Bootleg?!

f_r_E_a_K · Post by **f_r_E_a_K** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:29 pm

Err...there's this site called DiscountAnimeDVD and it's considered a 'bootleg' site...well...how is it a bootleg site? (JW) I know that some of the DVDs there such as Naruto have been imported from Japan since there aren't any American Naruto DVDs for sale...but is that illlegal?

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Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:40 pm

Best answer to this? Go to the 'General Anime' forum and read the bold stickie "How to spot a bootleg". That will tell you how to look and see which dvds are 'official/legal' and which are not.

Generally, if it has an option for Chinese subtitles (and no dub track), it's a bootleg. Japanese imports don't have chinese subtitles, bootlegs do.

But there are also English bootlegs that look identical to the official release except they have fewer dvds and cost a lot less - those are bootlegs, they're just not so well known as the Hong Kong ones (they don't have that Chinese subtitle option as the red flag).

Jnzk · Post by **Jnzk** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:40 pm

Actually those Naruto DVDs are imported from China, and are ripped off of the original Japanese versions. I looked around their site, and for example the 2-disc English dubbed Haibane Renmei boxset doesn't look very legitimate either.

Here is a list of what to look for in suspiciously cheap DVDs:

http://www.digital.anime.org.uk/piratefaq.html#dvd

f_r_E_a_K · Post by **f_r_E_a_K** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 4:47 pm

Arigatomyna wrote:Best answer to this? Go to the 'General Anime' forum and read the bold stickie "How to spot a bootleg". That will tell you how to look and see which dvds are 'official/legal' and which are not.

Generally, if it has an option for Chinese subtitles (and no dub track), it's a bootleg. Japanese imports don't have chinese subtitles, bootlegs do.

But there are also English bootlegs that look identical to the official release except they have fewer dvds and cost a lot less - those are bootlegs, they're just not so well known as the Hong Kong ones (they don't have that Chinese subtitle option as the red flag).

what's a dub track?

Kalium · Post by **Kalium** » Fri Aug 20, 2004 5:03 pm

f_r_E_a_K wrote:what's a dub track?

Pretty much any voice acting other than the original Japanese.