[General Discussion] Recent Anime/Manga purchases

Originally Posted by lemonmanko

whoo i finished off two series since the last time i posted in this thread

galaxy angel beta vol 3 (compelete)
Lupin III vol 10/11/12/13/14/15 (compelete)

also there is the ones i still to finish

battle royale vol 10 (im thinking of holding off on getting new shoes just to finish this series next week seriously :lolsign: )

Ultima i saw some series and games we both share horray for Otaku swag

i'll put up pictures of my bookself next week :biggrin:

I don't collect english manga anymore. I was thinking about selling what I have but tracking it down and repurchasing in Japanese isn't worth it. Also I'm hoping to be able to create manga on the professional level, so everything I have serves as a reference.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

No pix, but recent purchases:

xxxHOLiC Vol. 1-5 & 7 - Read the first volume while I was idling around the bookstore and I liked it, so I picked up all they had.
Black Cat Vol. 3 & 4 - I've read some scanlations and it grabbed my interest, so I've been trying to keep up.
Eureka seveN Vol. 2 - The first one came with the Eureka seveN DVD Box (along with a t-shirt and the first soundtrack) and I just had to buy the next volume D:


Upcoming purchases (like, tomorrow when the first three on the list come out and after I've verified this won't dent my textbook funds that much):
Negima! Vol. 11 - Prefer it over the anime currently ._.
School Rumble Vol. 3 - Nice to have paperbacks instead of scanlations
Rozen Maiden Vol. 2
xxxHOLiC Vol. 6 - Because they didn't have it in the store =/
Full Moon o Sagashite Vol. 1-6 - Recommended by Sakabaka and I slightly remember a bit of the anime when it was airing.
Yubisaki Milk Tea Vol. 1 & 2 - Recommended by Q >=0!
ARIA Vol. 1 - 3 - Another recommendation by Saka o=

At least I'll get to use my member discount now and shave off like 20 bux off the total price and eliminate the shipping fees.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Qwarky

The store also had an aussie Haibane Renmei box, which looked wonderful, but it cost a ridiculous €80, which is way too steep for any 13 episode series for me, as much as I adore HR ;_;

The R1 is €20 cheaper here (and an even better looking box with ABe artwork) or even less here if you're feeling lucky with customs.

Anyways, I recently got the Area 88 OAV from ADV; yay for cheap, remastered, old-school classics on DVD! It's over 20 years old but it looks absolutely fantastic.

In addition to that I also got the Giant Robo economy collection from Media-Blasters. And believe me when I say that this is most likely the best-valued release in the history of anime on DVD. In fact it's unbelievably, insanely, ludicrously good. You get all the episodes of one of the best OAVs ever created, remastered, as well as the GinRei spin-off episodes, in individual keepcases with a box/sleeve for literally less than the cost of one regular DVD. See here or here. I really don't know what would make one not buy it at that price.

Finally I also decided to start collecting the Crying Freeman manga from Dark Horse since the volumes are over 400 pages for the price of a standard VIZ/TP/etc. volume where I buy my books (adlibris.com), seems like they have some sort of special deal with DH or something. Story is pretty engaging but Ikegami's amazing art is what really makes it stand out.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Originally Posted by Pyocola

The R1 is €20 cheaper here (and an even better looking box with ABe artwork) or even less here if you're feeling lucky with customs.

Not that I don't think the box I saw was ridiculously overpriced, but there's quite a lot of hickups here.

For one, AxelMusic says the item is not in stock (which isn't surprising since it's out of stock almost everywhere), and the box in DVD Pacific says 4:3, even though this was a widescreen show and that just makes my skin crawl. I forgot to check if the R4 release was widescreen, but I can't afford it yet anyway. Oh Haibane, why must you make it so difficult for me ;_;

Come to think of it, Deep Discount DVD has the same box (16:9) as axelmusic at $53.23, but I've no idea if they actually have the box in stock, I hate it when sites don't make that clear.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

All the releases are anamorphic 16:9, the listing on DVD Pacific is messed up but it's the right UPC #. Personally I wouldn't buy the R4 because it's PAL. The show was animated at 30fps and PAL is 25fps, so to get it to work they would have to either drop every sixth frame entirely or somehow blend a whole bunch of them together. It might look good, but then again it might not.

And generally if you get through customs without paying anything, Deep Discount DVD or DVD Pacific are the best deals, but if you don't Axel Music will almost always end up cheaper (free shipping, and no customs charges guaranteed because they ship from within the EU.) You could always e-mail them and ask if they really can get it in stock in a couple of days, usually they answer e-mail within a couple of hours.

P.S. Buy Giant Robo instead! :aargh:

How ya doing, buddy?

It's common knowledge if Haibane Renmei is out of stock, it stays that way

How ya doing, buddy?

I got B't X Vol 15 last week (just one more to complete the series), and Dragon Quest: Dai no Daiboken Vol 19 yesterday


I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Went into town and picked up I"s Volume 9: Christmas Eve. Waiting for this stuff to come out is certainly a test of patience. That leaves 6 volumes yet to be released. :\



I was speaking idiomatically.

Just picked up some stuff I've been meaning to get for a while:


R.O.D. 4, the last volume. I really like Yomiko Readman, and since this series is so short, I figured I'd better at least finish it. But I'd be lying if I said that the third book wasn't a confusing disappointment.


Il Gatto Sul G, another yaoi series dealing with musicians. For some reason, gay musicians just seem to go together o__O.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Today I got B't X Vol 16, thus completing the entire series.
It's been one hell of a ride!



FELIPE NO

Went into BookOff before going to pick up my mother's check and found this gem for only $4.00. Mint condition with special booklet, which I did not previously have. Very pleased.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I went into town on a whim with a friend of mine and picked up the DearS Official Fan Book. I had no idea there were any plans to release anything of this kind, but it will certainly help me in waiting for the final volume to be released in November.



Jam it back in, in the dark.

It's been a long time coming but I finally finished off the DearS manga with DearS - Volume 8.

In addition to this I picked up I"s - Volume 10: To You. This story keeps getting better and better. Only 5 volumes left.



There's nowhere I can't reach.

I bought Ever17 the Visual Novel!! And boy I'm glad I did


Seems like it's going to be a fun ride;
just wish more people would try these games
I bet a lot of people who love their manga would like em
ah well...

Rightstuf was able to ship internationally! Yes!!
Go Hirameki!

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Made a few purchases today. Got Appleseed 2004 on UMD at GameStop since it was used for only $10 before employee discount and 10% discount card kicked in.

MovieStop's having a Buy 2 Get 1 free on all anime sale, so I took the opportunity to do something I rarely do -- bought volume 1 of Ergo Proxy, Fate/Stay Night (just to hear the English dub), and the new Guyver series. I rarely buy the first volume of a series, but I did since this opportunity was far too golden to pass up.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

I recently bought the Elfen Lied boxset at Best Buy for $32 (though I used a gift card). I had downloaded this show once before, but something happened that I wasn't able to watch it and I had to delete it for some reason (I honestly don't remember). So I get to watch it now, though I was disappointed to find out that the OVA isn't included.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Recently pre-ordered and pre-payed FLCL Ultimate Edition and friggin' Gunbuster! I should get FLCL soon(ish), but it's going to be a pain to wait till the end of February for Gunbuster. And it saddens me that I won't be able to get my hands on the exclusive Trailer Manga Card (damn mail-in offers...). Not sure exactly what it is, but it has art by Haruhiko Mikimoto on it so it has to be something awesome.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I just got Dragon Drive Complete Set I at Best Buy for $16. 5 DVDs for that much isn't bad. <_<

I started to download the series, then my provider of the anime got cut off. Also, I asked a friend to download this for me, but the videos he gave me wouldn't work either. After bothering with it for so long, I decided to get the DVD and end my troubles. <_< Now I just gotta complete this series and i'm good.

FELIPE NO

i figured i should actually continue my hardcopy collection of manga. before this, i only had the .hack//legend of the twilight volumes and one naruto volume that was a christmas present. so, i'm starting now: i got naruto volume 2, the first 2 volumes of bleach, the first 2 volumes of fullmetal alchemist, and the first 2 volumes of love hina.

it's been a long while since i've watched or read anything love hina, so it should be fun again. and with naruto and bleach, i just finished catching up with the scanlations this past week (starting from the beginning); i just want hardcopies though.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Well...I have been a very very busy wolf since i have last posted
I have gotten Manga wise:
Evangelion Angelic Days V2&3
FMA V9-11
SUIKODEN V10-11(FINALLY!)
Trigun Vol 9&10
FMP! V1-4
Slayers Special.
now Anime wise, i got:
<3 Evangelion Platinum Box(not thinpack) $50!
<3 Chrno Crusade Box(not thinpack) 50$!
Eureka 7(special editions) V1-5(meaning 3 mangas, 3 T-shirts and OST 1)
Ergo Proxy V1(box +bonus dvd)
-_- I've spend way too much over these past 6 months
Yeah, i went and got alot, completed Suikoden finally, keeping up with me other manga addictions D: and then making sure i get some animes that i just really loved when i downloaded, so i can finally get the hardcopy...oh yeah anime sales are great arent they <3

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Just got this in the mail today:

~I got this Ringetsu figure of Ayumi. It took me forever to find a good deal on this figurine. But patience has paid off mighty fine.




I also got Pani Poni Dash Vol 1. along with Genshiken Vol 4 too. Haven't got a chance to update that collection.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Even though I've read the first 7 volumes of Death Note on my computer, I'm loving it so it's definitely a series I want a hard copy of. So I got myself the first two volumes of it. <3 Steadily growing my manga collection...

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

OMG Cloudkiller, awesome figure! I think my wife would make fun of me if I picked that one up. She wouldn't get mad, just call me "otaku".

I just started reading this awesome manga called "Red River". I picked up volumes 1-4 so far. My wife turned me onto this shojo manga and it is awesome. It is about this mordern day Japanese high school girl who finds herself transported back to an ancient egyptian-like time. It is really action packed and fun to read.

How ya doing, buddy?

I just bought Happy Lesson Teacher's Pet Collection. It is a very funny anime series. It has just the comedy I like similar to Azumanga Daioh and Love Hina. Good purchase for me!

I was speaking idiomatically.

15 days later... We wanna know what we got this month!.

$100 Captain Tylor - My sister and her friend recommended me to watch this. I hope its worth it. It's a small box that I bought from Suncoast (They are the devils when it comes to prices..)

$25 Star Ocean EX Dub/Jap - The story wasn't what I expected but I am a huge SO2 fan so it deserved a purchase.


I was thinking of getting Fate/Stay Night vol1 with the box. vol2 came out yesterday. Does anyone know what the dub is like? Im sure they pulled it off well. After all, it's always Geneon that has a batch of talented voice actors like David Lucas and Crispin Freeman.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?