What did you import in October 2014?
October 2014 Imports
BDs
Akuma no Riddle, Vol. 5
Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Vol. 7
Free! -Eternal Summer-, Vol. 2
Futsuu no Joshikousei ga Locodol Yatte Mita., Vol. 2
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka?, Vol. 5
Hanayamaya, Vol. 2
Hitsugi no Chaika, Vol. 5
Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha BD Box
No Game No Life, Vol. 5
Yama no Susume Second Season, Vol. 2
Music CDs
Futsuu no Joshikousei ga Locodol Yatte Mita. – Original Sound Track
Futsuu no Joshikousei ga Locodol Yatte Mita. – Vocal Album “Idol, Yattemasu!”
Hanayamata – Yosakoi Song Series, Vol. 1 – Naru
Hanayamata – Yosakoi Song Series, Vol. 2 – Hana
Lily Lyric Cycle – Character Duo Series Hina/Ayame “Koigokoro Tsunagi”
Lily Lyric Cycle – Extra Episode, Fuyuyasumi-hen -trust in snow-
Vocaloid – debut (Flower)
Yama no Susume ED – Staccato Days
Yama no Susume Second Season OP – Natsu-iro Present
Yama no Susume Second Season ED – Tinkling Smile
Print
Buchou ni Igen wa Arimasen, Vol. 1
Buchou ni Igen wa Arimasen, Vol. 2
Buchou ni Igen wa Arimasen, Vol. 3
Comic Yuri Hime, 2014-11
Futsuu no Joshikousei ga Locodol Yatte Mita. – Anthology Comic Vol. 2
Hanayamata, Vol. 6
Sakana no Miru Yume, Vol. 2
Figures / other
Mouretsu Pirates Abyss of Hyperspace: Katou Marika 1/8 Scale [link]
Sadly, Sakana no Miru Yume v1 isn’t available on Amazon. Also somehow missed ordering Chuu2koi Ren v7 last month.
BD
Yowamushi Pedal vols. 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 (got vols. 1, 4 and 8 in September)
JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders vols. 1 & 2
Sidonia no Kishi vols. 4 & 5
Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren vol. 7
Zankyou no Terror vol. 1
Haikyuu!! vol. 3
No Game No Life vol. 4
Hitsugi no Chaika vol. 3
Aldnoah.Zero vol. 1
Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun vol. 1
Barakamon vol. 1
Free! -Eternal Summer- vol. 1
Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon vols. 1-7 LEs with Gamers box (used)
Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon II vols. 1-7 LEs with Gamers box (used)
BD Box
Berserk BD Box
Turn A Gundam BD Box 1
Gundam SEED BD Box 1 RE
Gundam Build Fighters BD Box 1
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu BD Box 1 RE
Misc
Log Horizon Animate-exclusive box
Chu2koi Ren HMV-exclusive box
Sakura Trick HMV-exclusive box
LB! -Refrain- HMV-exclusive box (worst store-exclusive box ever)
Nice imports! Your income must be pretty high, damn.
Decided to post my imports early in the month this time! Now to remember to edit it if anything changes… that’s why I usually don’t do it early.
Have you decided what you will be watching this season?
PS: Sora No Method was gorgeous.
Haha, I’d actually just got done posting a comment about it on the viewing plans post before seeing your comment in the mod queue. Yes, it was insanely good. Just god-tier 10/10 material from the first episode.
My list should be:
Already tried: Sorameso, Log Horizon 2
Waiting on release: Amagi, Yuyuyu, Shirobako, Chaika 2
Imports should be LH2, Chaika 2, And almost certainly Sorameso. Amagi if it’s good, which I really hope it is.
Did you know what Sorameso is being produced by a new studio? It’s called Studio 3Hz, and I can’t believe a newly formed studio did that episode, holy shit. Maybe they have an experienced staff? I don’t know! …E-excuse me while I re-watch the first episode.
I’m on the fence with Denki-gai, I liked it, but it lacked a little bit of comedic substance, but I’ll keep watching it anyway. Also, the first episode of Gugure! Kokkuri-san was pleasant surprise. Essentially, it’s Barakamon + Natsume Yuujinchou with dry humour and the supernatural genre, which so far has a little to no impact on the series. Ah, Kohina is just simply adorable.
By the way, do you re-watch the anime that you import?
I swear SoreMeso looks like it was made by PA Works but I can’t see anyone on the staff that worked there unless all the names are fake and they’re all refugees from that company. Charadesigns are straight out of NagiAsu. Looks beautiful and it’s really cute but episode 1 almost seems… complete. I just wonder what they’re going to do next other than introducing the other characters we haven’t seen yet from the OP and ED.
Shirobako IS by PA Works but it has some new people, chara designs from Ponkan8 of OreGairu, GaruPan’s director. So maybe they have had some staff turnover or maybe this is just a subgroup. Not sure.
Kohina is super adorable, that’s another super cute show, Gugure! Kokkuri-san. Kokkuri-san, Kokkuri-san… oh so cute!
Well most animation studios don’t really have major core directing/writing staff that keep reappearing (KyoAni is, as in many areas, one of the exceptions here). I’m not sure how much freelancing PA Works uses, but I assume it’s a lot like other studios (if maybe less than most, given they seem to have a somewhat more consistent visual style across a lot of their shows).
What’s next? Well they hinted at quite a lot of goings-on in the past between Nonoka and the other friends. And a lot of that is likely going to center on Noel. People are already comparing it to Anohana (group of childhood friends reunites after years, fighting, reconciling, and bonding over an otherworldly being) and that’s definitely the overall approach I see it taking.
Well and there’s always that huge THING in the sky to explain…
As for Studio 3Hz, new company, first leading animation production gig. And what a phenomenal episode to start your company out with in that role! This is like hitting a grand slam in your very first at-bat as a pro.
Of course, shock of all shocks, it’s started ranking on Amazon but not to the instant top-100 ranking I so very much wanted to see. It’s BD-only, though each volume is split between Amazon and non-Amazon versions. Both are currently ranking around 600-700. I know it’s WAAAAY early, particularly for an original anime, but damn if that first episode isn’t enough to get an instant reaction nothing is.
Now to hope CR announces Shirobako in the next few days before it airs.
Yes, by my saying that it looks like PA Works made SoraMeso I mean that as high praise. Visually it was stunning. I just hope they can keep that up for the rest of the season. I hope they don’t follow up PA Works with never resolved love polygons… hopefully none of that in Shirobako either.
Cross Ange is in the top 100… wonders never cease.
A new Sunrise action/mecha show debuting in the top 100 is pretty much a given, tho. Where they go from there is the real question.
Also probably expecting a Mizuki Nana event ticket again like Valvrave (oh hey, there’s a not-awful comparison we can draw between the two!).
Yeah I’m super impressed that they managed this as a first episode. Now whether it was all a fluke and it falls apart from here because they invested too much in the opener… I don’t even want to consider it but you never know. ;_;
Yeah, I got a recommendation just today for Kokkuri-san, and since it’s on CR I guess I’ll try it out, eventually anyway. It had gone totally under my radar so far.
I almost never rewatch. No time! I might rewatch ~2-3 shows a year, and even then I use subbed BD rips rather than the BDs I purchased themselves (unless it’s a series I need to watch raw anyway for some reason).
Please watch Grisaia people!
BDs
Futsuu no Joshikousei ga [Locodol] Yatte Mita. Vol. 2
Gochuumon wa Usagi Desu ka? Vol. 5
Hanayamata Vol. 2
THE iDOLM@STER Movie
Yama no Susume Vol. 2
CDs
Free! ~Eternal Summer~ OST
BD
Chaika S1 V5
LoveLive! S2 V5
Yama no Susume S2 V2
Hanamonogatari V2
Sabagebu V2
Locodol V2
CD
Chaika S2 OP & ED
Selector spread WIXOSS OP
Buddy Complex Special IS/Gargantia OVA TS
HanaKana Hohoe Mode
YnS OP Natsuiro Present
Sabagebu Charasongs & OST
WUG Charasongs
LoveLive! Shangrila Shower
Print
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso V10
NouCome V9
Campione V17
Sabagebu V8
Brynhildr V11
Chihayafuru V26
Dansai Bunri V9
Unbreakable Machine Doll V14
For some reason I forgot to mention I got : Free! ~Eternal Summer~ Vol. 2