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This Week’s Deliveries 05.16.2025

Posted by :Patches On : May 16, 2025
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Please Note: All Items have limited Quantities.

Prize Figures:

“Blue Archive” Pop Up Parade – Hibiki (Cheer Squad Memorial Lobby Ver.)

“Bocchi the Rock!” Luminasta – Hitori Goto

“Cardcaptor Sakura” Banpresto – Sakura Kinomoto (Clow Card)

“Crayon Shinchan” Banpresto – Nohara Family Photo vol.1

“Crayon Shinchan” Banpresto – Nohara Family Photo vol.2

“Date A Live IV” AMP+ – Kurumi Tokisaki (Zafkiel)

“Date A Live V” Desktop Cute – Tohka Yatogami (Bunny Ver.)

“Date A Live V” Noodle Stopper – Mukuro Hoshimiya (Swimsuit ver.)

“Date A Live V” Thermae Utopia – Kurumi Tokisaki (Pigtails)

“Demon Slayer” Ichibansho – Tengen Uzui (Things are Gonna Get Real Flashy from Right Now!)

“Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” Ichibansho – Pan

“Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” Ichibansho – Piccolo

“Dragon Ball Super: Super Hero” Ichibansho – Vegeta

“Chainsaw Man” Banpresto – Power 2

“Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” Bust Figure – Frieren

“Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” Desktop Cute – Frieren (Roomwear Ver.)

“Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” Luminasta – Fern (Ordinary Offensive Magic (Zoltraak))

“Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End” Yumemirize – Fern (In Those Days)

“Godzilla” Enshrined Monsters – Godzilla (1965) (ver. A)

“Hunter x Hunter” Memorable Saga – Gon

“Hunter x Hunter” Vibration Stars – KCYYTT (Kite)

“I May Be a Guild Receptionist, but I’ll Solo Any Boss to Clock Out on Time” Luminasta – Alina Clover

“JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders” Sofvimates – Iggy (Vol. 3)

“Jujutsu Kaisen” Big Weapon Figure Collection – Kugisaki Nobara’s Nail & Hammer

“Jujutsu Kaisen Hidden Inventory/Premature Death” Figurizma – Satoru Gojo (Cursed Technique Reversal: Red)

“Jujutsu Kaisen” Noodle Stopper Puchi – Divine Dog Totality

“Jujutsu Kaisen” Taito – Aoi Todo

“Kamen Rider” Ichibansho – Kamen Rider Vulcan (No. 2)

“The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya” Bicute Bunnies – Mikuru Asahina

“Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun” Coreful – Faputa

“Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Freedom” G-Ceramical – Rising Freedom Gundam

“My Dress-Up Darling” AMP+ – Marin Kitagawa (Dress of Shizuku Kuroe Ver.)

“My Dress-Up Darling” T-Most – Marin Kitagawa (Shizuku Kuroe Ver.)

“My Hero Academia” Glitter & Glamours – Mei Hatsume

“One Piece” Grandista The Grandline Men – Sabo

“Oshi No Ko” PM Perching – Aqua (School Uniform Ver.)

“Oshi No Ko” PM Perching – Ruby (School Uniform Ver.)

“Goddess of Victory: Nikke” Yumemirize – Nero

“Goddess of Victory: Nikke” Yumemirize – Viper

“One Piece” Grandista – Monkey D. Luffy (Gear 5)

“One Piece” Ichibansho – Charlotte Katakuri (Duel Memories)

“Overlord IV” Coreful – Albedo (Nightwear Ver.)

“Project Sekai: Colorful Stage!” Desktop x Decorate – Hinomori Shizuku

“Project Sekai: Colorful Stage!” Desktop x Decorate – Momoi Airi

“The Rising Of The Shield Hero” BiCute Bunnies – Raphtalia

“Vocaloid” BiCute Bunnies – Hatsune Miku (White Rabbit Purple Color Ver.)

“Vocaloid” Desktop Cute – Sakura Miku (Cherry Cushion Ver.)

“Vocaloid” Evolve – Hatsune Miku (Classical Tuning Swan Lake)

“Vocaloid” Holiday Memories – Hatsune Miku (Camera)

“Vocaloid” Luminasta – Hatsune Miku (Christmas 2024 Ver.)

“Vocaloid” Noodle Stopper – Hatsune Miku (Flower Fairy Clover)

“Vocaloid” Noodle Stopper – Hatsune Miku (Flower Fairy Nemophila Pail Blue Color Ver.)

“Vocaloid” Noodle Stopper – Hatsune Miku (Kuroboshi Kouhaku Ver.)

“Vocaloid” Noodle Stopper – Sakura Miku (2024 Pearl Color Ver.)

“Vocaloid” “Project Diva Arcade Future Tone” SPM – Hatsune Miku (Kitty Cat)

“Vocaloid” “Project Diva Mega39’s” SPM – Hatsune Miku (Breathe With You)

“V Singer” BiCute Bunnies – Luo Tian Yi

“Vocaloid” Evolve – Hatsune Miku (Classical Tuning Swan Lake)

Poseable Figures:

“Cowboy Bebop” S.H.Figuarts – Vicious

“Digimon Adventure 02” S.H.Figuarts – Imperialdramon Fighter Mode (Premium Color Edition)

“Jujutsu Kaisen” S.H.Figuarts – Nobara Kugisaki S.H.Figuarts

“Kamen Rider” Zi-O DX RideWatch Quartzer – Set 01

“Kamen Rider” Zi-O DX RideWatch Quartzer – Set 02

“Kamen Rider” Zi-O DX RideWatch Quartzer – Set 03

“Kamen Rider Kuuga” S.I.C. – Masked Rider Kuuga Mighty Form

“Macross” Hi-Metal R Zero – VF-0D Phoenix

“Macross Frontier” DX Chogokin Die-Cast – VF-25 Messiah Valkyrie (Worldwide Anniversary Ver.)

“Mobile Suit Gundam” Robot Spirits – Char’s Zaku II (Ver. A.N.I.M.E)

“Mobile Suit Gundam” Robot Spirits – FA-78-1 Full Armor Gundam (Ver. A.N.I.M.E.)

“Mobile Suit Gundam” Robot Spirits – RX-78-2 Gundam (Ver. A.N.I.M.E.) (Robot Spirits 15th Anniversary Ver.)

“Mobile Suit Gundam” Robot Spirits – Zaku II (Ver. A.N.I.M.E)

“Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team” Robot Spirits – RX-79(G)E-8 Gundam Ez-8 (Ver. A.N.I.M.E.)

“Mobile Suit Gundam: The Origin” Gundam Fix Figuration Metal Composite – Char’s Zaku I

“Mobile Suit Gundam Seed” Robot Spirits – GINN (Ver. A.N.I.M.E.)
Original Character S.H.Figuarts – Tamashii Girl Aoi

“Pac-Man” Proplica – Waka Waka Pac-Man

“Ranking of Kings” S.H.Figuarts – Bojji & Kage

“Sailor Moon” Figuarts mini – Prince Endymion

“Sailor Moon” Figuarts mini – Princess Serenity

“Sailor Moon” S.H.Figuarts – Chibi Moon (Animation Color Edition)

“Sailor Moon” S.H.Figuarts – Eternal Sailor

“Sailor Moon” S.H.Figuarts – Sailor Mars (Animation Color Edition)

“Tiger and Bunny” S.H. Figuarts – Barnaby Brooks Jr. (Style 3)

“Tiger and Bunny” S.H. Figuarts – Wild Tiger (Style 3)

“Zatch Bell!” S.H.Figuarts – Zatch Bell

“Mobile Suit Gundam: 08th MS Team” Robot Spirits – RX-79(G)E-8 Gundam Ez-8 (Ver. A.N.I.M.E.)

Scale Figures:

“Demon Slayer” FiguartsZERO – Zenitsu Agatsuma (Thunder Breathing)

“Fate/Grand Order” Figuarts Zero – Merlin (The Mage of Flowers Figure)

“Jujutsu Kaisen” ARTFX J – Satoru Gojo 1/8 Scale

“Jujutsu Kaisen” eStream – Satoru Gojo 1/7 Scale

“Jujutsu Kaisen” Mappa Showcase – Satoru Gojo 1/7 Scale

“Jujutsu Kaisen” Megahouse DX Figure – Satoru Gojo (Kyoshiki Murasaki)

“Jujutsu Kaisen 0” ARTFX J – Satoru Gojo 1/8 Scale

“Demon Slayer” FiguartsZERO – Zenitsu Agatsuma (Thunder Breathing)

Mystery Box Figures/Ect:

“Evangelion” Re-Ment – Petadoll

“Hunter x Hunter” Re-Ment – Desktop Hunter

“Hunter x Hunter” Re-Ment – Pittori Collection

“Hunter x Hunter” Re-Ment – Pittori Collection 2

“Kirby” Re-Ment – Kirby Camp

“Natsume’s Book of Friends” – Chokorin Mascot

“Kirby” Re-Ment – Kirby Camp

Gundam Model Kits:

“00” – PG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G

“Build Fighters” – MG Sengoku Astray

“Build Metaverse” – HG 00 Diver ARC

“Build Metaverse” – HG Plutine Gundam

“Char’s Counterattack” – RG Sazabi

“Crossbone” – MG Crossbone Gundam X-1 Full Cloth

“G Fighter” – MG Shining Gundam

“IBO” – MG Gundam Vidar

“Mobile Suit Gundam”- HG RX-78-2 Gundam (Beyond Global)

“Requiem for Vengeance” – HG Zaku II F Type Solari (RFV)

“Seed” – MG Providence Gundam

“Seed Astray” – MG Gundam Astray Blue Frame Second Revise

“Seed Freedom” – HG Z’Gok (Seed Freedom Ver.)

“Seed Freedom” – HG Option Parts Gunpla 15 Cavalier Alfried

“Unicorn” – RG Full Armor Unicorn Gundam

“Wing” – MG Wing Gundam (TV)

“Wing: Endless Waltz” – MGSD Wing Gundam Zero EW

“Zeta” – HG Psyco Gundam MK-II

“Zeta” – MG Hyaku-Shiki (Ver. 2.0)

“00” – PG 00 Gundam Seven Sword/G

Other Model Kits:

Bandai “30 Minutes Fantasy” – Rosan Archer

Bandai “30 Minute Sisters” – Tukirna-Diearth [Innocente Form]

Bandai “30 Minute Sisters” – Rishetta (Freesia Wear) [Color A]

Bandai “30 Minute Sisters” – Sourei (Color B)

Bandai “30 Minute Sisters x The Idolmaster” – Kogane Tsukioka

Bandai “30 Minute Missions” – Extended Armament Vehicle (Metal Cannon Bike ver.)

Bandai “30 Minute Missions” – Extended Armament Vechile (Wheel Mobile ver.)

Bandai “30 Minute Missions” – Customize Weapons (Energy Weapon)

Bandai “30 Minutes Missions x Armored Core VI” – Schneider Nachtreiher/40E Steel Haze

Bandai “One Piece” – Going Merry

Bandai “Pokemon” – Black Kyurem

Bandai “Pokemon” – Kyurem

Bandai “Pokemon” – Lunala

Bandai “Pokemon” – Solgaleo

Bandai “Pokemon” – White Kyurem

Bandai “Pokemon” Kit Quick! – Sprigatito

Bandai “Super Robot Wars” – Weissritter

Bandai “Votoms” – HG Scopedog Turbo-Custom

Aoshima “Initial-D” The Snap Kit – Keisuke Takahashi’s RX-7

Aoshima “Initial-D” The Snap Kit – Takumi Hachiroku’s AE86

Aoshima “Macross Delta” Variable Fighter Girls – Walkure Kaname Buccaneer

Fujimi “Initial D” – Sileighty (Sato Mako Ver.)

Hasegawa 1/12 Furniture – Nostalgic Vending Machine (Cup Juice)

Hasegawa 1/12 Furniture – Office Desk & Chair

Hasegawa 1/12 Furniture – Science Room Desk & Chair

Hasegawa “MechatroWeGo x Votoms” Vol.3 – Melquiya Color & Red Shoulder Custom

Aoshima “Macross Delta” Variable Fighter Girls – Walkure Kaname Buccaneer

Student Council’s Discretion Level 2: The Complete Second Season (anime review)

Posted by :Patches On : May 12, 2015
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Student Council’s Discretion Level 2: The Complete Second Seasonreview provided by Katie

Title: Student Council’s Discretion Level 2: The Complete Second Season

Director: Kenichi Imaizumi

Studio: AIC

Author: Reiko Yoshida

U.S. Distributor: Sentai Filmworks, Section 23

U.S. Release Date: May 26, 2015

Format and Length: Blu-ray / 10 Episodes + 1 OVA / 275 Minutes

Genre: Comedy, Parody, School, Harem

Industry Age Rating: 14 and up

Overall Personal Rating: C+

Similar Series or Titles to Check Out: Student Council’s Discretion

Synopsis:

Sure, sometimes you have to think outside the box, but Hekiyo Academy’s Student Council may go a step further and rewrite their entire universe! At least, that’s what could happen as the second season gets underway and the Council decides that their anime might need a little spicing up. Should they introduce new characters? Add a boy’s-love subplot? Or should they just continue to do what worked previously and spend most of their time chattering between themselves while working towards odd goals that might turn out to have been a little misguided in retrospect?
The answer is “yes” to all of the above and more: class barriers and the fourth wall come tumbling down as a supporting character literally takes up the challenge of moving up to main character status. The plot thickens with the mystery of a missing cake. The boundaries of love between step-siblings get pushed just a few steps beyond what’s socially comfortable and of course there just has to be a hot springs episode. Join 5 student council members in search of an author as the storyline runs amok!

Commentary:

The second season of Student Council’s Discretion continues where the first season left off… No, not really. It’s still a bit crazy and episodic, but that’s about it. In Student Council’s Discretion Level 2: The Complete Second Season, it changes a bit. They still have the standard banter over the white table, in a large room that seems filled with junk. Mafuyu still fantasizes about BL and video games too much. Chizuru is still an evil dominatrix and is overprotective and manipulating of Kurimu, Minatsu still kicks butt, and Kurimu is still the grade school high school girl. And of course Ken Sugisaki is still the pervert who wants a harem. It’s still as random, story less and episodic as ever. What makes this season different? It’s not the same pointlessness of its predecessor, but rather it now focuses more on the developing relationships of everyone else to Sugisaki.

Uncharacteristically, the new season begins on a more serious note, the background story of our male protagonist. This back story was necessary to understand the warped ways of our perverted hero, and how he got to be the hentai loving, harem craving, will do anything for a girl, kind of guy. Mainly the story does focus more on him at this point forwards. Not to say that the other characters are neglected and forgotten. They continue to develop well, and more importantly, their relationships also blossom. Some fans will be happy to see this, others will not. It depends all on the focus you want the story to take. The comedy is there still, but is seemed to fall a little flat at times. A few of the downfalls includes how slow this season starts. When you have so few episodes, it’s not a good thing to take half of them to get back on a roll again, and it never quite reached the level of the first season. Another thing that was missing was the countless number of references and parodies of other animes, found in the original, were very much lacking in the second season. Most of the time they seemed to just parody themselves instead. One of the things that made the first season so endearing was the well played parodies. Also there are a lot more ‘serious moments’, when all joking is cast aside for some serious development. These dramatic interludes are a change from the norm, but I’m not sure yet how well received they will be. I think they had a hard time changing gears from funny to serious, and sometimes the drama just was not executed well. The first season relied more on comedy and character dynamics to entertain, and it worked quite well. Student Council’s Discretion Level 2: The Complete Second Season failed to find this same dynamic, injecting drama into a place that it’s hard to make work right. Even with the addition of new characters, it was unable to recapture its previous glory. That being said, if you are a fan of the first season, this one is worth watching. Just don’t expect the same level of entertainment you got from the first season.

There were some changes for the better. The animation was crisper and more detailed this time around. Yet again though, your scenery is mostly limited to the council room, and school. If you are good at picking up on voice actors, you will notice that a couple of cast changes from the first season. Another thing they did do that caught my interest was the ever changing ending animations. I do get tired of the same old closing credits that recycle thru nearly all series. I often find myself hitting that skip button to get passed it after the second or third time, unless the music was something special, which more time than not, it won’t be. The different ending themes helped to keep my interest enough that I did not skip them.

Extras:

Student Council’s Discretion Level 2: The Complete Second Season includes clean opening and closing animations and Sentai Filmworks trailers as special features. Student Council’s Discretion Level 2: The Complete Second Season has Japanese with English Subtitles as the only language option.

Overall Grade: C+

All in all, Student Council’s Discretion Level 2 is a cute series and if you enjoyed the first season then I recommend this one.

Student Council’s Discretion Season 1 Complete Collection (anime review)

Posted by :Patches On : March 28, 2015
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Student Council’s Discretion season 1review provided by Katie and Andrew

Title: Student Council’s Discretion Blu-ray Season 1 Complete Collection

Director: Takuya Sato

Studio: Studio Deen

Author: Jukki Hanada

U.S. Distributor: Sentai Filmworks, Section 23

U.S. Release Date: March 24, 2015

Format and Length: Blu-ray / 12 Episodes / 300 Minutes

Genre: Comedy, Parody, School, Harem

Industry Age Rating: 14 and up

Overall Personal Rating: B-

Other Titles to Check Out: Lucky Star, Ebiten, Haganai, Haganai Next, and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

“Mukyu.”

Synopsis:

At Hekiyo Academy, the Student Council members are elected via the usual popularity contests, and since most teenagers think more with hormones than brains, those seats are filled by the school’s most beautiful girls. But one student is chosen based on academic scores. Besides being the council’s only male member, one of Ken Sugisaki’s main assignments is writing stories informing the student body what the student council actually does. To do that he’ll have to manipulate the truth just a bit, and given that Ken’s an obsessive fan of dating sims who fantasizes about his fellow council members as his “harem”, things tend to get even more out of hand. Plus, exactly who’s going to be the leading lady is up for debate, as immature Kurimu, tomboyish Minatsu, twisted Chizuru, and “boy’s love” obsessed Mafuyu are all trying to add their own particular spins to everything. If that’s not enough, the journalism club has it out for all of them.

Commentary:

Dragging the otaku culture, kicking and screaming the whole way, Student Council’s Discretion Blu-ray Season 1 Complete Collection, brings more anime memes and parodies than you can possible count. Just in the opening sequence of the first episode, they have over ten references before they show the opening. With some touching on the obscure, they can make things a bit difficult, so it does help to know what they are referencing for a lot of it to make any sense. This series will probably be more entertaining to those who are familiar with otaku culture.

Student Council’s Discretion Blu-ray Season 1 Complete Collection follows Ken Sugisaki and the rest of the student council (aka harem) on their daily activities of conducting the student government. That just sounds like some fun stuff doesn’t it? The catch is that they really don’t do anything meaningful, often each doing their own thing, as the meetings hardly go as planned, if even planned at all. The Student council president, Kurimu Sakurano, the resident loli, leads in the randomness with sheer determination and cuteness. Ken Sugisaki, Vice President, has one thing on his mind and being a teenage male, you can easily imagine what that is. So what is this series about? Nothing really. No, seriously. It’s episodic and random. It’s very Seinfeldish, if you will. No central plot, or conceptual story line, loveable characters that are a bit cliché, and random humor, that is sometimes a little misplaced. On a few occasions their jokes did fall flat, but that was mostly on the more obscure references they made. At those times, it felt like I was with a group of people that I had never met and they had a lot of inside jokes, that you had to of been for a while there to get.

The characters were developed a bit, but since they are all standard archetypes, everyone quickly fell into those clichés and not much development was done beyond that. At some point, they even made it a butt of some of the jokes. Another thing that seemed odd is in the first half of the series, you could count on one hand how many locations they interacted in. By the end you probably had to use both hands, so the scenery did not change often. Considering that humor was the main concept, background scenery was also not built up or changed often. The background was decently detailed, and the club room seemed to have a lot going on in it. They had to fill the space with something I suppose. The opening theme was a bit catchy, and the ending theme was ok. Background music was non-existent. The focus was mostly on the humor, and it did not detract from the series.

Extras:

Student Council’s Discretion included clean opening and closing animations and Sentai Filmworks trailers as special features. This series was released with Japanese with English Subtitles as the only language option.

Overall Grade: B-

This series is not for those who are new to anime, or those who have to have a completely coherent story from beginning to end. It’s not there. I found it easiest to watch a couple at a time, as watching too many episodes at once got tiring and I would lose interest. Enjoy it for what it is. Overall it was a decent series, if you are watching it for the parody and humor.

You’re Being Summoned, Azazel DVD Complete Collection (anime review)

Posted by :Patches On : March 10, 2015
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Azazel, You're Being SummonedTitle: You’re Being Summoned, Azazel DVD Complete Collection

Director: Tsutomu Mizushima

Studio: Production I. G.

U. S. Distributor: Lucky Penny, Nozomi

U. S. Release date: Feb. 3rd, 2015

Format: DVD / 26 Episodes / 338 Minutes

Genre: Comedy

Age Rating: TV 17

Overall Personal Rating: B

Synopsis:

Have a stalker you just can’t shake? Fear your spouse is being unfaithful? You might consider hiring Akutabe, a detective who summons demons to do his dirty work. While his methods might seem unorthodox, he always gets results. However, as powerful as Akutabe is, manipulating demons is a delicate art. His new part-time employee Sakuma, a young college girl, doesn’t get to spend too much time exploring the finer points of controlling demons before Akutabe forces her into a demonic contract with Azazel. Azazel is lazy, lustful, and depraved… Everything you’d expect a demon to be. Sakuma needs to keep Azazel on a tight leash, but to do that, she may have to dabble in a little depravity herself.

Commentary:

There are plenty of shows out there that aim to push the boundaries of absurd and questionable. As for Azazel, You’re Being Summoned will be treated some of the best and worst of this style of comedy. After the first episode I thought it might stay somewhat straight forward, but with the introduction of  Beelzebub any chance for redemption goes straight down the toilet. Or rather it should go down the toilet. Any time you have a major character that feeds on feces you can be sure that things will only get stranger from there, and they do.

This comedy is fine and sometimes funny, but I began to find it rather tedious and unnerving. I did appreciate the way that Rinko developed and ended up becoming a little more edgy, but in the end she still retained some of her original humanity. Akutabe on the other hand is the kind of person that I typically detest and in this case he still ends up being nothing more than a jerk, but the fact that he doesn’t have any eyebrows is cool.

Now when it comes to the demons I almost would have preferred that they didn’t revert to their chibi form when they come to the human world, I could have gotten a better sense of what they really were. The story line was simple and stayed on tract which I think help make it easy to watch and maybe even saved it for some of the over the top things that happen.

Overall Grade: B

Azazel, You’re Being Summoned is not for the under 16/17 age group and at time was hard for this middle aged man to watch. There were plenty of other moments where I laughed out loud and found the humor to be spot on. It reminded me very much of an Austin Powers movie that was mashed up with something like She Devil or even a stranger Elfin Lied or even Archer. Much of the story made fun of the weakness in our own human nature and in a few rare occasions made a valid point about the dichotomy of humanity.

If you are looking for a comedy that pushes the boundaries of what humor is and will make you uncomfortable at the same time then you should pick this up. The base humor is in line with American sensibilities and may make you laugh and at the same time be a little sad that you are even watching it.