Recent content by Just Passing Through

You know what that means… Three releases to see which format sells more, then cancel the other.

It's the "not redeemable with any other discount codes" BOGOF is the discount code in this instance.

A Dragon Ball theme park…:D https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-68653311 In Saudi Arabia…:eek:

I did... Got it on DVD, got the US Blu-ray, figured I'd buy the UK Blu-ray as a spare just in case the US discs rot or something.

Went for Tylor too... Don't think I'll ever spend so much as to trigger the money off voucher again. Is it just me, or was there a time when there wasn't a minimum spend for the vouchers?

Venus Wars?

Nice one! I've been waiting on this to drop below £20 long before the UK release went out of print...

I thought I couldn't think of any except the imports I used to watch as a kid on British TV, like Mysterious Cities of Gold... then I remembered Bubblegum Crisis.

Man, I loved part IV so much that I bought the CE of Part V sight unseen. I still haven't watched it, but, I figured I better get Part VI as well.

A 1-2 for Japan at the Oscars… Hayao Miyazaki wins for The Boy and the Heron, and Godzilla Minus One gets Best VFX…

The first three Tokyopop discs were released as a volume 1 in the Uk by VDI Entertainment. They solicited a Vol 2, but it never happened, and preorders got cancelled.

Back in the day I bought the Fabulous Films DVD release of Inuyasha S1 Vol 1 on Day 1. I'm still waiting for Vol 2. I've also got one UK DVD release of Initial D.

The perils of independent companies selling out to big corporations for quick cash infusions… Remember Rooster Teeth, the studio behind shows like Red vs. Blue, RWBY, and Gen:Lock among others? They were briefly distributed in the UK by Manga/Animatsu. RT went for the quick cash and expanded...

When you‘re translating a script there has to be a degree of localisation, otherwise anything culturally idiomatic will be lost as gibberish. This is writing. The WGA in the US were just on strike for five months over just this issue, preventing AI from destroying their jobs. Humans aren‘t...