Opening my heaviest haul from Japan

Well usually I'm just here to talk about anime figures but of course I'm super into 2D art as well, so here's a who bunch of artbooks and manga I bought on Mandarake :3
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[@TheAndoExperience]

First video in a long while that isn't focused on figures. I'd like to branch out into different topics like this maybe a bit more regularly going forward for one-off videos but we'll see what happens. Also figured out a half-okay solution for recording audio in my room that doesn't sound like I'm inside a dumpster, so maybe I'll film in there more often.

[@kaitlinschneider845]

The books look beautiful! It would be awesome to see your art book and manga collections!

[@UtTlFl]

I heckin love books

[@disconnectedfromtheuniverse]

Why do it feel responsable for that Aria purchase huh? 🤣But please, yeah; do a video of your Manga and Artbook shelves

[@TheAndoExperience]

All of this is your fault ✨

[@gemma2275]

I would absolutely love an artbook collection video :)

[@leamee3061]

ahh! i would love to see videos showcasing your manga and artbook collections. this video may have just inspired me to go on a bit of a book hunt myself on mandarake 👀. great stuff ando!

[@Ladypingu]

Pls, I died with the intro claps kekeke. I enjoy your videos so much!

[@fairybro]

looking forward to seeing more of your art book collection! also what search term did u use to search for art books in mandarake? :D

[@ghostbyun]

All the Aria covers are gorgeous!!!

[@TheAndoExperience]

Alicia's face is kinda derpy but other than that they're all incredible. I wish I had the space to display them front on.

[@ghostbyun]

@@TheAndoExperience oh lol I didn't notice her face hahaha! But, this was a great video- I'd love to see more videos on your art book/manga collections as they're both things I passionately collect as well!

[@Yuri-Camp]

7:42 the karma for buying the books by their cover xd

[@TheAndoExperience]

HAHAH it happens :( I've made more expensive mistakes with artbooks before.

[@starstellastar3680]

Great video! I think a big part of your audience comes for your personality so doing non figure videos is lovely too!

[@riverraven4014]

3:10 I need that Artbook that is amazing!

[@TheAndoExperience]

Yeah! It's an awesome art style.

[@beefxcake2523]

hell eyah hell yeah, love the aria masterpiece manga, you got a great deal, im waiting on like 3 of the volumes from rightstuf to restock next month since they were able to get a reprint but they are only about 20% under retail i think. all these books look great man, i love the artwork.

[@yunhopshii1446]

when they upload at the same time when i wake up 😫🙏🙏

[@Leo-gy7we]

Hii!! Aria the Masterpiece is actually available for pre-order on Right Stuff! Apparently it's the "final" reprint. Pretty good value too! $130 for all seven volumes + 80$-ish for shipping (ouch!).. Couldn't resist so I had to order it asap!

[@TheAndoExperience]

Yeah the rightstuf preorder is what I was looking at. Exchange rate + shipping is a killer for me.

[@gungalgeno-7077]

Do they do free shipping? I want to buy from them but they say they only take credit cards

[@Ellie-oj7py]

Nice haul! I had never heard of Aria the Masterpiece but I will definitely check it out since i+from what I can see in your video it has something to do with one of my Country's most beautiful cities, Venice

[@TheAndoExperience]

Yeah! It's about gondoliers except it's set in the future, on Mars, which has a lot of water for some reason, and the city is called Neo-Venezia lmao. It's super chill.

[@GodFearingOtaku]

What is your experience with "B" rank conditioned books on there? Is there grading scale very particular and/or strict, like Ami Ami? Thanks for the awesome and very interesting video by the way! :)

[@TheAndoExperience]

Pretty sure these were all B rank like what I wrote at 5:34 - despite being 'B" they all look and feel brand new to me. I think you'd have to be incredibly picky to consider them anything less than like new. If there's any creases or visible issues I'd expect it to be a C.

[@aashoe3]

A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one.

[@mistadrew7513]

Lots of thicc 👌books. I love Mandarake ❤. Just make sure to not overload your cart cuz shipping will definitely outweigh it

[@EATWITHCHIBICHAN]

How long did it take to arrive ??

[@TheAndoExperience]

DHL is express so under a week

[@solastro5595]

You can read japanese?

[@TheAndoExperience]

Nah, I just got the Aria books for collection/hoarding purposes. Pretty unlikely I'd ever get around to reading it in English so I went with the cheaper option.

[@mentes1679]

I can't read Chinese :(

[@TheAndoExperience]

... it's Japanese and 95% of these are just pictures lmao