Ho Ho Ho. The Christmas 2019 haul is here. Much like my Birthday last June, I wanted to go through a variety of things.
Mind Game has been delayed due to AL shipping but 95% of the items arrived on time this year.
First, we have two new additions to the Asian Cinema collection with Jackie Chan's
Police Story and
Project A Blu-ray collections from Eureka Entertainment. Excited to have more Chinese films especially as I haven't watched any from Jackie Chan that isn't in English (basically the Jackie Chan films I have seen are pretty much the Western/Hollywood made ones).
Next, we have Anime Limited's
Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution 1: Renton Collector's Blu-ray and Manga Entertainment's
Hellsing Ultimate Blu-ray releases. It feels weird to finally own Hellsing Ultimate, considering it's one of those big anime titles that you should have in your collection. Very grateful for Manga to bring the whole series back and on Blu-ray none-the-less. Soul Eater was considered for Christmas but the price range wasn't right at this current point. My unboxings for both titles will be available on my blog later (I'll post them on my Normanic Vault forum thread when they're live).
Next, we have more visual novels for PlayStation 4 with PQube's Day One Edition of
Raging Loop and Spike Chunsoft & Numskull Games' First Print Edition of
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World. Very curious to read both of these games, especially with Raging Loop because it's a cult classic apparently. YU-NO I am looking forward to reading as well, especially with the really nice artwork (I know it's different to the original but I like both). Unboxing for Raging Loop will be available on my blog later (I'll post it on my Normanic Vault forum thread when they're live).
Finally, we have more Isekai light novels with Ao Jyumonji's
Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash Volume 1 (distributed by Seven Seas & translated by J-Novel Club), Light Tuchihi's
The Hero is Overpowered But Overly Cautious Volume 1 (from Yen Press' Yen On imprint) and Gamei Hitsuji's
The Magic In This Other World Is Too Far Behind! (distributed by J-Novel Club). In addition, much like Uzumaki on my Birthday, I also received Junji Ito's
Tomie manga (distributed by Viz Media) in its hardcover glory.
And here's a spine view of the new additions! Tomie is larger than Uzumaki which is going to be an intriguing read.