Recent Hauls [2]

[Yaywalter]

@Yaywalter You using all that as some kind of media server or as an actual PC?

Neither. It's not a PC, just an external RAID enclosure. Basically it functions as an external hard drive, only it's 8 hard drives in one. And being RAID 50, up to two of the hard drives can fail without resulting in any data loss.

[Paranoid]

Even with all my problems with FedEx, I'll give them this: they're quick.
My order arrived today, just 2 days after it was shipped. The extra charges came up to about 65$, which is still way more than I expected, but less than the 85$ they told me it might add up to. Oh well.

To start with, I got this deskmat as a first press bonus. I'm keeping it in plastic for now. Not sure what to do with it, but it's pretty cool:

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The slipcase is quite nice and thick, with a nice feel to it. I like the design.
Front and back of slipcase:

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The digipak's pretty good. I like the inu curry art on the inside.
Front, back, and open view of digipak:

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The booklet contains text which I can't read, art from the various background in the movie, storyboards, a 4-koma (I would be very happy if anyone who knows Japanese could translate this) and some other illustrations.
Booklet and 4-koma:

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They also included the frame sketches from my favorite thing ever:

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You can really see the love on Homu's face.

[Giji Shinka]

@Paranoid

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[Shinoyami65]

@Paranoid Damn, now I want to get that... though I probably won't be able to.

[Nuclear Lunchbox]

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Is she bleeding flowers from her nose?

[Redtophat]

Now that's an eggsellent haul Para, you can watch it over and over again with your soon to come Sayaka-chan

[Giji Shinka]

Is she bleeding flowers from her nose?

[Paranoid]

4-koma:

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I got an anon to translate it. This is what he came up with:

ルミナス
Oh Virgin
[Literally, "Luminous"]

視聴者の皆さまこの度はまどか☆マギカ劇場版をお買い上げ頂き試にありがとうございます。
To all the viewers who have bought the Madoka Magika Movie, we express our deepest appreciations.
ありがとうございまーす！
Thank you very much!

私のおすすめポイントはまどかの成長記録が愛くるしい新ＯＰ映像です
I would really recommend the lovely new OP for showing how Madoka has grown.
やだほむらちゃん恥ずかしいよ～
No, Homura-chan. That was embarassing.

そこで視聴者の皆さまに抽選で
By the way, here's a prize for the viewers.

私が精魂を込めて育てた「ルミ茄子」をプレゼント。
Here, I'm giving away my precious aubergine-ity for you.
[Literally, "Lumi-Nas" where nasu/nas = eggplant]
ダシャレ
That's a pun!?!


割れ物注意
Careful: Fragile

劇場版から魔法少女さやかちゃんに髪飾りがつきました
And here's the magical girl, Sayaka-chan with her nice hair ornaments.
えへへ～
Ehehe

契約の時の願い事がアレだったからかな音楽記号になっちゃって・・・
I guess because of that wish of mine that they turned into musical notation...
でもさあ
But,

フォルティシモってすごくデカイ音で弾くって意味なんだろ？
isn't Fortissimo means that the] piece is played very loud?
さやか　あの坊やにすげーうるらいとか思われてんじゃん？
Doesn't that mean that you think that guy is noisy?
あはは～
Ahaha

杏子ちゃん！さやかちゃんのハートはデリケートなんだからー！！！
Kyouko-chan! You do know that Sayaka-chan's heart is so delicate!
ああもうめどくせ～！！！
Man, this is so troublesome!

[CorporalChaos]

Oh god why does this look so much like one of those sticker books where you get stickers of the characters and then you have a background you can stick them on and the people who put the book together did one of those and took a picture of the scene they made and slipped it into the artbook?

[AR-99]

A delayed update:


A companion to my hot pink Asuka tote bag, a blue Rei one.


Jormungand Vol. 11 and while my Giants are just finding ways to lose, last year won't be forgotten.


From the J-Pop Summit Festival going on this weekend, only thing I paid for was the shikishi.

Signed shikishi by director Hidekazu Ohara of Studio 4C, who worked on some anime for the PES campaign for Toyota and SWEETY, a J-Pop trio who was also involved int the project.


Also from the festival, a douga (I think) from the anime short/commercial Drive Your Heart that was handed out for Ohara's autograph session. Hatsune Miku Project Diva F lanyard.

[Nuclear Lunchbox]

Picked up both of the Last Exile OSTs. Auditory ecstasy, my friends.

[AR-99]

Forgot that I also lucked out and landed this Bleach shirt for answering a Viz survey.

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[Blue Monday]

X-Men - Mutant Genesis 2.0 premium HC


Ah. Blue and Gold teams. Back when Wolverine was actually cool, Gambit wore super-tight denim hot shorts in his off-hours, Cyclops was the boy scout and Jean Grey was alive and of use.

Good times, man.
Good times.

Also...

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THAT JIM LEE ART.

Records:

Pelican - City Of Echoes (180 gram clear light blue vinyl; 500 | Hydra Head)
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Pelican - What We All Come To Need (Clear red vinyl | Southern Lord) [2xLP]
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[EvangelionFan]

RECENT STUFF

Akira Vol. 2
Berserk Vol. 6
Berserk Vol. 8
Berserk Vol. 9

ADDITIONAL STUFF

Berserk Vol. 4
Berserk Vol. 5
Berserk Vol. 7
Berserk Vol. 10

Five Leaves Left - Nick Drake
Reckoning - R.E.M.
Our Man in Paris - Dexter Gordon


I could acquire some new STUFF at SMASH!, but for the moment, that is all... also I have not yet heard the new Laura Marling album, and I'd like to hear it, so I suppose it's next on the list...

[Paranoid]

I've gone full neckbeard.
Never go full neckbeard.

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[InstrumentalityOne]

fat sayaka

[Redtophat]

I've gone full neckbeard.
Never go full neckbeard.

How goes it my comrade in arms? Armpit-chan looks great

[Nuclear Lunchbox]

My copy of the fourth Evangelion Manga omnibus shipped today. It's the one of Sadamoto's manga, and it should arrive within the week.

[CJD]

I've gone full neckbeard.
Never go full neckbeard.

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Technically not full neckbeard. You've still got one more tier to unlock. You know what must be done.

[Redtophat]

Technically not full neckbeard. You've still got one more tier to unlock. You know what must be done.

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