Reveal 0462: Studio Ghibli 7inch Box

Today we are looking at, the Studio Ghibli 7inch Box. Released by Tokuma Japan Communications as catalog number TJKA10021 in 2019.

The cover has the boxset title, the movies showcased, and my neighbor. The back contains the tracklist for each disc, movie release dates, and the credits.

The boxset includes a plastic Studio Ghibli themed 7" adapter.

The boxset includes 5 7" 45RPM records. The first 4 are pressed on black, and the 5th was either red, blue, or yellow and was randomly chosen for this first pressing release.

The first disc includes a double sided triple folded insert with artwork for the movie, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and a photo of the artist on the front, and information about the movie, artist, and song lyrics on the back. The single was pressed on black for sides A, and B.

The second disc includes a double sided folded insert with artwork for the movie, Castle in the Sky, and a photo of the artist on the front, and information about the artist and song lyrics on the back. The single was pressed on black for sides A, and B.

The third disc includes a double sided folded insert with artwork for the movie, My Neighbor Totoro, and a photo of the artist on the front, and sheet music, information about the artist, and song lyrics on the back. The single was pressed on black for sides A, and B.

The fourth disc includes a double sided folded insert with artwork for the movie, My Neighbor Totoro, and a photo of the artist on the front, and sheet music, information about the artist, and song lyrics on the back. The single was pressed on black for sides A, and B.

The fifth disc includes a single sided insert with a Christmas themed illustration of Totoro. The single is pressed on translucent blue for sides A, and B.

Goodbye....

Reveal 0001: Persona 5 Soundtrack - Deluxe Edition

Today, we are looking at the Persona 5 Soundtrack, composed by Meguro, Shoji at Atlus, and released by iam8bit as catalog number 8bit-8069…

This release is the deluxe limited edition of the soundtrack, containing 6 LPs in a box set. 

The cover art has a lenticular image of the Phantom Thieves, which changes between the masked and un-masked versions of each as you move across the image horizontally. 

Additional Items in the box set include a ransom-letter style sticker sheet, for creating your own message on the back of the box set, in response to how the soundtrack makes you feel.  A calling card containing a message of gratitude from Meguro, Shoji is included in the box set as well. 

The box has a fabric strap for removing the 6 LPs, revealing the plaid pattern used to line the inside of the box underneath.

There are 4 sleeves representing the outfits of 4 of the phantom thieves, the final 2 sleeves are for the confidants Caroline and Justine.

The first record is contained in a sleeve representing Joker’s outfit. The back has the track listing, with Joker’s mask representing side A, and Sakamoto, Ryuji’s mask representing side B. This record is pressed on Black.

The next sleeve shows Takamaki, Ann’s outfit, with Ann’s mask, and Morgana’s mask representing sides C and D, respectively, of this Grey pressed LP.

Next has Kitagawa, Yusuke’s outfit on the front of the sleeve. With his mask, and Niijima, Makoto’s mask representing sides E and F. This one is pressed on clear.

Last of the phatom theives records has Sakura, Futuba on the cover. Sakura, Futuba’s mask is used to denote side G, with Okumuru, Haru’s mask used for side H. A translucent red is used for this record.

The final two records are housed in sleeves representing the confidants Caroline and Justine. Caroline’s cap letters, X-M-R-N note the first record containing sides I and J. Finally, Justine’s cap letters O-Y-O-O are used for the final record containing sides K and L. Both of these records are pressed on translucent blue.

Goodbye…