wilwayco

You're right, of course. They do get much much better once you get past episode 2.

I ordered from CDJapan, but paid via PayPal; didn't run into a fraud alert... As for my experience with the video --- there are certain scenes when I can notice jagged lines (aliasing?) where I'd expect them to be smooth. (I know, not very scientific at all... :P) One place I remember noticing this is in the first episode, when Shin first meets Sara, and Mao. But I'm also watching this like 3 feet away, on a Sony M9 monitor, using a PS5 to play the discs... Anyway, I'm glad to have these on physical media + english subtitles... edit: I can't notice the jaggies on the backgrounds / "matte paintings", but they're definitely present on foreground elements I daresay on every scene. And once you know they're present, you'll just see them everywhere. 😕 edit 2: The motion blurs you see when following aircraft are also pixellated.

April 2020 shipment of the Strike Parts seem to be available at the Kuramashop/Bandaionline.

Nin-nin reopened ; slightly cheaper than the one at NY... https://www.nin-nin-game.com/en/japanese-import-hobbies-toys-game-character/32302-macross-vf-1s-valkyrie-hikaru-ichijou-use-dx-chogokin--4573102558008.html

NOooooo me too!

NY has a queue page now....

HLJ sold out already?! uuuuuugh