What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!
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Invisible Crane
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2024 HAUL - NOVEMBER CHAPTER: BATCH #2
So I finally had a day off today after working the last seven days. Long story short I was supposed to have Sunday off but something happened and they needed my help to make sure everything went smoothly. Will be working the coming weekend but after that it should be back to normal until the end of the year.
Anyway we have a number of packages arrive. They arrived on Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday and today.
It's been a while since I bought any PlayStation 4 games, in fact I haven't picked up as much as I had done in previous years. In recent weeks I decided to be in the mood of wanting to pick up some more Japanese games for the platform and from none other than Koei Tecmo themselves. These two in particular were released first on PlayStation 3 and then received a re-release with extra content for PlayStation 4 so it came out early in the lifecycle. I bought both on eBay for decent prices and they arrived on two different days.
Starting off with Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition, this is another musou game and with the extra content for the action combat style massacre adventure. I don't go for the Empires versions as they're not to my liking but I am a fan of the Musou genre. There's a few more that Koei Tecmo have released that I want to look into as well (Samurai Warriors 4 & Warriors Orochi 3) but surprisingly I don't see these anywhere at my local CeX.
The other is Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess, which is the extended version of the PS3 game Deception IV: Blood Ties. The Deception franchise has been around since the original PlayStation (and you can even download the first game on PlayStation 3 thanks to the PS3 Classics line-up) and it's basically you creating various traps to stop intruders and I've been interested in this particular niche game for a while. I remember finding a copy in GAME that was so battered they were trying to sell it off for like a pound.
So because I have been working so hard I was rewarded Amazon vouchers which happened back in September, and I used this opportunity to also order the two latest releases from Radiance Films that came from their October line-up. I was planning to pre-order both of these but the timing wasn't right.
First we have the limited edition Blu-ray box set release for Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories, which includes three classic Japanese horror films from Daiei that were restored in 4K. The films included are Kenji Misumi's 1959 film The Ghost of Yotsuya (四谷怪談), Tokuzō Tanaka's 1969 film The Snow Woman (怪談雪女郎), and Satsuo Yamamoto's 1969 film The Bride from Hades (牡丹燈籠). The box set has a well-detailed book which includes two short stories that add more context to what the films yokai came from. It's a well-presented release and it fits in line with the winter snow we've been getting as of late heh.
The second is the limited edition Blu-ray release for Toshio Matsumoto's 1988 film Dogra Magra (ドグラ・マグラ) and it's been noted as the director's final feature-length film. The trailer that Radiance Films presented was really good and it's on my list to watch sooner in the backlog than the rest. Toshio Matsumoto also directed Funeral Parade of Roses which I did pick up years ago from BFI when they released it on Blu-ray.
The next day, we have more Asian Cinema courtesy of ordering from Terracotta Distribution who are one of the best retailers in the UK for picking up Asian films on Blu-ray and 4K. Here we have a few pre-orders that I ordered together and they were being released around the same timeframe so it paid off.
First we have an interesting release from Eureka Entertainment because it's a collection of films from Celestial Pictures and Shaw Brothers which I believe is their first release from this production company. This is the Super Spies and Secret Lies: Three Undercover Classics from Shaw Brothers, which includes three films; Lo Wei's 1966 film The Golden Buddha (金菩薩), Lo Wei's 1967 film Angel with the Iron Fists (鐵觀音), and Chang Cheh's 1969 film The Singing Thief (大盜歌王). There's another collection of Shaw Brothers films being released next month which I have yet to order.
Next we have Patrick Tam's 1980 film The Sword (名劍), which is his first feature-length film and also a wuxia themed one. The artwork for the set is really nice and I'm intrigued to see how it fares compared to his other noteworthy works Nomad and My Heart Is That Eternal Rose which Radiance Films will be releasing early next year.
And from Arrow Films they have another Japanese film being released so here we have Ataru Oikawa's 1998 film Tomie (富江), which is the first live-action adaptation of Junji Ito's manga I believe and one of many adaptations. Considering Arrow likes to release box sets I'm surprised they only went with the first film and not all the rest together.
Today we have another batch of Asian films this time from 88 Films themselves as two releases from their November line-up arrived today.
The first is Stephen Shin's 1992 film Black Cat II: The Assassination of President Yeltsin (黑貓II: 刺殺葉利欽), the sequel to the 1991 film from the same director. While the first film received the deluxe collector's treatment, the second film is presented as a deluxe limited edition which is more like a first print edition release with a rigid slipcase. The case includes a booklet and fold-out poster.
Next we have Corey Yuen's 1993 films The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk 1 & 2 (方世玉 & 方世玉續集), presented in a different style of packaging than the previous 88 Films releases. Here we have digipacks and the usual booklet and poster. One of the films included in this release is cut by the BBFC due to animal cruelty but its like 1 frame removed or something so it's not noticeable from what I have seen. Jet Li and Josephine Siao both star in these films and it's another 4K Ultra HD release. This isn't a combo pack but the Blu-ray version does have the same type of packaging if you don't care about 4K.
So I finally had a day off today after working the last seven days. Long story short I was supposed to have Sunday off but something happened and they needed my help to make sure everything went smoothly. Will be working the coming weekend but after that it should be back to normal until the end of the year.
Anyway we have a number of packages arrive. They arrived on Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, Monday and today.
It's been a while since I bought any PlayStation 4 games, in fact I haven't picked up as much as I had done in previous years. In recent weeks I decided to be in the mood of wanting to pick up some more Japanese games for the platform and from none other than Koei Tecmo themselves. These two in particular were released first on PlayStation 3 and then received a re-release with extra content for PlayStation 4 so it came out early in the lifecycle. I bought both on eBay for decent prices and they arrived on two different days.
Starting off with Dynasty Warriors 8 Xtreme Legends Complete Edition, this is another musou game and with the extra content for the action combat style massacre adventure. I don't go for the Empires versions as they're not to my liking but I am a fan of the Musou genre. There's a few more that Koei Tecmo have released that I want to look into as well (Samurai Warriors 4 & Warriors Orochi 3) but surprisingly I don't see these anywhere at my local CeX.
The other is Deception IV: The Nightmare Princess, which is the extended version of the PS3 game Deception IV: Blood Ties. The Deception franchise has been around since the original PlayStation (and you can even download the first game on PlayStation 3 thanks to the PS3 Classics line-up) and it's basically you creating various traps to stop intruders and I've been interested in this particular niche game for a while. I remember finding a copy in GAME that was so battered they were trying to sell it off for like a pound.
So because I have been working so hard I was rewarded Amazon vouchers which happened back in September, and I used this opportunity to also order the two latest releases from Radiance Films that came from their October line-up. I was planning to pre-order both of these but the timing wasn't right.
First we have the limited edition Blu-ray box set release for Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories, which includes three classic Japanese horror films from Daiei that were restored in 4K. The films included are Kenji Misumi's 1959 film The Ghost of Yotsuya (四谷怪談), Tokuzō Tanaka's 1969 film The Snow Woman (怪談雪女郎), and Satsuo Yamamoto's 1969 film The Bride from Hades (牡丹燈籠). The box set has a well-detailed book which includes two short stories that add more context to what the films yokai came from. It's a well-presented release and it fits in line with the winter snow we've been getting as of late heh.
The second is the limited edition Blu-ray release for Toshio Matsumoto's 1988 film Dogra Magra (ドグラ・マグラ) and it's been noted as the director's final feature-length film. The trailer that Radiance Films presented was really good and it's on my list to watch sooner in the backlog than the rest. Toshio Matsumoto also directed Funeral Parade of Roses which I did pick up years ago from BFI when they released it on Blu-ray.
The next day, we have more Asian Cinema courtesy of ordering from Terracotta Distribution who are one of the best retailers in the UK for picking up Asian films on Blu-ray and 4K. Here we have a few pre-orders that I ordered together and they were being released around the same timeframe so it paid off.
First we have an interesting release from Eureka Entertainment because it's a collection of films from Celestial Pictures and Shaw Brothers which I believe is their first release from this production company. This is the Super Spies and Secret Lies: Three Undercover Classics from Shaw Brothers, which includes three films; Lo Wei's 1966 film The Golden Buddha (金菩薩), Lo Wei's 1967 film Angel with the Iron Fists (鐵觀音), and Chang Cheh's 1969 film The Singing Thief (大盜歌王). There's another collection of Shaw Brothers films being released next month which I have yet to order.
Next we have Patrick Tam's 1980 film The Sword (名劍), which is his first feature-length film and also a wuxia themed one. The artwork for the set is really nice and I'm intrigued to see how it fares compared to his other noteworthy works Nomad and My Heart Is That Eternal Rose which Radiance Films will be releasing early next year.
And from Arrow Films they have another Japanese film being released so here we have Ataru Oikawa's 1998 film Tomie (富江), which is the first live-action adaptation of Junji Ito's manga I believe and one of many adaptations. Considering Arrow likes to release box sets I'm surprised they only went with the first film and not all the rest together.
Today we have another batch of Asian films this time from 88 Films themselves as two releases from their November line-up arrived today.
The first is Stephen Shin's 1992 film Black Cat II: The Assassination of President Yeltsin (黑貓II: 刺殺葉利欽), the sequel to the 1991 film from the same director. While the first film received the deluxe collector's treatment, the second film is presented as a deluxe limited edition which is more like a first print edition release with a rigid slipcase. The case includes a booklet and fold-out poster.
Next we have Corey Yuen's 1993 films The Legend of Fong Sai Yuk 1 & 2 (方世玉 & 方世玉續集), presented in a different style of packaging than the previous 88 Films releases. Here we have digipacks and the usual booklet and poster. One of the films included in this release is cut by the BBFC due to animal cruelty but its like 1 frame removed or something so it's not noticeable from what I have seen. Jet Li and Josephine Siao both star in these films and it's another 4K Ultra HD release. This isn't a combo pack but the Blu-ray version does have the same type of packaging if you don't care about 4K.
weebsplat
Brigade Leader
Couple more music deliveries today with some newer releases.
First to arrive at my doorstep was a few cds I pre-ordered via proxy a few months ago, including Super Eurobeat Legend D Selection Vol. 2 (which is comprised of a range of the eurobeat inserts used throughout Inital D as you can likely guess), and the new We Will EP from Kessoku Band. Both also came with their respective pre-order bonuses from Rakuten, namely a keyring for Legend D Selection and a sticker sheet and polaroid for We Will.
I also received a surprise late delivery at 5pm from Evri delivering my preorder for the Cynthoni EPs Part 1 & 2 (from the artist previously known as sewerslvt) on both CD and vinyl.
First to arrive at my doorstep was a few cds I pre-ordered via proxy a few months ago, including Super Eurobeat Legend D Selection Vol. 2 (which is comprised of a range of the eurobeat inserts used throughout Inital D as you can likely guess), and the new We Will EP from Kessoku Band. Both also came with their respective pre-order bonuses from Rakuten, namely a keyring for Legend D Selection and a sticker sheet and polaroid for We Will.
I also received a surprise late delivery at 5pm from Evri delivering my preorder for the Cynthoni EPs Part 1 & 2 (from the artist previously known as sewerslvt) on both CD and vinyl.
RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
These arrived yesterday, I've already rewatched Year One since it arrived, and I'll likely rewatch Under the Red Hood after I finish watching the last few eps of Super Sonico The Animation, UtRH is the German edition but definitely has English audio and English subtitles (though IDK for certain yet if you can play both at the same time, but at least they're on there) 
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Otomo
Thousand Master
Have you seen The Dark Knight Returns yet? The original comic was written by Frank Miller. He also wrote Year One.These arrived yesterday, I've already rewatched Year One since it arrived, and I'll likely rewatch Under the Red Hood after I finish watching the last few eps of Super Sonico The Animation, UtRH is the German edition but definitely has English audio and English subtitles (though IDK for certain yet if you can play both at the same time, but at least they're on there)
RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
As the two-part animated film adaptation? Yeah I have and it was def worth watching though I thought Year One was better
sniper_samurai
Railgun
Just got delivery of this 30th Anniversary Dualsense Edge PS5 controller.
Dragon Slayer
The Wildcard
Arrived today from Anime-on-line.
BrokenPhoenix
Hunter
My cut price 4K set of Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water arrived today.
Part 1 + Collector's Box came from CEX online and Part 2 came from Amazon.
My CEX gamble paid off big time; I had no idea if Part 1 would come with the collector's box, but fortunately it did. It even arrived with the bit of cardboard mentioning space for Part 2, as well as the information sheet! There was also some leftover CEX sticker on the front of the box, but that was nothing a cloth dabbed in a bit of rubbing alcohol didn't solve.
The only negative was that there is a small dent on the back, near the bottom of the box, toward the spine. However, for the price I paid (i.e., £20 worth of unwanted Blu-rays in CEX vouchers) and considering its second hand, I can't complain really. The most important bit was the discs anyway, which are in immaculate condition.
In the end, it cost me £15 cash and 3 standard Blu-rays as trade-ins to get Nadia complete on 4K! I love animation from this era, so it's nice to have this as part of my collection for not very much cost.
Away from that, I also got Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengance from TGC during the 20% off period just gone on Ebay. This one was thanks to @Lucky_Deity; as I saw they also received this. and I noticed the "Atlus" logo at the bottom. I thought "I've been loving Atlus games recently! I've never heard of this one though...". So I did a bit of researching and like most Atlus games it appeared to be standalone, so I thought I'd pick it up for a good price whilst I could.
Once again, the great people of this forum directing me toward greatness!
Part 1 + Collector's Box came from CEX online and Part 2 came from Amazon.
My CEX gamble paid off big time; I had no idea if Part 1 would come with the collector's box, but fortunately it did. It even arrived with the bit of cardboard mentioning space for Part 2, as well as the information sheet! There was also some leftover CEX sticker on the front of the box, but that was nothing a cloth dabbed in a bit of rubbing alcohol didn't solve.
The only negative was that there is a small dent on the back, near the bottom of the box, toward the spine. However, for the price I paid (i.e., £20 worth of unwanted Blu-rays in CEX vouchers) and considering its second hand, I can't complain really. The most important bit was the discs anyway, which are in immaculate condition.
In the end, it cost me £15 cash and 3 standard Blu-rays as trade-ins to get Nadia complete on 4K! I love animation from this era, so it's nice to have this as part of my collection for not very much cost.
Away from that, I also got Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengance from TGC during the 20% off period just gone on Ebay. This one was thanks to @Lucky_Deity; as I saw they also received this. and I noticed the "Atlus" logo at the bottom. I thought "I've been loving Atlus games recently! I've never heard of this one though...". So I did a bit of researching and like most Atlus games it appeared to be standalone, so I thought I'd pick it up for a good price whilst I could.
Once again, the great people of this forum directing me toward greatness!
TakamakiJoker
Hunter
Since this and next month is going to be dry for home video releases, I decided to use these two months grab some very rare sets of anime from generous sellers from the US and UK.
Fushigi Yugi TV series Pioneer release (the better release) and You're under Arrest Box 2 AnimEigo.
Also, got the The Crew Motorfest via Amazon.
I definitely have more You're Under Arrest stuff coming over the coming weeks via Stackry.
Fushigi Yugi TV series Pioneer release (the better release) and You're under Arrest Box 2 AnimEigo.
Also, got the The Crew Motorfest via Amazon.
I definitely have more You're Under Arrest stuff coming over the coming weeks via Stackry.
Otomo
Thousand Master
I'm off for a few days so taking a chance on Handyman Saitou.
The Big Heat, quite violent for a fifties cop/revenge film. This has some interesting extras. Commentary with Lem Dobbs who wrote The Limey (a favourite) and a short interview with Michael Mann.
Bonus, it's 20% off day at Fopp and HMV.
The Big Heat, quite violent for a fifties cop/revenge film. This has some interesting extras. Commentary with Lem Dobbs who wrote The Limey (a favourite) and a short interview with Michael Mann.
Bonus, it's 20% off day at Fopp and HMV.
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RadFemHedonist
Mad Scientist
I'm really happy with both these pairs of gloves that arrived today - comfy, good fit on my large-ish hands, stylish/cute, colours like in the pictures, and the purple suede ones at least are nice and warm outside in this current cold spell we're having (haven't worn the ski-gloves outside yet - I will say how they were for warmth in my next update in this thread when I have worn them outside)
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