アニメ Republic

New items for May 2012

TheCapt1701 — Sun, 13 May 2012 20:22:37 +0000

Updated gallery with some new items for May. “Asobi ni Ikuyo” (Cat Planet Cuties?!) complete series with bonus art booklet as well as some “Fullmetal Alchemist” and the “movies” collection of “Dirty Pair”. Also picked up the manga for “Bamboo Blade” (up to current volume, next volume out at the end of this month) since I enjoyed the anime.

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Additions for April

TheCapt1701 — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 19:39:26 +0000

Updated with some new items for April including the Kimi ni Todoke Volume 2 Premium Edition from NIS America.

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Added new items for March in gallery

TheCapt1701 — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 01:21:54 +0000

Updated the gallery with some new items for March.

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StackPak conversion

TheCapt1701 — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:32:02 +0000

For all those who hate the deadly Neo-ADV StackPak cases, I took some pics of the conversion of the recent Rozen Maiden set into it’s new home. These replacement cases can be had from U.S. Plastic Corp. in 4, 5, and 6 disc versions. Note that the low counter on it, so act soon if you want any.

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Item of the Month – September 2011

TheCapt1701 — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 23:36:33 +0000

In 2007, Super Dimensional Century Orguss was released under the (now-defunct) TMS Anime Classics line via the (now-defunct) ImaginAsian Entertainment on DVD-R manufactured by the (now-defunct) TitleMatch Entertainment. This was an effort to release more classic anime on a smaller scale in an attempt to minimize costs while at the same time releasing titles that might otherwise never see the light of day in the region 1 market.

Along with two other titles released at the same time using the same process (Cat’s Eye – Season 1 and Nobody’s Boy Remy), these currently rank as some of the rarest releases in the R1 market. This set also included the English dub produced by US Renditions for the old VHS release, though only for episodes 1-17 as that was as far as the VHS release ever got.

Some shots of the case, discs and cover can be seen here.

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New theme, new plug-ins, New Hope!

TheCapt1701 — Sat, 10 Sep 2011 22:19:34 +0000

I’ve embarked on a massive (for me anyway) update of the site. Most notably including the addition of a new theme that doesn’t look like it came from 1997 and a new gallery (also from the 21st century). I have moved the “DVD Collection Visual History” into the new gallery as it now allows for comments on each section as well as comments on each picture. Also, the long suffering “Quote of the Day(s)” has been converted to PDF and moved here. I have left the old gallery up for now until I can convert all the links in all the posts to the new gallery. This will probably take a while.

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Item of the Month – June 2011

TheCapt1701 — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:55:53 +0000

Item of the Month – June 2011

Ai Yori Aoshi and Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~ Region 2 DVD sets

I decided that given the decrease in the number of R2 DVDs/BDs I’ve been getting recently as well as to try something new I would start a new section called the “Item of the Month”. The concept is that each month I’ll highlight one item (or a set in the case of say a DVD box set or things of that nature) from my collection. This could be something recent or from the way back machine and could include VHS, DVD, BD, and LD, as well as manga and other print items.

I will start things off with this set of Japanese region 2 DVDs of the 2002-2003 series ‘Ai Yori Aoshi’ and the second series/season ‘Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~’ both based off the manga by Kou Fumizuki. I found these on eBay a while back. The seller was looking to unload them and set the starting price fairly low. Not only that but most if not all of the first press items are included.

In this group shot of the whole set you’ll see a pencil board and soundtrack that were also included in the set. This bonus box includes some nice items including some kind of inflatable standee. The first series, ‘Ai Yori Aoshi’, is broken up into two box sets with four discs each seen here and here. The sequel or second season, ‘Ai Yori Aoshi ~Enishi~’, is also broken up into two box sets but with 3 discs in each set (due to the lower episode count for the series) and can be seen here and here.

While I already have the Region 1 release by Geneon from back in the mid-2000’s I found this a great addition to the collection as there is a lot of great art as well as a number of cool bonus items throughout. Not to mention it was sold for the nice price. Together with the complete TokyoPop manga series, the additional soundtrack CDs and the Paul Champagne custom DVD case for the R1 DVDs this completes an ultimate ‘Ai Yori Aoshi’ collection.

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Final two volumes of Ikki Tousen Xtreme Xecutor

TheCapt1701 — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:27:51 +0000

Here is another update very late in the making. These are the final two volumes (5 & 6) of the fourth Ikki Tousen series ‘Xtreme Xecutor’ on Blu-ray. These were released in October and November 2010 respectively. Here is a shot of the contents including bonus cards, booklet and insert for volume 5 and volume 6.

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Sacred Blacksmith – Funimation Limited Edition

TheCapt1701 — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:23:25 +0000

I thought I would take the opportunity to share some pictures of the Funimation LE release for this show. While the series wasn’t earth shattering it was fun. But what made it better in my mind was the way Funimation did the LE packaging. This set included a booklet with lots of art from the series as well as a fold out poster. There was another bonus item in the form of a small towel. Here is a shot of the art on the insides of the DVD cases as well as the front and back covers of the box, DVD cases and booklet. They have done a few others since and I hope the trend continues.

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Queen’s Blade game books in English

TheCapt1701 — Thu, 26 May 2011 03:07:02 +0000

For whatever reason I never got around to posting these from last year’s Anime Expo. Hobby Japan had a booth at AX 2010 and was selling these four Queen’s Blade game books in English. They are essentially the same as the Japanese version (same art, etc.). Sadly it looks like these may have been it even though there was mention of releasing more it seems nothing has materialized. It also doesn’t look like they will be back for AX this year so any chance of asking is pretty much nil.

Also in this set are some pictures from the panel(s) I did at last year’s AX on laserdiscs and collecting anime. One shot makes it look like there were a lot of people there!

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