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So much for staying ahead of things, but it was fun while it lasted. In any case, here we have some new arrivals from July.

Here is a small group shot of the new DVDs for this month. Of note is the first volume of Macross Frontier on Blu-ray. While this is not subtitled (or obviously dubbed for that matter) I wanted to pick this up to see what it would look like in high def. Not to mention that fact that this series will more than likely never see the light of day here in the US. I have volume two on Blu-ray on order as well (comes out in Sept) but I think I will stop there since as I noted it’s not subbed and there would not be much reason for me to pick up the rest other then the ‘wow’ factor. The Macross Frontier disc also comes with a couple interesting bonus items including a mini sticker set. Though what fan would ever USE them I do not know. Next up we have volumes 7 of both Shana II and You’re Under Arrest: Full Throttle. Both of which are set to end with the next volume. Finishing things of is volume 5 of Gunslinger Girl II. Again with this series I am only picking up the volumes with boxes as Funimation has already announced they have this series for a US release.

In print we have….well, nothing. I’ve decided to drop Megami since while it is really nice to look at there isn’t much reason after that as it just ends up on the shelf. Yes, it does come with some cool poster once in a while, but again who would ever tear them out of the magazine?!? True Fan!

The next item we have here is the bonus mail-away item for the Claymore LE sets that ended release earlier this year. It took a while to get this as I had to use a deputy service to send in the cards for me and then ship the item back to me. Basically it is a frame of sorts for all nine Claymore DVDs with artwork on the back. I’m really not sure what the idea behind this is, as I’m fairly sure it is not meant to be hung on a wall since you would not see the other side. Also, getting to the DVDs takes a bit of effort as there is a clear sheet of hard plastic covering them, which is pretty well secured and appears to be designed to be opened only once in a while. Right now it is sitting in the closet where it will probably stay for a while.

Lastly this month we have two Comic Con “exclusive” posters for Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny that were available at the Broccoli/UART booth at the con. These are both fairly large and are laminated as well. I don’t know if I will get them framed or not as they are on the larger side and it would likely cost quite a bit to do so. Perhaps one day if I find a pre-made frame on the cheap. Here is poster one and poster two. 

That’s all for this month. I’ll add in another quick plug for Anime LA if you live in the SoCal area or will be in town during the new years.

Enjoy!!