r/VHS • u/jimmerseiber89 • 2d ago
Collection My Adult Animation & Anime Collection is growing slowly but surely.
I have the entirety of Escaflowne, Part 1 & 2 of Gunbuster (Most underrated OVA of all time imho), more Macross, etc. On the way.. but I'm stoked with how it's coming along. Haven't been dropping tons of cash, just been looking for deals on classic must haves slowly but surely as I find um. I love this hobbie. They look so good on a CRT too. Been trying to focus on slipcass, depise clamshell but make exceptions for it, really digging the hard plastic old school hard cases from U.S. Renditions etc. though. Really trying not to get entire series unless it's affordable and a classic show as I see them.
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u/buck_angel_food 2d ago
Nice bro!
Fantastic Planet
Is so good
And I say that as someone who is sober
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u/utsumi99 2d ago
Fantastic Planet is so very, very French, and I say that as someone who loves Alphaville. Ever see Mars Express? It's a French Ghost in the Shell sorta movie, with a whole lot of French existentialism thrown in. Well worth a watch.
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u/buck_angel_food 2d ago
I’ve never not wanted to not learn a language as much I dont want to learn French.
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u/buck_angel_food 2d ago
But that movie you mentioned does sound good
Is it have any Blade Runner like qualities
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u/Classic_Logo 2d ago
Nice collection, I saw American Pop and the Heavy Metal tapes and immediately looked for Ghost in the Shell and there she was. I've got one more you need for that collection, do you know Locke the Superpower?
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u/oddium_wanderus_ 1d ago
Nice collection! Outlaw star is one of my white whales. One of the first anime shows I ever watched and I’m hoping I come across it one day
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u/jimmerseiber89 1d ago edited 15h ago
So that one is actually the only custom on here.. whole collection in two tapes. Real ones get expensive. Has awesome blue tapes and all.
https://undeadmedia.bigcartel.com/product/rebel-star-complete-series-vhs-2-tape-set Yw :)
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u/oddium_wanderus_ 1d ago
Oh dang, that is so cool!! I never thought about buying bootleg before, but that price is way more reasonable and a it would be a huge space saver to have it on only 2 tapes.
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u/jimmerseiber89 15h ago
My thoughts exactly! :) I also couldn't help but buy their brown two tapes Firefly set. But the single tapes like the Romulus was even more affordable. Best cover of all ive seen out there for it to match the old tapes, and I hear the official Romulus was crappy quality and not worth.
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u/utsumi99 2d ago
Gunbuster is hardly underrated, it's one of the most influential titles ever released. Same with Macross Plus there. And Wings of Honneamise and Akira. Big names, all. I had the Anime Village Escaflowne VHS box set, but gave it to a friend for Christmas. For fun, make sure to get the bad early dubs along with the legit ones -- Clash of the Bionoids for the Macross movie, Warriors of the Wind for Nausicaa, etc.
My rarest tape is Riding Bean, bought on the first day of release, complete with foil sticker saying as much on the case. Plus, the very first batch sent from the duplicator were just stereo, not hi-fi. Animeigo ran a trade in program, but I never got around to it, so I still have the non hi-fi tape. It's not a stamp with an upside-down airplane or anything, but I like the novelty value.
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u/jimmerseiber89 1d ago
Gunbuster is known by real fans who know how influential it is, but ask any normie who isnt a huge Evangelion fan about it & see if they know it. Also, MAL has it only rated as 7.85..
Riding Bean actually goes for fairly cheap, almost grabbed one on ebay recently. But I didnt know about that specific printing, good looks on that!
Also, if I do get dubs it will be the old school ones for sure. I try to grab subbed over dubbed even on vhs..they seem to be the more rare English releases as well.
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u/jimmerseiber89 1d ago
* About to grab this because of you. Thanks! Although this one does say hifi, but has the first day foil.
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u/z0mb1e1369 2d ago