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Aug 5th, 2016
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It's another happy Friday here at Anime Corner World HQ!

We have yet another great batch of new Anime arrivals in stock, plus plenty of new manga from Viz and others to keep you interested. Our annual Summer Sizzle sale continues and you you can save BIG on selected releases from Sentai Filmworks and Maiden Japan - about 680 of them in all! And be sure to checkout the Hot Off the Truck section below for today's last minute arrivals - there is another nice batch of early arrivals in from Funimation they are checking into the warehouse right now!

Have a great weekend everyone!

-Bob (aka Robert) and the RACS Crew


  

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*** ANIME CORNER UPDATES ***
Bob

Store Stuff, News, and Tab Clearing    

Just a couple of administrative items to pass on this week.

Discotek's distributor has informed us that the July 26th release date for the Arpeggio of Blue Steel -Ars Nova- TV Series Complete Collection DVD/BD Combo Set (875707131094) has once again been delayed and a new release date is currently TBD. This is the second time the release of this title has been delayed, and first time being last November when it was announced they would release it on BD and not just DVD as originally planned. I don't have any other information as to delay, except to note that their distributor did get inventory of the sets a couple of weeks ago, but that inventroy was pulled and none of those sets ever got out to retailers. I suspect they may have discovered a flaw in the pressing or master, which would indicate that a new date shouldn't be too far off. Keeping fingers crossed. If you have an order in for this set and want to make a change or cancelation, just drop us a note.

Some people have reported receiving Yona of the Dawn: Part Two DVD/BD combo sets that include two disk #2s rather than a disk 1 & 2. This problem seems to have effected a batch of disks that ended up primarily in the Amazon channel, and we have not yet had any issues reported with any of the sets that we have shipped.
 
Featured - Absolute Duo

Welcome to the prestigious Koryo Academy of Absolute Duo! A special school where students train to fight with weapons that are manifestations of their souls. On the outside, Tor Kokonoe seems like a regular academy student. But while his classmates carry swords, kunai, and axes into battle, his soul becomes a shield. As the students pair up in order to reach their full potential, Tor is partnered with the mysterious and exotic Julie. What he doesn't realize is that their partnership means they'll have to do everything together-fight, attend class, and even sleep in the same room!


As the strangely affectionate girl begins pushing his boundaries to the limit, the other girls in his class start taking notice. While he's fighting to make the grade, he'll have to fend off the advances and attention from the tomboyish Tomoe, the meek Miyabi, and the exceptionally talented Lilith...

...a shield might be just what he needs after all!
    

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New Licenses

VIZ Media has announced a partnership with Rooster Teeth, the company behind the popular animated series RWBY to produce manga and other publishing formats based on the series. RWBY is an anime series that follows four different girls: Ruby, Weiss, Blake, and Yang, who become students at Beacon Academy. There they study to become Huntresses, by training to slay monsters. However, there are threats beyond monsters in their world, and if they want to survive till graduation they'll have to work together - on the battlefield and in the classroom.

"Through the new RWBY titles, readers will discover more about the RWBY universe and delve deeper into the characters and storylines they love, as well as go on all new adventures," said Rooster Teeth Head of Animation Gray G. Haddock. "We are thrilled to be working with VIZ Media to bring such beautiful books to RWBY's audience."  

The first release is scheduled for 2017. 

Robert's Random Thoughts 

"About that thing at the time in the place, what I said was actually just a metaphor for what I should have said..."
    
RACS Collectable Art Cards - Coming to an RACS Order Near You!
  
To say Thank You for your continued support of RACS, our current Omake to you is a series of RACS exclusive collectable art cards that we have had printed and will be including with orders for the next few months.

   

These limited edition 5x7 collectible cards (only 2,500 per design) will be numbered and will include various RACS store art. There will be 10 cards in all + a special chase card, in series as follows:

01 - The Girls of the Anime Corner
02 - Happy Summer Days
03 - Saint Noemi
04 - Okinawan
05 - Cute on Campus
06 - Ranshin Dojo
07 - Goth Polymer Project
08 - An Anime Corner Holiday
09 - Horror of Macabre Manner
10 - Shotoken Hearts

Each card will be limited to 2,500 units each. Eight of them are shipping with orders now, and the last two will be added in the fall. A special chase card (#11) is also being added at random to 1% of our daily orders. That card will be strictly limited to 500 units, and will be personally signed by Noemi herself! :-)
If you place regular orders with us you should have a good shot at collecting them all.
  
Good luck!  :-)
 
Amazon Gift Codes - You Can Use em @RACS!

If you have an Amazon gift card or code (or codes), and you want to use them here at the Anime Corner Store instead, don't worry - you can! The process is simple - just setup and place your order, and while you are checking out, drop the Amazon code (or codes) you want to use in the comments box on the order form along with the amounts next to each code that you want to use. Then finalize and place your order. Once it's done, we'll manually apply the codes to your order on our end and only bill your credit card for the balance left over after we deduct them.

Easy peasy, but if you have any questions just drop us a line

Hot Off the Truck!

The following new releases have just arrived this morning and are being checked into the warehouse now:

Assassination Classroom Season 1 Part 2 DVD/BD Combo Set (Standard Edition)
Blood Blockade Battlefront Complete Collection DVD/BD Combo Set (Limited Edition)
Blood Blockade Battlefront Complete Collection DVD/BD Combo Set (Standard Edition) 
  
 
We will update these on the store site later this afternoon, but they will be available to be included with orders going out today! 

That's a wrap for this edition. Have a great weekend, and enjoy your Anime! :-)

Welcome to the prestigious Koryo Academy of Absolute Duo! A special school where students train to fight with weapons that are manifestations of their souls. On the outside, Tor Kokonoe seems like a regular academy student. But while his classmates carry swords, kunai, and axes into battle, his soul becomes a shield. As the students pair up in order to reach their full potential, Tor is partnered with the mysterious and exotic Julie. What he doesn't realize is that their partnership means they'll have to do everything together-fight, attend class, and even sleep in the same room! As the strangely affectionate girl begins pushing his boundaries to the limit, the other girls in his class start taking notice. While he's fighting to make the grade, he'll have to fend off the advances and attention from the tomboyish Tomoe, the meek Miyabi, and the exceptionally talented Lilith... a shield might be just what he needs after all!


After an unfavorable critique drives uptight young calligrapher Sei Handa of Barakamon past his breaking point, his parents decide to ship him off to Japan's Goto Islands to cool off. But instead of a peaceful paradise, Handa discovers a village full of quirky characters with little regard for personal space. On top of that, Handa's temporary apartment has already been claimed as home base by the village elder's granddaughter, Naru, who has a knack for getting into trouble. Will Handa ever be able to redeem his impulsive misdeed? Will he ever be able to write like the masters? Will the village kids ever learn to KNOCK first??


Take food fights to the next level in this bite-sized homage to mecha anime of the past. In modern day Kyoto, young Daijiro Kyogoku has finally taken over his family's traditional Japanese sweets shop. One day at the shop, Daijiro comes across a mysterious giant candy-making robot named Doamygar-D hidden in the shop's basement. This robot is a master of treats, and along with Daijiro, they make the perfect dessert crafting pair. When evil monster-like robots take over begin attacking the city, Daijiro must man his newfound candy-making mecha to feed the insatiable hunger of these foes and turn them back into harmless humans. There has to be someone behind all these transforming treat-loving terrors, and that someone might be closer to Daijiro than he ever thought possible.


Relive the classic era of anime with the studio that brought you Escaflowne, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Wolf's Rain. Eureka Seven, the greatest anime love story ever told, returns to the spotlight after almost a decade-in a complete series collection for the first time! Renton is a teenager trapped working as a mechanic in a backwater town. He dreams of joining up with a daredevil group of pilots known as Gekkostate and following in his father's heroic footsteps. When a mysterious beauty named Eureka shows up asking for a tune up, Renton soon finds himself drawn into a high-flying mecha dogfight that makes him a target of the military. When the dust settles on the spectacular battle, Renton is invited to join Gekkostate, but he soon discovers that even a dream come true has a dark side. Backed by its original powerhouse vocal cast, Eureka Seven is "a series that demonstrates what anime should be..."


Sakura Mamiya's life was odd long before she started helping her fellow student and half-Shinigami Rinne Rokudo assist lost souls in reaching the land of the dead. However, as strange as the various spooks, specters and other other-worldly entities that Sakura has encountered on a daily basis may have been, nothing is as out and out bizarre as finding herself and Rinne involved in a complicated web of perceived romantic relationships that also include a former childhood friend and now frustrated exorcist, Tsubasa Jumonji, and the air-headed and extremely gullible Shinigami Ageha. After all, Sakura's not really sure she's even attracted to Rinne! On the other hand, given the dangers inherent in foiling the efforts of the soul-stealing Damashigani, worrying about anyone's love life is going to have to take second place to avoiding becoming part of the afterlife herself. It's a second round of second thoughts and second chances in the second stunning collection of RIN-NE!



Contains episodes 14-25.

After Mendoza's apparent defeat at the hands of Prince Alfonso, Leon is left humiliated and confused. Abandoned by both his golden armor and his womanizing father, Leon wanders alone looking for purpose and a reason to keep fighting. Meanwhile, Prince Alfonoso struggles to keep up with the daunting dual responsibilities of running a kingdom and keeping Horrors at bay as the chosen Knight of Light. When the two boys finally meet again, will they be able to see the other's struggles and set aside the past in order to work together? A new evil is rising and it's going to take the combined force of the strongest Makai Knights and Alchemists to bring peace back to Valiante.


The Social Welfare Corporation is a secret military force that has been "saving" orphaned girls by making them more machine than flesh. No longer children, they are assassins...and an even more frightening truth will change everything. "Henrietta" was an innocent little girl when her entire family was massacred and she was left for dead. She was rescued by a privately-owned social welfare organization and given cybernetic components over her battered body. Brainwashed by the organization, she and four other girls now work as cold-blooded assassins, doing the dirty work for the Italian government.


                           

Assassination Classroom , Vol #11, Graphic Novel
Attack on Titan , Vol #19, Graphic Novel
Attack on Titan , Vol #19, Graphic Novel (Special Edition w/ DVD) (Includes a DVD of the OVA "No Regrets 2")
Black Clover , Vol #2, Graphic Novel
Bleach Omnibus Edition #16 (Vol #46-48), Graphic Novel
Blood-C Demonic Moonlight , Vol #2, Graphic Novel
Easy Eats Bee & Puppycat Cookbook Graphic Novel (Hardcover)
Food Wars! Shokugeki no Soma , Vol #13, Graphic Novel
Haikyu!! , Vol #2, Graphic Novel
Heiress and the Chauffeur , Vol #2, Graphic Novel
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part 2: Battle Tendency , Vol #4, Graphic Novel (Hard Cover)
Kaze Hikaru, Vol #24, Graphic Novel
Kuroko's Basketball Omnibus 1 (Vol #1-2), Graphic Novel
Maid Sama! Omnibus Edition #5 (Vol #9-10) Graphic Novel
My Hero Academia , Vol #5, Graphic Novel
One Piece, Vol #79, Graphic Novel
Say, "I Love You" , Vol #15, Graphic Novel
So Cute It Hurts , Vol #8, Graphic Novel
The Testament of Sister New Devil , Vol #3, Graphic Novel
Toriko , Vol #35, Graphic Novel
Wolfsmund , Vol #7, Graphic Novel
Yona of the Dawn , Vol #1, Graphic Novel
Yu-Gi-Oh Omnibus Edition #7 (Vol #19-21), Graphic Novel

 

Subaru Natsuki was just trying to get to the convenience store but
wound up summoned to another world.

He encounters the usual things--life-threatening situations, silver haired beauties, cat fairies--you know, normal stuff. All that would be bad enough, but he's also gained the most inconvenient magical ability of all--time travel, but he's got to die to use it. How do you repay someone who saved your life when all you can do is die?
Recent New Anime Figurine Arrivals - Now in Stock:
   
Hestia

Yuka

Racing Miku

July 27th:

Racing Miku : Hatsune Miku Thailand Version 1/8th Scale Figurine
The Legend Of Zelda : Link Majora's Mask 3D Version Nendoroid (#553) Action Figure
Metal Gear Solid : Venom Snake Sneaking Suit Version Nendoroid (#565) Action Figure
Selector Infected : Tamayorihime Sun Priestess 1/1 Scale Figurine
Maken-Ki! : Aki Nijou 1/7 Scale Figurine
Original Character : Akasaka Yuri 1/6 Scale Figurine
Jingai Makyou : Ignis 1/7 Scale Figurine
Strike Witches : Sanya & Eila Swimsuit Version 1/8 Scale Figurine
To LOVEru Darkness : Kurosaki Mea 1/7 Scale Figurine
Puru Puru Milk Pudding 1/6 Scale Figurine
Ikenai Bikini no Oneesan Sasaki Saeko 1/6 Scale Figurine
Is It Wrong To Try To Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Hestia 1/7 Scale Figurine
Misa Suzuhara Summer Uniform Wet Pink Version 1/7 Scale Figurine
Triage X : Yuka Sagiri Darkness Version 1/7 Scale Figurine
Sword Art Online II : Sinon 1/8 Scale Figurine

May 26th:

Attack On Titan: Mikasa Ackerman Deluxe Version 1/8 Scale Figure - Restocked!
Oreimo : Kirino Kousaka Mizugi Version 1/7 Scale Figurine - Restocked!
Love Live! Eli Ayase Swimsuit Version 1/7 Scale Figurine
Love Live! Umi Sonoda Birthday Figure Project 1/8 Scale Figurine
Waiting in the Summer : Kanna Tanigawa Swimsuit Version 1/6 Scale Figurine
To Love-Ru Darkness : Golden Darkness Yukata Version 1/8 Scale Figure
Maid-san to Boin Damashii : Kuroki Mikage 1/4 Scale Figurine
Fate/Extra CCC : Caster EXTRA Plain Clothes Version 1/7 Scale Figure
Queens Blade Vanquished Queens Alleyne Excellent Model 1/8 Scale Figurine
300 : Leonidas Figma (#270) Action Figure
Love Live! : Rin Hoshizora Figma (#273) Action Figure
Ghost in the Shell New Movie Motoko Kusanagi Figma Action Figure
Touken Ranbu Online : Shokudaikiri Mitsutada Nendoroid (#557) Action Figure
Love Live! Choco Sta Smartphone Stand - Honoka Kousaka
Love Live! Choco Sta Smartphone Stand - Hanayo Koizumi
Love Live! Choco Sta Smartphone Stand - Kotori Minami
Love Live! Choco Sta Smartphone Stand - Maki Nishikino
Love Live! Choco Sta Smartphone Stand - Niko Yazawa
Love Live! Choco Sta Smartphone Stand - Nozomi Toujou
Love Live! Choco Sta Smartphone Stand - Rin Hoshizora
Love Live! Choco Sta Smartphone Stand - Umi Sonoda

May 16th:

Mononoke: Kusuriuri 1/8 Scale ArtFX-J Figure
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon Hestia Cu-poche Action Figure
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon Hestia 1/7 Scale Ani-Statue
Shining Resonance : Rinna Mayfield 1/8 Scale Ani-Statue
Food Wars Shokugeki no Soma : Mito Ikumi 1/8 Scale Figurine
Love Live! Umi Sonoda (#530) Nendoroid Action Figure
Fate/Extra : Saber EXTRA Swimsuit Version 1/6 Scale Figurine

May 5th:

Free! Haruka Nanase 1/8 Scale Figure
Free! Makoto Tachibana 1/8 Scale Figure
Sword Art Online II : Sinon 1/7 Scale Figure
Rakuen Yuugi Cover Illustration Chika Ueno 1/6 Scale Figure
Narikire!: Layer Akiyoshi-San 1/5.5 Scale Figure
Shamsiel Kyonyuu Gensou Version Kyonyuu Fantasy Gaiden 1/6 Scale Figure
Misa Suzuhara : Mahou Shoujo Summer Sailor Uniform 1/7 Scale Figure
One Piece : Nico Robin Portrait Of Pirates 1/8 Scale Figure (Version BB) (Limited Edition)
Dragonball Z Dimension of Dragonball Bulma Figure
Persona 3 : Aegis Parfom Figurine
Marie Undead Princess 1/6 Scale Figure
Fault!! : Maya Kamiwazumi 1/6 Scale Figurine

Apr 28th:

Samurai Girls : Gotou Matabei Kenki Version 1/8 Scale PVC Figure
To Love-Ru Darkness : Yui Kotegawa 1/7 Scale Figure
Full Metal Daemon MURAMASA: Sansei Muramasa Race Queen 1/6 Scale Figure (BLUE)
Full Metal Daemon MURAMASA: Sansei Muramasa Race Queen 1/6 Scale Figure (RED)
Walkure Romanze: Celia Bikini Version 1/6 Scale Figure
Walkure Romanze: Celia Swimsuit Version 1/6 Scale Figure
Creator's Collection Magical Girls : Nitta Yui 1/7 Scale Figure
Love live! Koizumi Hanayo Training Outfit Version Nendoroid Action Figure
Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon Hestia Nendoroid (#560) Action Figure
Love Live! : Umi Sonoda Figma Action Figure
Cardcaptor Sakura : Sakura School Uniform Version Figma Action Figure

Feb 1st:

Fate/Extra CCC : Saber EXTRA One-Piece Version 1/7 Scale Figure
How To Raise A Boring Girlfriend Utaha Kasumigaoka 1/7th Scale Figure
To Love-Ru Darkness Haruna Sairenji 1/6 Scale Figure
Original Character : Nurse Momoi 1/7 Scale Figure (Standard Version)
Original Character : Nurse Momoi 1/7 Scale Figure (Simple Version)
Original Character Jyunai Kajitsu: Manatasu-Chan Summer Color 1/7 Scale Figure
Original Character: Alpha Cover Girl PUSH!! Illustration Archives Cover 1/7 Scale Figure
Chichinoe+ Infinity Pin-up Lady Kirameki Version 1/5 Scale Figure
Love live! Kotori Minami Training Outfit Version (#548) Nendoroid Action Figure
Is The Order a Rabbit? Chino Nendoroid (#558) Action Figure
Arpeggio Of Blue Steel -Ars Nova-Dc - Iona Figma (#263) Action Figure
Sword Art Online II - Asuna - Alo Version - Figma (#264) Action Figure

Jan 20th:

Hyperdimention Neptunia : Black Heart 1/7 Scale Figure
T2 Art Girls : Yorokobi No Shima No Shoujo Megu Meru 1/6 Scale Figure
Love Live! Kousaka Honoka Training Wear Version Nendoroid (#541) Action Figure
Kantai Collection: Nagato - figFIX #04 Half-Damage Version Figurine
Kantai Collection : Yukikaze Figma Action Figure
Love Live! : Ayase Eli Figma Action Figure
Gintama : Takasugi (GEM) 1/8 Scale Figurine
Masou Gakuen HxH : Himekawa Hayuru 1/6 Scale Figurine
Fate/Kaleid : Illyasviel Von Einzbern The Beast Version 1/8 Scale Figure
Naruto Shippuden: Itachi Uchiha G.E.M. Series 1/8 Scale Figure
Love Live! : Ayase Eli Birthday Figure Project 1/8 Scale Figure
Testament Of Sister New Devil Maria Naruse 1/8 Scale Figure

Dec 3rd:

World Conquest Zvezda Plamya-sama 1/7 Scale Figurine
Free! Rin Matsuoka 1/8 Scale Figure
Nisekoi : Kirisaki Chitoge Nendoroid Action Figure
Nisekoi : Kosaki Onodera Nendoroid (#457) Action Figure
Infinite Stratos : Charlotte Dunois Nendoroid Action Figure
Touhou Project : Patchouli Knowledge Nendoroid Action Figure
Sword Art Online II : Sinon 1/7 Scale Figurine
Oreimo : Kirino Kousaka Mizugi Version 1/7 Scale Figurine
Oreimo : Kirino Kousaka Cheerful Version 1/7 Scale Figurine
Fault!! Maya Kamiwazumi 1/6 Scale Figurine
Original Character: Nakahara Tomoe 1/7 Scale Figurine
Walkure Romanze: Bertille Althusser 1/6 Scale Figure
  
Checkout our Figure Index here to see all of our recent figure arrivals on one page!

*** TRADE IN YOUR DVDs, CDs, MANGA, or GAMES - IT'S EASY! ***

Did you know that you can trade in your previously viewed DVD's, CD's, Manga, and Video Games for store credit?

 

Trading in your excellent condition previously owned stuff for credit is now very easy, and we've even expanded the program for some non-Anime items too! Just click on this link to see the trade in values of your used stuff, then pack-up your items and send them to us - there is no need to contact us first or obtain an authorization number. Once they arrive and are inspected, we'll e-mail you with a special credit code you can spend on our store.

It's that easy!

So why just let your stuff collect dust? Trade it in and get something you really want!

Thank you for reading! Have a great weekend, and enjoy your anime!

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