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Sohma_Curse
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Okay, I think I'm just about done. Placed a few separate TRSI orders because some items had counters on them and very limited supply as soon as they came up for the sale. A few of these are doubles of things I already own that may be in rougher than like-new shape, so I figured I'd sell those on ebay and shelve the new/sealed ones
From TRSI: Ambition of Oda Nobuna - Blu Ray Complete Series (Megadeal) Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan - DVD Complete Series Blue Seed - DVD Complete Series A Certain Scientific Railgun S - DVD Season 2 Part 1 A Certain Scientific Railgun S - DVD Season 2 Part 2 Chance Pop Session - DVD Complete Series Clannad: The Motion Picture (movie) - DVD Cowboy Bebop - DVD/Blu Ray Complete Series Di Gi Charat - DVD Complete Series E's Otherwise - DVD Complete Series Fruits Basket - DVD Complete Series Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - The Sacred Star of Milos (movie) - DVD/Blu Ray Ghost Slayers Ayashi - DVD Complete Series Gilgamesh - DVD Complete Series Golgo 13 - Blu-ray Complete Series Jormungand - DVD/Blu Ray - Complete Season 1 Jubei-chan: The Ninja Girl - DVD Complete Series K-ON!! Season 2 - Blu Ray Collection 1 K-ON!! Season 2 - Blu Ray Collection 2 Kujibiki Unbalance - DVD Complete Series Master of Martial Hearts - DVD Complete Series Moeyo Ken - DVD Complete Series My Beautiful Girl Mari/A Tree of Palm (movies) - DVD Double Feature Neon Genesis Evangelion: Directors Cut - DVD Night Raid 1931 - Blu Ray Complete Series Panyo Panyo Di Gi Charat - DVD Complete Series Papuwa - DVD Complete Series Ruin Explorers - DVD Complete OVA Collection Saiyuki - DVD Complete Series Saiyuki: Requiem/Nadesico (movies) - DVD Double Feature Samurai Girls - Blu Ray Complete Series Samurai Gun - DVD Complete Series Tales of Vesperia: The First Strike (movie) - DVD/Blu Ray Tears To Tiara - Blu Ray Complete Series Twelve Kingdoms - DVD Complete Series UFO Ultramaiden Valkyrie - DVD Complete Sesons 1 & 2 Xam'd: Lost Memories - Blu Ray Complete Series From Funimation.com: Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero - DVD/Blu Ray Complete Series B Gata H Kei: Yamada's First Time - DVD/Blu Ray Complete Series Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor - DVD/Blu-Ray Complete Season 2 Eden of the East: The King of Eden (movie) - DVD/Blu Ray Maken-Ki: Battling Venus - DVD/Blu Ray Complete Series Oblivion Island: Haruka and the Magic Mirror (movie) - DVD/Blu Ray Red Data Girl - DVD Complete Series Shakugan no Shana: S (OVA Collection) - DVD/Blu Ray The Sacred Blacksmith - DVD Complete Series Last edited by Sohma_Curse on Wed Dec 17, 2014 3:51 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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Zalis116
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lem
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If it "was on blu-ray he would totally import it". Like me, He or she couldn't import the blu-ray even if we wanted to. As of this post, at least that I am aware of, there is no JP Blu-ray. If that is incorrect please link a JP release so that I can import it. So what's a fan to do? pay for the singles, which are only dvd, or look to see if another region has given it better treatment on a disc. |
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luffypirate
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I hate being stuck in that "buy R2 DVD or wait for a BD box that may never come" predicament. Kojika, Kodocha, and Nana are a few I'm hoping for someday. Usually I just wait...DVD prices can drop to pretty cheap levels after a few years. Might be able to get them each for less than the shipping price lol.
Checked my email tracking # and its saying that Bebop will arrive on the 18th ughhhhh I should have opted for faster shipping instead of being an economy cheapo lol ;p |
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Ortensia1980
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Just bought the Kill la Kill UK Collector's Edition Part 1. It's discounted on the Anime Limited website at the moment (£26,99) and it's still available at the moment that I'm typing this message so if you're looking for a good deal and if you have a region free BD player, go get it
 Apparently the DVD Collector's Edition is supposed to be the same price, but that's still showing up at £39,99 for me.
And I got the Patema Inverted Ultimate Edition last Friday and it is absolutely glorious. |
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Blood-
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re: Bamboo Blade BDs. Come on guys, isn't the desire for this really just psychological? It's been years since I've seen some BB eppies (I never did finish the series because it didn't grip me) but I don't remember anything particularly special about the art. Would seeing those images on BD versus DVD REALLY make that much of difference to you that you'd pay a considerable premium to do so?
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Spastic Minnow
Bargain Hunter Exempt from Grammar Rules  Posts: 4609 Location: Gainesville, FL |
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There are probably worse that get Blu-ray treatment, but usually we're talking more recent releases in which having both formats is just a given.
In my recent shopping for lost DVD's I've upgraded to BD's a number of times but there have been a few that I haven't bothered with. Like Detroit Metal City... other than an audio upgrade I could see no reason to wait a couple weeks longer to get the soon to be released Blu-Ray. And Hidamari Sketch. Hidamari Sketch actually has wonderful art, but the nature of that wonderful art (pop art, thick lines, mixed media) just doesn't warrant an upgrade. I might as well save a few bucks and not upgrade on that one. One I didn't upgrade on and feel a little bad about... Moribito. That would probably look wonderful... but we're talking the difference between an $8 close-out sale and a $60 BD... and the truth is, really, very little animation needs an upgrade. |
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Blood-
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Yeah, that's my position, too. I totally getting paying the extra (which isn't much really) between Sentai's BD and DVD release of, say, Shinkai's Garden of Words. It just when people start talking about paying a huge premium to import a Jpn BD set of a visually humdrum show like Bamboo Blade (I realize one doesn't exist, I'm just using that as an example) because a NA DVD release just doesn't cut it ... I kinda shake my head.
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lem
Posts: 734 Location: Land of trying to figure sht out |
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Not sure what you were ever expecting from it, but yeah, I'm in agreement with you about the art. It looks like a whole lot of other anime. It's a low budget, made for TV show. Complete with time constraints as part of its production. It is what it is. More fast food than a scrumptious home cooked meal with all the trimmings and side dishes if you will. Although, like many of the In-n-Out Burgers I've had the pleasure to mack on (when I lived in sunny San Diego), I did find it worth finishing to its conclusion. It's fun. Tama-chan as the cute and very proficient Kendo martial artist (in the same manner that character "Takumi" of "Initial D" is expert at drifting by virtue of having to do it everyday as work for the family) is a very likable character. With her work ethic, sense of justice and willingness to help others, you can't help but root for her. And she's an anime fan to boot. But beyond all that, as a fan of Megumi Toyoguchi who I think is awesome as "Revy" and "Yao" (Miami Guns) I find her to be simply adorable in this series as "Kirino". I'd be willing to pay the JP blu price to show my support for her work. But it would have to be for a complete set type purchase. I'm reluctant to deal with 9 different resellers from JP just for dvds. That could be a lot of email if things went awry. Now if the blu looked and sounded that much better, then that would simply be bonus. And since I've started collecting various releases from other regions I'm giving the R4's for this one a look. Don't know what else to add to that other than the fact that there are as many reasons to buy a show as there are shows. ****
Cool. Mine has been "dispatched" and should be here about January 8th. Got 3 out the 4 vols of Gangsta today. Burned right through the first. Alex is pretty dang sexy. Love the character designs. Kinda like Natsume Ono's but with much more detail and not as grotesque. And the whole thing about tags... Should've ordered the manga much sooner though. Volume 2 has spent the last five days in California for some weird reason. I can't recall the name of it right this second, but I want to say that there's also an anime title which has sign language in it. Not like a Hellsing Ultimate slipcover but actual sign language. I'll have to dig it out. Otherwise it's gonna drive me nuts. |
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Zalis116
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Anyway, I finally placed my last order from this holiday sale, and perhaps/hopefully the last order of 2014. Though if there's a year-end clearance sale, there are a few things I've got my eye on, like the LE Da Capo game. I tilted things towards the fanservice/deviant side of the spectrum this time around, and placed some more "respectable" titles on a Christmas wishlist. El Hazard: The Wanderers DVD Complete Collection (Hyb) Elfen Lied DVD Complete Collection + OVA (Hyb) (replacing my old singles+artbox that were lost when someone I loaned them to reloaned them to someone else) Heaven's Lost Property Season 1 DVD/Blu-ray Complete Set (Hyb) - Anime Classics Heaven's Lost Property Season 2 DVD/Blu-ray Complete Set (Hyb) - Anime Classics K-ON!! Season 2 DVD Collection 1 (Hyb) K-ON!! Season 2 DVD Collection 2 (Hyb) Needless DVD Complete Collection (Hyb) Psychic Squad DVD Collection 1 (S) Psychic Squad DVD Collection 2 (S) Psychic Squad DVD Collection 3 (S) Psychic Squad DVD Collection 4 (S) Qwaser of Stigmata DVD Collection 1 (S) Qwaser of Stigmata DVD Collection 2 (S) Qwaser of Stigmata II DVD Complete Collection (S) |
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Blood-
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@ lem - I think buying a Jpn BD to show support for the talent involved is admirable. So you don't really fall within the parameters of my question. You are clearly motivated by more than simply the superior technical specifications of BD versus DVD.
Again it goes to my belief that those who become very insistent that it has to be BD or its simply not worth it and are prepared to pay a CONSIDERABLE premium for that by importing are more satisfying a psychological itch than anything else. |
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Spastic Minnow
Bargain Hunter Exempt from Grammar Rules Posts: 4609 Location: Gainesville, FL |
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I never noticed this problem on the DVD releases (I did own them already, I love the show so it's one I'm rebuying). Is this the real advantage of the BD's? If the BD releases were updated to all JPN Disc versions, maybe that would be worth upgrading... if someone knows and I get a response in time I might goi ahead and call Right Stuff to swutch them for the BD's after all. |
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luffypirate
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I was always under the impression that people imported high priced JP BD discs and boxes to show their support. That and all of the goodies that come with the first pressings and limited editions! Everything on my shelves I can list the cast and staff of and tell you why its so important to me. I've never replied with "because it looks better" lol. I'd wager that the actual people that do see it thar way are few and far between.
BTW, FUNi Bebop set has arrived. Marathon tomorrow after we take our kid to get pictures with Santa lol. |
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zawa113
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Ok, third order from Rightstuf (I think?), since it appears they may really be done with the sales items.
Blue Drop DVD (S) Broken Blade blu-ray Kokoro Connect TV Kokoro Connect OVA You're Under Arrest Full Throttle part 1 You're Under Arrest Full Throttle part 2 I thought they may get more of those full throttle cheap-o parts in, I was right. Putting them in your cart makes their counter go down one, essentially "reserving" them for you until you either check out or your cart expires, right? By the time I checked out, all the other ones (there was only like, 6 on those counters) found other carts to sit in, but I wanna make sure I'm likely getting mine. I got Kokoro Connect on DVD instead of blu-ray. I wish they did combo packs, but it's a slice of life, not an action thing like Broken Blade, so I thought DVD should work fine, right? Also, my PS3 can upscale (though how well it can I think still depends on the original DVD, older ones don't seem to upscale as well as that new Adieu Galaxy Express 999 movie release did) |
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Spastic Minnow
Bargain Hunter Exempt from Grammar Rules Posts: 4609 Location: Gainesville, FL |
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Should have known the K-On! S1 set would be a mega deal, considering it didn't show in the regular sale.
K-On! Season One DVD Complete Collection Puni Puni Poemi/Kekko Kamen DVD Double Pack (pre-order) School Rumble DVD Season 1 + OVA (Hyb) - S.A.V.E. Edition (2nd Edition) (pre-order) School Rumble DVD Season 2 - S.A.V.E. Edition (2nd Edition) (all re-orders of lost DVD's... I never did get around to watching Kekko Kamen when I first bought this set a couple years ago) |
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