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June 2025 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases

Log Horizon comes back in print in a small batch from Crunchyroll for the month of June.

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Tekkonkinkreet (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing

Roughly 17 years after Sony Pictures released the film in the UK on Blu-ray, Anime Limited have brought back Tekkonkinkreet with a new collector’s set.

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Naruto Set 2 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

The second of four Naruto sets is now released in the UK on Blu-ray, covering a number of story canon arcs in its original 4:3 aspect ratio.

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Blue Giant (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

Studio Nut’s adaptation of Blue Giant finally makes it way onto home video in the UK with a different look to its packaging to fit the music vibe.

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Otaku Collection Haul for February 2025

For this haul, the first Discotek package of the year arrives plus a couple of AnimEigo & Nihon Nights releases also make their appearances. Meanwhile, we catch up…

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May 2025 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases

A shorter slate this time around, with only a few titles planned by each distributor.

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Otaku Collection Haul for January 2025

For this haul, there’s a few specific themes here – Akira Kurosawa, Koei Tecmo, Limited Run releases and even some Nikkatsu titles. There’s also some pre-orders and delayed…

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Love Live! Superstar!! Season 2 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

Anime Limited decided to release Love Live! Superstar!! Season 2 before the US had yet to sort out theirs, with a subtitled only collector’s set.

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Lonely Castle in the Mirror (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

Keiichi Hara’s anime film adaptation makes its way onto home video in the UK by Anime Limited. Let’s take a look at the collector’s set.

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April 2025 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases

April tends to be a quiet slate and Crunchyroll does just that with a few releases including more Shangri-la Frontier and Classroom of the Elite.

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Seven Samurai (Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD) Unboxing

The classic film by Akira Kurosawa recently received a 4K Ultra HD release by BFI in the UK. The limited edition sold out but I managed to secure…

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Q1 2025 Solicitations for UK Asian Cinema Home Video Releases

The UK Asian Cinema home video release starts out strong with Cure, Dragon Fist and Yojimbo in 4K, plus more Director’s Company, Japanarchy, Nikkatsu and Category III films…

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Q1 2025 Solicitations for UK Anime Home Video Releases

2025 starts off with a lot of new releases! From To Your Eternity and Welcome to Demon-School! Iruma-kun all the way to The 100 Girlfriends, BAKI and Macross…

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The Video Games I Played in 2024 (Part 2)

The second part of my 2024 completed games discussion list! Here’s my thoughts on Astro Bot, Metaphor: ReFantazio, Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time, TimeSplitters, Toy Story 2 and…

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The Video Games I Played in 2024 (Part 1)

For 2024, I finished 29 games plus 1 more that just ended up in 2025. In this post we check out a couple Final Fantasy games including Final…

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Otaku Collection Haul for December 2024

For this haul, I received numerous packages from all over the place, whether they came from sales over in the UK or US, or even pre-orders that showed…

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Grav’s Complete Otaku Collection – 2024 Edition

2024 has been the biggest year for pickups that I’ve ever done. Here’s a look at how my collection has done in 2024 in this 12th update.

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Shawscope Volume 3 (Limited Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

Two years after Volume 2 comes another 14 films from the Shaw Brothers catalogue by Arrow Video.

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Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Parts 1 & 2 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

The UK finally receives Season 2 of Re:ZERO on Blu-ray, though Anime Limited have split the season into two parts. That said, both parts released at the same…

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Attack on Titan: The Final Season: The Final Chapters (Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing

The final season’s final chapters for Attack on Titan have made their way onto home video with a limited edition to complete the line-up that started back in…

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March 2025 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases

More Iruma-kun, Jujutsu Kaisen, and Spy x Family land on home video alongside The 100 Girlfriends and Shangri-la Frontier from Crunchyroll.

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Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out! Season 2 (Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing

Both seasons of Uzaki-chan made their UK home video debut earlier in the year by Crunchyroll, and here we have their limited edition for the second season.

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Tomo-chan is a Girl! (Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing

Tomo-chan is a Girl! received its UK home video release by Crunchyroll a few months ago and with a limited edition so here’s what they have offered.

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Hell’s Paradise Season 1 (Limited Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing

The first season of Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku made its way onto Blu-ray in the UK by Crunchyroll recently and I picked up the limited edition release.

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Tower of God Season 1 (Ultimate Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

The first season of Tower of God arrived on Blu-ray last year and I recently picked up the UK Ultimate Edition release from Anime Limited.

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Nadia: Secret of the Blue Water (Ultimate Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray) Unboxing

Finally picked up Hideaki Anno’s Nadia series that was released in the UK in 2023 by Anime Limited. Here we have their 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray combo…

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Otaku Collection Haul for November 2024

For this haul, we catch up on many Asian releases that have recently released this past year, plus there’s a few sale pickups for both anime and video…

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Godzilla Minus One (Deluxe Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray) Unboxing

TOHO and Takashi Yamazaki’s award winning Godzilla film lands its way onto home video in the UK by Anime Limited, and on 4K Ultra HD just in time…

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TONIKAWA: Over the Moon for You Season 1 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

The first season of TONIKAWA, which was co-produced by Crunchyroll, has landed its way onto home video from Anime Limited for the UK & USA.

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February 2025 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases

A couple notable anime titles make their way onto home video, including Heaven Official’s Blessing and Rising of the Shield Hero. Plus Bubblegum Crisis gets a new release.

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Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

Yohane’s fantasy spin-off to Love Live! Sunshine!! has landed in the UK on Blu-ray before North America have received theirs, with a collector’s edition also.

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Naruto Set 1 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

The first Naruto series starts its UK Blu-ray debut from Anime Limited, with the first collector’s set covering the first 55 episodes of the series.

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Bleach: Thousand-Year Blood War Part 1 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

Alongside the original series returning to home video in the UK, Bleach’s final story arc has started its home video release with Part 1: The Blood Warfare now…

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Bleach Part 1 (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

Anime Limited rescued the UK home video rights for the 2004 Bleach series, and will release all of it on Blu-ray. Starting off the journey with Part 1…

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Otaku Collection Haul for October 2024

For this haul, we have a lot of iconic anime arriving in the post but there’s also a new batch of Japanese films, mostly from J-Horror, and recent…

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Macross Plus (Ultimate Edition) Blu-ray Unboxing

Macross Plus is back after many years of being out of print in the west. Anime Limited produced an ultimate edition Blu-ray box set that includes both the…

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J-Horror Rising (Limited Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

Seven Japanese horror films from six different directors make their UK Blu-ray debut by Arrow Video which includes Noroi: The Curse!

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January 2025 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases

The new year begins with a few recent popular shows from Crunchyroll’s catalogue plus more subtitled only releases.

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Kaiji: Against All Rules (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

The second Kaiji series is now available in the UK, with Anime Limited revealing the collector’s set later than expected.

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Q4 2024 Solicitations for UK Asian Cinema Home Video Releases

Two of TOHO’s Godzilla films storm the UK on 4K, alongside Seven Samurai, Dragon Fist, and The Good, The Bad, The Weird, plus there’s tons of Blu-rays including…

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Q4 2024 Solicitations for UK Anime Home Video Releases

Re:ZERO Season 2 makes its UK home video debut as well as other recent anime including Attack on Titan: Final Season’s Final Chapters, Hell’s Paradise, TONIKAWA and more.

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Otaku Collection Haul for September 2024

For this haul, we have decided to collect the entire City Hunter anime series on Blu-ray, secured a number of Asian films in 4K Ultra HD and Blu-ray…

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The Legend of Hei (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

MTJJ’s Chinese anime film The Legend of Hei has made its way onto home video in the UK by Anime Limited with a collector’s set.

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December 2024 Solicitations for US Anime Home Video Releases

The Digimon films from back in 1999/2000 and Frieren round up the end of the year’s slate alongside more re-releases.

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Akiba Maid War (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

P.A Works’ original series Akiba Maid War has landed in the UK from Anime Limited with a collector’s set to go with it.

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The Project A Collection (Deluxe Limited Edition 4K Ultra HD & Blu-ray) Unboxing

Jackie Chan’s Project A films are back once again, this time with 4K restorations and a special edition release from 88 Films via their USA branch.

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Otaku Collection Haul for August 2024

For this haul, we have a big batch of anime from Anime Limited, Crunchyroll UK and Discotek Media, plus a couple of retro collections for the Switch, and…

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Re:cycle of the Penguindrum (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray) Unboxing

The two-part compilation films of the Mawaru Penguindrum series was picked up by Anime Limited for a home video release.

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Over the Sky (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing

Yoshinobu Sena’s Over the Sky, the film that Edinburgh audiences at SLA couldn’t get enough of, received a UK Blu-ray release by Anime Limited in 2023 and I…

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Harmonie (Collector’s Edition Blu-ray & DVD) Unboxing

Patema Inverted’s Yasuhiro Yoshiura produced a short film for Anime Mirai in 2014 and almost a decade later its now available in the UK on Blu-ray by Anime…

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