What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

Been quite excited waiting for this one to turn up...
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Few pick ups this month, i'm a fan of the console specials from Retro Gamer, not as nostalgic about PSX as I am about the NES and SNES (the two other specials - double sided with Sega machines) but it's a great read

Got LEGO Dimensions for £65, in comparison to the RRP thats good, but it's still ridiculously expensive, but my nephew will help me build the stuff when he comes round over the weekend.

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Been looking forward to this lot! 009 is a double dip in the hope that PQ would be better since the Madman authored discs that Anime Limited used are pretty terrible to be honest. Funi's release has the right brightness level and looks much better in the few scenes I looked at. The booklet is also much nicer in my opinion too. Everything is much more spaced out and better presented, and it doesn't feel cheap either.

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IncendiaryLemon said:
That's a very bold statement :p
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Indeed, but it's the truth! Such a phenomenal series, the characters are second to none, the music is phenomenal and coupled with the most diverse set of story-lines from ghost stories to terrorist attacks to an episode all about the main character having a toothache as well as what can only be described as a groundhog day episode and an Ultraman parody, it's the most versatile show on the planet, hitting each note with flying colors. You get the best of both worlds too with the TV series and OVA's being peppy and the Movies (the second one in particular) taking a more subdued, bleak and philosophical take on the series. There's truly something for everybody. The first two films are directed by Oshii, whom you were inundated with recently since he's the director of GITS and like GITS the movies have phenomenal animation for the animation fanatics to drool over. The best female cast in an anime series, the most realistic relationship in an anime series, Patlabor really is in a class of its own.
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Patlabor isn't just the best mecha series, it’s the best anime series, and by a country mile and then some. The catalogue of music for Patlabor is as deep as it is wide, with an assortment of classic, hard to get out of your head music littered throughout both the classic TV/OVA series and films such. From Sea-Side Highway and If You Want It to plain awesome tracks like Paradise no Kakuritsu. The TV/OVA soundtrack is both energetic and lively, while the Movie soundtrack has a sense of melancholy surrounding it such as The Second Movies Opening, with more upbeat music like Into the morning sunshine in juxtaposition to bookend the films more energetic scenes.
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Patlabor is without a doubt the most diverse series available, showcasing its ability to tackle any type of story, perfectly juggling drama and comedy with tones of action in the mix, it truly has something for everybody. An episode where porn is banned, a clear satire of Japan’s student protests in the 1960's to an episode that deals with something as simple as a toothache. A bomber is on the loose; hiding in a public bath house, with the only bit of description they have is the mole that he has under his armpit. Some episodes surreal, others romantic, with many of them being funny, Patlabor does all of this and more in strides. The greatest achievement of anime is the ability to tell many different types of stories, with no boundaries in sight, and in this regard Patlabor is the greatest of them all. Patlabor is proof of the near limitlessness amounts of stories that anime is capable of telling, even all of these years later. The greatest mecha anime of all time? More like the greatest anime, period.
Basically, Patlabor da best.
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qaiz said:
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Every time I see that gif, I just think.. wow that's incredible animation.

Whenever I have enough cash I'll be willing to go after the Patlabor series especially now that Maiden Japan have released the films on Blu-ray.
 
Those gifs in particular are from the second Patlabor film. A fantastic film and one of my all time favorites. The TV series looks great too mind you, fantastic even especially on Blu-ray and in motion but unfortunately that level of fidelity in a 47 episode series from 1989 would be insane hah.

Since this is a pick up thread, I might as well actually contribute too :p
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I might have to give it a look in at some point. My only point of contention is I really tend to really dislike most character designs before the late 90s. I find a lot of them to quite really ugly.
 
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