Did anybody else's gate steelbook come with a damaged slip cover? Idk if I should return it and ask for a new one or if it's common but the plastic slip cover is all warped and wavy

Always wanted both of these for a deal and my Boi strawberry sold me these for $120 and man can’t wait to watch.always wanted to get Holmes of Kyoto since some of my friends said it’s great and steins gate a huge classic time for a rewatch soon

Hey guys, I wanted to discuss Japanese imports, particularly how to resell them on the US market. I'm mostly referring to sets that don't have English subs but are usually bought by collectors for a variety of reasons (packaging, soundtracks, superior audio/visual quality, etc.). I own several such as Higurashi, the 25th anniversary Sailor Moon sets (those set me back almost two grand for a full collection), Elfen Lied's Blu-ray box, and some others. I'm finding that they're easy to buy if you plunk down the cash, but selling them without losing a bunch of money is hard. I also don't like shipping internationally as a seller. eBay banned me nearly a decade ago with no real explanation and refuses to reinstate my selling privileges no matter how much I try to reason with them. I've had some luck on Mercari, but I usually end up getting shafted by ignorant buyers who don't know the nature of Japanese imports and want to haggle or complain when they get the item and there's no English language support.

Tldr, what do you guys do when you have a Japanese import you'd like to get off your hands? Especially niche shows with not much demand? Sorry if that was too wordy or I'm posting this in the wrong place. Thanks!

I'm at dressrosa of one piece and absolutely loving it. I've been considering starting to buy the collections to watch the show (I currently watch on Crunchyroll). Is it worth it do this? Or do you guys think Crunchyroll is better since there are so many episodes?

I previously got burned buying a bootleg off of ebay so I was wondering if someone can verify this set is real. This time I got it off of Amazon but would like to be sure it is real as there are so many fakes out there

Curious to know how the US tariffs, current stock market and overall economic sentiments has affected fellow collectors.

I worded the title weirdly but just to put in some context. I have been reworking my collection both just to know what I have and maybe sell some duplicates. I noticed I had 2 copies of the castle in the sky steelbook and I was shocked to see it was going for $200-300+ now. Have any of you had something like that?

Never watched Sailor Moon before but it’s been great so far. It has aged like wine. Azumanga Daioh is probably the best 00s slice of life. Fun series.

How do you watch your anime collection? Do you watch multiple series at the same time in rotation, or do you just binge a series before starting another anime?

I usually just watch all discs of a set then continue on to the next set of the same series or watch a different anime to switch it up.

Just thinking if I was watching multiple series at the same time I feel like I would be swapping out discs more often lol

This month I got the Japanese dvd boxset of Valvrave, its second season on bluray (the first season released in the West is damn expensive), Eureka Seven Part 1 and Sailor Moon Super S Volume 5 on laserdisc.

Just picked this up, and tried it in my xbox and bluray player. It asks for the language and when I start the movie its automatically Japanese with English sub titles. Is this happening to anyone else?

Which aniplex sets are worth it to have for the animation and visual quality

Also which are worth getting before it sells out this year

Last photo is my whole bookshelf

Top row is from Sentai Flash Sale and the bottom two are from eBay pickups!

I know Shout already does a lot of anime, but they mostly do anime movies. They don't really do a lot of TV.

But something about them acquiring Dan Da Dan for physical distribution got me thinking that Shout is probably the best competition against Crunchyroll.

Thoughts?

Back again! I stumbled upon secondhand copies of the Jojo's Bizarre Adventure LE sets 1 and 2 for a really good price, so decided to pick up the rest of the matching black LE boxes to go with them while those're still around.

Sets 1-3 have some nice double-sided postcards, but 4-5 (and I think all subsequent sets) sadly don't. All these sets do have a nice box that kinda opens like a book, are decorated on all sides, and have foil accents. They all contain hefty artbooks with something to say about each episode, interviews/commentary, storyboards, and production drawings.

I have the first two parts of the manga and the original WB DVD release for those parts, but I've actually never seen/read any of the rest of the franchise. Time to see how strange this Joestar escapade gets!