That Stupid Club

Yes, got mine in the mail. Thanks YesA­sia! I highly rec­om­mend them. Free inter­na­tional ship­ping (con­di­tions apply)!

The pack­age design is exquis­ite, very classy. All trans­par­ent and white.

A shot of the front

Of the back

Opened up

The sty­ro­foam block to hold the Tachikoma USB thumb drive is a lit­tle out of place though… am I sup­posed to toss it out and keep the drive else­where? Tsk…

Only com­plaint

Mak­ing the book­let white on white is just… ass back­wards. It looks very cool and every­thing, but come on! The print is actu­ally more leg­i­ble in the photo com­pared to Real Life due to the cam­era flash.

The Tachikoma thumb drive and instructions

Isn’t it just the cutest thing?

One thing I noticed is that the music was beau­ti­fully mas­tered. There is a remark­able clar­ity to even the dens­est pas­sages; I could hear each instru­ment dis­tinctly. The music by the incom­pa­ra­ble Kanno Yoko is fan­tas­tic, of course.

There have been com­plaints that the new O.S.T. 4 “Smooth in the Shell” is only avail­able in this set, forc­ing fans who have already bought the other albums sep­a­rately to shell out for the whole set if they want that. Pretty bad form by the record com­pany, but for the few fans of Kanno Yoko who don’t already own any of the pre­vi­ously released albums (like myself, luck­ily), this is a great set to own.