A whole new addiction

Thanks to ebay I will soon be the proud owner of two dramas:

One is Pride, which combines two of my loves, melodrama and hockey. It's Japanese and comes recommended by ginger001; as soon I saw the words hockey I knew I had to own it. dangermousie is this one you've seen?

I almost bought Peach Girl, the anime, as it sounds my cup of tea story wise, but when I looked at the images I just couldn't get myself to buy it. Sorry, dangermousie; I should probably try and see an episode or two to break myself of my prejudices. I know someone else on my flist recommended another anime which sounds great (The Big O), but when it comes down to it anime turns out to be the frontier beyond which I do not venture. So instead I bought 'Say Yes Enterprise' which is a bunch of different stories in one collection. Some of them sound meh, but there's a couple on there that sound excellent.

I also thought about buying the manga of Mars, but 15 books? That's a lot in one go and I couldn't see the point of just getting one. It's not so much cost as space issues; I really resolved not to buy any more books until I got rid of some myself and though I have piled a bunch in a box they haven't gone anywhere. Don't they ever sell manga as one collected volume? Because that would be a lot easier to deal with.

I'm still looking on ebay for some others...