Clannad CDs

[FUNiOP]

Originally Posted by Damius

Indeed. As much as I love the series (second favorite of all time), I hope spending money on it is done... because with the Sentai's DVDs for both series, 4 artboxes bought from TW, JP BDs box for each series and 6 CDs... Do I want to know what the total amount of money is...? Still my answer to that is: "IT'S CLANNAD"

I can definitely understand. It's my favorite of all time (hey Damius, you seem to have a defined list, so you should totally post it in the Top Anime thread on TFP), so while I can't afford to import Japanese releases of anime series yet, I have bought both seasons on DVD and Blu-ray, and now spent more than that just on all the CDs, plus there's that nice lithograph and probably some other things I'm not thinking of. I'll probably get the second lithograph when it's almost sold out, and probably some more merchandise down the line, but for now, I think I'm done with spending money on major releases from this particular franchise. But if there's anything I'm always happy to continue spending money on, it's Clannad. Oh, and I may still buy the VN. Not looking very likely right now, though.

[Damius]

Originally Posted by FUNiOP

I can definitely understand. It's my favorite of all time (hey Damius, you seem to have a defined list, so you should totally post it in the Top Anime thread on TFP), so while I can't afford to import Japanese releases of anime series yet, I have bought both seasons on DVD and Blu-ray, and now spent more than that just on all the CDs, plus there's that nice lithograph and probably some other things I'm not thinking of. I'll probably get the second lithograph when it's almost sold out, and probably some more merchandise down the line, but for now, I think I'm done with spending money on major releases from this particular franchise. But if there's anything I'm always happy to continue spending money on, it's Clannad. Oh, and I may still buy the VN. Not looking very likely right now, though.

I forgot about the lithographs... I have both of them. About my top 10, it's incomplete since I need to finish one series (K-ON!!) before posting it. K-ON!! is in my top 10, but I need to decided where. I want to have it done before making my first list ever. Since I watch only one episode a week of K-ON!! (prefer to do it that way when I watch a series I love a lot) my top 10 will be done in around 20 weeks.

[Draneor]

Ill note Mabinogi is utterly awesome and worth every yen you may have to spend via YAJ.

Originally Posted by Damius

It looks like I will have to get it from CDJ, since Amazon JP doesn't want to ship it outside Japan...even if it is CDs.

I have heard on good record that these are, in fact, software... but yeah. Good luck. Back when I acquired them, CDJapan had no relationship with any vendor who bought them and the only way was either via a friend living in Japan or ErogeShop (at 2.5 markup).

[Damius]

Originally Posted by Draneor

Ill note Mabinogi is utterly awesome and worth every yen you may have to spend via YAJ.

I have heard on good record that these are, in fact, software... but yeah. Good luck. Back when I acquired them, CDJapan had no relationship with any vendor who bought them and the only way was either via a friend living in Japan or ErogeShop (at 2.5 markup).

What did you had difficulty to get? I placed my order for all the CDs from CDJ and it says on the product page it should be ship in 3-7 days.

[Draneor]

Originally Posted by Damius

What did you had difficulty to get? I placed my order for all the CDs from CDJ and it says on the product page it should be ship in 3-7 days.

Hmm.OK. Let my explain the old Key Sounds quandary.

They were published by an eroge company. Therefore, Amazon.jp would not ship them overseas (being coded as software).

CDJapan could not stock them because they were distributed through software vendors.

So to buy Key Sounds CDs, you used to have to jump through many hoops.

This changed completely after Angel Beats. CDJapan (and AmiAmi) now stock them and ship overseas directly at MSRP.

[FUNiOP]

Originally Posted by Draneor

Hmm.OK. Let my explain the old Key Sounds quandary.

They were published by an eroge company. Therefore, Amazon.jp would not ship them overseas (being coded as software).

CDJapan could not stock them because they were distributed through software vendors.

So to buy Key Sounds CDs, you used to have to jump through many hoops.

This changed completely after Angel Beats. CDJapan (and AmiAmi) now stock them and ship overseas directly at MSRP.

Ah, I guess it's a good thing I hadn't seen it until after Angel Beats! then.

[bored@lazy]

Originally Posted by Draneor

Ill note Mabinogi is utterly awesome and worth every yen you may have to spend via YAJ.

I'll second that. I was the last Clannad CD I had to track down(not including drama cd's) and it was well worth it. It's still quite easy to get off of YAJ as well so I guess it really depends on how much effort you're willing to go to.

[Damius]

Originally Posted by bored@lazy

I'll second that. I was the last Clannad CD I had to track down(not including drama cd's) and it was well worth it. It's still quite easy to get off of YAJ as well so I guess it really depends on how much effort you're willing to go to.

I never used YAJ before. So I have to find out how it works, is the seller willing to ship it to Canada and others thing like that. But, I really really want the CD.

[Draneor]

Originally Posted by Damius

I never used YAJ before. So I have to find out how it works, is the seller willing to ship it to Canada and others thing like that. But, I really really want the CD.

You'll need to use a deputy service like Treasure Japan or Yokatta.

[Damius]

Originally Posted by Draneor

You'll need to use a deputy service like Treasure Japan or Yokatta.

That sure will help. Thanks.