Otaku Links: Black Friday 2016

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Happy Black Friday! About five years ago I waited in line for an hour at my local Micro Center to do some holiday shopping, and I don’t need to tell you that technology advances have made everything I bought—and the time I spent—useless now. Today I don’t do any Black Friday shopping outside the house! Since I figure you’re shopping too, I wanted to share a few of the deals I’ve spotted today, with an emphasis on anime fandom, of course:

  • Yatta-Tachi now does gift guides, and (like everything Katy does) they’re beautifully designed. This list of 2016 must-haves looks straight out of a magazine.
  • Crunchyroll is selling Christmas sweaters this year with Hime-chan’s face on them! I miss the days of Crunchyroll’s deeply discounted membership offers every Black Friday, but at least their selection of deals is pretty wide.
  • Looking at the slashed box set prices on Funimation and Right Stuf right now, I feel sort of ripped off for buying anime any other day of the year.
  • And of course, there’s Gunpla 101’s new 2016 holiday guide. This year I tried to make it user friendly to the point that if you’re just getting into Gunpla, it should help you narrow down which grade of kit is best for you.

Ball Gundam ornament photographed and customized by Ashe Blitzen