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A Bright Future for All Otaku
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A future that involves manually drawing everything I require isn’t realistic. That’s why, in my last post I said “I’ll be taking time to come up with a manner…


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Review: My Hero Academia s4 ep83: Togata’s Daughter and Children with a Bright Future —
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Bright: Samurai Soul
To call Bright: Samurai Soul 'better than the original Bright' would be the most backhanded of compliments to pay any movie, but that is honestly the most apt…


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A Manga Gift Guide for All Seasons
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100 followers + Plans for Future
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Bright Lights, Big Dreams: Acky Bright Talks With Anime Herald
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A Bright Sunshiny Day! The Sunshine Blogger Award
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KonoSuba: God’s blessing on this wonderful world! (Episode 23) – God’s Blessings on This Bright Future!
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Super Bowl LIV for Otaku
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Digital Church Services for Otaku
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Social Distancing Deals for Otaku
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A Harbinger of the Future? My Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom
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For All the Morgs
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A Raven for All Seasons and The Elusive Samurai
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Otaku Collection Haul for March 2023
This month’s haul bring back the big batch of releases from all circles as we start to ramp up the pace with more rescue hauls, and some titles…


Otaku Collection Haul for November 2023
For this month’s batch concludes the final remaining Rightstuf orders (including more Aniplex), a whole bunch of Asian films that should have been picked up over the years,…


Otaku Collection Haul for March 2022
This haul is huge. No doubt about that. Tons of anime, games and films joining the collection. This includes highly anticipated anime releases all the way to a…


Otaku Collection Haul for January 2021
We start 2021 with a Manga Ent. Zavvi sale haul, arrivals from pre-orders made last year, and also wrapping up the Aniplex Monogatari collection.


Otaku Collection Haul for August 2021
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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…


Otaku Collection Haul for August 2022
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Otaku Collection Haul for May 2024
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Otaku Collection Haul for January 2022
We start off 2022 with the Nintendo Switch OLED, Chainsaw Man, Hunter x Hunter and many more titles now joining the collection from Anime, Manga, Games and Asian…


Otaku Collection Haul for June 2021
The Birthday haul is here, as well as a a catch up on a whole bunch of books and video games.


Otaku Collection Haul for September 2022
This month’s haul was affected by more delays on the newer releases, but we do have another Discotek batch plus some more video games and manga to keep…


Otaku Collection Haul for May 2021
The May haul takes a step back thanks to more package delays but overall offers a solid variety to keep the collection going.


Otaku Collection Haul for April 2021
A combination of manga and video games highlight this month’s haul as well as more Blu-rays in the mix!


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…


Otaku Collection Haul for November 2022
This month’s haul offers a massive Discotek Media haul from Rightstuf, more Anime Limited releases and a couple of video game accessories while at the same time having…


Otaku Collection Haul for October 2023
For this month’s batch marks the first half of the final remaining orders coming from Rightstuf, while we also have a few more noteworthy additions including another Discotek…


Otaku Collection Haul for August 2023
For this month’s batch we have an expensive month thanks to a batch of Nintendo Switch releases, but we also received more pre-orders making their appearance. Plus, we…


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…


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…


Otaku Collection Haul for January 2024
We start off the year with the delayed Anime Limited pre-orders and also a new Discotek Media haul. There’s more Asian & World Cinema titles plus a new…


Otaku Collection Haul for April 2024
For this haul we have new shelving and more collector’s edition anime releases arriving, plus another batch of Asian films from different distributors and more manga from a…