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In my life, I have gotten two very ridiculous traffic citations. The first was a jaywalking ticket for $97. The second was given to me today, at the airport. Yes, I got a traffic citation at an airport. I am in a very, very bad mood.

Luckily, I have this column to cheer me up. And the fact that Anime Expo is a mere >2 weeks away! I'm a little sad that it'll be in Long Beach this year, since I've grown to really love the Anaheim location, but there'll be a certain charm in seeing Sailor Moons and Yunas dart about in the ghetto. If you're planning on going to the con, check out our on Friday! It'll be a guaranteed good time, plus you'll get to meet some wicked cool people. And me.

Welcome to Shelf Life.

Over the past year, I've delighted in reviewing every live-[TOP]

Since we started off this week's column with a movie about a quartet of wicked cool chicks, we might as well keep the ball rolling with more powerful women. Only this time, instead of rocking out on an instrument, the heroine of the next title has everything she needs inside of her own body—including super-sensitive hearing that lets her hear bullets as soon as they're fired, and automatic breast guns.

“Automatic breast guns?” you ask, “How do those work? I know the fem-bots in Austin Powers had them, but that was a movie. Anime is real.”

Anime is real, so I've put a lot of thought into this, and I believe I've come up with an answer.

In the insert booklet provided for the first volume of fire out of her nipples. And, of course, whenever she's throwing house parties, she can change her weapon attachments into a frozen yogurt machine. It totally makes sense.

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Now, onto something else.

Someone needs to tell Suzuka, which carries the tagline, “Love is not a spectator sport.” Who comes up with this stuff?

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Alright, it's nearing closing time. What better way to wrap up this column than with some really long nostril hairs?

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I just said “turd” in an anime review. That's my cue to call it quits. Thanks for reading, and I'll see you guys in two weeks! If you're going to Anime Expo, stop by our !! And please, please, if you happen to stop by Starbucks before you get there, bring me a caramel macchiato. I'm going to need it.

Hoo boy, this one's a doozy.

This week's Shelf Obsessed comes courtesy of someone who only identifies themselves as icepick314. Either they really like icepicks, or they really like Sharon Stone. After this person's first two years of collecting anime, there were 150 VHS tapes. Then there are the DVDs. And the manga. And a lot of the DVDs have had to be put into thinpaks, for space.

Fun facts about this person's collection:
Most expensive DVD - 10th Anniversary Gunslinger Girl - Japanese PS2 game release (which came with TV series DVDs), Japanese boxset, US release
"Why the hell did I buy this when I can't even watch it?" - Air Blu-Ray boxset

I didn't even know how to put all these on one page... so I didn't even try.

I just... wow. Note, pretty much all of these pictures show different DVDs. I'm speechless. I am without speech.

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Here's some highlights (and this is like, 1/10 of their collection):

Wow.

Discuss.

Well, don't be daunted by that staggering display. Have pictures of your anime/manga/figure/plushie/full-size-body-pillow collection? Send your jpgs to shelflife at animenewsnetwork dot com!