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Just another quick update today. Got in another order of custom DVD cases from Paul recently. The latest acquisitions include cases for ‘Utena’, ‘Battle Athletes’, ‘Haibane Renmei’ and ‘Fate/Stay Night’ (thought I already had the original box for that one). Here are some shots of the spine; side one; side two and the tops of this round.

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Kind of a small group this month. Here is a quick group shot for the latest DVDs. The Macross Flashback 2012, while not a remastered print like the recent DYRL, was still kind of cool to sit back and just… well ‘Flashback’ I guess. Here is a shot of Bamboo Blade Vol. 2 with it’s disc and extras. I like the box, especially the bottom which will presumably match up with the next box. Then we have the next volume of Shana II with calendar card and disc. Here is another shot of Shana II with the other side of the calendar card and the back of the DVD as well as You’re Under Arrest: Full Throttle back side and card. That’s all she wrote for this month.

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Nothing like coming in under the wire with this. Just think if I didn’t have the extra day! Anyhow, I’ve posted up all the new items for January. Here is a quick group shot of the various R2 DVDs that arrived.

Since I had several sets and LE boxes this month I decided to do some detailed shots for each of the more notable ones. First up we have the Blu-ray (Japanese version, the US version is set for April) box for Yukikaze. I will one day finish watching this series, but probably only after having bought a few more versions of it. Next up we have the original Gundam movie trilogy set. This is cool since it comes with the original audio and English subtitles. They did a great job on this set as each disc comes with it’s own booklet in addition to the poster booklet and the general booklet. And it comes in a cool box. Moving on, we have Claymore LE Box 4, which comes with two DVDs plus bonus item. Unless Funimation does something truly great with their release for this series on the singles, I may just stick with the R2s for now.  Then we get to You’re Under Arrest: Full Throttle (aka Season 3) Volume 1 with box for the first four volumes. I love YUA; it’s like the Simpsons of anime…. decades pass but no one ever ages. Finishing up the DVDs we have Shana II Volume 1 LE. This set came with some really neat items and the First Press came with both the mini poster in the box and a larger poster as well.

Not to forget print, here is a group shot showing both the February and March issues of Megami. I also picked up a Divergance Eve art book. It really is a good show if you can get beyond the ginormous breasts.

Ending things up for this round, here is a quick shot of one of the last figures I had on order. This one is Max Factory’s Shiranui Mai from King of Fighters. You can read the HD review here. With this one in hand, I only have two figures left on order (both Ikki Tousen no less – what a shock!).

 

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I’ve added in the last round of items for 2007. Since I have been scaling back considerably on buying new figures (with only two remaining on order) this and future months will be lighter then in the past. On that note I have also been scaling back on some DVD purchases as well (though mainly from the R1 side of things) so as to only pick up releases that are in some way “special” such as having a series box or English subtitles (or dub track).

With that, here is a group shot of Decembers R2 DVDs which include the HD re-master of the Macross 1984 movie, Kodomo no Jikan volume 1 with First Press box (I don’t even know what I’m going to do with this) and Genshiken 2 volume 1 also with First Press box. You can see a more detailed look at what is in the Macross set here. It comes with two massive books (one with storyboards for the film and another of artwork and sketches) as well as a pencil board and a mini-puzzle in addition to the three discs (HD re-master, theatrical version and bonus disc).

In print (and “other”) we have the January issue of Megami. I dropped Comic Gum as I mentioned previously since, while cool and all, wasn’t really worth it in the long run. The other item I included is what one might call a “novelty item”. Yeah. I saw this first over at HD a while back and decided that everyone needs a boob mouse pad.

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I’ve updated the ‘pillows, etc.’ section with the latest addition. This is from the new-ish OVA series AKIa R-16. Bandai Entertainment USA said they have the rights to this and the original OVA series as well (formerly from Central Park Media) at Anime Expo last year. In any case, you can see both sides here and here. This will likely be the last new item in this section for some time. The simple reason is that I seem to buy them and then just store them. It seems kind of pointless given the cost involved. Of course if some new Ikki Tousen cover comes out, well you can guess what might happen then.

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I had a few shipments get delayed and what not, so I ended up just combining October and November’s items into one group.

First up we have what will likely be the last big group of figures for a while. I am really running out of space as it is now, so anything new from this point forward will have to kick something else off the shelf. That said, the first group of figures are three of the Haruhi 1/4s from Freeing. You can see a couple angles here and here. Next up we have some random figures including the Milk Tank PVC version and yet another Ikki Tousen figure. Look here and here for a couple different views of these.

Moving forward we have a bunch of stuff in print. The usual Megami of course with some nice posters and a booklet. Also see here are the last two issues of Comic Gum (December issue comes with a cool pencil board; though it would have been better if it had been Mou-chan). I decided to drop this subscription since, while nice to look at, it didn’t really serve up all that much for me. I also picked up the ‘Push!! Art Library’ art book based on a review from a forum post on AnimeonDVD. Lastly we have the Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny Fan Book. If you’re a Kanu fan this one is for you. Not enough Ryomou though. You can read a much better review here.

Not too much in the way of R2’s this month(s). Volumes five and six of IT:DD finish off that series. I did get the first press on both of those but I was too lazy to unroll the posters this time. The third Claymore LE came out as well with some cool inserts including another charm/cell phone strap/etc. And to close things out I picked up the two Shana Season 1 boxes from auctions since I’m a box whore and we’ll never be getting one in R1 land. RIP Geneon.

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I’ve add two new items to the ‘Pillows, etc’ section. These Ikki Tousen pillow covers featuring Ryomou and Kanu in various stages of (un)dress, both from Matching World, can be seen here and here.

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I’ve got the September items posted in all their glory. It’s kind of a mixed month. The usual suspects are seen in print this month with the current issue of Megami, which came with a cool pencil board again as well as a booklet insert. Also in print is the latest issue of Comic Gum with yet another book cover. Cool I guess. I’m thinking of giving up the subscription to this one since while it is cool to look through, I can’t read so it’s a bit more on the useless side.

And in the “I didn’t think it would be that big” category I’ve got another couple of Mou-chan figures. I also picked up the set of Comic Gum mini figures including another Ryomou figure.

DVDs this month included the two Gundam SEED fan discs (although I had the first one already from a previous order I decided to put them together here). Here is another shot of those two open with booklets open and picture discs. Next we have volume four of Ikki Tousen Dragon Destiny with art box. I bought two of course. This volume came with a couple of cards and a mini-poster, as had previous volumes (First Press anyway). And lastly we have Claymore Limited Edition 2. This one came with two DVDs, booklet and really cool mini-claymore sword (cell phone strap?). That’s about it for this round.

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It’s kind of a light month this time around. I’ve updated the gallery with the August items. Ikki Tousen heavily dominated the figures this month, though I guess that’s not too much of a surprise. This months Megami had a cool pencil board with it while the Comic Gum for August had…. I’m not sure what?

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I’ve updated the ‘pillows, etc.’ section with these new items. Both arrived last week from CDJapan. Here is a close up of Ryomou and another of Kanu. Looks like I’m ready for the next beach party. 

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