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04-04-2004, 08:17 PM
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Was there ever a Excel Saga box? I can't seem to find any info on one.
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There has not yet been an Excel Saga box set. However, I think that there will be one sometime in the future. At least I hope so, because Excel Saga is the funniest anime I have ever seen. 
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04-04-2004, 08:32 PM
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#212 of 3082
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Right Stuf had a bundle for $79.99 last month... that's where I got it  |
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04-05-2004, 08:40 AM
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Not much going on at casa de Woo Jae - well, except I took the time out of ff xi to thinpak 100 or anime dvds. Anyone need 250 or empty dvd cases?
Hopefully the anime I have on order from rightstuff and deep dvd come sooner than later.
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04-05-2004, 10:23 AM
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Woo:
Not me . I've still got one full case of ThinPaks from my last megaorder, but I've got about 4 series that I need to convert, so it won't be full for much longer. I had a busy three days anime-wise. I rewatched all of Mahoromatic (season 1), vols. 1-2 of Najica Blitz Tactics, and the April 2004 NewType disk. I can't wait to see more of Azumanga Daioh. Chiyo quickly became my favorite character  .
Tony:
I thought ADV said that they weren't going to do a box for Excel Saga.
John.
Most Recent Purchases: The Call of Cthulhu, Count Dracula, The Gravedancers, The Legend of Hell House, Prom Night, Starship Troopers, 28 Weeks Later, Unrest
Currently Collecting: Inu Yasha, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Total DVDs: 1436 Anime DVDs: 776 R2 DVDs: 41 R3 DVDs: 6
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04-05-2004, 10:36 AM
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Newtype gave Puni Puni Poemy such a good review that I preordered it after I read their glowing thoughts. Although almost all the anime reviews in there are positive soooo... but anyway it sounds like its going to be extremely whacky and just plain messed up and I wanted to check it out. Plus Animeondvd didn't like it much so it must be good right? heh.
Anime Collecting: Inu Yasha, Scrapped Princess
Last Purchases: Kaliedo Star Amazing Collection, Mezzo DC, Mezzo Thinpak, Neon Genesis Evangelion Platinum thinpak, Inu Yasha S2, Angelic Layer, Super Gals! Ironclad Collection, My Dear Marie
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04-05-2004, 11:54 AM
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Alanna:
I rarely give NewType's reviews too much credit, since they are rarely critical, as you mentioned. If you haven't seen Excel Saga yet, I'd recommend waiting to watch Puni Puni Poemy. I'd say that ES is a much better yardstick for finding out if you'll like PPP than NewType (or AoD) is.
John.
Most Recent Purchases: The Call of Cthulhu, Count Dracula, The Gravedancers, The Legend of Hell House, Prom Night, Starship Troopers, 28 Weeks Later, Unrest
Currently Collecting: Inu Yasha, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Total DVDs: 1436 Anime DVDs: 776 R2 DVDs: 41 R3 DVDs: 6
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04-05-2004, 02:41 PM
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As far as Rightstuf, Stacey does pretty much 90% of her orders from them now. It only pays if you are pre-ordering a substantial amount of stuff, or catch a studio sale. Pre-orders are pretty much $20 or so - a good deal for Pioneer stuff, and a good deal on Bandai until recent distribution changes created price drops. Shipping is free over $100 (and that's before coupons). Plus rightstuf tosses out a coupon (like $5 of $55, or I think the latest was $10 off $111 or something like that).
So rightstuf is good deals, but only if you buy and pre-order a substantial amount of anime (not my pattern, I always rent some first, and rarely buy one).
But one advantage with Rightstuf - they ship stuff in big ol boxes full of shredded paper, padded envelopes, etc. Very rarely do you get something damaged. Whereas the DDD/Digitaleyes shipping - efficient, free, but padding free.
Example: I got a box in the mail that must have been kicked by the postal service, or a truck door closed on it, or something. I didn't need to open the box to see what was inside it, let's put it that way.
One of the DVD cases inside was absolutely destroyed - the plastic was shattered, twisted, etc - luckily the paper cover inside was 80% OK. Too much of a pain to send back, so I swapped out the DVD case and it was OK. Rightstuf boxes, on the other hand, have so much space and padding that they are much more indestructable.
Matheson- "There are probably some who'll say that by doing this, we are interfering with their culture."
Gideon - "Probably. Screw them."
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04-05-2004, 03:56 PM
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#218 of 3082
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Dave:
It sounds like you've had some bad luck with DDD. All the orders I've done have arrived with no damage whatsoever. Maybe you've just got the members of the USPS soccer team working in your PO  .
John.
Most Recent Purchases: The Call of Cthulhu, Count Dracula, The Gravedancers, The Legend of Hell House, Prom Night, Starship Troopers, 28 Weeks Later, Unrest
Currently Collecting: Inu Yasha, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Total DVDs: 1436 Anime DVDs: 776 R2 DVDs: 41 R3 DVDs: 6
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04-05-2004, 04:04 PM
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heh - Dave:
Rightstuf aint perfect either. My GTO box with tshirt arrived a while back. this was a hard cardboard box. three of the dvd cases were CRUSHED. INSERTS torn in half. And of course, it was all shrinkwrapped. I believe it was UPS's fault. I've had mixed results with dvds from ddd as well, but none were damaged the way the GTO box was. It's a crapshoot shopping online, but the prices, oh the prices...
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04-05-2004, 05:15 PM
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Well, I still order from DDD. In fact, I generally order from them, since I don't have a lot of anime I'm buying these days (Stacey has it pre-ordered at rightstuf before I've even heard of it).
I just found that generally I was in awe of how much padding they put in the average packages. It's like the old gag where you put a giant box full of padding with a little teeny item in the middle. Oftentimes there is more padding than stuff inside ! And they use shredded magazines, UPS packing envelopes, etc. Fun!
Most of our packages arrive OK, but there's always a few that get a little banged up. And at least the rightstuf has some padding around it !
Matheson- "There are probably some who'll say that by doing this, we are interfering with their culture."
Gideon - "Probably. Screw them."
-Crusade, Visitors from Down the Street
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04-05-2004, 07:58 PM
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#221 of 3082
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Hey!
Off-topic question:
My lil-brother is getting into Manga...
He started with some Shonen-Jump he got from a friend at school. And recently talked my mom into ordering Naruto 1 and 2.
So, I was wondering what would be some good manga for him. He is 11, and seems to really like naruto, and I think naruto is in shonen-Jump along with DBZ (eeww). I want to intoduce him to some quality stuff that is also not 17+ or something .
One I had in mind: FLCL, is the manga worse in respect to content/rating. He seemed to like that. So yeah, whats some manga (new or classic) that would be cool. I wish Full Metal Alchemist was out in the US, I would get him (/me) that .
Oh! and what is a good place to order from? I know DDD has Manga for 6.00 each, that seems like a great deal to me...
-Owl
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04-05-2004, 09:14 PM
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Bryan:
You can check out Tokyopop's site, where they have a list of all the manga series they carry. You can find the age ratings there, too.
All:
Ahhh...it's nice being back online at home . Now, back to unpacking .
John.
Most Recent Purchases: The Call of Cthulhu, Count Dracula, The Gravedancers, The Legend of Hell House, Prom Night, Starship Troopers, 28 Weeks Later, Unrest
Currently Collecting: Inu Yasha, Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam
Total DVDs: 1436 Anime DVDs: 776 R2 DVDs: 41 R3 DVDs: 6
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