Author: normanicgrav
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October 2025 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases
Frieren and Mushoku Tensei II each have their limited editions now scheduled, plus we see ODDTAXI, Loner Life in Another World and a bunch of steelbooks.
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Q3 2025 Solicitations for UK Asian Cinema Home Video Releases
Classics, CATIII, Pink Films, Hong Kong Action and more are heading to the UK this Summer, some of which will make their 4K debut!
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Q3 2025 Solicitations for UK Anime Home Video Releases
Bubblegum Crisis, Helck, I’m Standing on a Million-Lives, Solo Leveling and more Iruma-kun are one of many titles expected to arrive in the UK home video this Summer.
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Otaku Collection Haul for June 2025
For this haul, there was a lot of catching up including finishing off a few manga titles, picking up older Asian Cinema releases on sale, and building up the Nintendo Switch collection further with the arrival of the new Switch 2, and more including a Birthday haul!
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Crime Story (Deluxe Collector’s Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray) Unboxing
Kirk Wong’s 1993 film starring Jackie Chan has been re-released in 4K from 88 Films with a deluxe collector’s release featuring more on-disc content.
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Armour of God II: Operation Condor (Deluxe Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray) Unboxing
Jackie Chan’s Armour of God II returns to the UK with a new 4K restoration from 88 Films and with more audio and extras on the discs too.
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Psycho-Pass Providence (Limited Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
Psycho-Pass’ 2023 film was recently released on home video late 2024 thanks to Crunchyroll, and I’ve picked up their limited edition release which matches the first two seasons in design.
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September 2025 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases
For the first time in a long while, Crunchyroll is back to their massive slates with a few surprising additions from the backlog.
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Iwakakeru! -Sport Climbing Girls- (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
Sport climbing series adapted by studio BLADE makes its way onto home video from Anime Limited and Crunchyroll.
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Naruto Set 3 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
The third Naruto Blu-ray set from Anime Limited is now available, focusing on mostly non-canon episodes.
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Otaku Collection Haul for May 2025
For this haul, a lot of catching up was done for the Asian Cinema collection, and I picked up more Crunchyroll releases. We got some pretty cool video games as well, a lot of them are not released physically in Europe.
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The Rising of the Shield Hero Season 3 (Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing
Shield Hero’s third season makes its way onto home video with a limited edition from Crunchyroll.
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