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Straw Hat Pirate
US order via Stackry
What did you RECEIVE today? PHOTOS EDITION!
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Lucky_Deity
Dragon Knight
From anime-on-line.
Bleach (Part 9) (BD), Ghost in the Shell (Steelbook) (Shiro Edition) (4K UHD / BD), Psycho-Pass (BD) and Psycho-Pass: Providence (BD)
From ebay.
Psycho-Pass: The Movie (BD)
Bleach (Part 9) (BD), Ghost in the Shell (Steelbook) (Shiro Edition) (4K UHD / BD), Psycho-Pass (BD) and Psycho-Pass: Providence (BD)
From ebay.
Psycho-Pass: The Movie (BD)
SkwigglesWorth
Thousand Master
Might be worth checking the art book carefully as the pages on mine kinda stuck together a bit due to them usung some shiny sticky ish coating on the paper. Or that was kinda the case with mine (I should actually check mine again)
But also possible it was just mine that had a defect.
Titan
Soul Reaper
Just checked my copy, & can confirm the pages are also stuck together. Thankfully, they come apart easily enough.
Girls with Guns
Shinki
I received my US copy of Perfect Blue 4K from Gruv today; this should be the last Blu-ray I receive in 2025:
2025 HAUL - DECEMBER v2
One item I picked up last Friday. Wanted to get this post sorted before the Christmas haul (no unboxings planned in that haul).
#16: Splendid Outing
One item I picked up last Friday. Wanted to get this post sorted before the Christmas haul (no unboxings planned in that haul).
#16: Splendid Outing
It's very rare I would say to see Korean films released on home video these days so it was a surprise to see Radiance Films pick up a late 70s South Korean film for their line-up with Splendid Outing (화려한 외출), Kim Soo-yong's 1978 film, starring Yoon Jeong-hee (Poetry) and Lee Dae-geun (Insect Woman). Out of the ones that got released in December, this film was the only one that I didn't pre-order in advance so I bought a copy at my local HMV store. This print run is at 2500 which is lower than others so I expect this to sell out a bit faster than others.
Lucky_Deity
Dragon Knight
As I'm at my GF's for Christmas I won't see my siblings tomorrow so I got these from my Brother and Sister for Christmas this evening, been looking forward to owning these! I love the artwork.
Cat's Eye (Omnibus 1) and City Hunter (Omnibus 1)
Cat's Eye (Omnibus 1) and City Hunter (Omnibus 1)
Invisible Crane
Straw Hat Pirate
Gemsy-chan
Himouto
My Christmas pressies (+ £20)
I don't need to buy toiletries for a while.
I don't need to buy toiletries for a while.
2025 HAUL - DECEMBER v3
Unless I grab more items in town or my super haul from Stackry arrives before the year is over, this is currently going to be my final haul post for the year! It's a Christmas one. There's a few items not shown in the photo as it wouldn't fit but there's also a Snack Verse box not pictured because one of the items did arrive sliced open so it may get replaced.
#17: Christmas 2025 Haul
Unless I grab more items in town or my super haul from Stackry arrives before the year is over, this is currently going to be my final haul post for the year! It's a Christmas one. There's a few items not shown in the photo as it wouldn't fit but there's also a Snack Verse box not pictured because one of the items did arrive sliced open so it may get replaced.
#17: Christmas 2025 Haul
Another year means another Christmas haul of pickups. Keeping the theme like before that involves a mix of everything, though there's no European Cinema this time around.
For anime we have My Hero Academia: You're Next, the latest film in the franchise. This just came out about a month ago in the UK (whereas the US got it a while back via TOHO). I've not yet seen the previous film so I'll look into watching the two back to back.
For video games, two physical games for PlayStation 5. The first is Everybody's Golf Hot Shots developed by Bandai Namco who were able to use Sony's IP. This didn't get as much positive reception as the previous games but always good to have more from this franchise.
Also received Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered developed by Crystal Dynamics & Aspyr, which includes the 1999 PlayStation game Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, the 2000 PlayStation game Tomb Raider: Chronicles and the 2003 PlayStation 2 game Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. I actually remember the latter the most because of the 'Angel of Darkness' song being played on music channels back in the day.
For Asian Cinema, we have Criterion's release for A Confucian Confusion (獨立時代) & Mahjong (麻將), two films by Taiwanese director Edward Yang released in 1994 & 1996. I own his other more commonly known films A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi but not yet seen them (especially as one of them is getting a 4K Ultra HD release pretty soon). These films were also restored in 4K but only released on Blu-ray. Also comes included with a booklet too.
Also received The Rapacious Jailbreaker (脱獄広島殺人囚) from Japanese director Sadao Nakajima released in 1974. This was distributed by Radiance Films and has been on my radar to pickup for the past half-year and now finally got it. Nakajima also has the Japanese Godfather Trilogy coming soon in the coming months which I'm also looking forward to watching. The limited edition Blu-ray release includes Scanavo packaging, reversible cover and a booklet.
For manga, we have a new series joining the collection with Dogsred Volumes 1-2 from Golden Kamuy author Satoru Noda, released in English by Viz Media as part of their Viz SIGNATURE label. It's an ice hockey series with the same vibe that the author has done to Golden Kamuy and has been doing pretty well so far with seven volumes already released and counting in Japan for Weekly Young Jump, the same magazine that serialises The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You and Kingdom.
Also received another new manga series for the collection with Kagurabachi Volumes 1-3 from author Takeru Hokazono, released in English by Viz Media as part of their Shonen Jump label as it's also released in Japan under their Weekly Shonen Jump. This action series has been on my radar for quite sometime and is looking to be one of the next big series to get even more attention as more and more Shonen Jump titles are concluding.
From this point these are extra gifts that I wouldn't know about in advance (or at least weren't on my list). The first is a new book that isn't part of any of my collection as its outside of that territory but has a similar vibe to the isekai genre - Dungeon Crawler Carl written by Matt Dinniman. It's gotten positive reviews, a TV adaptation in the works and the premise is similar to various light novels involving getting dragged into a video game world so I'll give it a read.
And yes I have received chocolates as well. More on the healthier types to avoid gaining too much weight for the next week.
Last but not least is another surprise gift. A nice poster frame on Shangri-la Frontier. Full disclosure this is custom made but looks nice and happy to have it on the shelf. I did find the source and I'm glad this one is at least using official illustrated artwork so it ages better for my room. Shangri-la Frontier is a really solid fantasy VRMMO series from Kodansha if you have yet to give it a try in anime or manga form.
For anime we have My Hero Academia: You're Next, the latest film in the franchise. This just came out about a month ago in the UK (whereas the US got it a while back via TOHO). I've not yet seen the previous film so I'll look into watching the two back to back.
For video games, two physical games for PlayStation 5. The first is Everybody's Golf Hot Shots developed by Bandai Namco who were able to use Sony's IP. This didn't get as much positive reception as the previous games but always good to have more from this franchise.
Also received Tomb Raider IV-VI Remastered developed by Crystal Dynamics & Aspyr, which includes the 1999 PlayStation game Tomb Raider: The Last Revelation, the 2000 PlayStation game Tomb Raider: Chronicles and the 2003 PlayStation 2 game Tomb Raider: The Angel of Darkness. I actually remember the latter the most because of the 'Angel of Darkness' song being played on music channels back in the day.
For Asian Cinema, we have Criterion's release for A Confucian Confusion (獨立時代) & Mahjong (麻將), two films by Taiwanese director Edward Yang released in 1994 & 1996. I own his other more commonly known films A Brighter Summer Day and Yi Yi but not yet seen them (especially as one of them is getting a 4K Ultra HD release pretty soon). These films were also restored in 4K but only released on Blu-ray. Also comes included with a booklet too.
Also received The Rapacious Jailbreaker (脱獄広島殺人囚) from Japanese director Sadao Nakajima released in 1974. This was distributed by Radiance Films and has been on my radar to pickup for the past half-year and now finally got it. Nakajima also has the Japanese Godfather Trilogy coming soon in the coming months which I'm also looking forward to watching. The limited edition Blu-ray release includes Scanavo packaging, reversible cover and a booklet.
For manga, we have a new series joining the collection with Dogsred Volumes 1-2 from Golden Kamuy author Satoru Noda, released in English by Viz Media as part of their Viz SIGNATURE label. It's an ice hockey series with the same vibe that the author has done to Golden Kamuy and has been doing pretty well so far with seven volumes already released and counting in Japan for Weekly Young Jump, the same magazine that serialises The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You and Kingdom.
Also received another new manga series for the collection with Kagurabachi Volumes 1-3 from author Takeru Hokazono, released in English by Viz Media as part of their Shonen Jump label as it's also released in Japan under their Weekly Shonen Jump. This action series has been on my radar for quite sometime and is looking to be one of the next big series to get even more attention as more and more Shonen Jump titles are concluding.
From this point these are extra gifts that I wouldn't know about in advance (or at least weren't on my list). The first is a new book that isn't part of any of my collection as its outside of that territory but has a similar vibe to the isekai genre - Dungeon Crawler Carl written by Matt Dinniman. It's gotten positive reviews, a TV adaptation in the works and the premise is similar to various light novels involving getting dragged into a video game world so I'll give it a read.
And yes I have received chocolates as well. More on the healthier types to avoid gaining too much weight for the next week.
Last but not least is another surprise gift. A nice poster frame on Shangri-la Frontier. Full disclosure this is custom made but looks nice and happy to have it on the shelf. I did find the source and I'm glad this one is at least using official illustrated artwork so it ages better for my room. Shangri-la Frontier is a really solid fantasy VRMMO series from Kodansha if you have yet to give it a try in anime or manga form.