Welcome to the Otaku Collection haul for the month of December 2021. This update features 22 anime releases, 6 light novel volumes, 6 manga volumes, 4 physical video games, and 4 live-action Asian cinema releases.
For this month’s haul we wrap up the year of 2021 with a bunch of new & delayed anime releases, a bunch of titles picked up from sales, a few catch-ups on the books and games, and the Christmas Day haul itself.
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day & Fate/Grand Order -First Order-
The first package of the month came from Rightstuf’s Black Friday sale, and Aniplex was among the publishers that had a batch of anime on offer, though the prices were only about $10-20 less than the usual. A few sets were selling out and considering the sale itself had a few that I was interested in, I decided to order them and get them out of the way.
Starting with Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day, which is a series that I had been meaning to acquire for years (especially as I acquired the film back in January 2015), but the time was never right. Now I finally got the series which is a relief. Also picked up Fate/Grand Order -First Order- to continue the Fate collection which has been on my list to get for a while, though it was a debate between the Aniplex release or the MVM release due to funding. But now that the funding has been sorted, the Aniplex release was an option now.
Code Geass: Akito the Exiled
Next we have a spin-off OVA series that I have been wanting to own for a while but was never released in the UK until recently, and that was Code Geass: Akito the Exiled. I’m a fan of the franchise so it was nice to finally own this one and Funimation offered a limited edition which was unexpected but nice to see considering the US technically didn’t get the same treatment (it had extra items but wasn’t their usual LE type set).
Penguindrum
Penguindrum was supposed to have been released a few months ago, but it’s finally here. This has been a series I’ve heard about for years and it did get a UK release before under KAZE, but now Anime Limited rescued it and re-authored the series so that it’s now in 1080p instead of 1080i that the US & Australian releases were.
Bartender
Anime Limited held their 12 Days of Christmas sale and one of the Blu-ray sets that I wanted to acquire was Bartender, which we heard was close to selling out before the sale even began. I immediately ordered it to make sure I got it in case it eventually sold out.
MediEvil & Secret of Mana
I decided to pick up a few PlayStation 4 games that I was interested in and were still cheap to acquire. One that was on my list was the mobile remake of Secret of Mana that Square Enix brought over to the modern consoles. I played the original SNES version from the Wii’s Virtual Console, but I never managed to finish it or even get that far.
The second game was MediEvil, which is the remake of the original PlayStation (& PSP) games. I never had the chance to play the original and I was in the mood to pick up a retro game like this. The original PS1 game is also included as a bonus which is pretty cool to see.
Armour of God
88 Films started the year with their first big deluxe edition release of The Young Master, and now we end the year with another deluxe release dedicated to Armour of God. There were a lot of delays for a bunch of their Hong Kong cinema titles but thankfully this film managed to get released before the end of the year. It’s a really nice set and I look forward to watching the film.
Death Parade
I watched Death Parade many years ago and was a series that I had actually downloaded due to lack of legal streams. Fortunately the series is now finally released on Blu-ray in the UK and Funimation UK surprisingly decided to offer their own LE release for the series which is different to the US one. It’s still a nice set even if the outer box artwork isn’t that appealing.
ON-GAKU: Our Sound
Last year Anime Limited acquired a whole bunch of new anime films for theatrical and one of them was ON-GAKU. The film is different to the others you see due to elements like its art style and production, and fortunately it was received very well and from there I was more interested in checking it out.
Anime Limited’s release was delayed by a couple of months, but it arrived and it’s a really nice package (plus it’s also a shop exclusive release). I have yet to watch the film but I plan to do so sooner than later.
Anime Limited’s Red Mystery Box 2021 Bundle
I usually don’t bother with Anime Limited’s Mystery Boxes but the title selections for this year made the decision a bit easier this time around. There were two choices and they had the opposite colour selection which was weird but I chose the Red box because it had the titles that I was interested in that you would think would be in the Blue box.
The titles were Children of the Sea, K Season 1, Summer Days with Coo and Terror in Resonance. I already own Terror in Resonance via the ultimate edition but the collector’s edition has a nice storyboard booklet that adds something new to the set. K Season 1 I also own for the collection but that was the Region A Viz Media release, so it was nice to own a Region B set and keep consistency with the sequels Missing Kings & Return of Kings that I have.
The ones that I was mostly after were Children of the Sea and Summer Days with Coo. The former was a film that I really enjoyed watching and had been meaning to own for the shelf, while the latter is an older film that I was interested in checking out. Overall the box was £36 and I got some pretty good value out of it.
Fate/Apocrypha & Fate/EXTRA Last Encore
Probably one of the biggest surprises of the year in terms of the collection. Aniplex sets are expensive and we know that, but the story of this pickup actually goes back to September.
I was talking to someone who was slowly upgrading their titles to Aniplex and over time they decided they wanted to part ways with some of them and approached me about it. I was interested but funding was a problem and I was only after the older sets due to how Aniplex’s sets work in terms of staying in print.
While I lost out on that first offer which I wasn’t too bothered by, they eventually offered Fate/Apocrypha and Fate/EXTRA, which was tempting but I was only interested in the former because it was much older between the two. That eventually folded as someone else wanted them instead, so I moved on.
Since then I managed to get a new job and had proper funding, so I asked them last month if they were still selling Apocrypha as nothing seemed to have happened over the course of the past few months. Turns out the person that wanted it, never paid for it and was stuck on-hold since. I was only curious but somehow after going back and forth I managed to win the deal and acquired both shows in the end. They arrived this month and I’m quite pleased with the outcome since the sets arrived in like new condition and the price was much better than the Rightstuf Black Friday offer.
This deal, combined with the Rightstuf Black Friday haul from earlier, has allowed me to get roughly half of the Aniplex sets I needed to get from my list, which is very helpful.
Monster Girl Doctor & Monster Girl Doctor Zero Light Novel Volumes
So last month I did not pick up any books whatsoever, and I realised that I should still try to grab some volumes whenever I can. So I decided to make one big order which got split into different packages and the first batch of packages is dedicated to the light novel series Monster Girl Doctor.
Now I have watched the anime and enjoyed it but I still have yet to read the light novels which will no doubt surprise anyone. That said I do like to take the marathon approach so I still want to acquire the volumes whenever possible, especially if its coming from Seven Seas who are notorious for having stock issues.
For this series, I picked up all of the remaining volumes released in English with Volumes 6, 7 & 8. In addition, I also acquired the prequel volume Monster Girl Doctor Zero. There’s Volume 9 scheduled for English release next year, so other than that the series is now up-to-date which is great.
The Dungeon of Black Company, Hitomi-chan is Shy with Strangers & World’s End Harem: Fantasia Manga Volumes
Alongside the light novels were a few manga volumes. These titles were chosen as they had a few English volumes left that I wanted to get sorted, but most importantly were available within the time period due to the holiday season.
The first one is The Dungeon of Black Company with Volume 6, which is just where the anime wraps up. Volume 7 got delayed into 2022 so I decided to get this one acquired sooner than later. I enjoyed the anime and look forward to seeing how the manga source material is.
Next we have a recent newcomer to the collection with Hitomi-chan is Shy with Strangers Volume 2. This series has just started getting released in English and I liked the concept and artstyle to pick up the volumes. Now I have yet to start reading it but I will do so sooner than later since it will be a while before we get more volumes released in English.
Last but not least we have more World’s End Harem: Fantasia with Volumes 4 & 5. I have read the first volume and it has my interest, especially with the fantasy setting. I saved Volumes 2 & 3 for a big marathon read so I waited until getting more volumes before I continue. Volume 6 onwards are due for 2022 in English so now is a good time to check out what else is in store for this harem spin-off.
Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Anti-War Trilogy
Similar to the Toshiaki Toyoda 2005-2021 Box Set, I decided to also pre-order the Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Anti-War Trilogy Box Set from Third Window Films and the Terracotta Distribution store. The set was at a discount of £39.99 before release and I wanted to support the distributor so they can hopefully acquire more of the director’s works, since many of them are unlicensed for the UK.
The Anti-War Trilogy contains Casting Blossoms to the Sky (この空の花 長岡花火物語), Seven Weeks (野のなななのか), and Hanagatami (花筐).
Neon Genesis Evangelion
In 2012 I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion for the first time and since then I still consider the series to be among one of my favourite shows of all time. It’s not perfect but it’s an anime that sticks with you for the long term and I really enjoyed it. Like Code Geass, it’s honestly a franchise that I would love to have more of just because I like it a lot.
However, there was a catch – I never had the chance to own the series on home video until now. It took 9 years to finally be able to have a copy and it’s an Ultimate Edition Blu-ray from Anime Limited. The set is large but was smaller than I had imagined, and it’s basically just a bit taller than the Perfect Blue Ultimate Edition. I knew there were reports about damage to the discs, and I can confirm that my package is fine, no sign of any marks and all 11 discs worked without issue.
The UK/US/AU Blu-ray discs are currently the best way to own the series, with some techy folks on the Blu-ray forum stating it’s picture quality is better than the Japanese release which is interesting. The infamous End of Evangelion TV Spot is also among the bonus features on the disc.
Dai Shogun: Great Revolution
MVM also held their own 12 Days of Christmas sale, though unfortunately it was pretty disappointing. Last year I picked up six of their titles for a solid offer and this year there was only one title I decided to get and that was Dai Shogun: Great Revolution for £7.99. This a historical fan service fantasy series and it’s basically the type of series that you just sit back and relax for the ecchi goodness.
Nichijou: My Ordinary Life
When I first got into anime properly in 2012, I watched the usual beginner choices which were the Studio Ghibli films, Akira, Ghost in the Shell and the shows Death Note and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. Now the next two choices you’re not going to believe were among the first that I had watched – one was a select number of Lupin the Third films, and the other was Nichijou: My Ordinary Life.
Like Evangelion and many of the anime I watched in 2012, they were seen via other means so I never had a home video copy, though apparently Nichijou was available on Crunchyroll but I didn’t know until it had eventually been delisted. So I’m greatly pleased to be able to finally own a Blu-ray for the series 9 years later thanks to Funimation bringing it over to the UK. The limited edition package is a UK exclusive and the box is bigger than it needs to be, but overall it’s a pretty good offering.
Eureka Seven
We have another double-dip release with Eureka Seven from Anime Limited. While I own the Funimation limited edition, I wanted to own a Region B version of the series for easier accessibility. Originally I wanted to get the Ultimate Edition Blu-ray release but I felt that the price wasn’t at the range that I had wanted and the offering was a bit lacking in some areas. During the 12 Days of Christmas sale, the re-release was available for £18 and I decided to go for it. The re-release is basically the two part standard Blu-rays housed inside a rigid box, similarly to the Full Metal Panic! Seasons 1-3 collection.
Sword Art Online Alicization -War of Underworld-
Just like the previous sets, I also pre-ordered Sword Art Online Alicization -War of Underworld- from Anime Limited a few months ago, but delays kept pushing the two part sets back and fortunately they arrived on Christmas Eve of all days. I did enjoy the season as a whole though I don’t consider it to be the best of the franchise. Because of licensing it looks like Funimation UK will be taking over the next SAO releases so these collector’s edition sets were a great way to send off the franchise in my opinion.
Christmas 2021 Haul
Just like the previous years, the Christmas haul ends both the month and the year as a whole. The goal is the same as before in which I go for a mix of everything i.e. Anime, Manga, Light Novels, Video Games and Asian Cinema.
First up we have the anime selection. The big highlight is MEGALOBOX which finally joins the collection, and it was requested because it was on offer during Anime Limited’s 12 Days of Christmas 2021 sale. In addition, because the price was just right, I also requested the film Steins;Gate: Load Region of Deja Vu just to get that out of the way. I am quite surprised that Funimation UK decided to bring the film over to the UK considering it was released in the US years ago (and the Japanese release has English subtitles).
For the light novel selection, we have new titles joining the collection. One of them is noteworthy as it came out years ago by Yen Press and is technically a novel/manga hybrid release – and that is Another Episode S/O, which is also presented in a hardcover format. The novel portion is Another S, while the manga portion is Another O. There is a sequel novel coming in 2022 which is why I wanted to pick up this collection sooner.
Also joining the collection is the light novel series Combatants Will Be Dispatched with Volume 1 because I really enjoyed the anime. Yen started releasing the novels quite recently so I’m in no rush to pick up the rest of the novels immediately.
For the manga selection, I decided to change things up and explore more of the VIZ SIGNATURE label from Viz Media. The first is Fist of the North Star Omnibus 1 in hardcover format, which recently started getting new English releases and I hope to keep the series up-to-date as much as I can.
The second is a classic series also was re-released in a better format, and that is Maison Ikkoku Omnibus 1. I was originally going to choose Mermaid Saga or Urusei Yatsura but this series won in terms of the availability. I should note that it is damaged but the main core content is fine.
Next we have the video game selection because I recently picked up a PlayStation 5 back in November. As such the batch here is solely focused on that console, because the PS4 titles I am interested in acquiring were not within the price range that I would have liked them to be at for the Xmas haul.
The first is Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales, and this is the standard edition because Spider-Man Remastered is a digital download regardless so I didn’t see the point spending more for the deluxe edition. Plus, by going for the standard edition I can always upgrade later.
The second is Yakuza 7: Like a Dragon, which went on offer for £19.99 during Black Friday which I felt was a great price considering how PS5 games going forward are going to be pretty expensive to get. I also received a PlayStation bottle.
Last but not least we have the Asian Cinema selection, which continues the Hong Kong Cinema venture. Last year was quite generous so I was not expecting anything huge this time, but regardless I did want to continue picking up more Eureka Entertainment releases so I chose two Jackie Chan films – Wong Jing’s City Hunter (城市獵人), which surprisingly was the first print edition i.e. slipcase and booklet, and Sammo Hung’s Wheels on Meals (快餐車).
In terms of other items I received for Christmas, were a few shirts and chocolates just like the previous year. There’s apparently one more shirt incoming but was delayed.
Unboxing Links
You can view more photos & specs for the titles below:
- Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day (LE Blu-ray)
- Armour of God (LE Blu-ray)
- Bartender (CE Blu-ray)
- Children of the Sea (CE Blu-ray & DVD)
- Code Geass: Akito the Exiled (LE Blu-ray)
- Fate/Apocrypha Box Sets 1 & 2 (LE Blu-ray)
- Fate/EXTRA Last Encore (LE Blu-ray)
- Fate/Grand Order -First Order- (LE Blu-ray)
- K Season 1 (CE Blu-ray)
- MEGALOBOX (CE Blu-ray)
- Neon Genesis Evangelion (UE Blu-ray)
- Nichijou: My Ordinary Life (LE Blu-ray)
- Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Anti-War Trilogy (LE Blu-ray)
- ON-GAKU: Our Sound (CE Blu-ray & DVD)
- Penguindrum (CE Blu-ray)
- Summer Days with Coo (CE Blu-ray & DVD)
- Sword Art Online Alicization -War of Underworld- Parts 1 & 2 (CE Blu-ray)
What’s to Come for the Hauls
January 2022
January has a couple of anime arrivals from Anime Limited, assuming there’s no further delays that is. Joining Josee, the Tiger & the Fish are El-Hazard: The Magnificent World, Kaiba and Kakegurui: Compulsive Gambler from the 12 Days of Christmas 2021 Early Bird line-up.
Also expected to arrive in January is Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! which was dispatched from Madman in Australia. This was a unique case of which COVID caused disruption with the Australian shipments so it had dispatched later than planned, and it will take a few weeks before it can arrive at my doorstep so I’m expecting the set to arrive around early to mid January hopefully. Worth noting that despite being dispatched by Madman, this is actually the US limited edition with an Australian sticker which is bizarre but sure why not.
In terms of incoming video games, I also pre-ordered the European version of Record of Lodoss War: Deedlit of Wonder Labyrinth which is getting a limited physical release by Red Art Games. If I’m lucky, it might also come included with the LE items that were included in the Japanese release.
February 2022
February also has more titles from Anime Limited, again assuming they’re not delayed of course. Joining Black Lagoon are Boogiepop Phantom, Cardcaptor Sakura and My-HiME from the 12 Days of Christmas 2021 Early Bird line-up.
Other Tidbits
Due to the current situation in the UK, my job has currently shifted to the ‘work from home’ approach which is weird but an interesting experience. I honestly do prefer to work in the office but I’m fine staying at home as it offers an extra hour of free time and money saved from car fuel.
Also on a random note, my external HDD for the laptop suddenly died so I’ll need to get a new one. There is years of data on that drive but a majority of it is still accessible in their original locations so it’ll be a lot of faff to sort it out.
Moving on to the discussion of hauls as I always do with each of these monthly round-ups, there’s been some progress at least.
Anime | Anime Limited
Thanks to the 12 Days of Christmas sale I managed to get 7 catalog titles so that’s very handy. Acquiring the mystery box saved a bit of money at least. This now leaves me with The Dragon Dentist and Ride Your Wave from the 2020 releases followed by Big Order, InuYasha Season 1, K: Seven Stories, Love Live! The School Idol Movie, and PSYCHO-PASS: Sinners of the System from the 2021 releases.
2022 has a few titles I did not order, like Anti-Magic Academy: The 35th Test Platoon, Belladonna of Sadness 4K Ultra HD and Blood-C’s Ultimate Edition. The latter two I passed on for the meantime either for content or price reasons. I have no clue if Anime Limited plans to offer any more early birds for January though I’m expecting a quiet month or redux versions in the meantime.
Anime | Aniplex of America
Thanks to this haul, I managed to get five Aniplex sets acquired and what is left are only a few titles! Lord El-Melloi II’s Case Files {Rail Zeppelin} Grace note from the 2020 releases followed by Fate/Grand Order Absolute Demonic Front: Babylonia and Fate/Grand Order Divine Realm of the Round Table Camelot: Wandering;Agateram from the 2021 releases.
It’s very weird getting a lot of Aniplex titles out of the way in 2021, but that does mean the hauls will get better over time because there’s more money placed for cheaper releases lol. Mahouka may join the list depending on whether they re-release Season 1 with an English dub (for consistency with Season 2 onwards). I would like to see The Misfit of Demon King Academy and Vivy both get scheduled for home video if they can considering they were also dubbed into English so that should increase its chances of a release.
Anime | Discotek Media
I haven’t spoken about Discotek at all and I do want to acquire a ton of their titles throughout 2022. The issue is that pricing can be steep, and some of the titles are good candidates for Anime Limited to acquire. Some will be fine to get like the SD-BD releases or shows that have larger episode counts due to BBFC costs causing issues for potential UK releases. City Hunter I am convinced will get a UK release due to how Sunrise provided the rights to Discotek i.e. all English territories except UK & Ireland which is strange to begin with.
Dear Brother is a release that I know the distributor has asked folks to go ahead and buy sooner than later, which I intend to do at some point.
Anime | Funimation
The UK branch announced their first quarter of 2022 line-up, which includes more regular Blu-ray releases to get including Isekai Quartet, Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle as well as limited edition releases of Attack on Titan: The Final Season Part 1 and Yona of the Dawn.
The US branch has By the Grace of the Gods and Dr. STONE: Stone Wars limited editions, the latter of which might also be brought over to the UK but we’ll see. In terms of catalog sets, I do plan to get Fire Force Season 2, ID: INVADED, and Plunderer at some point.
Anime | MVM
MVM have a few titles scheduled for next year with some that I am interested in like Haibane Renmei and VINLAND SAGA, but strangely they have decided to delve into the ADV/TBS DVD anime releases to which I already own Air and Kanon. We’ll see how this progresses as I wouldn’t mind owning Region 2 NTSC versions if a HD master doesn’t exist.
Anime | Sentai
Sentai have been offering a bunch of new and re-releases as of late. They have slowed down on the limited edition offerings but the ones confirmed so far include DanMachi III, Rent-A-Girlfriend, and VINLAND SAGA so those I am interested in depending on content and prices. MVM also has VINLAND SAGA but whether it gets the LE treatment is unknown.
Asian Cinema
Third Window has some exciting titles on their 2022 schedule. We knew about Hiruko the Goblin, Crazy Thunder Road, and Funky Forest/Warped Forest, but they have also scheduled Zokki for April and revealed new licenses during their recent podcast. In May they have the French biopic Onoda – 10,000 Nights in the Jungle, which has a Japanese cast (similar to Top Knot Detective), followed by Summer Time Machine Blues from PSYCHO-PASS co-director Katsuyuki Motohiro in June/July time, then the long-awaited HD remaster of Sion Sono’s Suicide Club which is a J-Horror film that I am very excited to own on Blu-ray. In addition, four more Nobuhiko Obayashi films have also been picked up with The Girl Who Leapt Through Time, His Motorbike, Her Island, The Island Closest to Heaven, and School in the Crosshairs in a new box set (or standalone, still up in the air currently).
Arrow Films is doing more Shaw Brother films in the future but they have a new release of Damajin incoming as well as Kaizô Hayashi’s To Sleep so as To Dream scheduled for this first quarter. I plan to get more of their titles like the Gamera box sets.
88 Films continues their Hong Kong cinema journey with another batch of Shaw Brother films and there’s also the Jackie Chan film Half a Loaf of Kung Fu which will get the usual first print treatment. I only plan to go over the non-SB titles because I’ve already missed out on a lot of them.
Eureka Entertainment is also continuing the Hong Kong venture with more Sammo Hung films like Warriors Two and The Prodigal Son, Skinny Tiger and Fatty Dragon, Odd Couple, Shaolin Plot and Hapkido. There’s also Yuen Woo-ping’s Dreadnaught, Huang Feng’s Lady Whirlwind, Johnnie To’s Running Out of Time and also the recent 2021 Korean film Midnight from Kwon Oh-seung coming to Blu-ray in 2022.
Light Novel & Manga
I’ll be needing additional storage space for any more books that are incoming throughout 2022 but I do want to try and get the series that I’ve been acquiring up-to-date as much as possible.
Yen On light novels will definitely have more volumes acquired in the coming months, especially considering some of them are close to wrapping up in Japan (or have done already). I know Do You Love Your Mom, High School DxD and Konosuba have already concluded, while OVERLORD and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime are close to completion. There’s also Defeating a Demon Lord’s a Cinch and The Hero is Overpowered but Overly Cautious that have been on hiatus for a while as well. Popular isekai titles No Game, No Life and So I’m a Spider, So What? are both also wrapping up in Japan.
Airship light novels will still have more volumes acquired, including new series to the mix like ARIFURETA ZERO (which was recently announced to end at 6 volumes), Failure Frame, Monster Musume: Monster Girls on the Job!, Mushoku Tensei, and Trapped in a Dating Sim. I do need to make sure that ARIFURETA, Grimgar and How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom are all caught up as soon as possible.
I do plan to look into Kodansha Comics more in 2022, with Attack on Titan and VINLAND SAGA sorted out first so they’re in a better position, then delve into getting more series for the shelf like Grand Blue Dreaming, I’m Standing on a Million Lives, The Quintessential Quintuplets and Rent-A-Girlfriend to name some examples.
Seven Seas is still a trainwreck to deal with, but I’m impressed that none of their Ghost Ship titles have discontinued so far despite being released a few years ago. That said, I do want to make sure that the current titles are completed or caught up also. Destiny Lovers and Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs are both already wrapped up in Japan, and currently I just need one volume for the former and 10 more for the latter. World’s End Harem and World’s End Harem: Fantasia are both still on-going, with plans to also get more series to join the raunchy section of the manga collection.
The main Seven Seas label is also a challenge but currently most of the titles I was interested in were in the Ghost Ship line-up instead. The Dungeon of Black Company, Hitomi-chan is Shy with Strangers and Plus-Sized Elf are all pretty much in a stable position with either volumes coming soon that need to be ordered or there’s one volume recently released before they are up-to-date. GIGANT wrapped up in Japan with 10 volumes so I’ll want to get that series sorted over the course of the year, and How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift? surprisingly has a lot of volumes in Japan so I’ll need to be cautious.
Viz Media is probably more tedious than Seven Seas at this point, due to how there’s still so many volumes not back in print. I’m surprised they’re still struggling to keep up with demand given it’s been almost two years since the problems have occurred (and that other distributors don’t have it this bad), so hopefully they adapt and find solutions as soon as possible.
Yen Press is still mainly novel focused these days so the only manga left to get is still sorting out Interspecies Reviewers and Yotsuba&! and trying to acquire Kakegurui, Plunderer and RaW Hero.
Video Games
Video game collecting will continue into 2022, and will be a mix between PS3, PS4, PS5 & Nintendo Switch. The PS4 will take priority as it’s the one I’m still wanting to sort out the most. There’s still games like The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel IV, Persona 5 Strikers, Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Trials of Mana and many more to acquire. That said, I am expecting the PS4 line-up to die down over the course of 2022 due to the shift to PS5.
The PS3 is mainly to wrap up the digital retro games and physical Japan imports before Sony re-attempts their store closure at any point going forward. Better to strike sooner than leave it to the last second in case the price hikes occur again.
That’s it for the month of December 2021 and the year of 2021 in general. I am very curious to see how the January 2022 haul will turn out, so hopefully it doesn’t end up like the first half of 2019 was where I start big and stumble immediately afterwards!
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