importing

Pale Birthday

Nick — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 01:05:37 -0500

Wabi Sabi's post on the trailer of Yasuhiro Yoshiura's Time of Eve reminded me to search for a DVD of Yoshiura's earlier works. And found it I did on CDJapan. The R2 DVD does come with English subtitles (and Aquatic Language on the DVD comes with English dubbing) and I have a region-free DVD player, so no worries there.

So for a birthday present to myself (getting to the ancient age of 29 this Sunday), I decided to order the R2 DVD. Besides, I've liked Pale Cocoon enough that I feel I should at least own a real copy of it.

Martin has said everything I probably would have said about Pale Cocoon, so go there to read about it.

Here's the trailer of Yoshiura's new film, Eve no Jikan (Time of Eve; I've also seen it titled Are you enjoying the time of EVE?):

I do agree with Wabi Sabi; the visuals and atmosphere in this trailer energize the Makoto Shinkai fanboy in me. I do hope the film delivers on that, too. I see info that it's been released, but I haven't been able to score a copy of it anywhere.

And here's the English dub version for Aquatic Language.

UPDATE: Got an email from CDJapan that my order shipped yesterday, June 8, 2008 (On a Sunday?), and my previous order took 10 days from when they emailed me the shipment notice to when it arrived at my house. I'll probably will be getting Pale Cocoon next week, though the email claimed 4-12 days delivery.

They have arrived!

Nick — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:23:38 -0500

Only took 10 days to cross the Pacific. Not bad. And they were packaged quite well too.

Updates from a Japanese Import Newbie

Nick — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 17:16:48 -0500

I received an update from CDJapan last night that my order for Gekijo Animation Byosoku 5 Centimeter DVD Box [Limited Edition](DVD) and MIND GAME (English Subtitles) (DVD) was shipped. The email said that the shipment should take 4-12 days to get to me. I'll see how long it would take to ship.

And for a small update, I watched the fansub of Byousoku 5 Centimeter last night and was highly taken in by everything except the ending. I still found it to be a very good film overall (excellent if I discount the ending) and I'll try to have more in an update later.

I am insane

Nick — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 21:06:46 -0500

I just spent $112.62 US on two DVDs. They were Byousoku 5 Centimeter Limited Edition and Mind Game . Granted, I got the first only because I am a Makoto Shinkai fanboy and watching the raw of his latest film moved me to want to import the DVD before I tackle the fansub of it. Yes, I will also get ADV U.S. release coming this December.

I got Mind Game as it's one hell of a good movie and the U.S. release of it is nowhere in sight. At least, though, the R2 DVD of Mind Game does contain English subtitles.

And my Oppo DVD player is an all-region player, so I'm set there.

I'll do a further update on the experience when the order ships and arrives.

Oh, the place I'm importing from is CDJapan. They came recommended to my by a friend who imports much of his anime.

UPDATE: And Author responds. In any case, my title is an exaggeration of my state of mind, but this is the first time I've attempted something like this. And getting TokiKake is a real temptation. So was Tekkon Kinkreet for that matter. I just wanted to wait for their R1 status before I spring for importing them.

UPDATE 2: Oh, and this took precedence over the Mushishi collector's art box that was released recently. Maybe next month...

UPDATE 3: The package has shipped.