That's a good assessment. If you're an anime veteran it's just popcorn stuff, but I can see why it would have more appeal to people who are new to anime.
The anime thread sequel (it's still not as good as the Manga though),
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That's a good assessment. If you're an anime veteran it's just popcorn stuff, but I can see why it would have more appeal to people who are new to anime.
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Made use of AOL's new year 20% off sale to slap in some pre-orders 
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I have also been watching this recently with the wife, although only finished part 1 one so far.
Ertegan!!
Finally got round to watching an oldy too Mobile Suit Gundam 8th MS Team.
This one felt pretty predictable and I was a little dissapointed, but on the other side it was looking at the more normal characters in these wars and not the heroes with the ridiculous OTT units.
Ending felt a bit meh. Not quite sure how I feel about it yet. Wouldnt exactly be a recommend but its not bad.
Edit: In update, and having given it a week or so, it was utterly forgettable overall, there were no REAL standout characters, so wouldn't recommend it. I remember more of Wing, which I saw ~15 years ago, than I do of 8th MS even though I watched so much more recently.
Could definitely do better in a Mecha anime.
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Spent a couple of hours trying to get my collection slightly more under control .... especially on the BD side where it wasn't under control at all ending in some duplication (in fact I found I had one thing three times (Gurren Lagann movies)).
To be honest at the moment I could fill another 6 shelf bookcase and still not have everything stored properly. Trouble is that I can't do that because i need to keep a double bed in the spare room.
To be honest at the moment I could fill another 6 shelf bookcase and still not have everything stored properly. Trouble is that I can't do that because i need to keep a double bed in the spare room.
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Just received the final MVM Christmas mystery bundle ...
Sagrada Reset
Scums Wish
And You Thought There is Never a Girl Online
Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle
I couldn't Become a Hero, so I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job. Yusibu
hmmm .... I don't have the first two but do have the others already.
Sagrada Reset
Scums Wish
And You Thought There is Never a Girl Online
Undefeated Bahamut Chronicle
I couldn't Become a Hero, so I Reluctantly Decided to Get a Job. Yusibu
hmmm .... I don't have the first two but do have the others already.
I forgot to post I received that set yesterday, pretty pleased with it as I'd only got "...girl online" so I'm quite happy with it.
I'm still waiting for the funi titles from ata. but at the moment given I've not managed to watch any of the stuff that has arrived in the last month I'm not too fussed
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Well managed to fill a 64lt storage box with dvds which have been replaced by BDs. Hence shelf storage situation has gone from "run for the hills it's going to blow" to "avalanche warning"
I'm probably going to have to do either that or buy some more DVD wallets/sleeves for a lot of mine at some point when I redecorate the room, hopefully later this year. I'm considering putting rails in some standard drawers spaced to take the sleeves from those "dj boxes", as it seems a good way to store a load of discs whilst allowing more to be added in just by adding additional sleeves and shuffling them a little. I'm loathe to get rid of a lot of my older DVD's that I've replaced with blu-rays, as in a lot of cases the licence has changed so the extras from the original releases may not be available on the new versions
I am starting to avoid buying collectors editions etc unless they really are favourite titles as it's so much harder to condense them.
I receive a couple of bit's I'd ordered from AOL in their new year's sale this morning (Fruits basket set 1 and Sword Oratoria on the side).
I am starting to avoid buying collectors editions etc unless they really are favourite titles as it's so much harder to condense them.
I receive a couple of bit's I'd ordered from AOL in their new year's sale this morning (Fruits basket set 1 and Sword Oratoria on the side).
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Holy **** .... remember way, way back in September 2017 the Rightstuf A__a kickstarter campain which kinda snowballed ...
... well just had a shipping confirmation finally for everything (other than the Guidebook which is still getting sign off and will be shipping separately). 2.5kg of A__a goodness including everything on BD and mountain of physical extras ...
With stuff I've replaced with BDs ... if its just a normal release then I'll probably pass it on. If its a collectors edition then its getting kept even if the difference is the older version comes in a large colourful artbox (compare for instance the art box and singles for Angelic Layer compared with the newer BD collection ... the older set is a lot nicer graphically). Then you have series where the original set had some "history" like Kanon.
... well just had a shipping confirmation finally for everything (other than the Guidebook which is still getting sign off and will be shipping separately). 2.5kg of A__a goodness including everything on BD and mountain of physical extras ...
With stuff I've replaced with BDs ... if its just a normal release then I'll probably pass it on. If its a collectors edition then its getting kept even if the difference is the older version comes in a large colourful artbox (compare for instance the art box and singles for Angelic Layer compared with the newer BD collection ... the older set is a lot nicer graphically). Then you have series where the original set had some "history" like Kanon.
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That A__a kickstarter looked great, and that is a ton of extras.
I need to put one of my A__a ltho's up again (I took it down due to lack of space and having another one), I'm hoping that ATA or MVM will release the blu-rays over here, even if just as a simple disc only release as I'd love to have them in high def (especially with a decent English dub*).
I think I've said before, the only reason I didn't back it at the time was because I don't want to muck around with multi region blu-ray players (I've already got hundreds of R1 DVD's I'm a little worried about playing in the future).
I just got an SMS from ATA and got a bit excited about a shipment being on it's way, it turns out it's just the Lupin collection, not the huge Funi order (I think I ended up ordering ~15 funi titles).
*That would make it perfect, as A__a is one of those series that you just sit back and utterly relax in it's Valium like calm.
I need to put one of my A__a ltho's up again (I took it down due to lack of space and having another one), I'm hoping that ATA or MVM will release the blu-rays over here, even if just as a simple disc only release as I'd love to have them in high def (especially with a decent English dub*).
I think I've said before, the only reason I didn't back it at the time was because I don't want to muck around with multi region blu-ray players
(I've already got hundreds of R1 DVD's I'm a little worried about playing in the future).I just got an SMS from ATA and got a bit excited about a shipment being on it's way, it turns out it's just the Lupin collection, not the huge Funi order
(I think I ended up ordering ~15 funi titles).*That would make it perfect, as A__a is one of those series that you just sit back and utterly relax in it's Valium like calm.
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Yeah, I think I ended up with 3 or 4 orders for the Funi stuff (none of which have shipped at all) ...
edit: 7 items across 3 orders
I think I'm ok on multi-region for now ... there's 3 multiregion BD players in the house and 3 older multi-region DVD players ...
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A__a comes under the iyashikei type, i.e. a "healing" anime. "Works of this kind often involve alternative realities with little to no conflict, emphasizing nature, the mundane and the little delights in life". Its great a times to watch a series which doesn't involve action sequences or heavy levels of emotion. I still have the artbooks by the original manga author as well as a couple versions of the manga and maybe some canvas prints which I had made up which look great. Even with the kickstart it still isn't the series I've spent the most in total on though ... Clannad/Clannad After Story still holds that crown.
edit: 7 items across 3 orders
I think I'm ok on multi-region for now ... there's 3 multiregion BD players in the house and 3 older multi-region DVD players ...
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A__a comes under the iyashikei type, i.e. a "healing" anime. "Works of this kind often involve alternative realities with little to no conflict, emphasizing nature, the mundane and the little delights in life". Its great a times to watch a series which doesn't involve action sequences or heavy levels of emotion. I still have the artbooks by the original manga author as well as a couple versions of the manga and maybe some canvas prints which I had made up which look great. Even with the kickstart it still isn't the series I've spent the most in total on though ... Clannad/Clannad After Story still holds that crown.
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So received A__a ... looks really good ...
I'm slightly jealous
On a different note, my first ATA Funi order shipped yesterday, so hopefully it'll arrive today
I've also been sorting my orders from December out, so far the mystery boxes and a handful of other items that have arrived have nearly filled an 18L really useful box
On a different note, my first ATA Funi order shipped yesterday, so hopefully it'll arrive today
I've also been sorting my orders from December out, so far the mystery boxes and a handful of other items that have arrived have nearly filled an 18L really useful box
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Well my Gundam Origin part V&VI is on the way, I can finally finish watching the Origin OVAs..stopped after 4 was released digitally.
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Hmmm .... I see Anime Online have redone their website (note according to their twitter you need to do a password reset to access your account).
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I think I'm down to waiting for 1 Funi BD from ATA (plus things which were pre-orders of course) ... had three yesterday and three today. The other one was ordered a lot later so I'm not surprised its still outstanding as it'd be well down the list to be shipped out.
I think I'm still waiting on Lucky Stars (ordered day 5?) and some that were ordered pretty much at the end of the clearance sale.
I've been watching Wolf's Rain and really enjoying it again, so many details I'd forgotten as it's been years since i watched it (I've been putting it off for 5+ years waiting to get the blu-rays).
I've been watching Wolf's Rain and really enjoying it again, so many details I'd forgotten as it's been years since i watched it (I've been putting it off for 5+ years waiting to get the blu-rays).
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I actually came across a copy of Wolf's Rain when I was tidying up the other day ... I'm pretty sure I haven't actually watched it ...