I recently went on a tear of buying anime. I collected Pat Labor, Dennou Coil, bought Serial Experiments Lain and a Sengoku Basara and a few others. I’ve always been a collector. I have stacks of video games, piles of books and an avalanche of movies. I appreciate owning the physical version of the stuff […]
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