My AliExpress order arrived, the bloomers are really cute and comfortable and fit me well, the dress is great and I can wear it - it looks really good cinched at the waist with a blue belt I luckily already had, but it would benefit from some tailoring for a better fit as the elastication for under the bust sits too high on mine, I still love it though and I will either adjust it myself or pay to have it done by a tailor in my city I also now have a complete set of the manga Daytime Shooting Star by Mika Yamamori Volumes 1-12 (there is a bonus side story volume 13 but it hasn't been published in English)
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Made my last post too early it seems. Had another 2 parcels arrive not long afterwards.
It's Such a Beautiful Day & World of Tomorrow Blu-rays - Purchased direct from Don Hertzfeldt's website Bitter Films
& Porter Robinson - SMILE! CD - Purchased from Amazon
My Holbein acrylics arrived a few days ago, there was a mix-up where the first set they sent out got delivered to the wrong address due to an error on the part of the delivery driver (DPD was the courier), but they sent out a replacement free of charge, I am very glad to have them I'm just sad I've been too busy packing for visiting my mum to actually have used them yet! Various Temu items from my last order with them arrived, the shoe rack I think I posted about in the What did you BUY today? thread has also arrived but as I haven't assembled it yet (my PA's been away on holiday and was again busy with trip prep) IDK if it's good. The tops I got are lovely and they fit well and comfortably, the shoes are amazing, as nice as the picture, really great fit and very very comfy (being diabetic it's too much of a risk to wear shoes that will hurt my feet as I'm wearing them in), I also really like the Kuromi hairbrush, though time will tell if it's a worthy replacement for my red and black Denman one. I will likely end up talking about the quality of the acrylic paint when I try it in one thread or another on this forum but yeah can't currently comment, Holbein are a very well-regarded brand though so I'm confident it will be rather spiffing
More packages arrived and because there's a lot I'll be splitting the post into two parts (ideally one would do but XenForo has a 10 upload limit and doesn't support Imgur).
It's another Discotek Media haul and here I shifted towards mostly newer releases to change things up. For some context, I've mainly been going after the older releases because a lot of the discontinued titles came from that timeframe, though annoyingly every time I pick a title from their catalogue, thinking it would be discontinued next, a completely different title goes out of print. How annoying is that?
Anywho enjoy!
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting - Collections 1, 2 & 3[compatible with Panasonic Method]
Adapted by studio Madhouse in 2000-2002 and directed by Satoshi Nishimura. Pretty cool to see Discotek release this classic sports series, granted it's just the first series but a good start at least. This also includes Hajime no Ippo: Champion Road and Hajime no Ippo: Mashiba vs. Kimura from 2003 by the same team. I recall the series has sold out from time to time so I am hoping it performed well enough for Discotek to get their hands on the second series from 2009. Discotek Media released the three Blu-ray collections in January 2021, March 2021 & October 2021 respectively.
Ghost Stories[Region A Locked]
Adapted by studio Pierrot in 2000 and directed by Noriyuki Abe. This is a supernatural horror series where young kids deal with paranormal ghosts and the stories were based on children's novels apparently which is interesting. However, many of you will be more familiar with the English dubbed version that changes it up to a black comedy with a lot of outdated and pretty offensive stuff. I've only seen clips so I know what to expect but I don't think this dub will make it over here due to the jokes. Discotek have released this on DVD in 2014 and if you haven't been following the Discotek thread, the license window is probably close to expiring if we're only getting a Blu-ray now. Discotek Media released the complete series on Blu-ray in February 2023.
Hand Maid May[Region A Locked]
Animated by studio TNK in 2000 and directed by Shinichiro Kimura. It's not often you have an otaku themed anime these days but there have been a fair amount back in the day and the first time I heard about this particular series was from a Discotek Day event, and surprisingly it's pretty cheap for a 1-cour series. This was previously released on DVD in North America by Geneon Entertainment but Discotek rescued the series for Blu-ray which I have heard the transfer isn't particularly great. Discotek Media released the complete series on Blu-ray in February 2024.
IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix[Region A Locked]
Animated by studio Production I.G in 2005, co-produced by Cartoon Network & Toonami, and directed by Mitsuru Hongo. This series I've known about for years and it's pretty neat to see Discotek use the AstroRes tech to produce a Blu-ray release. Bandai Entertainment & Beez Entertainment released it first on DVD, before Discotek rescued the license in 2014 for a DVD release.
Now part of the reason why I bought this series much sooner than usual is because of the fact that similar to Ghost Stories, the licensing window is probably close to expiration and the other reason is the whole worry about Warner Bros getting in the way with how they're handling their catalog. May as well grab the series now whilst its still readily available. This release, like the DVD version, includes both the Toonami version for English dubbed fans and the Production I.G. version for subtitled only fans. Discotek Media released the complete series on Blu-ray in May 2024.
Mononoke[Region A Locked]
Animated by studio Toei Animation in 2007 and directed by Kenji Nakamura. This horror series is a spin-off to Toei's 2006 series Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Stories and has gathered a cult following of sorts since we now have a new anime film trilogy in the works (with Netflix picking up streaming exclusivity). I've heard over the years that Mononoke is really good but its treatment for home video wasn't ideal given it was handed over to Cinedigm for a basic DVD release (granted Cinedigm would eventually make RetroCrush). Discotek picked it up and discovered an English dub existed which was cool. Discotek Media released the complete series on Blu-ray in March 2023.
Overman King Gainer[Region A Locked]
Animated by studio Sunrise in 2002 and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino. More science fiction mecha goodness and interestingly this is one of the many Sunrise titles that were licensed by Sentai Filmworks back in 2013 after Bandai closed down, though it was never released until Discotek picked it up (Kurokami The Animation and s-CRY-ed are two shows also part of the deal). You probably recognise that the character designs were done by Kenichi Yoshida of Eureka Seven fame which to me adds a fun vibe to the show. Discotek Media released the complete series on Blu-ray in December 2023.
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie[4K Ultra HD All-Region]
Adapted by studio Group TAC in 1994 and directed by Gisaburō Sugii. It's Capcom's classic anime film of Street Fighter II now in 4K resolution. Discotek included all versions previously released in their Blu-ray release onto the 4K disc as well as the extras so nothing is lost when carried over. Granted there were some people complaining about the overall presentation of the disc but not too bothered. Discotek Media released the film on 4K Ultra HD in November 2023.
Z/X Ignition[compatible with Panasonic Method]
Animated by studio Telecom Animation Film in 2014 and directed by Yuji Yamaguchi. A rather out of left field pickup but we have a card battle show that was released a decade ago that has always caught my interest with its visual poster and the fact that it eventually received a spin-off series Z/X: Code Reunion that Sentai Filmworks picked up years later. TMS provided Discotek the license in 2015 and then years later decided to upgrade the show onto Blu-ray. I don't expect this to be a popular choice for fans to buy so I figured I'll get it now whilst I've thought of it. Discotek Media released the complete series on Blu-ray in November 2021.
The Discotek Media collection has now reached three full Billy Bookcase rows of titles, about 166 in total after collecting their titles since April 2022. It's still a long ways to go but with the bimonthly release model they're taking I'm hoping I can catch up a lot faster now.
Row 1:
07 Ghost
Actually, I am...
Aho-Girl
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku
Angel Cop
Arcadia of My Youth
Arion
As Miss Beelzebub Likes It
Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales
Babel II (OVA)
Barefoot Gen 1 & 2
Battery the Animation
Battle Athletes
Beezlebub
Black Jack the Movie
Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan
Blue Seed
BoBoBo-Bo Bo-BoBo
Brave 10
Crusher Joe the Movie
Crusher Joe
Crying Freeman
Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier
Darkstalkers: The Complete OVA Collection
Dear Brother
Demon City Shinjuku
Devilman (1987-1990 OVAs)
Devilman Lady
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure
EAT-MAN & EAT-MAN '98
Elemental Gelade
Fatal Fury: The Motion Picture
Fatal Fury: The OVA Collection
Fist of the North Star
Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight!
Galaxy Express 999 Collection 1
Galaxy Express 999 Collection 2
Galaxy Express 999 Collection 3
Galaxy Express 999 the Movie
Adieu Galaxy Express 999 the Movie
Galaxy Express 999: Eternal Fantasy
Genocyber
Getter Robo Armageddon
Ghost Stories
Girly Air Force
Goku: Midnight Eye
Golgo 13: The Professional
GoShogun
GoShogun: The Time Etranger
The Great Passage
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! Collection 1
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! Collection 2
Hajime no Ippo: The Fighting! Collection 3
Hanasakeru Seishonen
Hand Maid May
Haruka Nogizaka's Secret
Row 2:
Haruka Nogizaka's Secret Purezza
Hells
Hi-SCool! Seha Girls
Holmes of Kyoto
Honey and Clover
Honey and Clover II
IGPX: Immortal Grand Prix
Inukami!
Isuca
Kamen no Maid Guy
Kimagure Orange Road Collection 1
Kimagure Orange Road Collection 2
The King of Braves: GaoGaiGar
The King of Braves: GaoGaiGar Final
Kiss x Sis: The OVA Series
Kyo Kara Maoh! Season 1
Kyo Kara Maoh! Season 2
Kyo Kara Maoh! R
Kyo Kara Maoh! Season 3
Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles Collection 1
Lady Oscar: The Rose of Versailles Collection 2
The Law of Ueki
The Legend of Black Heaven
Library War
Lupin the Third: The Mystery of Mamo
Lupin the Third: The Legend of the Gold of Babylon
Lupin the Third TV Special #1: Bye Bye Lady Liberty
Lupin the Third TV Special #5: Voyage to Danger
Lupin the Third TV Special #6: Dragon of Doom
Lupin the Third TV Special #7: The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure
Lupin the Third TV Special #8: The Secret of Twilight Gemini
Lupin the Third TV Special #9: Island of Assassins
Lupin the Third TV Special #10: Tokyo Crisis
Lupin the Third TV Special #11: The Columbus Files
Lupin the Third TV Special #12: Missed By a Dollar
Lupin the Third TV OVA #1: Return of Pycal
Lupin the Third TV Special #19: The Elusiveness of the Fog
Lupin the Third TV Special #21: The Last Job
Lupin the Third TV Special #22: Blood Seal of the Eternal Mermaid
Lupin the Third TV Special #26: Goodbye Partner
Machine Robo: Battle Hackers
Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos
Magical Girl Ore
Marmalade Boy
Mazinger Z: The Impact!
Memories
Miss Machiko
Mononoke
Ms. Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles
Ms. Vampire Who Lives In My Neighborhood
Nagasarete Airanto
New Cutey Honey
New Getter Robo
NG Knight Lamune & 40
Ninja Robots Tobikage
Nutcracker Fantasy
Row 3:
Overman King Gainer
Planet With
The Princess and the Pilot
Re:Cutie Honey
Reborn! Collection 1
Reborn! Collection 2
s-CRY-ed
Saint Seiya Movie Collection
School Days
She and Her Cat -Everything Flows-
Shin Getter Robo vs Neo Getter Robo
Shin Tetsujin 28
Sister Princess
Sister Princess Re Pure
Skull-face Bookseller Honda-san
Sorcerer Hunters
Space Adventure Cobra
Space Warrior Baldios
Space Warrior Baldios the Movie
Star Ocean EX
Stellvia
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie
Submarine Super 99
Super Dimension Century Orguss
Tales of Phantasia the Animation
Tales of Symphonia the Animation
Tekkaman Blade II
Tenjho Tenge
Tetsujin 28
Tetsujin 28: Morning Moon of Midday
To Be Hero & To Be Heroine
Tokyo Underground
Tomorrow's Joe the Movie
Tomorrow's Joe 2 the Movie
True Tears
The Twelve Kingdoms
Urusei Yatsura: Only You
Urusei Yatsura: Beautiful Dreamer
Urusei Yatsura: Remember My Love
Urusei Yatsura: Lum the Forever
Violence Jack
VS Knight Lamune & 40 Fire
Wicked City
Yowamushi Pedal
Yowamushi Pedal Grande Road
Yowamushi Pedal Re:RIDE & Re:ROAD
Yowamushi Pedal the Movie
Yowamushi Pedal: New Generation
Zatch Bell: 101st Devil & Attack of Mechavulcan
Z/X Ignition
Lupin the Third: The Castle of Cagliostro [4K Ultra HD]
Robot Carnival [4K Ultra HD]
Space Adventure Cobra the Movie [4K Ultra HD]
Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie [4K Ultra HD]
Another [Nihon Nights]
Suicide Club [Nihon Nights]
Uzumaki [Nihon Nights]
Since I ordered the Discotek Media titles during a Crunchyroll sale (even though they weren't part of it), Crunchyroll Store decided to add in a free Crunchyroll Hime Nendoroid figure to the mix which worried me because how was I going to get this through customs? Thankfully the package survived and here we are. This is my second Nendo after receiving a Robotics;Notes one for free when I won the game from Numskull Games a few years back.
Next we have our Anime Limited Summer Sale haul which was an opportunity for me to pick up a couple collector's editions that I passed on during their early bird phase throughout last year. All of them thankfully were in the sale. While they're on the same price range as the Xmas sale, I didn't want to spend too much during that time of year so I got them now.
Arriving the next day, we have a few new titles from distributor 88 Films. These are Hong Kong films that were released late last month or planned to be released end of this month.
Starting off with two films that came out late July and these received some interesting design choices for their home video release - Mabel Cheung's 1987 film An Autumn's Tale (秋天的童話) on Blu-ray and Yonfan's 1986 film Immortal Story (海上花) on Blu-ray. No clue what was going on behind the scenes but we have a clear slipcover and one title is just barebones on physical content, how strange.
Then we have the films which were released late this month. The first is Corey Yuen's 1994 film The Bodyguard from Beijing (中南海保鑣) on 4K Ultra HD, this is the second Jet Li film to receive the treatment and another one where the English dub is not included presumably due to licensing issues. We also have Kevin Chu's 1990 film Island of Fire (火燒島) which is presented with a rigid case. The film stars Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and also Andy Lau from Infernal Affairs.
Then arriving yesterday is Jeong Chang-Hwa's 1974 film The Skyhawk (黃飛鴻少林拳). I had been meaning to pick this one up for a while to secure the first print edition slipcase & booklet to match the others in the collection. It went on sale recently so that was my opportunity to finally get my hands on the film.
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