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Kruszer
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Brings a tear to 'me eye. 
You are, however, insane. But I do salute your excellent taste in quality sci-fi anime there. If it had English subs I would be all over those Legend of the Galactic Heroes sets.  
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Nico877
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The main thing was that I wanted to own LoGH in its entirety in one form or the other. It was either the (shitty, both upscale quality and box art) Blu-ray boxes that would have ran me 65k Yen x 4 or this amazing DVD set for 95k Yen.
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Nico87
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Sorry, I'm the poster above. No idea how it logged me into another account!
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Blood-
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It really is a gorgeous set and a revered title. So do you plan to watch the discs even though you don't speak the language? Presumably, you've already watched fansubs so you know the story.
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Nico87
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For sure I will - not in the near future though. I import a lot of Blu-rays from Japan and I have a method for enjoying stuff I can't understand. I follow a show as it airs in the closest thing I can get to broadcast quality on Crunchyroll before importing any given show. When I receive a volume I rewatch the episodes from the volume on Crunchyroll and watch the episodes on the BD volume straight after. If a show isn't something I'd re-watch in the first place I'd never import it, though I have blindly imported a couple of shows in the past which I have ended up enjoying. It does get a bit more difficult with long-running shows - I've imported every Hunter x Hunter 2011 Blu-ray (8 BD volumes and 6 BD boxes with the 7th BD box getting released on the 25th) so far but I have no plans to re-watch anything except maybe the Yorkshin arc. With LoGH it's DVDs all the way so there is no difference in quality and it will be pretty hard to sit through 162 episodes and three movies without any subtitles. I'll have to divide it into sessions or something to avoid brainburn. |
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zawa113
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^You bought it having never seen it in subs? Wooow...
Well I remember looking at that beast, thinking it was intimidating, but once I got into it, 110 episodes just wasn't enough. If it makes you feel better, look at it as 4 26-ep seasons to help you get started, but once you're in, you'll probably blow through it. I was watching 10-12 eps a day for a while, classes be damned! The movies are a good starting point though (the two connected to the main series, not the young Reinhard and Kirheis one), one takes place before the series and is more or less its official start (and was the first thing of the series animated) and the other is basically a retelling of the first two episodes (so you can skip those two eps if you wish). Some people took longer than me to get into it, but since that's my jam, I was into it by ep 3 or so, so had I seen those two movies first, that would've been it, I would've been sold instantly. But I started with the main OVA, which is fine, but if I were to do it again, I'd go with those two movies first (or at least the prequel to the main series one) |
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Nico87
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Sorry, I forgot to mention that I have indeed watch everything LoGH-related!
When I watched it a couple of years back I used the order you wrote above, classicalzawa. What's interesting is the order presented in the DVD boxes. It looks like they've gone with the chronological order for the two Gaiden series. More detailed info about the DVD order (episode name taken from anidb): DVD Box 1 Episodes 1-26 My Conquest is the Sea of Stars Overture to a New War Golden Wings DVD Box 2 Episodes 27-54 Spiral Labyrinth vols. 1-4 (I'm guessing episodes 1-14) DVD Box 3 Episodes 55-86 Silver White Valley Those Who Revolt Those Who Duel Those Who Recapture DVD Box 4 Episodes 87-110 Morning's Dream, Night's Song A Hundred Billion Stars, A Hundred Billion Lights vols. 1-3 Third Battle of Tiamat Stigma (Disgrace?) I have no idea what "A Hundred Billion Stars, A Hundred Billion Lights vols. 1-3" actually contains. I'm guessing it's the one-episode Gaidens that weren't divided into parts like the named ones above. |
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Ggultra2764
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Bought the following off Amazon while at lunch:
Negima (both TV seasons) Street Fighter II V Soul Eater |
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Aura Ichadora
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Remember when I said this? Yeah, I was right. :p I ended up picking up Kiki's Delivery Service at Target and a Kalos Starter Pokemon shirt from Hot Topic's Hot Mess Clearance sale. My husband told me I had to get them... but it's not like I argued it too much either. :p I've surprising never seen Kiki's Delivery Service, but we probably won't be watching it until next weekend. |
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Blood-
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@ AI - if you and your husband don't love Kiki's Delivery Service, I'll eat my hat!
... Mind you, my hat is made out of 100% milk chocolate, but still! |
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Surrender Artist
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Yesterday while ordering a copy of Bertrand Russel's Problems of Philosophy through Amazon I decided to take the excuse of reaching the free shipping threshold to order a manga volume that I have had my eye on.
Manga Insufficient Direction I enjoyed Sakuran, Moyocco Anno is an uncommonly interesting mangaka and Hideaki Anno is such an odd creature that I suspect that it will be fascinating. There's also something innately endearing to me about two nerdy adults in love, or whatever state Anno exists in. |
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wmderemer
It...it's not like I post for you or anything! Posts: 309 Location: Stroudsburg, PA |
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Good deals at FYE, of all places...
--Cat Planet Cuties BD/DVD Collection (S.A.V.E. Edition) on sale for $14.99 new. --Sakugan no Shana Season One BD/DVD Collection (S.A.V.E. Edition) on same for $17.99 new. FYE is having a good sale on Funimation's S.A.V.E. Editions this week, and also the used are "But 2, get 3rd for $1." |
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Aura Ichadora
Posts: 2306 Location: In front of my computer |
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Oh, my husband has seen it and likes it.
 I've tried to watch it, but anytime I tried to do so whenever it was on TV, I was told I wasn't allowed to because it "took too much room on the DVR" and it was on at times when my mom "HAD to watch HER shows". I also could never find it at my local video store to rent on the few times I was taken to the store to find a movie just for myself. :p
Even though I haven't seen it, it's a Miyazaki movie so I'm pretty sure I'll love it to pieces and had no problem picking it up "blindly". 
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Alan45
Village Elder Posts: 10050 Location: Virginia |
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@Blood-
I got 15 or 20 minutes into Kiki's Delivery Service and quit. That was when it came out on DVD and I still haven't gotten back to it. I'm not sure why. |
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Animegomaniac
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Kiki's Delivery Service: It's slow but it's leisurely paced, it's quiet but it's very low key, it's pastoral but it's very calming...
The most interesting thing that happens is the airship incident which is nothing to do with anything and the whole movie is a story about things not happening, ranging from magic to romance to comedy to drama. Baking happens and then it gets delivered but that would still happen without Kiki. Yes, I like it but I can understand how some people think it's boring and it is boring, I cannot stress that enough. Full recommendation! For curing insomnia... It's just that good. The most baffling thing about it is its nearly two hour run time yet only enough story for about 20 minutes. It really is a "coming of age" story as the audience can feel itself grow older as they watch it. Anything else... Phil Hartman was absolutely wasted in the dub as the "non talking" talking cat Jiji. No lip sync means he could say anything but they couldn't manage anything funny? |
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