What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!

[Girls with Guns]

Unboxed another figure last night:

Tougetsu Matsuri Sitting Ver Original Character 1/6 Figure - Skytube

 

[NormanicGrav]

2025 HAUL - MAY v1

A lot of packages and pickups for the past few days. Two packages missed the April window and arrived on 1st & 2nd May.

Meanwhile its bank holiday weekend so I got payday early but will also have to work a bit tonight and also tomorrow sigh.

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#01: Terracotta April Pre-Orders Haul - A Samurai in Time, A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness, & V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal

Spoiler: Context

First arrival of the month is another set of pre-orders for the Asian Cinema collection, consisting of three titles from three different distributors.

We're starting off with Junichi Yasuda's 2023 film A Samurai in Time (侍タイムスリッパー) released on Blu-ray by Third Window Films and one of their latest releases. This has been marketed by Third Window a fair amount thanks to various festivals. The limited edition release comes with an o-card slipcase.

Next we have Seijun Suzuki's 1977 film A Tale of Sorrow and Sadness (悲愁物語) released on Blu-ray by Radiance Films. This is the third film to be released by Radiance from the director's catalogue and this one in particular has a golf theme to it so I was intrigued. The limited edition release comes with a o-ring, scanavo packaging, reversible cover art and booklet.

And then comes Arrow Video with their V-Cinema Essentials: Bullets & Betrayal box set on Blu-ray. This includes nine films from nine directors packed together in a nice set. These films are part of Toei Company's V-Cinema line where they were produced for direct to home video (supposedly inspired by anime OVAs) and this box set is geared towards the action thriller genre. The limited edition release also includes an o-card slipcase, rigid slipcase and booklet.

You can view more photos & specs on my blog.

Films included are Toshimichi Ohkawa's 1989 film Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage (クライムハンター 怒りの銃弾), Banmei Takahashi's 1989 film Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet (ネオ チンピラ 鉄砲玉ぴゅ～), Shunichi Nagasaki's 1991 film Stranger (夜のストレンジャー 恐怖), Kazuhiro Kiuchi's 1991 film Carlos (カルロス), Yoichi Sai's 1991 film Burning Dog (襲撃 ＢＵＲＮＩＮＧ ＤＯＧ), Toshiharu Ikeda's 1991 film Female Prisoner Scorpion: Death Threat (女囚さそり 殺人予告), Teruo Ishii's 1991 film The Hitman: Blood Smells Like Roses (ザ・ヒットマン 血はバラの匂い), Yasuharu Hasebe's 1991 film Danger Point: The Road to Hell (DANGER POINT: 地獄への道) and 1994 film XX: Beautiful Hunter (XX ダブルエックス 美しき狩人).

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#02: The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes

Spoiler: Context

Next we have the anime film adaptation for The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, which Anime Limited have just released in a collector's edition Blu-ray & DVD combo pack. Only took them 15-16 months to release the film after Sentai released theirs (and its the same Blu-ray disc). The DVD does include a UK interview which isn't on the Blu-ray.

You can view more photos & specs on my blog.

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#03: HMV's 3 for £50 Haul - The Creator, Prey & The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Spoiler: Context

After seeing Marvel's Thunderbolts* I took a trip to town and checked the HMV store since they were running a 3 for £50 sale on 4K Ultra HD titles. Thankfully they had titles that I was interested in that were finally on offer - Gareth Edwards' 2023 film The Creator, Dan Trachtenberg's 2022 film Prey, and Tom Gormican's 2022 film The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent.

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#04: Eureka Catchup Haul - The Miracle Fighters, Shaolin Boxers & Two Taoist Tales

Spoiler: Context

So because I've been picking up a lot of releases from the Terracotta store over the past couple of years, they contacted a bunch of folks who have been supporting their service with a small discount code for some of the titles available and I decided to use that opportunity to go and pick up a couple of Eureka Entertainment releases that I had missed out on prior due to timing issues.

Starting off with Ta Huang's 1974 film Shaolin Boxers (福建少林拳) which keeps the martial art branding that Eureka have produced with a couple of other titles over the past few years. This one I have heard is not as strong as the others but still good to see it make an appearance in the UK. This was also released in Shout's Golden Harvest box set before the UK had theirs via Eureka. The limited edition Blu-ray includes an o-card slipcase and booklet.

Next we have a couple of films that have a fantasy vibe to them, both sets were released last year. Yuen Woo-ping's 1982 film The Miracle Fighters (奇門遁甲) and the Two Taoist Tales collection, featuring Yuen Cheung-yan's 1984 film Taoism Drunkard (鬼馬天師) and Chen Chi-hwa's 1986 film Young Taoism Fighter (阴阳奇兵). Like the other Eureka Classics releases, the limited edition Blu-ray includes an o-card slipcase and booklet.

 

[Lucky_Deity]

From Rarewaves

BLAME! (BD / DVD), Blue Exorcist: Kyoto Saga (Part 1 + 2) (BD) and Havent You Heard? I'm Sakamoto (BD / DVD)



From AOL

Jujutsu Kaisen: Shibuya Incident (S2) (Part 2) (LE) (BD)



From TheGameCollection

Sonic Origins Plus (Switch)

 

[Hunter_Killer]

Arrived in April (part 1):

Spoiler

 

[Hunter_Killer]

Arrived in April (part 2):

Spoiler

 

[zrdb]

Some stuff I got from the last Sentai sale and a few other places-

 

[Magical Senshi]

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#02: The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes
Next we have the anime film adaptation for The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, which Anime Limited have just released in a collector's edition Blu-ray & DVD combo pack. Only took them 15-16 months to release the film after Sentai released theirs (and its the same Blu-ray disc). The DVD does include a UK interview which isn't on the Blu-ray.

You can view more photos & specs on my blog.

Regarding The Tunnel to Summer, the Exit of Goodbyes, it was part of the 2022 SLA line-up, while it had the nationwide theatrical release in 2023.

 

[Otomo]

Ani-May

 

[RadFemHedonist]

Ani-May

Oh yeah... it's that time again, baby

 

[ID5]

Via Stackry:

 

[Anime1977]

 

[RadFemHedonist]

After a bit of a delay (I am again uncertain if the courier lady actually attempted delivery on Saturday 03/05/2025), today my last recent Temu package finally arrived! The plushies are v cute, the chonky salamander costume wearing cute creature is a lil smaller than I would have guessed but hey more room left in my apartment that way, the dragonfruit dragon has nice gradients just like in the picture, the paper sticker labels are actually just craft papers, I don't think you can peel off the back and get adhesive underneath like with stickers, but the artwork is really pretty and I have Pritt Stick so it's ok, the t-shirt is decent, but not the most generous sizing for a 5XL/UK 26, it's still a nice t-shirt though, not sure if I'll pass it on to charity as I do tend to like my t-shirts a bit more baggy looking, the neon sign stickers and washi tapes are fab to look at, though I haven't actually used them yet, so can't comment on how well they stick to paper or if the washi tapes are good at avoiding tearing when you're peeling them off the roll, etc.... but what's really important here is now I can have the animal party I have always dreamed of

 

[Titan]

Received today, from All The Anime:

 

[weebsplat]

Just arrived.

HG GQuuuuuux
The Volcanoes EP by Bradio

 

[Titan]

Received today, from Ebay:

 

[lonelywolf23786]

 

[Birdie Num Num]

 

[Dragon Slayer]

Received today from Anime-on-line.

 

[Titan]

Received today, from Anime-on-line:




Received yesterday, from Amazon UK:



Received yesterday & today, from HMV:

4K 3 for £50



50% off sale

 

[sirijo]

Received from anime-on-line it's BOCCHI THE ROCK (my avatar is extra happy about this addition)