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[Dresden]

Glee is what K-On! should have been, more songs, less story.

I think the show did pretty well with less shitty manufactured rock.

 

[Jex]

I was spoiled a bit by TVtropes actually, not of this death but of another major one.

Still that gives me something to look forward to.

Poor Reinhard ;_; What will you do now?

Suddenly I'm reminded of what someone far more talented at writing then myself had to say about the show :

"Even if people's lives are as insignificant as that vast expansion of stars, for some life of one person is more valuable than anything else in the universe. Its value really is only as small or large as our perspective wants it to be."

 

[Lain]

What is everyone's verdict on XXXHolic? I watched a few episodes with someone at the hospital and it seemed pretty okay.

I watched maybe 10 episodes. I thought it was bad, but the kind of fun bad. The one you keep watching just to see how bad it can get or if it ends up becoming good at some point.
Since I never finished it I have no idea if it ever became good, but it made me start buying the manga simply because of the art style and I've yet to actually start reading it...

 

[Haly]

Vex-pop says something sensible wat.

 

[Regulus Tera]

No this scenario needs it's own spin-off.

 

[Hitokage]

What is everyone's verdict on XXXHolic? I watched a few episodes with someone at the hospital and it seemed pretty okay.

Like Mushishi but mediocre and tied down by CLAMP trappings. Prepare to see Watanuki do the same gags over and over when he's not actually in a serious situation.

 

[Reknoc]

I really need to buy the rest of Mushishi. I got the first volume and box and really enjoyed it but always forget to get the other volumes.

 

[Vox-Pop]

I think the show did pretty well with less shitty manufactured rock.

I liked the songs.

 

[Kite]

Just finished Oh! Edo Rocket! Really loved how the whole thing was handled, the humor in it was unexpected at times which made it even better. Going to buy this once the DVD comes out in November for future rewatches. Going to start on Monster after a short break.

Huzzah a convert, welcome to the club,

 

[Reknoc]

edit: Reknoc, funi has released multiple complete boxsets of Mushishi now so you could probably just nab one of those rather than trying to find the rest of the singles.

Bubububut my box! It'll look alone and empty with just Vol. 1 in it.

Edit: Shit. Funi means Revelation which means out of print and probably unlicensed.

 

[Jex]

Bubububut my box! It'll look alone and empty with just Vol. 1 in it.

You should feel lucky that you even get a box case! I don't like having 8 discs inside one giant single box.

 

[Dresden]

You should feel lucky that you even get a box case! I don't like having 8 discs inside one giant single box.

There's something satisfying about a nice, thick box of anime. I prefer box sets to single DVD/Blu Ray cases for that reason.

Unless it's from Funi and it's a scrap of cardboard held together by three pieces of tape.

 

[Reknoc]

You should feel lucky that you even get a box case! I don't like having 8 discs inside one giant single box.

Clearly you should have joined the superiour Starter Box Revolution. *hugs unfinished Gurren Lagann and Gundam 00 S1 boxes*

 

[Hitokage]

Bubububut my box! It'll look alone and empty with just Vol. 1 in it.

At one point amazon.com was understanding of this and shipped out complete Last Exile box sets when the customer only ordered Vol 1 with box. Gungrave too but it didn't happen for me.

 

[InfiniteNine]

There's something satisfying about a nice, thick box of anime. I prefer box sets to single DVD/Blu Ray cases for that reason.

Unless it's from Funi and it's a scrap of cardboard held together by three pieces of tape.

You don't know what cardboard is until you try Bandai's Gurren Lagann sets. Everything about it feels cheap as hell. Then again I only have the FMP! Bluray sets available and Mnemosyne so i can't compare beyond that.

 

[Deadly]

I watched 30 episodes of Tsubasa ReservOIR Chronicle before I realised what a waste of time it was.

I think you watched most of the good episodes since it went to filler-ville during the last half of the 2nd season. The OVA's animated by Production I.G. were amazing though.

 

[Jex]

You don't know what cardboard is until you try Bandai's Gurren Lagann sets. Everything about it feels cheap as hell. Then again I only have the FMP! Bluray sets available and Mnemosyne so i can't compare beyond that.

My Elfin Lied boxset is the worst thing I own (in more ways then one). It's just a loose cardboard container that happens to contain discs in it. It doesn't even retain it's shape.

 

[InfiniteNine]

My Elfin Lied boxset is the worst thing I own (in more ways then one). It's just a loose cardboard container that happens to contain discs in it. It doesn't even retain it's shape.

Sounds like my Gurren sets then except the disks are contained in the cheapest DVD cases I've ever laid hands on. The slipcovers the cases came in can't hold shape unless both of the DVDs are in each set.

 

[Reknoc]

The only boxset I have I have a problem with is both Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex ones, everything is packed in so tight it's a massive chore just to try and get one volume out.

 

[Hitokage]

My Seirei no Moribito box is both bloated and flimsy. Eight volumes for 26 episodes. :/

 

[Jex]

Although, I think the worst packaging is when every disc comes on a spindle inside one plastic box, like, you know, an old stack of CD-Rs or something. Moribito and Princess Tutu are the two I have that do this, and it's kind of awful even besides the fact that you have to take every single other disc out before you can get to the last one because it just screams cheap.

That's what I meant. I don't get having a zillion discs all in there.

The only boxset I have I have a problem with is both Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex ones, everything is packed in so tight it's a massive chore just to try and get one volume out.

So that's not just an issue my copy then. Someone designed that pretty poorly.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Anyone know of the package quality for the Japanese Stand Alone Complex Bluray sets? If you got a picture quality rating too I'd like it as well. ;P

Speaking of that here are some Highschool of the Dead Blu-ray quality quick review/screens:
http://muhootsaver.tistory.com/1062

- Highschool of the Dead Blu-ray vol.1 screenshots:
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1160737.png
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1160741.png
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1160745.png
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1160750.png
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1160754.png
http://www.dotup.org/uploda/www.dotup.org1160755.png

Looks decent, but nothing stunning I guess. around A-~A
(You probably know this already, but these images get deleted automatically from the server after awhile. Don't blame me if links don't work like a week after I post them.)

Also Baccano! Bluray set announced for Japan:
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/baccano/bluraybox/index.html

 

[luka]

There's something satisfying about a nice, thick box of anime. I prefer box sets to single DVD/Blu Ray cases for that reason.

Unless it's from Funi and it's a scrap of cardboard held together by three pieces of tape.

I definitely prefer having condensed thinpak releases, and often end up doing that myself if the packaging is fairly cheap anyway (I have way too much of this shit).

Something like the Bakemonogatari blurays are an example of kind of gorgeous, beefy cardboard packages that I would go out of my way to make room on the shelf for them. They look amazing, despite taking up more space than normal.

The only R1 box set I have is the Last Exile thinpak release with all the nice Murata art. <3

 

[Reknoc]

I don't think I've seen them on one spindel but FMPs (maybe) boxset is pretty terrible all discs are in one case but are arranged so they over lap each other. So you have 3 on one side and 3 on the other.

 

[Dresden]

Highschool of the Dead doesn't look like a show that benefits much from Blu Ray.

 

[luka]

Speaking of that here are some Highschool of the Dead Blu-ray quality quick review/screens:
http://muhootsaver.tistory.com/1062

Y...eah. I'm not even sure I want these anymore. I still haven't bothered watching the last half of the show.

Also Baccano! Bluray set announced for Japan:
http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Animation/baccano/bluraybox/index.html

Now here's something I'd be interested in.

 

[Hitokage]

It's not anime, but I rather like what they did with the Daria box. Eight or so discs packed securely and individually in a plastic case about the same size as the one used for Crest of the Stars.

 

[InfiniteNine]

Highschool of the Dead doesn't look like a show that benefits much from Blu Ray.

It clearly doesn't.

 

[InfiniteNine]

I'm hearing rumors about Fate/Zero TV anime by ufotable...

!

 

[Hellsing321]

My Black Lagoon 2nd Barrage came in in a steel book and it is beautiful. I wish more DVDs/BRs in general came in steel books.

 

[Jex]

Highschool of the Dead doesn't look like a show that benefits much from Blu Ray.

Or even HD. That large resolution just reveals how low quality a lot of that background stuff is.

 

[Hitokage]

My Black Lagoon 2nd Barrage came in in a steel book and it is beautiful. I wish more DVDs/BRs in general came in steel books.

Robocop did.

 

[Dresden]

!

ufotable? If it's anywhere near the quality of their Kara no Kyoukai stuff, I'm sold.

I look forward to seeing the superior Emiya.

 

[Joule]

!

Well they do have 4 more announcements to make (with one happening on 24th and another on the 27th).

 

[InfiniteNine]

ufotable? If it's anywhere near the quality of their Kara no Kyoukai stuff, I'm sold.

I look forward to seeing the superior Emiya.

Apparently ufotable staff is doing a Touhou anime under a pseudonym too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2cPk1196xY

The way they handle the danmaku fights in that OP is awesome.

 

[Jex]

My Black Lagoon 2nd Barrage came in in a steel book and it is beautiful. I wish more DVDs/BRs in general came in steel books.

That sounds pretty badass.

All the rest of my boxes are alright I suppose. Nothing great, apart from my Patlabor 1 + 2 Boxsets, which are just ridiculous.

I don't really desire super-duper editions of all my works, just above-average quality packaging would be nice considering that these DVD's tend to be overpriced anyway.

 

[Dresden]

That sounds pretty badass.

All the rest of my boxes are alright I suppose. Nothing great, apart from my Patlabor 1 + 2 Boxsets, which are just ridiculous.

That's... beautiful. How much did it cost?

Apparently ufotable staff is doing a Touhou anime under a pseudonym too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2cPk1196xY

The way they handle the danmaku fights in that OP is awesome.

I'd watch it.

 

[Salazar]

My Black Lagoon 2nd Barrage came in in a steel book and it is beautiful. I wish more DVDs/BRs in general came in steel books.

Mine came in plastic with Revy on the cover (seductively ? menacingly ?) unzipping her pants.

 

[Trojita]

Sounds like my Gurren sets then except the disks are contained in the cheapest DVD cases I've ever laid hands on. The slipcovers the cases came in can't hold shape unless both of the DVDs are in each set.

I put all of my dvd's in the vol. 1 Gurren Lagann Shaped Box.

Anime companiesdid the same things with Code Geass and TMOHS, except those card board boxes seemed just a tad sturdier.

 

[InfiniteNine]

I put all of my dvd's in the vol. 1 Gurren Lagann Shaped Box.

Anime companiesdid the same things with Code Geass and TMOHS, except those card board boxes seemed just a tad sturdier.

I'll have to see if I can get the box somewhere. I don't like the cases these came with at all.

 

[Hitokage]

The sturdiest box I have is for Infinite Ryvius. It's like half a centimeter thick.

 

[Jex]

That's... beautiful. How much did it cost?

As far as I know each movie cost $90 when it came out (about £60), meaning it cost $180 to get both.

There was some computer error, or stock error, in my favour over at Play and I got both movies in one set for £27 ($42).

I was pretty shocked when it arrived and I discovered it weighed a ton. Those books+thick cases made the whole thing feel very solid.

 

[luka]

Apparently ufotable staff is doing a Touhou anime under a pseudonym too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2cPk1196xY

The way they handle the danmaku fights in that OP is awesome.

I'm not a Touhou nerd by any means (Cave 4 lyf), but that was great.

 

[Novid]

Apparently ufotable staff is doing a Touhou anime under a pseudonym too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2cPk1196xY

The way they handle the danmaku fights in that OP is awesome.

Zun will never (and has never) give his blessing because he wants to stay underground.

 

[InfiniteNine]

I'm not a Touhou nerd by any means (Cave 4 lyf), but that was great.

I'm still a bit of a Touhou nerd, but it was knocked down after I played DeathSmiles for the first time. Looking forward to this since it looks like it'll be done right!

Zun will never (and has never) give his blessing because he wants to stay underground.

ZUN can go screw himself because this looks excellent.

 

[Haly]

Oberstein is like the personification of a magnificent bastard.

 

[Starwolf_UK]

As far as I know each movie cost $90 when it came out (about £60), meaning it cost $180 to get both.

There was some computer error, or stock error, in my favour over at Play and I got both movies in one set for £27 ($42).

I was pretty shocked when it arrived and I discovered it weighed a ton. Those books+thick cases made the whole thing feel very solid.

I'm not so sure if it was an error. About the time of it happening (2009 wasn't it?) I was able to get the same set from the Beez Entertainment stall at the MCM London expo (the May 2009 one) for £25 (it was funny, I went in wanting only the movies as I'd heard they were £5 each but they only had the second film so I thought I might as well get both as LE as it was only £5 more) though to be fair their offers did tend to be better than online bought (no middleman I guess) so maybe play.com did glitch it.

As for the Patlabor boxes, while I didn't look at the fully translated storyboards, the 100 page plus booklet that came with each film was a good read (it had interviews, articles, copies on the Japanese film programme and some concept art) and personally I think that is better than the shove on a shelf out of the way tat you usually get with limited editions though to be fair it did come at a premium when you consider the original price.

 

[B.K.]

Are Flag and Kino's Journey any good? There's a used DVD store that I go to that has all four Flag DVDs for $4 each and the Kino's Journey boxset for $22. I read a little about them online. They don't sound too bad.

 

[Jex]

I went in wanting only the movies as I'd heard they were £5 each but they only had the second film so I thought I might as well get both as LE as it was only £5 more) though to be fair their offers did tend to be better than online bought (no middleman I guess) so maybe play.com did glitch it.
I guess there could have been a large amount of stock that they just wanted to shift, or some other reason, but the price has certainly normalised now.

I think that is better than the shove on a shelf out of the way tat you usually get with limited editions though to be fair it did come at a premium when you consider the original price.

Judging by the price-drops/possible-errors it's clear that lots of copies didn't sell. And considering they only had 1000 copies for the whole of the UK, that's bad sign.

While it is a really great special edition it was stupidly expensive for a franchise which no-one here has ever heard of.

Oberstein is like the personification of a magnificent bastard.

He's so magnificent that he even meddles with Reinhard.

Are Flag and Kino's Journey any good? There's a used DVD store that I go to that has all four Flag DVDs for $4 each and the Kino's Journey boxset for $22. I read a little about them online. They don't sound too bad.

Yes, they come heartily recommended. Especially Kino's Journey.

 

[Unknown Soldier]

Highschool of the Dead doesn't look like a show that benefits much from Blu Ray.

It wasn't even rendered at an HD resolution! The HD broadcasts were all upscaled SD!