Unboxing [UK]: Belladonna of Sadness - Collector's Edition (Blu-ray) [NSFW]

Amazon recently lowered the prices for some of the anime titles and this particular one was at its lowest in recent months. I've been interested in checking it out so I picked it up.

Also due to the nature of this film and the contents of this release, please be advised that this post is Not Safe For Work.

Industry News: Funimation October 2017 Release Slate

Crunchyroll titles storm throughout Funimation's October release slate, but we also see the next batch of Summer 2016 titles as well as the first of Autumn 2016.

Unboxing [UK]: Final Fantasy XII: The Zodiac Age - Steelbook Launch Edition (PS4)

Another Final Fantasy hits PlayStation 4 and this time it's a remaster of a well loved (I presume) PlayStation 2 title.

Unboxing [US]: Steins;Gate - Complete Series: Anime Classics (BD/DVD)

Back in the end of June I acquired a few titles thanks to an Amazon deal of the day sale. The third title from the lot is a re-release from the Mad Scientist and his Tuturu companion now part of Anime Classics from Funimation.

Unboxing [US]: Spice & Wolf - Season 1 & 2: Anime Classics (BD/DVD)

Back in the end of June I acquired a few titles thanks to an Amazon deal of the day sale. The second title from the lot is another re-release but now part of the Anime Classics from Funimation.

Unboxing [US]: Deadman Wonderland - Complete Series: Anime Classics (BD/DVD)

Back in the end of June I acquired a few titles thanks to an Amazon deal of the day sale. The first one is a title that suffered a Blu-ray hold-back but came back as an Anime Classic release from Funimation.

Unboxing [UK]: Rage of Bahamut: Genesis - Complete Series: Limited Edition (Blu-ray)

With the Funimation US limited edition no longer in print and Anime Limited hosting a special offer sale last weekend, I decided to finally dip in towards the well-received Rage of Bahamut series with its first season.

Find out what's different for this UK release that's a near replica of the US version with this unboxing.

Unboxing [JP]: Sengoku Basara HD Collection (PS3)

Managed to make use of my 1000 Yen coupon for Solaris Japan. Even better the rate got better in time so I finally placed an order. Here we have the second of two, which is actually a collection of games.

Unboxing [JP]: Ryū ga Gotoku Kenzan! - The Best! Edition Reissue (PS3)

Managed to make use of my 1000 Yen coupon for Solaris Japan. Even better the rate got better in time so I finally placed an order. Here we have the first of two.

Industry News: Anime Expo 2017 Announcements Round-up

Anime Expo 2017 has been packed with tons of industry panels and announcements through July 1st to the 4th. So rather than splitting up the panels into multiple posts I decided to place all of them in one huge blog post. There are some surprises with a few of these distributors.

The following panels covered in this round-up are as follows:

Anime - Aniplex of America, Crunchyroll, FLCL, Full Metal Panic!, Funimation, Kadokawa Pictures, Nozomi/Rightstuf, Ponycan US, Sentai Filmworks, Studio Trigger, Viz Media, Warner Bros Japan

Books - Kodansha Comics, Seven Seas, Vertical, Yen Press, Viz Media

Games/Visual Novels - Aksys Games, Bandai Namco, JAST USA, MangaGamer, NIS America, Sekai Project

Otaku Collection 2017: June Update | Birthday stuff, SAO Catch Up, More Games

It has been a month since I had returned home from University. I've received my results and successfully achieved an overall 2.1 grade for my Computer Science for Games course. I'm happy with the outcome as well.

Industry News: Sentai Filmworks October 2017 Line-up

Sentai Filmworks is offering a selection of complete collection re-releases as well as some other new bits.

Unboxing [UK]: Sword Art Online II - Part 4: Collector's Edition (BD/DVD)

Pretty much as soon as I acquired the third part, I decided to get the final part to fill the gap on what was left to acquire for the show.

Like Parts 1-3, these boxes have a special texture of sorts that makes the set really hard to take photos on.

Unboxing [UK]: Overlord - Complete Series: Limited Edition (Blu-ray)

OVERLORD has now come to the UK, with a special near-replica release of the limited edition. Find out what's different for the UK release with this unboxing.

Unboxing [UK]: Prison School - Complete Series: Collector's Edition (Blu-ray)

One of the most popular ecchi series out there arrives in the UK without any cuts or censorship. Time for Prison School.