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Warning: if you're planning to buy the US release of Shin Ultraman, be aware that the only subtitle track is closed captioned (ie. It has written descriptions of sound effects, states the name of the character who is speaking, etc). I found it unwatchable that way. Annoyingly I read three reviews of this release before ordering it, and none of them mentioned this problem.

Fortunately there's a serviceable English dub too. Not a great one, but good enough. I don't really like dubs for live-action movies, but found it less distracting than the closed captions.

There's no Hong Kong release, AFAIK, so this is the only way to own the movie legally in English at the moment.
 
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Warning: if you're planning to buy the US release of Shin Ultraman, be aware that the only subtitle track is closed captioned (ie. It has written descriptions of sound effects, states the name of the character who is speaking, etc). I found it unwatchable that way. Annoyingly I read three reviews of this release before ordering it, and none of them mentioned this problem.

Fortunately there's a serviceable English dub too. Not a great one, but good enough. I don't really like dubs for live-action movies, but found it less distracting than the closed captions.

There's no Hong Kong release, AFAIK, so this is the only way to own the movie legally in English at the moment.
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SHIN ULTRAMAN Corrected! Subtitle Problems Fixed On US and Canadian Blu-ray and DVD Editions

Source: Cleopatra Entertainment, LLC Special Thanks to Tim Yasui Tim Yasui, VP/General Manager of Cleopatra Entertainment, has reached out to SciFi Japan t...
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Another round of buying computers and seeing if they can game with a few upgrades comes to a more modern system with this HP 285 G3 that came with a ryzen 3 2200g 4GB RAM and a 128GB NVMe drive.

Needless to say, it's going to need more RAM and more (and larger) storage before it can be a more capable gaming PC (plus I want to make use of all the PCI-e slots to add even more storage then what it's capable of with its current configuration).
 
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Another round of buying computers and seeing if they can game with a few upgrades comes to a more modern system with this HP 285 G3 that came with a ryzen 3 2200g 4GB RAM and a 128GB NVMe drive.

Needless to say, it's going to need more RAM and more (and larger) storage before it can be a more capable gaming PC (plus I want to make use of all the PCI-e slots to add even more storage then what it's capable of with its current configuration).
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That case is to small for modern GPUs you need a bigger case with plenty of fans for better air flow.
 
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Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest arrived yesterday and I would have made a post on it, but the box set is filled with tons of content that my unboxing post on my blog was delayed so I only just got it sorted today. You can view more photos & specs on my blog.

This release contains 4K Ultra HD discs for The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, The Way of the Dragon and Game of Death, plus Blu-ray discs for Enter the Dragon (which re-uses Warner Bros' 40th anniversary release from 2013), Game of Death's Alternate Versions, Final Game of Death, Game of Death II & Tower of Death, and the documentaries Bruce Lee: The Man & The Legend and Bruce Lee: The Legend.
 
Sentai Sale order arrived! that was quick. £51 + £16 Stackry delivery

enjoyed Locodol, Kids on the Slope, Princess Principal & Dungeon when they aired so a rewatch is definitely in order
all of Amagami for 5 dollarinos? yes please
have the big Hidamari Sketch boxset so the graduation OVAs was a no brainer
Komugi and Glasslip are total punts. I have a long history with not getting along with PA Works shows (except Shirobako & Eccentric Family), they usually look beautiful but bore me after a few episodes so this one is a long shot.


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zappi said:
Sentai Sale order arrived! that was quick. £51 + £16 Stackry delivery

enjoyed Locodol, Kids on the Slope, Princess Principal & Dungeon when they aired so a rewatch is definitely in order
all of Amagami for 5 dollarinos? yes please
have the big Hidamari Sketch boxset so the graduation OVAs was a no brainer
Komugi and Glasslip are total punts. I have a long history with not getting along with PA Works shows (except Shirobako & Eccentric Family), they usually look beautiful but bore me after a few episodes so this one is a long shot.


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I loved Kids on the Slope and the first season of Amagami (not seen the second season yet but I do have both on Blu-ray and KotS as well), haven't watched Komugi yet but I think it has the same director as Full Metal Panic Fumoffu or something like that, so probably a livelier experience with funnier comedy than some other PA Works shows (though I also really love A Lull in the Sea and have that gorgeous premium boxset that MVM released here) :)

EDIT: I forgot to mention that I have actually seen the original Nurse Witch Komugi OVA - wasn't really my thing but had it's moments, occasionally it did really make me laugh even if overall I didn't like it much :)
 
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I really liked Komugi R it takes all of the issues of being an upcoming idol, whose stuck doing the low level jobs like a murder victim for a cheap TV show or advertising products on a street side, etc and foists being a magic girl on top of her as well.

It's like a mix between idol, magical girl, comedy with a dose of ecchi with her competing with other more famous idols. I don't think it deserves the low MAL rating it currently has.
 
All my Prime Day packages have now arrived, got everything here excluding the CPU for €510.
The Ryzen 9 7950x I got from CEX for €117 plus €303 in vouchers.

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I've been donated a case and an AIO, the AIO is fine but the case is probably the worst designed one I've ever seen, the PSU is mounted vertically at the front. Will be grabbing a NZXT H7 Flow to put everything in next week.

I'll be adding a second hand RTX3080 when funds allow, the iGPU will do in the meantime.

Fyi I'm upgrading from an i7 920(1st gen), 6gb ddr3, 60gb sata2 ssd, 2x 500gb WD Blacks hdds and a 2gb Radeon HD6870 gpu.
 
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