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Otaku Collection Haul for March 2026

Welcome to the Otaku Collection haul for the month of March 2026. This update features 11 anime releases, 6 physical video games, and 7 live-action Asian Cinema releases.

For this haul, we catch up on a number of US anime releases, acquired a couple remasters on PlayStation, and received the latest March pre-orders from different UK distributors of Asian Cinema releases.

Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3

This month’s haul begins with the Liella! idol group returning with their third outing in Love Live! Superstar!! Season 3! Anime Limited went ahead to bring this season onto home video before Crunchyroll once again for the Love Live! fans. Though for some reason they have done a blunder! The booklet is in French. Yep the Diebuster ordeal carried over here as well, granted it may have been an isolated case.

AnimEigo & Discotek Media Haul

My latest haul from the MediaOCD Store went to Stackry for the first time as there were too many items to tackle, and what we have are two AnimEigo releases as well as four Discotek Media releases.

Starting off with the AnimEigo pickups we have two from Osamu Tezuka’s works. The first is Black Jack, the 1993-2011 Tezuka Productions OVA series directed by Osamu Dezaki for the first 10 episodes followed by Satoshi Kuwahara & Masayoshi Nishida for the remaining two episodes. I have the film that Discotek Media released but this series came first anime-wise. AnimEigo’s release includes the existing English dub for the first 10 episodes plus a third Blu-ray disc dedicated to bonus features.

The second is A Time Slip of 10000 Years: Prime Rose, a 1983 Tezuka Productions television special directed by Tetsu Dezaki. I hadn’t heard of this until SkySet Entertainment acquired the license and produced an English dub. Interestingly after they released it, AnimEigo stepped in and made a new version (and the two eventually collaborated together to produce an English dub for Hotori: Simply Wishing for Hope).

Next we have the Discotek Media pickups which is the first for this year. Now I normally do a massive bunch but because of what’s been going on with the Crunchyroll store and how Discotek are slowly adding titles in batches onto the MediaOCD Store there currently isn’t enough to warrant a super haul (and my recent work circumstances isn’t helping either) so I decided to stick to a smaller batch.

We have two recent releases and two titles that were part of the Deep Dives Batch 1, the latter is dedicated to bringing back in stock titles that were treated badly by Crunchyroll Store with random delistings even though they’re still in print licensing-wise.

Starting off with the Deep Dives batch we have Cleopatra, the 1970 Mushi Productions film directed by Osamu Tezuka and Eiichi Yamamoto. This is the second instalment in the Animerama trilogy dedicated to exploring the more erotic side of anime whilst still not technically a hentai, and it’s the least favourite of the bunch in my opinion. I have Third Window Films’ release so this is a double-dip purchase. The reversible cover features uncensored artwork. Discotek Media released the film on Blu-ray in October 2020.

Next we have Dallos, the 1983 Studio Pierrot OVA series directed by Mamoru Oshii. Apparently this is the first official OVA ever made for anime which is interesting. Discotek Media previously released the series on DVD before and this is a HD upgrade, though they weren’t allowed to include the English dub this time around (which according to many wasn’t very good anyway). Discotek Media released the OVA series on Blu-ray in September 2024.

Moving onto the brand new recently released titles, both of which coincidently were originally licensed by Viz Media and serialised under Weekly Shōnen Sunday so they each have a pretty long four-cours worth of episodes. The first one is Flame of Recca, the 1997 Studio Pierrot series directed by Noriyuki Abe, and the second is Project ARMS, the 2001 TMS Entertainment series directed by Hirotoshi Takaya & Hajime Kamegaki. The latter was split into two seasons that aired back-to-back. Discotek Media previously released both series on DVD before and these are new releases on Blu-ray presented in Standard Definition on Blu-ray format from May & December 2025 respectively.

Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV & That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Part 2

Joining the MediaOCD Store haul was a good opportunity for me to secure two titles that I was after which were pretty big box sets. I ordered both from Amazon US in this case as the prices were pretty decent considering these were relatively new releases.

Is it Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? IV is the fourth season of the popular fantasy series adapted by J.C. Staff in 2022-23 and directed by Hideki Tachibana. It’s also the season that I haven’t gotten around to watching because it was streaming exclusively on HIDIVE.

The limited edition was released almost two years after the standard two-part releases came out by Sentai Filmworks so I had to play the waiting game. As I own the previous three sets in this layout I’ve kept the consistency going and it’s a massive improvement content-wise from the previous season’s release.

That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Part 2 is the second-half of the third season of the popular fantasy isekai series adapted by 8bit in 2024 and directed by Atsushi Nakayama. Again ironically this is also the season that I also didn’t get around to watching though part of that was because I wanted to watch the Scarlet Bond film first.

Crunchyroll UK decided not to release the limited edition for the UK so I had to import the US version, at least the spine artwork is consistent between the UK & US versions. I also have the previous two sets in this layout I’ve kept the consistency going.

VideoGamesPlus Limited Run Games Haul

Canadian retailer VideoGamesPlus received a new batch of releases from Limited Run Games and they included a few titles that I was after, especially one of them.

We’ll start off with Star Ocean: First Departure R, a remaster of the PSP remake of the original Super Famicom Action RPG by Enix & Tri-Ace. I’ve owned the digital version for a few years now but I’ve wanted to own a physical version whenever possible and this marks the first PlayStation 4 Limited Run Games title for my collection, as I’ve been avoiding them admittedly due to the spine numbering which I felt was daft and would have caused OCD. Granted there were a few titles that I could have gotten for PS4 over the years instead of Switch but in general I have no regrets (except for missing out on Castlevania Requiem because Konami never brought it over to other platforms due to using a PSP emulator from the PS4 era of re-releases).

But this won’t be the only PS4 title for the collection, since LRG do have plans to release a physical for Capcom’s Onimusha 2 remaster which I’m looking forward to owning. I also believe this is the first Square Enix LRG title as well so I am curious to see if they have plans to bring other titles like Resonance of Fate, Star Ocean: The Last Hope and Voice of Cards for physical later down the line as an example.

Moving on we have a Chinese interactive dating sim game with Love is all around by developer intiny. This is similar in format to the Vanity Fair: The Pursuit game that I picked up a few months back, so I expect amusingly fast dialogue, some typos in the translation and nice visuals and also an easy trophy list on top of that.

And while this wasn’t part of the latest batch I also added Shadows of the Damned Hella Remastered from Grasshopper Interactive. I have the original PlayStation 3 version which I finished years back but enjoyed the ride so I’m looking forward to revisiting the game via this remaster. I did check beforehand if there were plans for a UK/EU physical but there aren’t any (in comparison, Lolipop Chainsaw received a UK/EU release thanks to Clear River Games). EA published the original version while NetEase Entertainment published the remaster. Shinji Mikami also produced and Suda51 wrote the story for this game so it’s another intriguing collaboration.

UNIQLO Shueisha 100th Anniversary T-Shirts

Next we have a fun set of T-Shirts that UNIQLO have produced as part of their latest collaboration for the UT line-up. Here they are celebrating Japanese publisher Shueisha’s 100th anniversary with a series of T-Shirts based on different manga IPs.

So the ones I went for were Jujutsu Kaisen, Kinnikuman (also known in the west as Ultimate Muscle) and Saint Seiya: Knights of the Zodiac. They also have shirts available that are based on Captain Tsubasa, Golden Kamuy, Hunter x Hunter, Kingdom and Yu Yu Hakusho, with a second batch arriving late April that also includes GANTZ and KochiKame.

The shirts only started becoming available since Monday 16th and they don’t get reprinted. The Jujutsu Kaisen shirt I picked has sold out on most of the sizes as well which doesn’t surprise me.

Terracotta March Pre-Orders Haul Part 1

The March pre-orders have now started to show with Terracotta dispatching the latest releases from both 88 Films and Eureka Entertainment, with the latter not going to see any new Asian titles for a few months (at least until July perhaps).

We’ll start off with Eureka Entertainment titles first. Cruel Tale of Bushido (武士道残酷物語), Tadashi Imai’s 1963 film is the latest Masters of Cinema release starring Kinnosuke Nakamura (Goyokin, Shogun’s Samurai), Ineko Arima (Equinox Flower, The Human Condition), Satomi Oka (13 Assassins, Miyamoto Musashi) and Kyôko Kishida (The Human Condition, Princess Tutu). The limited edition release includes an o-card slipcase and booklet.

The Invincible Eight (天龍八將), Lo Wei’s 1971 film is one of the films he directed just before working with Bruce Lee that same year and is part of the Eureka Classics label. The film stars Nora Miao (Dragon Fist, Fist of Fury), Angela Mao Ying (Lady Whirlwind, When Taekwondo Strikes), Paul Chang Chung (Center Stage, Duel to the Death), James Tien Chun (Dragons Forever, Righting Wrongs) and many more. The limited edition release includes an o-card slipcase and booklet.

From 88 Films we have two films joining the Japanarchy label, both from director Mika Ninagawa. The Japanarchy limited edition releases include o-card to keep the artwork info-free, and a booklet. A lot of the films in this sub-label were primarily pre-2000s films so it’s great to see more modern films make their appearance.

2012’s Helter Skelter (ヘルタースケルター) starring Erika Sawajiri (No Longer Human, Shinjuku Swan), Nao Omori (First Love, Ichi the Killer), Shinobu Terajima (Kokuho, Vibrator) and Go Ayano (Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV, A Story of Yonosuke), and 2006’s Sakuran (さくらん) starring Anna Tsuchiya (Kamikaze Girls, Nana), Kippei Shiina (The Forest of Love, A Night in Nude), Hiroki Narimiya (Ace Attorney live-action, Nana live-action), and Yoshino Kimura (The Boy and the Heron, Confessions).

Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow-

Solo Leveling Season 2 -Arise from the Shadow- was a very entertaining season and it was a no-brainer to pick up the anime for home video. Crunchyroll released their limited edition for the UK market and this time I pre-ordered in advance to avoid leaving it to the last second and losing out on the set. The set is also thinner than the previous season and instead of using a card box for the art cards and sheet it’s like a book cover.

The Dangers in My Heart Season 1

An anime that I’ve been anticipating to watch for a while now. The Dangers in My Heart Season 1 finally gets released in the UK from Anime Limited after not only being licensed much later than the US market, but there was also an authoring error which pushed the set back by about two months. Similar to the recent Sentai sub-licensed pickups, this release also carries over the booklet from Sentai Filmworks’ steelbook release which is handy.

Play-Asia Koei Tecmo Haul

It’s been a long while since I’ve last used Play-Asia for any pickups and sometime in March they held a sale on Koei Tecmo releases so I decided to take that opportunity to get a few titles that I was interested in owning.

We’re starting off with two survival horror games from a classic franchise; Fatal Frame: Mask of the Lunar Eclipse and Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water, the fourth and fifth games in the series. The former was originally released only in Japan for the Nintendo Wii in 2008 and was notable for being co-developed between Tecmo, the main developers for the Fatal Frame franchise, and Grasshopper Manufacture, the developers of No More Heroes and many other unique titles with their style with Suda51 co-directing with Tecmo’s Makoto Shibata. The remaster was released in 2023 for modern platforms.

The latter did get released in the west for the Nintendo Wii U in 2014, but only Europe received a physical for the English speaking territories. Koei Tecmo were the main developers this time with Makoto Shibata returning as director. The remaster was released in 2021 for modern platforms, marking the first time PlayStation received a game from the franchise since Fatal Frame III: The Tormented.

Both games were released on the PlayStation 5, however physical copies were only available in Asia for the PlayStation 4 version. Fortunately both have free upgrades for the PlayStation 5 version if you have an account in Asia, which I was able to sort out with the Singapore PSN store (if you’re curious why I opted for Singapore instead of Hong Kong it’s because a good amount of English versions released in Asia aren’t available on the Hong Kong store, plus Koei Tecmo’s physical copies were made from the Singapore branch).

Also included in this haul is another Koei Tecmo classic with the Ninja Gaiden Master Collection, that features three games from the modern storyline of the series.

Ninja Gaiden Sigma, the 2007 updated version of the 2004 Xbox exclusive that released exclusively on the PlayStation 3, Ninja Gaiden Sigma 2, the 2013 updated version of the 2008 Xbox 360 exclusive that also released exclusively for PlayStation 3 & Vita, and Ninja Gaiden 3: Razor’s Edge, the 2013 updated version of the 2012 release. These versions were fairly controversial for making adjustments to the games that many felt were inferior to the original (& Black version for the former), but they’re still considered very difficult in terms of the challenge.

I do have Ninja Gaiden II Black which was released about a year ago, but I wanted to play these ones first to get used to the challenge when I get around to them. Interestingly you have the option to install any of the three games at a time, similar to the Yakuza Remastered Collection.

Terracotta March Pre-Orders Haul Part 2

Wrapping up the month with another batch of new March releases for the Asian Cinema collection from the Terracotta store. This time we have releases from Arrow Video and Radiance Films.

We’ll start off with the Blu-ray limited edition release for Eiichi Kudo’s Samurai Revolution Trilogy from Arrow Video. This release features three classic Japanese films by director Eiichi Kudo.

1963’s 13 Assassins (十三人の刺客) starring Chiezo Kataoka (Bloody Spear at Mount Fuji, Killer’s Mission), Kōtarō Satomi (Miyamoto Musashi V, Red Peony Gambler: Biographies of a Gambling Room), Ryōhei Uchida (Blind Woman’s Curse, The Human Condition), and Tetsuro Tamba (The Happiness of the Katakuris, Harakiri). This is the film that Takashi Miike eventually remade in 2010 which I have seen, so I’m curious to see how the original plays out.

1964’s The Great Killing (大殺陣) starring Tōru Abe (The Human Condition, Underworld Beauty), Mikijiro Hira (The Shape of Night, Three Outlaw Samurai), Yoshio Inaba (Harakiri, Seven Samurai), and Chiezo Kataoka (Japanese Godfather: Conclusion, Red Peony Gambler: Execution of Duty).

1967’s Eleven Samurai (十一人の侍) starring Isao Natsuyagi (Like Father, Like Son, Warm Water Under a Red Bridge), Kōtarō Satomi (Bakeneko: A Vengeful Spirit, A Chorus of Angels), Kōji Nanbara (Branded to Kill, The Human Condition), and Junko Miyazono (Ohyaku: The Female Demon, Samurai Wolf).

Arrow’s limited edition release includes an o-card sleeve, rigid box, three Amaray cases and a booklet that includes various essays about the films.

Next we have the 4K Ultra HD limited edition release for John Woo’s 1992 film Hard Boiled (辣手神探), the third Golden Princess title to be released in the UK under Arrow Video. The UK is behind compared to Shout! Factory but there’s more effort put into the packaging, authoring and translation work. The film stars Chow Yun-Fat (A Better Tomorrow, God of Gamblers), Tony Leung Chiu-wai (In the Mood for Love, Shang-Chi), Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (Infernal Affairs, The Untold Story), and Teresa Mo Shun-Kwan (All’s Well, End’s Well, Touch and Go).

Arrow’s limited edition release includes an o-card sleeve, rigid box, a 4K UHD case, a double-sided fold-out poster and a booklet that includes various essays about the film. There’s also a second Blu-ray disc with more extra features.

Then we move over to Radiance Films with their limited edition release Underworld Chronicles: Three Yakuza Fables from Takashi Miike. This release features three of Takashi Miike’s classic films from the late 90s to early 00s now back in the UK on Blu-ray with one of them also included in 4K Ultra HD.

1996’s Fudoh: The New Generation (極道戦国志 不動) starring Shosuke Tanihara (Memories of Matsuko, The Sky Crawlers), Riki Takeuchi (Dead or Alive Trilogy, Yakuza 0), Kenji Takano (Sleepless Town, Spriggan), and Toru Minegishi (Departures, His Motorbike, Her Island). Media Blasters released the film in 4K Ultra HD with MediaOCD handling the authoring, and the distributor provided Radiance Films with the master which they then did some additional restoration work for this release. This is also uncut compared to before.

2001’s Agitator (荒ぶる魂たち) starring Masaya Katō (Brother, Kingdom live-action films), Taisaku Akino (Izo, Tora-san film series), Kenichi Endo (Nobody Knows, Yakuza 4), and Hakuryu (Under the Open Sky, Violent Cop). The Radiance Films release includes both the 150 minute theatrical cut and the 200 minute two-part extended cut, the latter presented in standard definition due to the masters not available in HD.

2002’s Deadly Outlaw: Rekka (実録・安藤昇侠道（アウトロー）伝 烈火) starring Riki Takeuchi (Crime Hunter: Bullets of Rage, His Motorbike, Her Island), Sonny Chiba (The Bullet Train, The Street Fighter), Tetsuro Tamba (The Cat Returns, Gozu), and Ryôsuke Miki (Graveyard of Honor, Izo). Arrow Video previously released the film on DVD but this marks the UK’s debut on Blu-ray.

This 6000 unit release includes an obi strip, rigid box, three Scanavo cases and a booklet that includes various essays about the films. A standard edition is expected that would split up the formats for Fudoh and release them all with the new artwork but without any reversible covers or physical items.

Unboxing Links

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

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Also have plans to sort out unboxings for Eiichi Kudo’s Samurai Revolution Trilogy, Hard Boiled and Underworld Chronicles: Three Yakuza Fables from Takashi Miike.

What’s to Come for the Hauls

So April is going to be the start of a big anime pickups update which may carry over into May as well. There’s a reason for it, but I’ll delve into why at a later point. We also have more Radiance Films coming up thanks to the bundles since they had enough for me to consider that route (plus it saves 10% of the cost).

A quick update on Macross II: Lovers Again, the comments posted on the Kickstarter mentioned a late June window due to how long it takes to get it all prepped for dispatch with the various amount of items like the artbook etc. At least it’ll definitely be released this year.

April 2026

  • Aniplex of America haul:
    • Kizumonogatari -Koyomi Vamp- (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • Monogatari series -Off/Monster Season- (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive -Aria of a Starless Night- (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • Sword Art Online the Movie: Progressive -Scherzo of Deep Night- (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
  • Arrow Video April Pre-Orders Haul:
    • The Eye (Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD)
    • The Killer (Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD)
    • Wandering Ginza Butterfly Collection (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
  • Crunchyroll Store Spring Sale Haul:
    • Harukana Receive (Essentials Blu-ray)
    • Headhunted to Another World: From Salaryman to Big Four! (Blu-ray)
    • The Most Notorious Talker Runs the World’s Greatest Clan (Blu-ray)
    • The Saint’s Magic Power is Omnipotent – Season 2 (Blu-ray)
    • Shachibato! President, It’s Time for Battle! (Blu-ray)
    • Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie (Blu-ray)
  • Radiance Films April Pre-Order Bundle:
    • Confessions of a Police Captain (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • Matador (Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray)
    • Romancing in Thin Air (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • Time to Play: Films by Jacques Rozier (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
  • Radiance Films Spring Sale Haul:
    • The Betrayal (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • Essential Polish Animation (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • Senso (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
  • Other Pickups:
    • Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Returns Special Edition (PlayStation 5)
    • Ys vs. Trails in the Sky: Alternative Saga (PlayStation 5)

May 2026

  • 88 Films April Pre-Orders Haul:
    • The Amsterdam Kill (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • God of Gamblers II (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • The Protector (Deluxe Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray)
  • Radiance Films May Pre-Order Bundle:
    • Aesthetics of a Bullet (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • Jeanne la pucelle (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • Le professionnel (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
    • Taxidermia (Limited Edition Blu-ray)
  • Other Pickups:
    • Summer Wars (Deluxe Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray)

June 2026

  • Arrow Video June Pre-Orders Haul:
    • Audition (Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD)
    • Bullet in the Head (Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD)
    • Jackie Chan’s Breakout Hits! (Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD)
  • Other Pickups:
    • Macross II: Lovers Again (Premium Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray)

July 2026

  • Other Pickups:
    • Magnificent Bodyguards (Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-ray & Blu-ray 3D)

Q3 2026

  • Other Pickups:
    • Capcom Arcade Stadium Vol. 1 (Nintendo Switch)
    • Earnest Evans Collection (Nintendo Switch)
    • Fighting Force Collection (PlayStation 5)
    • Hi-Fi Rush (PlayStation 5)
    • Puzzle Quest: Immortal Edition (Nintendo Switch)
    • Tenshi no Uta: The Angel Verse Collection (Nintendo Switch)

Other Tidbits

Getting used to the new office location, especially with the setup. No word yet on the pay raise request other than it was delayed due to lack of communication. I suspect they’ll reject it because they consider the previous two increases from the last two years as that, even though those were direct responses to the minimum wage going up.

On more positive news, I have a new IKEA Billy Bookcase added to the room which will be the last one for the walls. It’s a half-width type with the intention to move the Asian Cinema and European Cinema to that area which has freed up space for the gaming shelf and a few rows on the main shelf. Will it fill up fairly quickly? Well yes but this should keep the collection going for a bit longer.

Anime Updates

There hasn’t been much going on in the anime scene weirdly enough. Anime Limited did reveal their home video plans for Summer Wars with a tease for The Girl Who Leapt Through Time and presumably Digimon the Movie for their next planned releases. Meanwhile Angel’s Egg and Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can’t Sing have been rated for home video while The Dangers in My Heart Season 2, Ghost Cat Anzu, Her Blue Sky, Mobile Suit Gundam SEED FREEDOM, and Oshi no Ko Season 1 each have been rated for ages but don’t have release dates yet either. There is an Easter Sale incoming but unless it’s a good deal, I will probably pass on the opportunity.

Crunchyroll have barely revealed much. Dr. Stone: Science Future is now scheduled for home video alongside I Left My A-Rank Party to Help My Former Students Reach the Dungeon Depths! considering there’s hundreds still in the backlog that they could also release. With their storefront slowly removing listings bit by bit, there’s probably something going on.

Discotek Media haven’t revealed new licenses or titles yet but there’s been talk via Robert’s Anime Corner Store that there’s going to be news around June time I recall. There’s probably delays with how Crunchyroll Store handled their distribution and more focus on getting through their own projects, especially considering a title like Monster is going to take ages due to its episode count. Their Deep Dive project with MediaOCD Store has been pretty good at bringing back titles to print, so I plan to get Kodocha ordered before it gets shipped mid-April. AnimEigo are also going at a steady pace, with Alien Nine and Hotori set for June. Macross II as mentioned earlier should also be shipping in the coming months so that’s one that I’m looking forward to owning.

Sentai is the only one that’s consistently releasing their latest licenses and also re-releasing a few here and there. I plan to grab a few more of their steelbooks but it’s a balance between getting it as soon as possible and waiting for a good price. Their June slate is pretty solid with a Nana re-release, the Yandere Dark Elf steelbook, and new releases for Rock is a Lady’s Modesty and Heavy Metal L-Gaim.

Asian Cinema Updates

There’s been so much coming out it’s rather insane. As you can see from earlier in this post I have a lot of pre-orders sorted for Arrow Video and 88 Films. For Radiance Films I decided to go for the bundle offer because they had enough interesting titles for me to acquire. I’m going to do the same for June’s line-up as well but not yet sorted out payment.

Third Window Films have two new releases on the schedule for April & May; New Directors from Japan: Takashi Ono & Transcending Dimensions, so I’m going to bundle those two which means I likely won’t receive them until either end of May or start of June dependent on stock. There’s also a relatively new distributor Treasured Films that are releasing two Japanese horror films that have my intrigue; X-Cross & Hellevator: The Bottled Fools, but I want to see reviews first to see if its worthwhile.

Arrow Video releasing six Jackie Chan films from Warner Bros’ archive means a good majority of his films prior to 2000s are pretty much now sorted, though I am interested to see if his early 00s works will resurface like the Rush Hour films, Around the World in 80 Days and the two Shanghai films. There’s apparently tons of Hong Kong films also in the Warner Bros archive so I’m curious to see if more will show up from the deal (if they’re in the deal that is).

Speaking of Arrow, there’s still hundreds of Golden Princess titles to sort out. Shout! Factory have released 21 out of 156 with a majority also released in 4K Ultra HD. While it does feel like we’re behind, the difference here is the UK releases are going through additional work to improve the films compared to the US releases, so the wait will be worth it (it’s also why the A Better Tomorrow Trilogy was skipped in the release order because it needs a lot of work, I believe its estimated for a Summer release based on the comments mentioned prior). The ones I’m most interested in owning are their Category III films Gunmen, School on Fire and Triads – The Inside Story as well as the Aces Go Places film series.

Video Games Updates

The video game collection has been growing at a pretty decent rate. My backlog is still massive but I’m working on making sure I finish more games this year compared to previous years. At the time of this post I’ve finished 11 games and started playing Nioh 3 finally.

The PlayStation 4 collection has yet to be sorted but there’s recent news that Blue Reflection: Second Light got remastered for PlayStation 5 as part of the Blue Reflection Quartet collection so I won’t have to worry about getting a physical for that one. It does leave me with about a dozen others, like Koei Tecmo’s Bladestorm: Nightmare, Capcom’s Devil May Cry games, Square Enix’s NieR Replicant, Sony’s The Last Guardian and of course the upcoming Limited Run Games release of Onimusha 2.

PlayStation 5 has hundreds to choose from. I make use of The Game Collection’s reward scheme here and there but ideally I would want to use it if I want to play the games as soon as possible, which is what I plan to do with Capcom’s Pragmata that’s released in a few weeks time. Screamer has my intrigue so I may grab that sooner than later. Despite the high prices for their new hardware, I have no plans to get a PlayStation 5 Pro because the PlayStation 6 will eventually get released in a few years’ time, plus I’m happy with what I have spec-wise for the time being.

Nintendo Switch 2 is still on the back burner, but there’s more on-cart physical releases coming out that I will start looking into in the coming months, like Culdcept Begins, LoveR Kiss: Endless Memories, Super Bomberman Collection and the ‘Nintendo Switch 2 Edition’ releases of various Nintendo first-party releases.

That’s it for the month of March. I spent quite a lot, but my plan is to get a few big pickups out of the way in the next few weeks so that I have a cooling period before the Summer sales start ramping up. At least I got the big shelf out of the way and a few big bills.

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