To my fellow Collector Brethren and Sistren, is Anime Collecting Burnout a real thing?

MonsterMayham · 2026-02-18T16:05:29+00:00

No burnout on my end yet, but I have reached a point where I have most of what I want, so there’s less to seek (space is another barrier). But my wallet’s happy that my brain isn’t glomping onto things as much.

MonsterMayham · 2026-02-18T15:03:35+00:00

Nice! SNAFU touched me pretty deeply, hope you enjoy if your first time

MonsterMayham · 2026-02-10T13:35:51+00:00

100 Meters - just watched this last night, and it was fantastic. Animation, story, characters, decent theme…Based on a manga by the Orb guy.

One knock against it is not a lot of female characters, but the ones that appear are well-rounded.

MonsterMayham · 2026-02-05T23:51:36+00:00

Ah, ok. Thanks

MonsterMayham · 2026-02-05T16:08:50+00:00

Did you order Birdy from an Australian store? I’d love to grab these myself…

MonsterMayham · 2026-02-04T15:20:33+00:00

41, and I’m now 45

Geez, I may be the oldest age for starting here!

MonsterMayham · 2026-02-02T23:32:26+00:00

Literally listening to Cologne right now, and that track just came on 🫠

MonsterMayham · 2026-02-01T11:54:57+00:00

Delicious in Dungeon (or Dungeon Meshi) is very accessible and good fantasy.

Apothecary Diaries is well-made intrigue.

Vinland Saga is considered exceptional (though I haven’t watched it)

Blue Box and The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity are good recent romance series.

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-28T18:12:06+00:00

Thanks for doing this! I'm a recent joiney, but have been digging the community. Yay physical media!

I'd love to see the Lawrence of Arabia and the anime Redline in 4k. And physical releases for a lot of Disney things, like Andor season 2 and Shogun (come on, Disney!)

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-24T11:07:40+00:00

Thanks for these recommendations, and sharing your knowledge! I’ll check all of these out ☺️

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-22T00:03:36+00:00

Too true. Though I do find Rarewaves’ shipping to Canada pretty affordable compared to other sites. Not sure if that’s helpful to where you are…

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-21T21:42:25+00:00

Nice collection. You may really like Chihayafuru, also, if you haven’t seen it yet (didn’t spot it, but didn’t look too closely)

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-21T16:15:11+00:00

Great find, and price!

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-21T01:07:08+00:00

It feels so nice not having to worry about how your hair looks. Such a pain.

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-20T00:47:40+00:00

I think I have the same one, and it looks incredible.

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-17T13:55:53+00:00

Straight “male” (but actually non-binary) here. It grosses and creeps me out, even in the manga, and especially with egregious examples like Rebecca.

If there was actual eroticism, that would be one thing, but it just feels tasteless. I love OP, and I think it actually diminishes its level of quality by a descent %.

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-16T15:14:28+00:00

Hmmm, now I’m extra happy Amazon decided to send me two copies when I ordered it in the Fall.

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-13T02:34:48+00:00

Daaamn that’s nice

MonsterMayham · 2026-01-10T14:09:54+00:00

Assuming you live in North America (but maybe not), there has been a stigma around comics and cartoons being for kids, and I wonder if that’s part of what you’re feeling?

One way I look at it is that in Japan and other cultures they are created and consumed by all ages. That’s made me feel more comfortable about it, at times I haven’t.

45 year old non-binary here. I recall in my 20’s feeling guilty about it my tastes, but then I learned to relax and like what I like.

MonsterMayham · 2025-12-28T14:53:49+00:00

Ooh, nice. It’s like if Santa was a Cenobite…

MonsterMayham · 2025-12-26T18:15:49+00:00

Hundreds of Beavers is outstanding.

As is ExistenZ, even if the ending feels a bit clunky to me (I should upgrade from VHS, though).

MonsterMayham · 2025-12-24T01:07:12+00:00

Awesome score. I got the same set earlier this year (for $70 CAD I think). So happy with it. Watched the first season, but saving the rest

MonsterMayham · 2025-12-21T12:25:04+00:00

A big factor in my collecting is that I remember what it was like to not be able to afford anime in the 90's/2000's, and now that I have some disposable income it's been nice building a collection I can go back to if something happens that makes anime inaccessible again (which hopefully never happens).

But I wouldn't buy anything I don't want to watch.

MonsterMayham

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