Anime Discount DVD

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Another sign that it might be a bootleg is if it has Chinese subtitles.

[LittleKefalos]

moooooo,

Is there any place in China Town where they sell good English Language bootlegs or where are the good bootlegs?

Thanks.



And no I do not buy bootlegs, unless I feel I need to, so don't give me a hard time all you nitpickers. 8)

[moooooo]

moooooo,

Is there any place in China Town where they sell good English Language bootlegs or where are the good bootlegs?

Thanks.



And no I do not buy bootlegs, unless I feel I need to, so don't give me a hard time all you nitpickers. 8)

By english language, do you mean a dvd that has an english language track, or just an english subtitled track?

I've never seen a bootleg that has an english dub track, I really wouldn't want one either, so I can help you out in that regard. If you are looking for HK DVD's with an english subtitle track...theres a few ok stores in chinatown that are quite cheap. Keep in mind that these directions would be if you got off at the canal st. station on the 6 train, and walked toward mott st, elizabeth, lispenard, bayard, etc.

Off Canal st. on Elizabeth, there is the Elizabeth St. Center, right next to a police spot. Downstairs in the center, there is at least 3, fansub stores. They all sell bootlegged DVD's, they actually keep getting more and more everytime I stop by.

Across the street from the center, is the J&L video game store. They have a limited selection of HK's, but sometimes you get lucky. Most of the time they don't even know what the series is, so they have no idea how to price them. I was in there once and they had the love hina spring special for 45 bucks, but the actual love hina series for 25. Makes no sense, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose.

God, I wish I could remember what street the other store I usually hit up is on. It's off Canal as well, but on the other side of the street as the ones I just mentioned to you. This probably won't help, but the street is before most of the one's I mentioned in the begining, and is after you pass the burger king. Anywho, its about a block down, and has a blue awning, with your stereotypical anime characters on it, like pikachu, goku, etc. This place doesn't have the best selection of DVD's at last check, but has the best prices...and the coolest people who work there. Very cool guys, who are helpful and knowledgeable/speak very good english.

The DVD's themselves, are more or less a crap shoot. Some, like berserk are great, others like Cowboy Bebop are ass. You can do some research around other bbs. There was actually a pretty informative post on HK's on the more than toast bbs a little while back that you should check out. It'll tell you a bit about what companies are bad, and what companies are even beyond hella bad.

hope that helps a little bit, if you want email me, and I can give you more detailed directions or thoughts on this stuff.

[LittleKefalos]

Thanks Mooooo,

Your information was actually really helpful.

I won't be able to check out this stuff until I'm back in New York, 6 to 9 months from now, but I'll keep the knowledge within me.

Anyways Thanks.