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Jan
A new year! What did you import in January 2015?
January 2015 ImportsBDs
Amagi Brilliant Park v2
Free! -Eternal Summer- v5
Futsuu no Joshikousei ga Locodol Yatte Mita. v5
Hanayamata v5
Hitsugi no Chaika Avenging Battle v2
Sora no Method v1
Yama no Susume Second Season v1 (copy 2)
Yama no Susume Second Season v2 (copy 2)
Yama no Susume Second Season v3 (copy 2)
Yama no Susume Second Season v4 (copy 2)
Yama no Susume Second Season v5
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru v2
Music CDs
Vocaloid – Scop – Forgive Forget
Print
Comic Yuri Hime – 2015/03
Futsuu no Joshikousei ga Locodol Yatte Mita Fanbook
Oomuro-ke, Vol. 2 LE
Washio Sumi wa Yuusha de Aru
Figures / other
n/a
Only 4 months late!
I looked back and how 2014 ended up. All told, my strategy of watching a lot less and importing less did cut back on spending… a little. It would have been more except for two big factors.
Video was ▼22% JPY, ▼28% USD (yay good exchange rates)
Music was ▼5% JPY, ▼12% USD
Other was ▲86% JPY, ▲69% USD
Total was ▼8.6% JPY, ▼15.8% USD
So despite watching half as many anime, total spending on all import-related stuff – the vast majority of which is related to my anime viewing with Vocaloid as the only significant exception – was down less than 9%… but Sakura Trick (BDs, CDs, manga) is a big part of that. It accounts for nearly a fifth of my *entire* import spending in 2014. The other factor was category “Other”, which is primarily manga but also some figures, calendars, etc. It was up massively, nearly double in JPY. Overall this is the first time my total spending has dropped.
If I’d only bought one copy of all things Sakura Trick, the decline would be sharper. 2015 I expect will see another drop. Though by any measure I’m still spending waaaaaaaaay too much on imports.
Weird and meaningless coincidence, but total spending on DVD/BDs this year was only ¥29 away from the 2011 total. A 0.003% difference.
Anime Bluray
Sabagebu 5
Futsu no Joshi Kosei ga Locodol yatte mitai 5
Yama no Susume 5
Hitsugi no Chaika Avenging Battle 2
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru 2
Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji 2
Concert Bluray
Mizuki Nana, Live Flight x Flight+
CD
Isuca OP, Two-Formula
Rolling Girls Theme Song Collection
Koufuku Graffiti OP, Sakamoto Maaya
Saenai Heroine no Sodate kata OP, Haruna Luna
Junketsu no Maria OP, ZAQ
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso OST
Dog Days” OP, Mizuki Nana
Tsukimonogatari OP, claris (x2)
World’s End no Niwa, Horie Yui (x2)
YuiKaori, Neo Signal Life
Print
BTOOOM! manga 16
Gokukoku no Brynhildr manga 12
Cdjapan never listed YnS v5 so I made my first Amazon order in 16 months. Added in Switch Witch manga v2 which Cdjapan listed as out of print. Would have added Danna ga Nani Bd as well but gave up waiting for it to be back in stock. Of course it was back the day my order shipped.
No problem with DHL, arrived well.
YnS v5 originally had an ost cd but they combined the three ost cds into 2 so this volume is just a Bluray in a digipak and clearcase, nothing more.
Chaika Avenging Battle v2 comes with a short bonus novel! I was surprised by it but pleased as several volumes from S1 had bonus novels including the first one so when there was no novel with V1/box of Avenging Battle I was a bit disappointed. Faith restored!
BD:
Aikatsu! 2nd Season 8
CD:
ClariS – Border
GARNiDELiA – Linkage Ring
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! OP (Zettai Muteki☆Fallin’ Love☆)
Binan Koukou Chikyuu Bouei-bu LOVE! ED (I miss you no 3 Meter)
Bakumatsu Rock Ultra Soul Mini-Album
Books:
Aikatsu! Fan Book 2015 Series APPEAL 3
Blu Ray:
Chaika: Avanging Battle Vol. 1-2
Shirobako Vol.1-2
Grisaia Vol.1-2
Lord Marksman and Vanadis Vol.1-2
Black Bullet Vol.7
Expelled from Paradise LE
Terra Formars Vol.2
Mushishi 2nd Season Vol. 4
Sabagebu Vol.5
Space Dandy Vol.10
Devil Survivor 2 Box
Shingeki no Bahamut Vol.1
Akame ga Kill Vol.4
Haikyuu! Vol.7
Terror in Resonance Vol.5 Amazon LE
Artbook:
Nio Art Works Vol.2 with BD
Zankyou no Terror vol. 4
Barakamon vol. 4
Free! -Eternal Summer- vol. 4
Haikyuu!! vol. 6
Amagi Brilliant Park vol. 1
Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de Aru vol. 1
With all the ranking data you’re scraping and updating I’m sure this is far from the first thing on your mind but I my first package for February arrived today so when you have a chance I guess we could use a February thread. Thanks!
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