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RightStuf’s Geneon Bountiful Bargains REMIX – Nope, I didn’t buy anything this time…but a friend did.

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

I was just chilling at work the other day when a friend came over and told me that RightStuf was having another sale.

  • Get 10 Geneon titles for $50 ( Use coupon code REMIX10 ); OR
  • Get 25 Geneon titles for $100 ( Use coupon code REMIX25 )

After the ADV sale I was pretty sure that I would be on board for the Geneon sale when it happened. Actually, I was pretty sure I would be there for any sale that happened.

So, I immediately started putting together my 25 DVD shopping list. I literally began drooling as I watched the total cost rack up. It was amazing watching the cost skyrocket 50, 100, 250, 342.12, 400. It is just so tempting to spend a $100 when it seems that I will save so much. That is save in comparison to what I would have had to pay if there were no sale. Would I have actually bought these if I did have to pay full price?

The answer is maybe and maybe not.

For some, simply having the subs is enough. The problem is that there are some among us who have a wanting, a yearning, an indescribable need to possess these overpriced plastic self-destructing shiny discs.

Oh, we are a shameful bunch.

My coworker gorged on Lupin III, which isn’t exactly what I wanted to spend my hard earned money on. So, I loaded up on shows that I found more interesting such as Black Heaven, Gatekeepers, Haibane Renmei, Koi Kaze, Sol Bianca, Texhnolyze, Trigun, and a few others. I think I managed to get the complete series of Black Heaven to Sol Bianca, but the Tex and Trigun were only partial so I dropped them and still had a few slots. My memory is a little fuzzy from that initial DVD-buying endorphin rush. Don’t quote me on that.

It was at that point that I realized that I had watched all of these series. Not only watched the series, but I watched the Genoen US releases of these series. I was extremely tempted to buy anyway, but I figured I would wait.

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Restraint…how long?

I noticed that I had already watched a surprisingly large number of the shows listed for sale. This alarms me and makes me proud at the same time.

Idolmasters – Haruka’s reaction to London 2012 Logo

Friday, June 8th, 2007
The following post first appeared on my old blog: Chibi no Nothing

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So, one of the softer news bits this week has been the 2012 London Branding of the Olympic Games [google news]. There is an animated version as well that some fear will produce seizures in certain individuals with epilepsy.

Apparently, there were no anime fans present when the animated version was being conceived or they would already know about the seizure thing from the pokemon episode Dennō Senshi Porygon. Did that really happen? I donno, but the historical accuracy isn’t what I’m talking about.

Note, at the time of this posting the wiki article notes that the information has not been verified.

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I thought about posting this without any comments, but I was worried that most readers wouldn’t make the connection.