April 2012 anime imports thread

[Damius]

What did you import in April?

[Asf]

After an empty March, I'm back to play catch-up, mostly with my new-found obsession with Haganai, but also for my two favorite winter season shows, AnoNatsu and Mouretsu Pirates.

BD
Ano Natsu de Matteru (Waiting in the Summer) LE vol. 1
Ano Natsu de Matteru (Waiting in the Summer) LE vol. 2
Mouretsu Pirates (Bodacious Space Pirates) LE vol. 1
Mouretsu Pirates (Bodacious Space Pirates) LE vol. 2
Boku ha Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) LE vol. 1
Boku ha Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) LE vol. 2
Boku ha Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) LE vol. 3
Boku ha Tomodachi ga Sukunai (Haganai) LE vol. 4
Animelo Summer Live 2011 8.27
Animelo Summer Live 2011 8.28

CD
KOTOKO - Light My Fire LE /w DVD (Shana III OP single)
KOTOKO - Hiraku Uchuu Pocket LE /w DVD (album)
Komatsu Mikako - Black Holy LE w/DVD (Mouretsu Pirates special ED single)
Tamura Naomi - Inochi no Uta ga Kikoeru (Queen's Blade Rebellion OP single)
Strike Witches movie soundtrack
Strike Witches movie theme song collection

Download Purchase Music, from listen.jp/newtype
Ray - sign (Ano Natsu de Matteru OP)
Yanaginagi - Biidoro Moyou (Ano Natsu de Matteru ED)
Suara - Musouka (Utawarerumono TV OP)
Suara - adamant faith (Utawarerumono OVA OP)
Suara - kimi ga tame (Utawarerumono TV ep 26 ED)

Manga
Strike Witches -Motto Issho ni Dekiru Koto- (anthology)
Strike Witches - 501 Butai Hasshin Shimasu! (4-panel)
Strike Witches - Katayoku no Majotachi vol. 1
Hiiragi Elementary School Romance Club vol. 6
Hiiragi Elementary School Romance Club vol. 7 (final)
Watashi ga Motenai no ha Dou Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (It's not my fault I'm not popular!) vol. 1
Ro-Kyu-Bu! Yonkoma vol. 1 (4-panel)

Other Books
Ro-Kyu-Bu! novel vol. 9
Ro-Kyu-Bu! novel vol. 10
Megami Magazine Deluxe vol. 18
Queen's Blade Perfect Visual Book
Bishoujo Geemu Seiyuu no Oshigoto
KAN - Urushihara Satoshi

Doujin
・all Haganai (so, yeah, I really got into these characters...)
・all via download, mostly from Melonbooks.com
・all manga, unless otherwise noted
・all 18+ :blush:
[Itsumo no Tokoro] Nanji, Zannen na Rinjin wo Aise (software/ADV)
[Poetto] Boku ha Tomo○ ga Sukunakunai (illustration collection w/dialog)
[TareHamu] Boku ha Kosupure ga Suki na Wake ja nai
[Special☆Week] Boku ha Sefure ga Ooi
[LUCYR] Boku ha Inran na Sena ga Kawaikute Shikata ga nai
[Neko ha Manma ga Utsukushii] Boku ha Sena ga Kawaisugite Yabai
[Neko ha Manma ga Utsukushii] Boku ha Yozora ga Kawaisugite Yabai
[A・O・I] Boku ha Tomodachi ga Sukunakutemo Ii
[Gagaken] Boku ha Tomodachi Ijou ni Naritai
[Omega Saakitto] Boku ha Rika ga Hentai Sugite Tsuiteikenai
[N2 Jirai] Bokutachi ha RPG wo Yatteita hazu dakedo
[N2 Jirai] Bokutachi ha Ofuroba de Sekkusu suru
[Minomushiya] Kashiwazaki-san-chi no Oishii Niku+
[Kaname] Kobato-chan Marukajiri
[Little☆Cosmos] Kobatoto!
[Kuronikuru] KobaMari Peropero
[Aimoe] Maid in Honey
[PH] Oishii Nikumusume no Shokushikata
[Omozume] Omozume BOX XIX
[fourthcape] Riaru☆Geemu
[fourthcape] Sena to Naisho no Houkago
[Nanatsu no Kagiana] Toritate Namaniku!
[Yuunagisou] Yozora no Mukou
[Mugen@WORKS] Ware ha Tomodachi nado Iranu
[Mugen@WORKS] Ware ha Tomodachi nado Iranu 2
[Yuyutei] Zannen Lovely
[Z-FRONT] Zetsurinkei Aijinbu

[YoshiYoshi]

BD
Aquarion EVOL Vol.1
Mawaru Penguindrum Vol.7
Nurarihyon no Mago ~Sennen Makyou~ Vol.8 (End)
Sacred Seven: Shirogane no Tsubasa

DVD
Nurarihyon no Mago ~Sennen Makyou no Utage~

Book
Bessatsu Spoon - Spring 2012 (Aquarion EVOL feature)

[MelancholicMariya]

This month was rather small again but oddly expensive.

BD:

Nisemonogatari - Karen Bee Part One

CD:

ClariS Birthday - Limited Edition w/DVD
To The Beginning by Kalafina - Anime Edition w/DVD

Books:

Hayate no Gotoku! Life Saver!
Medaka Box vol. 1 - 15

PC / Visual Novel:

Mahōtsukai no Yoru / The Witch on the Holy Night by Type-Moon



That's it really. It's a small batch but rather expensive. Postage costs a lot of money, and putting customs charges on top of that makes it even worse. A good example would be Mahōtsukai no Yoru which I special ordered from CDJapan, the item was £60 or so, add the service fee and shipping costs and it came to around £83 iirc. They emailed me and said the postage needed to be bumped a little due to the weight so it totalled at £101. Hits the UK and I get a £29 customs charge. So that little visual novel which costs £60 on Amazon cost me £130 from CDJapan. Fun experience, I'll say that much.

[Damius]

JP BD

Ano Natsu de Matteru Vol. 2
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai Vol. 4
Nisemonogatari Vol.1 Karen Bee First Part
舞-HiME COMPLETE
舞-乙HiME COMPLETE

CD

Ano Natsu de Matteru - sign OP Single LE
Ano Natsu de Matteru - Vidro Moyou ED Single
Bakemonogatari - Complete Music Works Songs & Soundtracks
Nisemonogatari - Naisho no Hanashi ED Single
K-ON!! Original Soundtrack Vol.2
K-ON!! - Houkago Tea Time II
K-ON!! - Tainaka Ritsu Character CD
K-ON!! - Kotobuki Tsumugi Character CD
K-ON!! - Nakano Azusa Character CD
K-ON!! - Hirasawa Ui Character CD
K-ON!! - Manabe Nodoka Character CD
K-ON!! - Suzuki Jun Character CD
K-ON! Live Event - Let's Go! LE
K-ON!! Live Event - Come With Me!! LE

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A huge month for me once again... 舞-HiME COMPLETE / 舞-乙HiME COMPLETE were not planned couple of days ago but... I played the Bandai DVDs and said... "it doesn't look good at all..." Then I remembered that there was a release with subtitles in Japan, I was still hesitating to buy it... When I read Oh, and aside from that, it's not an upscale! Yes, really. Probably the usual soft looking 720P level of detail. 1080i video, but who cares at this point.

I am pleased!!!

If you like this show, this is the best release it's likely to get. well it was definitely the final push I needed. I bought it and like hissatsu said: "I am pleased!!!" ^___^

[something]

March (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showthread.php?p=1981691#post1981691)

April 2012 releases.

BD, JP
　　　Ano Natsu de Matteru, Vol. 2
　　　Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai, Vol. 4
　　　The iDOLM@STER, Vol. 7
　　　Inu x Boku SS, Vol. 2
　　　Mouretsu Pirates, Vol. 2
　　　Natsume Yuujin-chou Shi, Vol. 3
　　　Nichijou, Vol. 11
　　　Nisemonogatari, Vol. 1
　　　Papa no Iu Koto wo Kikinasai!, Vol. 2
　　　Rinne no Lagrange, Vol. 2
　　　Shakugan no Shana III -FINAL-, Vol. 5
　　　Shinryaku!? Ikamusume, Vol. 5
　　　Tamayura ~hitotose~, Vol. 5
　　　Working'!!, Vol. 7


CD, JP
　　　Rinne no Lagrange - TRY UNITE!/Hello! OP/ED Single
　　　Vocaloid - DECO*27 - YumeYume
　　　Vocaloid - Exit Tunes Presents Supernova 1
　　　Vocaloid - Exit Tunes Presents Supernova 2
　　　Vocaloid - Exit Tunes Presents Supernova 3
　　　Vocaloid - Exit Tunes Presents Supernova 4
　　　Vocaloid - Exit Tunes Presents Supernova 5
　　　Vocaloid - Exit Tunes Presents Supernova 6
　　　Vocaloid - Exit Tunes Presents Supernova 7
　　　Vocaloid - Exit Tunes Presents Vocalogemini
　　　Vocaloid - Junky - Rink
　　　Vocaloid - V Love 25 -Aperios-
　　　Vocaloid - V Love 25 -Brave Heart-


- 1 show (Working'!!) ended this month, and 1 (Nisemonogatari) took its place. Next month a few more end, but in June I'll no doubt start quite a few.
- I just placed my May order, and... it was terrifying. It'll be my most expensive month ever by at least a $400 margin. 32 items for May. >_> Beats this month, which was my record at 27.


　　　BD, JP, 14 discs | 14 releases
　　　CD, JP, 13 discs | 13 releases

[Ingraman]

Hmmm... Stuff that arrived this month...

BDs:
Chihayafuru 3
Chihayafuru 4
Chihayafuru 5
Denpa Onna 6
K-On! 7
Mawaru Penguindrum 1
Mawaru Penguindrum 2
Mawaru Penguindrum 3
Mawaru Penguindrum 4

Nothing that I watched from Winter 2012 really interested me enough to import. I almost went for one or two, but... Maybe I didn't pick the right titles to look at. <sigh>

CDs? A few of them...

[HitokiriShadow]

BDs
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai #1
Nisemonogatari #1
Senki Zesshou Symphogear #2

Books
Sasameki Koto #1
Sasameki Koto #2
Goro Awase Roudoku w/Yuuki Aoi

CDs
Senki Zesshou Symphogear Character Song #2: Hibiki Tachibana

Magazines
Comic Alive 2011-11 issue w/Haganai setting guide and clearfiles

Doujins
[夢幻機動舎] 黒猫があたしの妹!EX (OreImo, Kuroneko/Kirino) 18+
[ゆうじこうじ] ゆうじこうじネットワークス5 (OreImo)
[ムラムラPocky] 何処でもチュッチュしよう!カボチャの王子と舞台劇 (Madoka Magica, Kyouko/Sayaka)
[Alchemist works] Backstage (Madoka Magica, Homura/Madoka)
[カラーひよこ愛好会] ホムアンコー (Madoka Magica)
[カラーひよこ愛好会] ほむらと杏子の劇場 (Madoka Magica)
[カスタムサイズ] だから君は友達がいないんだよ (Madoka Magica)
[女真族] 漫画産業廃棄物 17 (Madoka Magica, Kyouko/Sayaka)
[女真族] 漫画産業廃棄物 16 (Madoka Magica, Kyouko/Sayaka)
[女真族] 漫画産業廃棄物 15 (Madoka Magica, Kyouko/Sayaka)

Last time, I talked about how impressed I was with the quality of the doujins. These ended up being pretty much what I was expecting the first time, which was slightly disappointing after being spoiled on those GUNP books. I was also disappointed to find that two of them were not really Homura/Kyouko at all, which I had been expecting based on the covers. I think I'm the only person in the world that likes the idea of that pairing.

Anyway, those 10 doujins ended up costing me $165 dollars, $55 dollars more than the batch I ordered directly from Manga-Oh, despite only costing 162 yen more before shipping and weighing a similar amount. I can't say I regret it, but man, that stings and pisses me off. Fuck you, Toranoana.

My two doujin orders ended up costing me over $250. I won't be ordering any more for a while. And I'm going to need to really, really, really want something to go through that trouble and cost with Toranoana again. Or find a better middleman, cuz frankly, SMJ is a rip-off for this kind of thing.

Furthermore, right after Amazon shipped my order with those Sasameki Koto volumes, I discovered that Amazon had them as a 'set', which would have saved me 2400 yen in shipping due to only being one item instead of 9. That was annoying.

On a brighter note, my Yuuki Aoi ear porn finally arrived, and I'm not talking about the character CD. I haven't listened to it yet, but what better way is there to practice Japanese and maybe help make a long flight more bearable than to listen to Yuuki Aoi teach me Japanese history?

[superdry]

BDs
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai volume 2
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai volume 3
Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai volume 4
Shakugan no Shana III Final volume 3
Shakugan no Shana III Final volume 4
Shakugan no Shana III Final volume 5
Nisemonogatari volume 1
Idolmaster volume 7 with G4U

Merchandise
Sena Kashiwazaki T-shirt
Sena Kashiwazaki messenger bag (not the cospa version)
Sena Kashiwazaki COSPA dakimakura
Kousaka Kirino maid figure by Freeing
HSP version Hatsune Miku

[superdry]

Last time, I talked about how impressed I was with the quality of the doujins. These ended up being pretty much what I was expecting the first time, which was slightly disappointing after being spoiled on those GUNP books. I was also disappointed to find that two of them were not really Homura/Kyouko at all, which I had been expecting based on the covers. I think I'm the only person in the world that likes the idea of that pairing.

That's why I like to browse through the doujinshi database to check out previews of doujin I would want to buy (the site is usually pretry good about giving at least a 2 page preview) since Im pretty picky with what I like.


Anyway, those 10 doujins ended up costing me $165 dollars, $55 dollars more than the batch I ordered directly from Manga-Oh, despite only costing 162 yen more before shipping and weighing a similar amount. I can't say I regret it, but man, that stings and pisses me off. Fuck you, Toranoana.

That's not too terrible. That's about what I pay buying doujinshi whenever I go to a convention.


My two doujin orders ended up costing me over $250. I won't be ordering any more for a while. And I'm going to need to really, really, really want something to go through that trouble and cost with Toranoana again. Or find a better middleman, cuz frankly, SMJ is a rip-off for this kind of thing.

How much was SMJ's fees to buy and ship the doujin to you?

I need to resist, but I still would love to buy from Today and try to use BiJ's forwarding service to help cut down on costs.

[Asf]

Sena Kashiwazaki COSPA dakimakura
I didn't know this existed until right at the end of April when it was already starting to ship. (This is what I get for procrastinating on watching things...)

By that time everywhere was long since sold out on preorders...except HLJ, which still had the twill-knit one orderable, so I slammed the order button for that at maximum speed. Got the shipping notice today. (Although now it looks like there's going to be another batch anyway.)

Previously when there was an option, I've always ordered "smooth knit," so I guess I'll finally do an actual comparison with twill. Although I have a couple that don't say what the knit is, so for all I know they're already twill.

[MRlinky]

Books:

Aim for the Top! Gunbuster # 1
Aim for the Top! Gunbuster # 2

CDs:

oath sign single + DVD

Figures:

Millhiore F. Biscotti Nendoroid

[HitokiriShadow]

Last time, I talked about how impressed I was with the quality of the doujins. These ended up being pretty much what I was expecting the first time, which was slightly disappointing after being spoiled on those GUNP books. I was also disappointed to find that two of them were not really Homura/Kyouko at all, which I had been expecting based on the covers. I think I'm the only person in the world that likes the idea of that pairing.

That's why I like to browse through the doujinshi database to check out previews of doujin I would want to buy (the site is usually pretry good about giving at least a 2 page preview) since Im pretty picky with what I like.

Well, Toranoana usually has at least two as well. The thing is, what I'm looking for isn't necessarily going to be apparent from that.


How much was SMJ's fees to buy and ship the doujin to you?
From the first invoice:
Amount (product cost from Toranoana, pre-shipping): 5692
Exchange rate: 77 (it was actually around 81-82 at this time)
SMJ Ship: 1910
Fees: $8.00
Processing: $31.00
Total: $137.75

I thought that was it. I thought that "SMJ Ship" was the amount to ship it from them to me. But no, its not. After about two weeks, it seemed like the package should have arrived already, so I re-read the e-mail and found that I needed to go to the website and do something to have them actually ship it, which cost another $28.05. I don't understand how or why they paid 1910 yen to ship domestically, so I think they might have ripped me off with that charge.

I'd have to look into what their site says about the various fees again, because the part I saw just mentioned a $10 fee for the first item, and $2 for every item after that, which would come out to $28. So I don't know how they got those "Fees" and "Processing" amounts.

[superdry]

That's why I like to browse through the doujinshi database to check out previews of doujin I would want to buy (the site is usually pretry good about giving at least a 2 page preview) since Im pretty picky with what I like.

Well, Toranoana usually has at least two as well. The thing is, what I'm looking for isn't necessarily going to be apparent from that.

Ah, okay. I forgot that Toranoana usually has a small preview on the website



How much was SMJ's fees to buy and ship the doujin to you?
From the first invoice:
Amount (product cost from Toranoana, pre-shipping): 5692
Exchange rate: 77 (it was actually around 81-82 at this time)
SMJ Ship: 1910
Fees: $8.00
Processing: $31.00
Total: $137.75

I thought that was it. I thought that "SMJ Ship" was the amount to ship it from them to me. But no, its not. After about two weeks, it seemed like the package should have arrived already, so I re-read the e-mail and found that I needed to go to the website and do something to have them actually ship it, which cost another $28.05. I don't understand how or why they paid 1910 yen to ship domestically, so I think they might have ripped me off with that charge.

I'd have to look into what their site says about the various fees again, because the part I saw just mentioned a $10 fee for the first item, and $2 for every item after that, which would come out to $28. So I don't know how they got those "Fees" and "Processing" amounts.

That is pretty crazy with all the fees. Those numbers do not add up. Did you email them to ask how they arrived at some of those numbers?

[superdry]

Previously when there was an option, I've always ordered "smooth knit," so I guess I'll finally do an actual comparison with twill. Although I have a couple that don't say what the knit is, so for all I know they're already twill.

It feels rougher than the smooth knit version. I usually order twill since its cheaper and I normally don't use any of my purchased dakimakura (Sena might become the exception).

Now I wait for COSPA to do a Kobato dakimakura...lol.