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Stuff I Bought This Week – January 20th
Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 – Collection 1
Plot Synopsis: “Universal Century 0079. The rebel space colonies of the Principality of Zeon launch a war of independence against the Earth Federation, using humanoid fighting vehicles called mobile suits to overwhelm the Federation Forces and conquer half of Earth’s surface. Months later, the Federation has finally developed its own prototype mobile suits at a remote space colony. But when the colony suffers a Zeon surprise attack, these new weapons fall into the hands of a motley crew of civilians and cadets, and fate places a youth named Amuro Ray at the controls of the white mobile suit Gundam…”
Something you’ll notice this week is that pretty much everything is from Bandai. About 30 seconds after they announced they were effectively shutting down I said, “Well shit, better get all that stuff I was considering.” So yeah. I’ve already seen the compilation movies for this series, and I honestly prefer it that way, but I still felt like getting the original series on DVD just for the sake of having it.
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Mobile Suit Gundam Wing – Collection 1
Plot Synopsis: “Thousands of People live on giant orbiting space colonies called “Sides.” However, the Earth Government, which rules the colonies, is unjust and cruel. A group of revolutionaries builds five robotic Gundams and plans to send them to Earth to begin their fight for independence. Piloted by five young men, their hopes and dreams of freedom of the colonists with them as they descend to Earth to begin Operation Meteor!”
If you were to ask me for one thing that defined my childhood I’d shout Dragon Ball Z at you pretty much instantly. If you asked for another I’d say Gundam Wing. I loved this show as a kid, and as an adult I can honestly say it kinda sucks. It’s not that it’s terrible, but it does that Gundam thing where someone spouts a horrificly stupid line and it takes it completely seriously. Like anytime anyone says Gundanium. Regardless, I loved the show as a kid, but it was on after my bedtime so I’d have to tape it off YTV. YTV, for all of you who aren’t Canadian, was where you watched anime if you lived in Canada. We didn’t have Cartoon Network, so we didn’t have Toonami. I’m not even really sure what a Toonami is. Anyway, it was part of my childhood and I kept putting off getting the DVDs until now. The set ended up having two floaters because of Bandai’s shoddy packaging. The discs still worked though.
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Mobile Suit Gundam Wing Endless Waltz
Plot Synopsis: “The year is After Colony 196, and for one year the Earth and its colonies have experienced an unprecedented age of peace. No longer needing their weapons of war, the Gundams are jettisoned into the sun. However, even in the silence of space, the drums of war can once again be heard. Rallying behind a new leader, the Barton Foundation has once again risen to threaten the peace of the Earth Sphere. As the conflict spirals towards its climax, the pilots must recover their Gundams before they reach the sun, and put an end to the conflict.”
Had to get this since I was getting the series. Saw this on YTV too. Well taped it, because it was also on too late for me to watch. I honestly didn’t even realize this was originally an OVA until I bought this DVD. So that’s neat.
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Outlaw Star Complete Collection
Plot Synopsis: “Gene Starwind and his partner Jim Hawking run a small business on the backwater planet of Centinel 3. But all that changes the day that Hilda hires them for a bodyguard job. Now, thrust into a mystery they don’t fully understand, they’re on the run from the cops, the pirates, an angry alien, and a mysterious assassin. But they’ve got one thing going in their favor – they have the galaxy’s most advanced ship!”
Have been putting off getting this for a year or more. It’s an old show that people used to like, so I was interested in it. It’ll probably be kind of mediocre, but whatever.
Bandai Entertainment February 2012 Releases
Bandai’s releases for February are up for pre-order on RightStuf. Given that they have more stuff than usual, and all on the same day, don’t be terribly surprised if something gets delayed.
February 7th
Akira DVD
Code Geass Complete Second Season DVD
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Complete First Season DVD
Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Complete Second Season DVD
Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 Collection 2 DVD
Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn Part 2 DVD
Tales of the Abyss Part 3 DVD (Sub-only)
Tales of the Abyss Part 4 DVD (Sub-only)
Stuff I Bought This Week – October 21st
Mobile Fighter G-Gundam Collection 1
Plot Synopsis: “It is time for the “Gundam Fight” tournament! Each country sends a Gundam to Earth for this prestigious tournament in the hopes of winning power and glory for their homeland! But this time, there’s an unseen evil lurking behind the scene. Domon Kasshu, Neo Japan’s reluctant Fighter, is determined to uncover this evil and clear his family name! The fight to the top begins now!”
This is pretty much the only Gundam series I want to watch that doesn’t seem to be available streaming anywhere. Every other series I’m interested in is on both Crunchyroll and YouTube, but not G-Gundam. Apparently G-Gundam is special and doesn’t get to stream anywhere because really, why would anyone on the Internet ever be interested in watching G-Gundam?
Sunrise puts subtitled original Gundam movie trilogy on YouTube
The anime studio Sunrise announced through their Gundam franchise website that the three Mobile Suit Gundam movies are now available with English subtitles on YouTube. The movies, originally released in 1981 and 1982, are a compilation of the original Mobile Suit Gundam, shortening the 43 episode series into three movies, each about two hours long.
If you’d prefer to watch the original series, Bandai is doing a dual-audio release of the series for the first time. The first set comes out next week, while the second set has yet to have a release date announced.
Stuff I Bought This Week – May 27th
Baccano Limited Edition Blu-Ray
Plot Synopsis: “Hot off the “Roaring Twenties” and headfirst into the uncertain volatility of the “Dirty Thirties,” criminal syndicates stormed into power by bootlegging alcohol during the Prohibition Era – but the most notorious “liquor” of all time is about to set off a violent chain reaction within the mafia underworld!
Each story involves several unrelated plots intersecting and crossing each other as events spiral further and further out of control. Immortal alchemists, mafia-operated speakeasies, and many other elements of pulp fiction are mashed together for a world straight out of the movies.”
I love Baccano. It’s pretty much one of the best series to come out in the last few years. So when Aniplex USA said they’d be releasing the BD set here, with allegedly limited quantities, I couldn’t really pass up a chance to buy the series a second time. Only thing I don’t like about this set is it doesn’t come in a nice chipboard box like the Japanese release did. Other than that it’s great though. It looks great, and includes Funimation’s amazing dub, so I’m content with it.
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Le Chevalier D’Eon Volumes 1 – 5 w/ Artbox
Plot Synopsis: “Paris, 1742. A coffin floats in the shimmering Seine. On the lid, a word written in blood: Psalms. Inside, the body of a beautiful woman: Lia de Beaumont. Now her brother, D’Eon, seeks the reason for her mysterious murder, and uncovers an evil that shadows both the palaces of kings and the dark alleys of Europe.
A power wielded by spell-casting poets, and manipulated by royalty. A force so powerful it brings Lia’s soul back from beyond to seize the only weapon she can possess to avenge her death: her own brother.”
I was browsing the bargain bin at RightStuf when I stumbled upon this. Each volume was $4, except for the volume with artbox which was $5. It was a blind buy which I only went after because it’s cheap, and I happen to like artboxes. RightStuf didn’t have the sixth volume, so I’ll have to hunt a copy of that down on eBay or something.
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One Piece Season Three – Second Voyage
Plot Synopsis: “The Straw Hats traveled to Skypiea in search of adventure, but they may have gotten more than they bargained for. It took less than a day for Luffy to earn the title of public enemy number one, and now his crew is subject to the harsh judgment of an angry god and the four lethal priests of Upper Yard!
Zoro, Nami, Chopper, and Robin are trapped aboard the Going Merry when it’s commandeered by a crustacean and marooned on a sacrificial alter. Luffy, Sanji, and Usopp are quick to mount a rescue mission, but they’ve got a problem of their own: a dancing dango of madman with an endless supply of agonizing ways to die! It’ll take more than a miracle for this crew to be reunited – especially all in one piece!”
I like One Piece, so I continue to purchase One Piece DVDs. I almost have everything Funimation has put out at this point. Then I have to wait for season four. I hope it gets announced soon.
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Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Plot Synopsis: “Universal Century 0079. When the Principality of Zeon learns of a new Gundam being built, the veteran spec-ops Cyclops Team is dispatched to the civilian colony of Libot to investigate. Their newest member, Bernie Wiseman, gets shot down in action and meets young Al, who dreams of mobile suits and space battles. Al thinks of Bernie as a friend, and even goes to great lengths to track him down while on his mission. He doesn’t realize the potential danger he’s in.
Meanwhile, Al’s nextdoor neighbor Christina returns home with a new “government job.” She’s really the test pilot of the top-secret Gundam Alex – the objective of Bernie’s mission! As the story unfolds, three lives will be changed forever by this one small part of the war.”
After watching some of the original Gundam series sometime last year, I became interested in the franchise. I’m mostly in the older stuff, because most of what I’ve seen of the newer stuff doesn’t really seem so great. I’ve watched the first season of Gundam 00, which had some good parts but was kinda mediocre overall. Haven’t bothered to check out the second season yet, though I’ve never heard a single person say a good thing about it so maybe that’s for the best. On the other hand, I watched 08th MS Team and thought it was pretty great, so I figured I’d focus on the older stuff instead.
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Claymore – Anime Classics
Plot Synopsis: “A brutal scourge stalks the land. Yoma, monsters driven by a hunger satisfied by only one quarry: Humanity. The dark breed knows but a singular foe: Claymore. Human-Yoma hybrids of extraordinary strength and cunning, the Claymores roam from skirmish to skirmish delivering salvation by the edge of a blade.
Thus begins the twisting tale of Clare, one such sister of the sword driven by pain in both victory and defeat. A child silent and suffering hidden in her past, Clare’s march toward vengeance unfolds along a path marked by violence, solitude and scorn. In a land where even the predator is prey, the haunted hearts of hunter and hunted alike wear the scars of the age.”
I had been meaning to pick up Claymore for a while but kept putting it off. Since it was recently re-released in Funimation’s Anime Classics line I figured I might as well get it now. It’s got everything I love. It’s fantasy, there are demons, women with swords killing them, violence, bloodshed. I have no idea why I put off buying it for so long.
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Soul Eater The Meister Collection (Blu-Ray)
Plot Synopsis: “Maka is a Meister and Soul is her Weapon. As students at the Grim Reaper’s Death Weapon Meister Academy, their study habits couldn’t be more different. But in battle against the supernatural forces of evil, they’re a freakin’lethal team.
That’s when Soul transforms – literally – into a razor-sharp scythe, and every defeated wicked soul he sucks down makes him more deadly. That’s when Maka unleashes the merciless slayer within, wielding her partner and dropping monsters. Seriously. Monsters. Like the witches, werewolves, and zombies that lurk in the shadows and feed on the souls of the innocent.
Every freakish ghoul Maka and Soul take out strengthens their bond, and fighting alongside their fellow Meister/Weapon classmates, Maka and Soul are the world’s last line of defense against evil.”
Soul Eater is actually the first DVD I ever reviewed. Back in the distant past of February 2011, when Funimation released the first DVD set. Don’t remember why I decided to review it, but because of it I ended up getting into this whole anime blog thing. Despite the fact that I really liked what I saw of the series, I never watched past episode 13. I was going to watch and review the rest as it came out but never got around to it. Since it’s being released on BD now, I’m going to actually watch and review it.
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