazon I think)

That looks like a good book (and not just because of the bubz). The artist clearly has a solid understanding of anatomy, which is the main thing missing from most How To Manga books. Manga figure drawing is such a stylised artform that it's easy to pick up bad habits if you jump straight to drawing it rather than learning to draw actual human anatomy first. Get that down first and you can just reverse-engineer your own manga style from your favourite artists instead of needing a specific manga guide, because you'll understand the underlying principles that inform the way that manga exaggerates the body. A good starting place is Anatomy for the Artist by Sarah Simblet.