The anime thread sequel (it's still not as good as the Manga though),

That's the sort of mad idea i'd want to play with! ;P I'm actually thinking with 32gb I shouldn't really need much of a swap file ;)

Back on topic, I made a start on Code Geass this morning as I ended up in bed early last night, and I'm enjoying it so far (about 6 episodes in).
I'm not sure how much difference the Blu has over the DVD (especially as it's 2 disks for the series), but it looks nice an crisp.
 
That type moon set looks very swish :)


I just finished Code Geass season 1, which was very good with some unexpected twists, but now I've got to wait till March for season 2 :p

I'm not sure if I should watch Samurai Shamploo*, or K-on! next as they are both sitting next to my player.
Talking of K-On!, I just spotted on ANN that Manga are releasing the movie on DVD and Blu soon, and have hinted at a release of S2 :D


*Currently on offer at Anime-on-line for a tenner.
 
I ended up watching some of K-on! last night, and ended up watching the first 8 episodes and loving it :) (I was feeling very manky, so ended up going to bed early and watching it in bed).

I'm probably going to try and finish off the first series tonight :)
 
Nimdok said:
I take it this was your first time watching Code Geass? You're in for a real treat in the second season then! Really wish I could un-watch it, and then watch it again :(
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It is indeed, I missed it's initial release on DVD, so jumped at the Blu-ray releases :)


VeNT said:
synopsis?
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A group of girls try to save the "light music club" at their local school, attracting a girl who at first seems to be a little bit of a klutz.
Slice of life hijinks ensue as they get to grips with playing music as a group, and basically enjoying themselves.
Probably the worst synopses ever, but I think it covers the basics :)
 
I managed to watch Samurai Shamploo over the last week which was enjoyable, sort of reminded me of Cowboy Bebop in places, with a mix of humour and some fairly dark/sad bits.

I'm going to try and wathc Journy to Agartha tonight or tomorrow if I get a chance (I've got a backlog of things to do as I've spent much of the week in bed with a bug), and then Tiger and Bunny set 1 should arrive tomorrow :)

I want to get Samurai Girls and The world god only knows, but they're fairly low on my list of priorities at the moment, and I'm trying to avoid buying any DVD's/Blu's for the next month or two that aren't already ordered :) (aiming for a big upgrade).
 
I managed to watch Tiger & Bunny (well episodes 1-&) during the week and enjoyed it.

It looks like both MVM and Manga are going to be fairly busy this year with new releases according to ANN
April 1 - The delayed Blu-ray release of the double-pack edition of the films Fullmetal Alchemist: The Movie - Conqueror of Shamballa and Fullmetal Alchemist: The Sacred Star of Milos. The Shamballa film will also be released as an individual Blu-ray.

Persona 4 The Animation Box-Set 2 DVD/Blu-ray combo pack.

April 8 - Nura: Rise of the Yokai Clan on DVD; no Blu-ray 'for the time being.' This is an acquisition by Viz Media Europe and Kaze.

Ōkami-san & Her Seven Companions, DVD

April 15 - Fractale Complete Series, DVD. The release date was delayed as the authoring was shared with Siren Visual in Australia.

Loups=Garous - The Motion Picture, DVD and Blu-ray/DVD combo pack

April 22 - King of Thorn, DVD and Blu-ray/DVD combo pack

Tiger & Bunny part 2 Blu-ray/DVD combo pack

April 29 - Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood part 3 on Blu-ray

May 6 - Cat Planet Cuties, DVD

Penguindrum Complete Series, released by Kaze

May 13 - Black Rock Shooter Complete Series, DVD

Bleach Complete Series 10

Dragon Ball Z Season 7

Street Fighter II: The Movie on Blu-ray, released by Kaze.

May 20 - Hellsing Ultimate part 5 to 8, Blu-ray and DVD

K-ON! Season 2 part 1, episodes 1 to 13, DVD

May 27 - Bakuman. Season 1, DVD, subtitles only, Kaze release

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood part 4 on Blu-ray
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Whilst MVM are doing Vampire Princess Miyu and Mayo Chiki! in May and Kids on the slope in June.

I can see this being an expensive year for UK releases...
 
It looks like Manga have listed a load of releases on Amazon, including the Highschool of the Dead pack with OVA, at what I'm sure must be a missprice (£10.50 for blu, £9.50 for the DVD).

I've ended up ordering the FMA: Brotherhood complete set rather than just the 3 Blu ray sets I needed, it was about £3 less than the remaining individual sets :p
 
Aye, I've got the old version and have pre-ordered the new to get the OVA ;)

Demonix, I hadn't realised the RRP was that low, I guess Manga are starting to officially reduce the price of "older" releases now (IIRC the Eden of the East set with both films and the TV series is less than the original TV series was on it's own).
 
IIRC hack/sign is still available new from Madman (it's about $50 Aus RRP), but otherwise it's ebay/amazon sellers as I think it's been OOP here and in the states for a while.

On a completely different note, I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere else yet, but it looks like the delayed Grave of the Fireflies blu-ray release is probably due in May (I got an order update through earlier for it).
 
It's odd how the licensing for anime works out, iirc both the UK and Aus now have an increasing number of titles that either were never released in the US, or have dropped out of print for one reason or another (distributor closing/not renewing licence etc) in the US but not here.
 
Aye that's true, I think there is also the matter of region coding for blu-rays which is why we seem to be getting some stuff on blu-ray that the American market doesn't (yet).

It just seems odd that after so many years of seeing the American market get stuff that didn't make it over here, the situation is reversed a bit :) (I've actually seen American's asking about the best EU retailer to order an Anime disc from:p)
 
Code Geas was pretty good :)
I want to rewatch it in one go (S1 then S2 without a break for other stuff).

The Girl who leapt through time was very good :)

I've got Mardoch Scramble the Second Compression to watch in the next few days :)
 
Clannad is very good as a drama with comedy at times, but may not be everyones cup of tea (I liked it enough to end up getting both the original sub only version, then the sub/dub version from the states and consider getting the UK release).

Angel Beats is pretty good, although I really need to rewatch it.

I haven't seen Canaan so can't comment on it.
 
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