Upcoming Manga Added to the Store for Pre-order! - Week of January 26th

We've added another set of upcoming manga to the store site for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

Toilet-bound Hanako-kun , Vol #7, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Marginal Operation , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 1 Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Mar 16
86 Eighty Six , Vol #7, [Novel] - Mar 23
86 Eighty Six , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Bofuri I Don't Want to Get Hurt So I'll Max Out My Defense , Vol #1, [Novel] - Mar 23
Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki , Vol #6, [Novel] - Mar 23
Bungo Stray Dogs , Vol #18, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Carole and Tuesday , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
The Dirty Way to Destroy the Goddess's Hero , Vol #6, [Novel] - Mar 23
Do You Love Your Mom And Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Durarara!!SH , Vol #1, [Novel] - Mar 23
Fiancee of the Wizard , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Goblin Slayer! , Vol #11 [Novel] - Mar 23
Hazure Skill The Guild Member with a Worthless Skill Is Actually a Legendary Assassin , Vol #1, [Novel] - Mar 23
I Was a Bottom-Tier Bureaucrat for 1,500 Years and the Demon King Made Me a Minister , Vol #1, [Novel] - Mar 23
Kaiju Girl Caramelise , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Karneval , Vol #11, Graphic Novel (326 pgs) - Mar 23
Last Round Arthurs , Vol #4, [Novel] - Mar 23
Last Round Arthurs , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Lust Geass , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Magical Girl Raising Project Vol #11 [Novel] - Mar 23
Rascal Does Not Dream of Siscon Idol [Novel] - Mar 23
Reborn as a Polar Bear , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Reign Of The Seven Spellblades , Vol #2, [Novel] - Mar 23
So I'm a Spider, So What? , Vol #11, [Novel] - Mar 23
Strawberry Fields Once Again , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Suppose A Kid From The Last Dungeon Boonies Moved To A Starter Town , Vol #5, [Novel] - Mar 23
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime : The Ways of the Monster Nation , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Toilet-bound Hanako-kun , Vol #8, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Unnamed Memory , Vol #2, [Novel] - Mar 23
Vampire and His Pleasant Companions , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
World's Strongest Rearguard: Labyrinth County and Novice Seekers , Vol #5, [Novel] - Mar 23
Yokohama Station SF [Novel] - Mar 23

Date Changes: 

WAS - Feb 2, 2021 

Cells at Work : Baby , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Ms Koizumi Loves Ramen Noodles , Vol #3, Graphic Novel- Apr 20
Naruto : Shikamaru's Story Mourning Clouds [Novel] - Mar 2
Pleasure and Corruption , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Jun 8
Rent-A-Girlfriend , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
A Sign of Affection , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Still Sick , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
This Wonderful Season With You , Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Toppu GP , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Apr 27

WAS - Feb 9, 2021 

Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Apr 2

April 2021 Anime Releases from Sentai - Now Up for Pre-Order!

We've just posted Sentai's April 2021 Anime release slate for pre-order! 

 Here's what's coming:

Elfen Lied BLURAY - Apr 6
Sunday Without God BLURAY - Apr 6
Kids on the Slope BLURAY - Apr 13
Laidbackers BLURAY - Apr 13
Kaiji BLURAY - Apr 20
Assassins Pride Steelbook BLURAY - Apr 27
Hero Mask BLURAY - Apr 27

USPS Shipping Notice - Update

There was some updated information that came out last week regarding the backlog situation at USPS. Higher level officials at several large sorting centers have admitted that there is still a very large backlog of holiday season mail parcels at many post offices, and that they are prioritizing new mail for processing and digging into the December backlogs as time and capacity permits. This means that new parcels shipped via USPS are being delivered more or less on time, with some spotty delays at post offices (like ours) that are still operating at above capacity. Orders that remain unsorted from back in December may take several more weeks to get sorted out and routed for delivery. My guess is that when the shipping crush hit mid-December, post offices and sorting centers dealt with it by just throwing the extra mail into trailers where much of it has stayed since then waiting for sort. So I have to continue to ask folks to be patient for both old and new postal shipments, especially if their tracking is showing no movement for long periods of time at a particular post office or sort facility.

The pandemic has shifted so much purchasing capacity online so quickly that it has created all kinds of logistics issues across the country. I was told by a logistics manager at a big trucking company we work with this week that truck freight is queing across the country and that there are currently 6 trailers of freight for every truck driver. Before the pandemic we were using two primary distribution sources to bring in new manga. Now we are using five sources. Unfortunately for Anime Home Video product the supply chain is based on single points of source depending on who-ever the studios use to distribute the product to market, and whatever stocking and shipping methods those sources use, and this varies widely for each company.

It's keeping us on our toes getting materials into our warehouse, but so far we're doing OK. :-)

AKIRA 4K BLURAY Replacement Program

Funimation has announced it is offering disc replacements for its release of the 4K remaster of the Akira anime film. Owners of the December 22 release of the Blu-ray Disc will receive the HDR (High Dynamic Range) Limited Edition version of the disc releasing in February 2021 free of charge. The December 22 release featured SDR (Standard Dynamic Range).

 

Owners of the older release can email Funimation for a replacement at akira4kreplacement@funimation.com for the United States and Canada and akira4kreplacementUK@funimation.com for the United Kingdom and Ireland with their details and a receipt of their purchase. The company details the method to request a replacement on its website.

March Anime Releases from Eastern Star - Now Up for Pre-Order!

We've just posted some more upcoming Anime releases from Eastern Star for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

Cyber City Oedo 808 BLURAY - Mar 30
Hajime No Ippo The Fighting! TV Series Collection 2 BLURAY - Mar 30
Lupin the 3rd : Woman Called Fujiko Mine BLURAY - Mar 30
Lupin the 3rd : Missed By A Dollar BLURAY - Mar 30
Submarine Super 99 BLURAY - Mar 30

Upcoming Manga Added to the Store for Pre-order! - Week of January 19th

We've added another set of upcoming manga to the store site for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya [Novel] - Feb 23
Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya [Novel] - Feb 23
Bleach Can't Fear Your Own World , Vol #3, [Novel] - Mar 2
Daytime Shooting Star , Vol #11, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Dr. STONE Reboot : Byakuya , Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Dragon Ball Super , Vol #12, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Love Me, Love Me Not , Vol #7, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
My Hero Academia Team-Up Missions , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Oresama Teacher , Vol #28, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Queen's Quality , Vol #11, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Skip Beat, Vol #45, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Snow White with the Red Hair , Vol #12, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Twin Star Exorcists , Vol #21, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Fly Me to the Moon , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
RIN-NE , Vol #38, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
20th Century Boys The Perfect Edition , Vol #11, Graphic Novel - Mar 16
Beastars , Vol #11, Graphic Novel - Mar 16
Hell's Paradise : Jigokuraku , Vol #7, Graphic Novel - Mar 16
Maison Ikkoku Collector's Edition , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Mar 16
No Guns Life , Vol #9, Graphic Novel - Mar 16
Can't Stop Cursing You , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Goblin Slayer Side Story II Dai Katana , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Hana-chan and the Shape of the World , Graphic Novel - Mar 23
In Another World With My Smartphone , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Love of Kill , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Please Put Them On Takamine-san , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya [Novel] - Mar 23
Sex Education 120% , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya [Novel] - Mar 23
When a Magician's Pupil Smiles , Graphic Novel - Mar 23

Date Changes:

WAS - Jan 26, 2021
Danganronpa 2 Goodbye Despair , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Apr 27
Girl with the Sanpaku Eyes , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 16
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear , Vol #4, [Novel] - Feb 16
Love and Lies , Vol #10, Graphic Novel - Apr 20
Magical Girl Site , Vol #14, Graphic Novel - Apr 6
Magical Girl Special Ops Asuka , Vol #10, Graphic Novel - Feb 16
My Alcoholic Escape From Reality , Graphic Novel - Apr 6
Perfect World , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Restaurant to Another World , Vol #5, [Novel] - Feb 16
Sayonara Football , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Feb 16
Shomin Sample , Vol #14 , Graphic Novel - Mar 16
Soul Eater Perfect Edition #3 Graphic Novel (Hardcover) - Feb 16
Today's Menu for the Emiya Family , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Jul 27
Waiting for Spring , Vol #14, Graphic Novel - Mar 9

WAS - Feb 9, 2021
Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear , Vol #5, [Novel] - Mar 16

Upcoming Manga Added to the Store for Pre-order! - Week of January 12th

We've added another set of upcoming manga to the store site for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

Chasing After Aoi Koshiba . Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Edens Zero , Vol #11, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Fire Force , Vol #22, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Haikyu!! , Vol #43, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Knight of the Ice , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
My Hero Academia Vigilantes , Vol #9, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Orient , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Spy x Family , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
With a Dog and a Cat, Every Day Is Fun , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Mar 2
Caste Heaven , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Don't Toy With Me Miss Nagatoro , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Hitorijime My Hero , Vol #10, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Quintessential Quintuplets , Vol #13, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Saichi's Monstrous Appetite , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Toritan Birds of a Feather , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
UQ Holder! , Vol #22, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Beast Complex , Graphic Novel - Mar 16
Blood on the Tracks , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Mar 16
Drifting Dragons , Vol #8, Graphic Novel - Mar 16
In/Spectre , Vol #13, Graphic Novel - Mar 16
Grand Blue Dreaming , Vol #13, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Heaven's Design Team , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Something's Wrong With Us , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Living-Room Matsunaga-san , Vol #7, Graphic Novel - Mar 30
My Boy , Vol #7, Graphic Novel - Mar 30
Sayonara Football , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Mar 30
Storm Fairy , Graphic Novel - Mar 30
Yuzu the Pet Vet , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - Mar 30
Laughing Under the Clouds , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Apr 20
I Was Reincarnated as the Villainess in an Otome Game But the Boys Love Me Anyway! , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Apr 27
Our Not-So-Lonely Planet Travel Guide , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Apr 27
Perfect World , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - May 4
Destiny Lovers , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - May 11
Parallel Paradise , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - May 11
Yokai Girls , Vol #13, Graphic Novel - May 11
Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken! , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Jun 8

March Anime Releases from Viz, G-Kids, and Nozomi - Now Up for Pre-Order!

We've just posted some more upcoming Anime releases from Viz, G-Kids, and Nozomi for pre-order! 

Here's what's coming:

Nozomi

Ah My Buddha!! BLURAY - Mar 2

Viz

Inu Yasha Set 4 BLURAY - Mar 2
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure Set 5 BLURAY - Mar 2
Mr. Osomatsu Season 1 BLURAY - Mar 9
Castlevania Season 3 BLURAY - Mar 23

G-Kids

On-Gaku Our Sound DVD/BD Combo Set - Mar 9
The Cat Returns Steelbook DVD/BD Combo Set - Mar 16
Whisper of the Heart Steelbook DVD/BD Combo Set - Mar 16

Upcoming Figurines Added to the Store for Pre-order! - Jan 2021

We've added our January pre-order slate of upcoming figurines to the store site for pre-order! 

Pre-Order By Jan 27 2021

Demon Slayer : Shinobu Kocho Butterfly Ver. 1/8 Scale PVC Figure (Nov 24, 2021)
Fate/Grand Order : Jeanne d'Arc Archer Beach Vacation Ver. 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Nov 30, 2021)
Food Wars! : Hisako Arato Bunny Ver. 1/4 Scale PVC Figure (Sep 29, 2021)
Gleipnir : Clair Aoki & Shuichi Kagaya 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Mar 24, 2021)
Goblin Slayer : Priestess Breeze Ver. 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Oct 27, 2021)
Honor of Kings : Consort Yu Yun Ni Que Ling Ver. 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Sep 29, 2021)
Konosuba Light Novel : Iris Band of Thieves Ver. 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Jul 28, 2021)
Konosuba Light Novel : Megumin Band of Thieves Ver. 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Jul 28, 2021)
Lord El-Melloi ll's Case Files : Gray 1/8 Scale PVC Figure (May 26, 2021)
Onmyoji : Yoto Hime Scarlet Saber Ver. 1/8 Scale PVC Figure (Oct 27, 2021)
Rising of the Shield Hero : Raphtalia Bunny Ver. 1/4 Scale PVC Figure (Aug 25, 2021)
Rising of the Shield Hero : Filo 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (May 26, 2021)
Slayers : Lina Inverse Kimono Ver. 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Aug 25, 2021)
Strike the Blood : Himeragi Yukina Everlasting Summer Wedding Ver. 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (May 26, 2021)
Sword Art Online Alicization : War of Underworld Yuuki Figma Action Figure (Aug 25, 2021)
Sword Art Online : Asuna Summer Wedding Ver. 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Aug 25, 2021)
Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out : Hana Uzaki Nendoroid Action Figure (Jun 26, 2021)
Vocaloid : Hatsune Miku Birthday 2020 Sweet Angel Ver. 1/7 Scale PVC Figure (Oct 27, 2021)

Upcoming Manga Added to the Store for Pre-order! - Week of January 5th

We've added another set of upcoming manga to the store site for pre-order!

Here's what's coming:

Banner of the Stars Collector's Edition (Vol #1-3) [Novel] (Hardcover) - Feb 2
By the Grace of the Gods , Vol #2, [Novel] - Feb 2
Ascendance of a Bookworm , Part 2 Vol #4, [Novel] - Feb 2
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Omnibus 1 , Graphic Novel - Feb 2
The Apothecary Diaries , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Feb 9
Banished from the Heroes' Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside , Vol #2, [Novel] - Feb 23
A Certain Magical Index SS , Vol #2, [Novel] - Feb 23
Combatants Will Be Dispatched , Vol #5, [Novel] - Feb 23
Date A Live , Vol #1, [Novel] - Feb 23
Death March to the Parallel World Rhapsody , Vol #13 [Lite Novel] - Feb 23
Do You Love Your Mom And Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks? , Vol #8, [Novel] - Feb 23
Eniale & Dewiela , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Greatest Demon Lord Is Reborn as a Typical Nobody , Vol #5, [Novel] - Feb 23
Happy Sugar Life , Vol #8, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
I've Been Killing Slimes for 300 Years , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
In the Land of Leadale , Vol #2, [Novel] - Feb 23
Kakegurui Twin , Vol #9, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Love and Heart , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
May These Leaden Battlegrounds Leave No Trace , Vol #3, [Novel] - Feb 23
Overlord : The Undead King Oh! , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Play It Cool, Guys , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Re:ZERO , Vol #15 [NOVEL] - Feb 23
Restaurant to Another World , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
The Saga of Tanya the Evil , Vol #13, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
A Sister's All You Need , Vol #9, [Novel] - Feb 23
Slasher Maidens , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Sword Art Online Project Alicization , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online , Vol #8, [Novel] - Feb 23
Virgin Road , Vol #1, [Novel] - Feb 23
White Cat's Revenge as Plotted from the Dragon King's Lap , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Witch's Love at the End of the World , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Feb 23
Blue Giant Omnibus #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Akashic Records of Bastard Magical Instructor , Vol #11, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Arifureta From Commonplace to World's Strongest , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Arpeggio of Blue Steel , Vol #17, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Drugstore in Another World The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Failure Frame : I Became the Strongest and Annihilated Everything With Low-Level Spells , Vol #1, [Novel] - Mar 9
The Ideal Sponger Life , Vol #8, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Kingdoms of Ruin , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
We Swore to Meet in the Next Life and That's When Things Got Weird , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Wondercat Kyuu-chan , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 9
Beauty and the Feast , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Classroom of the Elite , Vol #7.5, [Novel] - Mar 23
Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter , Vol #3, [Novel] - Mar 23
Kingdom of Z , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Magical Angel Creamy Mami and the Spoiled Princess , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Mushoku Tensei: Roxy Gets Serious , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Rainbow and Black , Vol #2, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Shut-In Elf , Vol #1, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
Species Domain , Vol #9, Graphic Novel - Mar 23
BL Metamorphosis , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - Mar 30
Ghostly Things , Vol #3, Graphic Novel - Mar 30
High Rise Invasion Omnibus 9 (Vol #17-18) Graphic Novel - Mar 30
Himouto! Umaru-chan , Vol #13 (G1), Graphic Novel - Mar 30
How to Treat Magical Beasts , Vol #5, Graphic Novel - Mar 30
Made in Abyss , Vol #9, Graphic Novel - Mar 30
Miss Kobayashi's Dragon Maid , Vol #10 , Graphic Novel - Mar 30
Mushoku Tensei: Jobless Reincarnation , Vol #9, [Novel] - Mar 30
Precarious Woman Executive Miss Black General , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - Mar 30
Hi Score Girl , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - Apr 27
Dance in the Vampire Bund A.S.O. , Vol #4, Graphic Novel - May 25
Magical Girl Site , Vol #15, Graphic Novel - Jun 29
Re:Monster , Vol #6, Graphic Novel - Oct 26