Otaku Collection Haul for June 2023

Welcome to the Otaku Collection haul for the month of June 2023. This update features 16 anime releases, 7 light novel volumes, 2 manga volumes, 1 artbook, 13 physical video games, and 6 live-action Asian Cinema releases.

We have a large haul this month, thanks to catching up with the video games as well as receiving my Birthday batch. There’s also the return of light novel volumes, more anime imports and another artbook.

York Video Game Haul

Ever since Alan Wake 2 was confirmed to be digital only, I noticed the prices of the physical games for Remedy’s other titles were going up so after the cinema trip I wanted to look into them in-store for a decent price and fortunately I found them across two stores. In GAME I found Control Ultimate Edition and then in CeX I found Alan Wake Remastered, both for the PlayStation 5.

I’ve played the original Alan Wake on Xbox 360 and loved its story and concept, whilst Control I’ve been meaning to play for years ever since it was first unveiled at the Sony E3 showcase.

In fact, Control was bought as part of a 3 for 2 deal in their pre-owned range so I also picked up two more games for the PlayStation 5, both of which were also bit more expensive online. First up we have Hades, the award-winning roguelike game from Supergiant Games, and Hot Wheels Unleashed, the surprise hit racing game which I did manage to play last year from PS Plus’ mini-trial.

While I was also in town I visited the Travelling Man store as well, and once again the same issue with missing volumes was still the case here for the Viz Media section so I didn’t want to make use of that. That said they did have light novel volumes available and I know I haven’t bothered much with this section so I figured it was finally time to revisit it.

Travelling Man Light Novel Haul

The big focus was actually these two titles in particular because there’s been stock issues for the volumes that I have been after for a while now. Starting off with OVERLORD novel volumes 10 & 11. I’ve been watching the anime adaptations and like the series a lot, and considering the novels were released in hardcover I prioritised the series until I was in a position where I didn’t have to worry about stock issues, though that didn’t last long as Novel 10 had been the case for a while.

And then we have a new addition to the light novel collection with The Eminence in Shadow novel volumes 1 & 2. Interestingly, despite being an isekai that has an anime and has lots of waifus, I’ve not actually seen the show yet and the main reason is because it’s streaming on HIDIVE. Anywho I heard that Yen released the light novels in hardcover and to no one’s surprise they also had stock issues so the store had the first two volumes available and figured I’ll get both to be safe.

Gran Turismo 5 & WipEout Omega Collection

The first to arrive and one that I was actually looking for in CeX during my York trip was Gran Turismo 5 Academy Edition for PlayStation 3. Now the game itself is readily available and still cheap to purchase, but this version is the one you would want to get if you’re interested in owning this instalment. The reason why is because this is a very large game and there’s a ton of updates and patches during its lifespan and so this re-release includes all of the patches up to 2.08 (there’s an XL version but that goes up to patch 2.0) and there’s some DLC included though mostly via download codes.

The second to arrive is a HD remaster that I’ve been aware of but never bothered to pick it up until just recently and that’s WipEout Omega Collection for PlayStation 4. This collection includes 4K/HD remasters for the PS3 game WipEout HD and its expansion WipEout HD Fury (both of which includes content from the PSP game WipEout Pulse), and the Vita game WipEout 2048. This is one of those remasters done correctly as you’ll be able to play the game in 4K resolution with 60 frames per second and the later updates also included PlayStation VR support if you own one of those headsets.

Bleach: Soul Resurrección

Then the second PlayStation 3 game arrived not long after! I’ve been meaning to pick up Bleach: Soul Resurrección (known in Japan as Bleach: Soul Ignition) for a while now and I finally got it and for a good price. This is an oddity in the anime video game scene because it was developed between Sony’s Japan Studio (Shadow of the Colossus) and Racjin (Snowboard Kids), so in Japan Sony published the game but over in the west it was handled by NIS America. Now the game did see a release in Europe but I found the North American version for a good value (plus North American physical releases tend to have the better spine design). In case folks are curious, there is English and Japanese audio.

Rightstuf Crunchyroll/Funimation Haul

For June, we have another Rightstuf haul. The original plan was to hold out until the big Summer sale but then Rightstuf decided to host a Crunchyroll sale which allowed me to include a few of their Essentials to make up for the shipping cost.

Starting off the package is the My Senpai is Annoying limited edition Blu-ray from Crunchyroll. This is their latest LE release and its a nice little package with some neat lanyards and a booklet with a fair bit of content.

And as mentioned, I bought three Funimation Essentials Blu-ray releases. Starting with Anime-Gataris which is a series I’ve been aware of but I only paid attention to it when I noticed it was listed under Last Chance status on Rightstuf so after looking up the synopsis I decided it’s the sort of series I would be interested in owning.

Then we have Buddy Complex, our subtitled only Sunrise mecha series and considering I want to expand my sci-fi mecha library, this was a no-brainer to look into. And speaking of mecha, we also have the classic 1987 series Zillion from Tatsunoko Productions and some may be familiar with the SEGA video game of the same name which is based on the anime. I figured that it’s a niche old gem that it probably wouldn’t stick around for long so I got it.

Stranglehold

The third and last one from my PlayStation 3 mini-haul has arrived. I do plan to look into more but that’s to be determined for the time being. Here we have John Woo Presents Stranglehold and it’s been available for ages but the conditions of those copies were generally pretty bad so I paid a bit more for a better one and it looks very like new which is great. The version many collector’s would go for is actually the US collector’s edition release as that one includes Hard Boiled on the disc but that’s super rare anyway.

Revenge & Samurai Reincarnation

Two Eureka Entertainment Blu-rays arrived from their June pre-order bundle that was available a few months ago, which contained all three Asian Cinema releases scheduled for this month. The third film would then arrive later this month. The titles are Tadashi Imai’s Revenge (仇討) and Kinji Fukasaku’s Samurai Reincarnation (魔界転生), both are part of Eureka’s Masters of Cinema range and they are also in their first print editions which includes a slipcase (booklets stick around for these MoC titles).

Theatrhythm Final Bar Line

Theatrhythm Final Bar Line marks the 200th physical game for my PlayStation 4 collection. The latest game in the music rhythm series from Square Enix released last February and the PlayStation 4 version has been going up in value or harder to find, so I wanted to own it sooner than later. I played the demo when it was first released and it convinced me that the PS4 version was a good one to own considering the franchise was mainly released on Nintendo platforms (with the previous ones released on the 3DS).

Dragon Quest XI S

So among the games left to own for the PlayStation 4, one of them was the popular JRPG Dragon Quest XI S: Echoes of an Elusive Age – Definitive Edition from Square Enix. I’ve been interested in checking out this franchise for years and my only experience has been watching the anime film that’s on Netflix (called Dragon Quest Your Story, which I did like). The Game Collection reduced the price of this re-release version to £9.95 so I figured it was the right opportunity to get it whilst it was at that range.

The game released on PlayStation 4 first, before later being added on Nintendo Switch. The Switch version included additional content, which was then also added to PlayStation 4 under the Definitive Edition re-release. This does mean that the resolution quality is lower than the original version, but as I’ll be playing the game on my PS5, the performance will still maintain the 60fps gameplay.

Lady Reporter

The third and last title from Eureka Entertainment’s June pre-order bundle arrived, which shipped later because the release date was a week after the other two. The film that arrived was Mang Hoi’s 1989 film Lady Reporter (師姐大晒), also known as The Blonde Fury, and it’s part of Eureka’s Classics range which is presented in a first print edition that comes with a slipcase, booklet and art cards.

28th Birthday Haul

This year also means I am now 28. It’s been 10 years since I started buying anime as a collecting hobby and a lot has happened since, so hopefully things go well for the next year too. The folks at work also gave me a mini-cake which was a surprise so that’s appreciated. Sorting out the Birthday haul was actually a challenge because a lot of the items were either already picked up, not exactly safe for work or the prices were not at the range that I had wanted. Anywho, here’s the Birthday haul which consists of 10 titles for the otaku collection.

Starting off with novels! The first one is Yukito Ayatsuji’s Another 2001, a horror novel that was released a few years ago and is presented in hardcover format just like the other ones in the franchise. Pretty thicc book too.

We also have more light novels joining the collection, both of which I have enjoyed watching their anime adaptations. The first is Toru Toba’s The Genius Prince’s Guide to Raising a Nation Out of Debt, a fun fantasy series and one that I do want to own on Blu-ray, and the second is Miku’s I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in the Real World, Too, a unique isekai with a neat art style.

Next we have one manga series with two volumes and that’s Haro Aso’s Zom 100: Bucket List of the Dead, which is also getting an anime series soon. This series is from the creator of Alice in Borderland.

For anime we have two One Piece films on Blu-ray, both distributed by Manga Entertainment then Funimation UK before rebranding as Crunchyroll. The films are Hiroaki Miyamoto’s One Piece Film: Gold, the 13th film, and Takashi Ōtsuka’s One Piece: Stampede, the 14th film. I’ve watched the latter when it was in the cinema.

It’s interesting going for these considering I own the US versions for One Piece: Episode of Alabasta and One Piece Film: Strong World, but I have decided to pursue the Region B versions given consistency ain’t going to be a thing with this franchise, especially given Anime Limited have One Piece Film: Red in 4K. One Piece Film: Z is currently out of print so I wonder if that will see a re-release.

Over in the Asian Cinema section we have a film that I only found out was made in the past few months when I was at the cinema, and that’s Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker (브로커). Yep that’s right – it’s a Korean film by a Japanese director, and it’s distributed by Picturehouse, who are also a cinema chain like Curzon. Since it was released on Blu-ray I decided to include it for the haul.

Last but not least we have two video games for the PlayStation 4 collection. The first is Dissidia Final Fantasy NT, the console version of the well-loved fighting arcade game that includes characters from each major Final Fantasy game. This version was not well-received ironically but was so cheap I figured I’ll include it whilst it was available.

The second is Shadow of the Colossus remake, which was developed by Bluepoint Games. I held off owning this remake because I had the original that I wanted to try out first as well as the fact that I didn’t own the better console for PS4 at the time, then when the PS5 came along there was some technical issues which did get resolved once it was added onto PS Plus.

PC Engine: The Box Art Collection

Bitmap Books released their third box art collection book this month and it’s dedicated to the PC Engine. Their previous two were for Game Boy and Super Famicom but this console has more interesting games to showcase so I went with this one. It’s a nice collection that includes Advanced Variable Geo, City Hunter, Far East of Eden II, Ginga Fukei Densetsu Sapphire, Record of Lodoss War, Shin Megami Tensei, Snatcher, Ys I & II and many more.

Final Fantasy XVI

One of the most anticipated games for 2023 arrived and that’s Final Fantasy XVI. I wasn’t too sure about the direction of the franchise, but the demo that covered the prologue of the game did help. I have been playing the game for about a week and very much enjoy what has been shown so far. The framerate is still a mess in places which will be patched at a later point, and the story is a bit all over the place but at its core is still Final Fantasy considering the marketing going for a ‘Game of Thrones meets Attack on Titan‘ type adventure.

The combat is really good though it does start out like you’re just button mashing if I had to be honest, but the game does expand the gameplay which makes it more fun and adds more abilities to use. I will explain more of my thoughts on AUKN when the game is done (or at least will be discussed in my 2023 gaming completion post at the end of the year), but overall I do recommend picking this one up if you want a nice Action RPG experience.

The House of the Lost on the Cape

Another overlooked film arrives from Anime Limited and that’s The House of the Lost on the Cape which gets similar treatment to The Case of Hana & Alice with the slipcase and Japanese logo on the spine. I found it interesting that at the last minute they ditched the DVD, which was shown in the artwork for their listings.

Discotek Media Haul

My Discotek Media Blu-ray haul arrived from Rightstuf thanks to their weekly special, though I should have just ordered them sooner given the pricing was the same, but at the end of the day I now have more coupon codes to make use of.

For this batch I focused on catching up with the Lupin III releases as well as getting those pricier releases out of the way, so that future hauls will allow more room to get other titles. Especially because if you leave those pricier sets for later, when the doom and gloom appears the horde will eat up the stock in a matter of minutes so you’re better off just ordering them now to save yourself the hassle because the prices will go up or you may never find a copy ever again.

Anywho, here’s the latest Lupin the Third pickups. These three were released on Blu-ray in 2020.

Lupin the Third: Dragon of Doom
The 6th TV special in the franchise which also made a cameo appearance in Creed III. This special was also one of the ones that was distributed by Funimation and got an English dub.

Lupin the Third: Goodbye Partner
The 26th TV special and almost the newest to be released in the franchise (as one more was released in Japan later that year). Despite being a newer special, TMS did dub it for Discotek’s release.

Lupin the Third: The Last Job
The 21st TV special and one of the newer ones in the franchise. Unfortunately it was left subtitled only which makes sense when you have a lot of specials to release, and there are a bunch that weren’t released prior.

Now here’s a coincidence. Each of these series are not only pretty expensive and have tons of episodes, they were all animated by studio Pierrot!

Hanasakeru Seishōnen
A reverse harem shojo series! This aired in 2009 and lasted 39 episodes with half directed by Chiaki Kon (Higurashi: When They Cry) and the other by Hajime Kamegaki (Fushigi Yuugi). Also noteworthy is writer Mamiko Ikeda (Emma: A Victorian Romance). All three discs works on Region B players via top-menu.

Kimagure Orange Road
Yes finally we have the romcom anime classic and this collection focuses on the TV series that aired in 1987, with all 48 episodes on Blu-ray. Staff credits include director Osamu Kobayashi, writer Kenji Terada (Final Fantasy I-III) & music by Shirō Sagisu (Evangelion).

The Twelve Kingdoms
A classic isekai which aired back in 2002 and while it did receive a Blu-ray release by Media Blasters, Discotek rescued the license and compiled all 45 episodes together into one collection. Tsuneo Kobayashi (Emma: A Victorian Romance) directed the series, and it’s considered one of the best isekai stories out there so I’m hyped. Weirdly enough Discs 1 & 5 (Eps 1-9 & 37-45) works on Region B players via top-menu.

Next we have two sci-fi themed shows!

Battle Athletes
Finally I decided to get this collection, which was presented in SD Blu-ray. This includes both Kazuhiro Ozawa’s OVA series as well as Katsuhito Akiyama’s TV series, each were released in 1997-98 and animated by studio AIC. I held off on this series due to comments about the video quality but I decided to own it either way. This one works on Region B players via top-menu.

Mazinger Edition Z: The Impact!
It’s been a while since I last bought a Go Nagai series and given that I enjoyed what was shown of this series over on Super Robot Wars V it was now time to get this 2009 series by Bee Media & Code. Didn’t realise the G Gundam director Yasuhiro Imagawa also directed this one which I suppose is fitting given how Go Nagai titles have a formula that probably fits with his style. From what I’ve read this is a ‘retelling’ of the original story. Disc 2 (Eps 14-26) works on Region B players via top-menu.

Harakiri

Next we have a bonus birthday gift from a fellow forum friend. Masaki Kobayashi’s Harakiri (切腹) is one of the oldest currently available Eureka Entertainment titles that I had yet to own, and I wanted to get it sooner but prices weren’t exact to what I had in mind so receiving this gift was appreciated. As it’s part of the Masters of Cinema range it does include a booklet as well.

Pompo: The Cinéphile

Originally was supposed to have arrived back in May and then delayed into July, I received the collector’s edition Blu-ray release for Pompo: The Cinéphile from Anime Limited early. I heard it’s a pretty solid film so hopefully it lives up to the anticipation.

The Game Trilogy

The final item of the month is Toru Murakawa’s The Game Trilogy, which includes The Most Dangerous Game (最も危険な遊戯), The Killing Game (殺人遊戯), and The Execution Game (処刑遊戯), from distributor Arrow Video.

Now I was supposed to have received this a week prior, but Amazon never managed to receive enough stock to allocate everyone’s orders so my order got cancelled. I was able to re-order through Zavvi for a good price thanks to Red Carpet’s 10% discount and arrived just in time for this month’s haul. The first print edition includes a slipcase, booklet and poster.

Bonus: PlayStation Classics & Digital PSN Games

Shifting gears a bit and wanted to highlight the digital side of things. I picked up RUINER and The Hong Kong Massacre which were on sale for PSN and for very cheap prices. In addition I also wanted to expand my digital classic library, which also included Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth which uses the PSP emulator and since it was a pre-order bonus for Valkyrie Elysium it wasn’t part of the PS Plus line-up.

Now the UK has to deal with PAL formats for pre-HD games and I don’t want to own those versions – and while Sony have been adding NTSC versions for the PAL releases, not all of them have it and some even had weird issues which is annoying.

So I decided to keep things consistent as before and decided to get a US PSN card for more classic PlayStation games from the North American store. As I was thinking about the idea, I noticed both Ape Escape and Kurushi (I.Q.: Intelligent Qube) were on sale over on the US PlayStation store for $6.99 so I bought them. It is interesting to see that the PS5 Dashboard does retain the UK/EU artwork while the game is still NTSC. Fun fact I completely forgot that Kurushi has trophy support.

Meanwhile I also downloaded Hot Shots Golf (Everybody’s Golf) at full price aka $9.99 as I wanted to own both games today. Yep I also bought the second game Hot Shots Golf 2 (Everybody’s Golf 2) as well as the entire Syphon Filter trilogy (Syphon Filter, Syphon Filter 2, Syphon Filter 3) – except I got those latter four from the PlayStation 3 store. Now you may be wondering why that console than the current ones, well in case you weren’t aware there are two reasons – 1) owning the PS3 versions will give you the PS4/PS5 versions as a free download and 2) they are available to download on PlayStation 3 at a much lower price point.

You can still get a good deal also downloading the PS3 versions for Harvest Moon: Back to Nature, Jumping Flash, The Legend of Dragoon, Toy Story 2, Wild Arms and Wild Arms 2 so that you can get them for free on PS5. (The PS Plus exclusive games is a different case – Bandai Namco games don’t have the free download option which is completely stupid, especially as Capcom is fine with the idea though US owners didn’t get the entitlement for Resident Evil Director’s Cut because the PS3 & PS4/PS5 versions for the US were completely separate versions whilst EU had the same one)

Unboxing Links

You can view more photos & specs for the titles below:

• The House of the Lost on the Cape (CE Blu-ray)
• My Senpai is Annoying (LE Blu-ray & DVD)
• Pompo: The Cinéphile (CE Blu-ray)

What’s to Come for the Hauls

July 2023

Now we’re half-way through 2023 and July is looking to be a big month on the Asian Cinema side of things. There’s also a Rightstuf Summer sale going on so I am hoping to get some more titles from there.

Currently what should be released in this month are the following:

• Bruce Lee at Golden Harvest (LE 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray)
• Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko (CE Blu-ray)
• Golgo 13 (FP Blu-ray)
• Katsuhito Ishii Collection (LE Blu-ray)
• Magic Cop (FP Blu-ray)
• Rich and Famous & Tragic Hero (FP Blu-ray)
• The Untold Story (CDE Blu-ray)

August 2023

August is now starting to finally have some more updates on my end, with more pre-orders placed in recent weeks.

Currently what should be released are the following:

• Gunbuster (CE Blu-ray)
• INU-OH (CE Blu-ray & DVD)
• JUNK HEAD (CE Blu-ray)
• One Piece Film: Red (CE 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray)
• Ranking of Kings Part 1 (Blu-ray & DVD)
• Ranking of Kings Part 2 (LE Blu-ray & DVD)
• Taxi Hunter (FP Blu-ray)

September 2023

For September, there’s a few additions.

• Ascendance of a Bookworm Seasons 1 & 2 (CE Blu-ray)
• The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 (LE Blu-ray & DVD)

Other Tidbits

The blog work has gotten so in-depth that WordPress has started to lag the more content is in the editor, so I had to resort to a different method to get my thoughts out at ease. Looks like it’s turned out well!

Anime

Anime Limited’s early bird line-up for June was revealed after my last collection haul, but those ended up being Eternal 831, Fortune Favors Lady Nikuko, Gunbuster, and One Piece Film: Red. All except Eternal 831 have been pre-ordered which will arrive this Summer. They also revealed their July line-up which only includes Love Live! Superstar!! Season 1 and Gundam Build Fighters Part 1 which covers the first half of the first series which is a very poor move on the distributor’s part. Anime Limited also revealed they will be increasing the SRP of their titles due to inflation so rather than the set costing £59.99 it’s now £69.99, which means the Early Birds will go from £34.99 to £39.99 (£31.49 to £36.99 for members).

Crunchyroll announced their September slate which included a few releases for North America and also for the UK. They revealed that Re:ZERO Season 2 is a real thing but only going to be released in North America, but it’s listed to be Region B compatible which is handy, as the UK branch currently has no plans to release it over here despite announcing it for a brief moment. The US side also revealed AMAIM Warrior at the Borderline in one complete set, The Girl from the Other Side, Rent-A-Girlfriend Season 2 (no limited edition option which is a surprise), and Shinobi no Ittoki, as well as more One Piece voyage sets. I am interested in most of these so I’ll see what I can do.

Meanwhile on the UK side, they did bring over The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 2 limited edition and for a surprisingly good price so I have decided to swap my order from the US to the UK for this instance. It doesn’t mean that I’ll be supporting every UK branch release but if I see a good positive outcome like this then I would support it when I can. The issue is that the rest of the slate is poorly managed with high priced standard sets and some cuts like no slipcases or using multi-region versions which could have artwork missing to make room for EU versions of the covers which is silly in itself (they did this with Platinum End). Swapping the order also meant that I had to cancel Ranking of Kings Part 2 limited edition but I re-ordered it with Part 1 and used the 15% discount code that I received from one of my June haul orders which was handy.

The UK branch is also releasing A Couple of Cuckoos Part 1 thanks to the multi-language support, and is also releasing Classroom of the Elite Season 1 however it looks like the only reason it’s happening is once again because of the multi-language support which means it costs more than importing the set.

Meanwhile on a positive note, Discotek Media just held one of two new announcement batches. Their original plan was to save all of it for Otakon but they couldn’t fit everything so they ran a livestream on Twitch which I consider to be the ‘prologue’ of their reveals which helped tone down the hype levels. What they did reveal has some pretty neat projects in the works, especially if you’re a Go Nagai fan as they are releasing Blu-ray versions for the original Mazinger Z across two sets and Go Nagai World, both of which they did release on DVD in the past.

There’s also updates on the Fist of the North Star: Legend of the True Savior series which has two OVAs released in one set while the films are separate, and Sgt. Frog is getting Seasons 3 & 4 in one set than split up, but I suppose this is to have each frog represented properly on the shelf, so some have suggested that Seasons 5 & 6 will be together followed by Season 7 so that it’s just five sets i.e five frogs together on the shelf.

Other than that we have more Aim for the Ace which is their 1988 OVA sequel rather than the second 1978 series but I suppose the latter they expect a proper HD remaster (if one hasn’t been made already) as the OVAs is being released as an upscale. Also announced was Sunrise’s Blue Comet SPT Layzner, Toei’s The Wonderful World of Puss ‘N Boots, and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha Detonation.

Asian Cinema

Moving on to the Asian Cinema scene we don’t have any new updates from 88 Films but both Magic Cop and The Untold Story were available to order on their webstore which I have sorted out thanks to their Birthday discount. Magic Cop was originally with Amazon but after what had happened with The Game Trilogy I decided to move the order to a different retailer to be on the safe side. Currently the Fight Back to School Trilogy is supposed to be released in July as well, but I’m going to wait and see what happens as the distributor’s titles have had release date adjustments numerous times. On a different note, they have teased another 4K Ultra HD release for a Golden Harvest title, but many are speculating this is for the US fans as it could be for Project A & Project A Part II which Eureka has already released for the UK but on Blu-ray years ago.

Meanwhile Eureka Entertainment has announced another Hong Kong title with Corey Yuen’s She Shoots Straight due for September and Arrow Video just revealed plans to release Hideo Nakata’s Ring for the 4K Ultra HD format as well. Third Window Films have been fairly quiet for the past few months but I reckon they’ll reveal their next major line-up soon.

Manga

Now I will admit that I haven’t spoken about light novels and manga for a while, and the reason why is because I’ve been so focused on the Blu-ray and video game side of things that books have somewhat been sidelined. Saying that I have been making progress on specific Viz Media titles but I do want to return to Seven Seas’ catalogue and get more of their releases. There is a challenge in which stock issues are apparent but it’s important that I try to get ahead of the game to avoid out of print notices.

So currently my plan is to look into getting more volumes for Booty Royale, Do You Like Big Girls, Hitomi-chan is Shy with Strangers, How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift, Who Wants to Marry a Billionaire, and World’s End Harem as well as conclude Blue Giant, GIGANT, Plus-Sized Elf, and Yuuna and the Haunted Hot Springs. I also want to start buying both 2.5 Dimensional Seduction and The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You because both have anime adaptations incoming which can often cause stock issues as well.

Kodansha Comics I also would like to continue progress on sorting out as well since we have a volume for Go! Go! Loser Ranger and I’m Standing on a Million Lives already. Vinland Saga is getting a new version coming soon which I may actually go for if the final product looks good.

Video Games

Last but not least let’s talk about video games because we had a fairly large batch for the month of June. Now the big factor for this is because I want to make more progress wrapping up my collecting habits for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 so that I can look back and say that it is done and move on to the next.

I will admit that PlayStation 3 is not exactly done just yet but we are close. PlayStation 4 has its list expanded upon but because I felt like I am motivated enough to look into other titles for the format, for instance Bandai Namco’s My Hero One’s Justice was not in the cards but as a fan of the series I still want to own it. Digital is always there but physical is an added bonus. Capcom’s games that haven’t yet been remastered for current gen will also be looked into most notably Devil May Cry HD Collection, DmC Devil May Cry, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen and Okami HD.

Both PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch have fairly large libraries and while I will try to buy games for those formats it’s not going to be a major priority unless my interest for a specific game increases.

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And that’s a wrap for the Otaku Collection update for June 2023. It’s a massive line-up but surprisingly managed to fit everything in the same row. Looking forward to next month as we have more Asian Cinema and hopefully more variety once again.