Author: normanicgrav
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Otaku Collection Haul for January 2026
For this haul, I took a step back from receiving numerous items and allowed a good number of pre-orders to make their appearance during the latter half of the month, whilst acquiring a few more films on 4K and Blu-ray.
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April 2026 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases
In April’s slate, a Gundam showed up for once, alongside a Yandere elf, a dude with a bird mask and a Vocaloid who can’t sing.
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Diebuster (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
The 2004 OVA series Gunbuster 2: Diebuster returns to the UK on Blu-ray from Anime Limited. The collector’s edition was slightly delayed but it’s here.
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Q1 2026 Solicitations for UK Asian Cinema Home Video Releases
This quarter offers tons of exciting new releases, including John Woo’s Hard Boiled & Jackie Chan’s Dragon Lord in 4K, plus we have Shaw Brothers, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Sadao Nakajima, Takashi Ishii, Mika Ninagawa and more on their way.
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Q1 2026 Solicitations for UK Anime Home Video Releases
2026 starts off with Crunchyroll releasing Konosuba Season 3, Anime Limited releasing Naruto Shippuden, MVM releasing Gungrave on Blu-ray and more.
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The Video Games I Played in 2025 (Part 2)
The second part of my 2025 completed games discussion list! From Death Stranding 2: On the Beach, to revisiting the Yakuza games and playing a couple classic games from LucasArts, and more!
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The Video Games I Played in 2025 (Part 1)
For 2025, I finished 20 games. In this post we explore the Remedy Connected Universe series, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33, a few Atlus games and more.
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Otaku Collection Haul for December 2025
We wrap up the year with Anime Limited shipping out most of their pre-orders, Discotek & Sentai sets arriving at the last minute, and a batch of new Asian Cinema releases from various distributors on top of the Christmas haul.
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Grav’s Complete Otaku Collection – 2025 Edition
We got more anime, more cinema and more games, as per usual. Here’s a look at how my collection has done in 2025 in this 13th update.
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March 2026 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases
Another short month with a couple new titles including Dragon Ball Daima and a new premium edition set for Eminence in Shadow Season 2.
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Shawscope Volume 4 (Limited Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
Arrow brings us a new volume of Shaw Brothers classics, this time focusing on fantasy and horror with a good number of license rescues from 88 Films catalogue.
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Perfect Blue (Deluxe Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray) Unboxing [NSFW]
Perfect Blue is back again, this time with a 4K restoration which Anime Limited have now brought over onto the 4K Ultra HD format with a new edition.
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