January 30, 2008
Love those 25/$100 sales
So ADV's got folks all in a tizzy, death of the industry, yadda yadda. Not really; things are way too optimistic there for that. On the other hand, that certainly won't stop me from taking advantage of the recent Right Stuf 25 discs for $100 sale. If you can't support commercial anime at those prices, you're in the wrong hobby. ;p
(The pickings will be considerably slimmer now, so it's not like I'm saying "thou shalt go buy" or anything. But at least take a look...)
Two of the discs were filling holes in my collection. Angelic Layer vol. 1 was a huge hole - I had 2-7, but I never got the first volume. Didn't do any work on it beyond helping with the DVDs and the proofing I did for every damn thing, so it's not like they owed me one or anything. At the same time, I've never gone back and rewatched it because of that missing volume, which wasn't a good situation. Ah well, now they're all sitting in a nice art box on display instead of being stuffed in one of the overflow boxes in my closet.
The other disc, Cromartie v.4, I probably should have received in the first place. I didn't actually do the subs on that volume - that was right at the layoff. ADV was nice enough to send me a lot of comp discs for series I was currently working on, even beyond the work I'd done on the series, but for some reason that didn't show up. However, a volume of Cromartie for four dollars is a ludicrously overpowered humor/price ratio! That box is now full too.
Picked up five complete series aside from that. I always liked ZOE TV - it's a story about family masquerading as a show about giant robots with incredibly phallic designs - so picking it up was easy enough. I also enjoyed Aquarian Age's art style, and virtually everything about Area 88 (I've been a fan since UN Squadron for the Super Nintendo, even if I didn't know it!)
Took a stab at two series they'd produced since I've been gone, too. Godannar is pure silly giant robot cheese, but that's okay; I happen to be fond of pure silly giant robot cheese, and the people working on it enjoyed it thoroughly. The other was Ugly/Beautiful World, mostly because I wanted to round out the 25 discs - no real illusions that it'll be good. What the heck, it might surprise me.
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(The pickings will be considerably slimmer now, so it's not like I'm saying "thou shalt go buy" or anything. But at least take a look...)
Two of the discs were filling holes in my collection. Angelic Layer vol. 1 was a huge hole - I had 2-7, but I never got the first volume. Didn't do any work on it beyond helping with the DVDs and the proofing I did for every damn thing, so it's not like they owed me one or anything. At the same time, I've never gone back and rewatched it because of that missing volume, which wasn't a good situation. Ah well, now they're all sitting in a nice art box on display instead of being stuffed in one of the overflow boxes in my closet.
The other disc, Cromartie v.4, I probably should have received in the first place. I didn't actually do the subs on that volume - that was right at the layoff. ADV was nice enough to send me a lot of comp discs for series I was currently working on, even beyond the work I'd done on the series, but for some reason that didn't show up. However, a volume of Cromartie for four dollars is a ludicrously overpowered humor/price ratio! That box is now full too.
Picked up five complete series aside from that. I always liked ZOE TV - it's a story about family masquerading as a show about giant robots with incredibly phallic designs - so picking it up was easy enough. I also enjoyed Aquarian Age's art style, and virtually everything about Area 88 (I've been a fan since UN Squadron for the Super Nintendo, even if I didn't know it!)
Took a stab at two series they'd produced since I've been gone, too. Godannar is pure silly giant robot cheese, but that's okay; I happen to be fond of pure silly giant robot cheese, and the people working on it enjoyed it thoroughly. The other was Ugly/Beautiful World, mostly because I wanted to round out the 25 discs - no real illusions that it'll be good. What the heck, it might surprise me.
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And my backlog grows ever larger... got all of Madlax, most of Sakura Wars and Divergence Eve, three volumes of Macross, and a few one-shot releases. This despite the fact that I've got lots of stuff still unwatched from the first time they did this.
Posted by: Andrew F. at January 30, 2008 09:12 PM (sUicM)
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After Black Friday 2006, then again 2007, I spent quite a bit at either RightStuf or AdvFilms -- I forget which. Now that prices are so low, there's nothing left I want to see... Maybe I'll use this as a chance to check out some things I normally wouldn't check out, such as Kino's Journey. It does make me wish I didn't buy Evangelion last December, as I haven't gotten to watching it yet... Well, I have no regret!
Posted by: Christopher Fritz at February 03, 2008 03:47 PM (4DKGQ)
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