The latest posts from the blog:
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The Cat (Deluxe Limited Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
Lam-Nai Choi’s final directorial film adapts one of Ni Kuang’s novels involving an alien cat, a blob thing monster and a writer dragged into the chaos!
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Otaku Collection Haul for August 2025
For this haul, I put a lot more focus on sorting out a bunch of orders that wouldn’t arrive on time, so as a result we have much fewer arrivals than usual. But less is more here because we have a bunch of exciting films from 88 Films, BFI, Eureka and Radiance. And also Solo…
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Takashi Ishii: 4 Tales of Nami (Limited Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
Four of Japanese director Takashi Ishii’s films were restored in HD in Japan and now brought over to the UK from Third Window Films in a new limited edition box set.
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November 2025 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases
Nearing the end of the year with the second half of Full Moon, My Hero Academia & Slime’s latest seasons plus more Steelbooks are on their way.
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Solo Leveling Season 1 (Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing
The first season of Solo Leveling recently released on home video and I managed to grab a copy of the limited edition before it sold out in some places. It arrived later than planned but it’s here.
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Otaku Collection Haul for July 2025
For this haul, I decided to build up the 4K Ultra HD collection with more classic films, many from distributor Arrow Video. Meanwhile we also have another anime haul from Crunchyroll & Sentai Filmworks and a catch up on Radiance Films.
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Bleach Part 6 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing
We’re now on Part 6 for the original Bleach series on Blu-ray, here’s the collector’s edition version that comes with a box to house the next set of parts for the series.
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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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