Damn this s***

silver_moon_wolf · Post by **silver_moon_wolf** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:36 pm

too true I fell your pain (although Im not quite sure what you said) But If your talking about buying them for lost o money when you you can get them off the web. *shakes head* way too true

silver_moon_wolf · Post by **silver_moon_wolf** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:38 pm

Moonlight Soldier wrote:For crying out loud people!

It's a decision you make over what to spend your money on. As Ryuu pointed out there are alternatives to the over-priced dvd issue. However, anime is not the same as a Hollywood movie, it has a MUCH smaller fan base in that sense so bringing things over here tend to cost quite a bit once you go through all the translations and dubbing etc...Add to the fact that illegal copies do float around, you have EVEN LESS people buying things, causing prices to inflate. It's a lose lose situation in such cases...

But meh, it doesn't stop me from paying ridiculous amounts of money on the animes I want. I have a job, I buy. When I didn't have a job, I saved and bought what I really wanted.

For example, the other day, I spent $50 on a DVD with a running time of 90 minutes, BECAUSE I WANTED IT! It's that simple. However, you must also compare companies and how they release, I mean the $50 X dvd I bought featured 3 episodes while the $50 Fruits Basket DVD I bought featured 6.

Quit your whining already

wow, I just go to best buy and get .hack for $20.00 and they hav 5 episods on them *thinks*

Arigatomina · Post by **Arigatomina** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:45 pm

US dvds for long anime are horrid on the bank account - total agreement. But buying the original unsubtitled import dvds from Japan costs even more per episode.

My biggest complaint - there are anime I want that are *only* available via downloaded fansub - or you can buy a poor copy of the fansub saved to dvd or vhs (poor as in the exact same quality of the fuzzy fansub you would download). As unethical as it may be, there are some titles i would pay US price to buy bootlegged copies of *just* because I can't find import versions to buy. I simply cannot download fansubs. I refuse to purchase fansubs (when they are given for free download to others - and there is no difference in quality).

For instance, I would be more than happy to spend $100 for 90 minutes of footage - Kasho no Tsuki - whether it's a poorly subtitled bootleg version or an unsubtitled import version or just a highly inflated US version - I'd even go up to $150 for this anime - this 2 episode ova anime that lasts no more than 90 minutes. But I can't. The only version of this anime I can find is the fansub - crappy divx encode that would be good to watch but not to own. And worse still - I can't even download and watch it - I'd have to pay $15-30 plus shipping to get a copy of the fuzzy little divx file.

My point? If you want anime badly enough, money doesn't make a bit of difference. I don't mind working a few extra weeks to pay a few hundred dollars for an anime I really want to own. I would *love* to see this anime imported and sold here no matter how much they inflate the price. Because unless they do (or the hongkong people decide to snag it), I'll never have any other opportunity to own it.

How much would you pay for an anime you want? Depends on how much you want it.

J-0080 · Post by **J-0080** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 7:58 pm

Moonlight Soldier wrote: But meh, it doesn't stop me from paying ridiculous amounts of money on the animes I want. I have a job, I buy. When I didn't have a job, I saved and bought what I really wanted.

Yup, and this helped me to find the best price.

If more and more people just watched fansubs or bought bootlegs than anime prices would be even higher, or companies would just stop importing them altogether. (Except for 4Kids of course, they need stuff that they can put on Saturday morning cartoon blocks.)

Cloud Clone · Post by **Cloud Clone** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:00 pm

Well, I for one pretty much can't dl from the internet b/c I have crappy dial-up. Right now I can say that it's wrong to dl from the 'net, but that doesn't necessarily mean I wouldn't do it if I had the opportunity...it's too much to ask someone to pay very high pricecs for something like this if it's available for free. Sure, if I were insanely rich, I would be happy to buy all the anime, but I can't buy nay right now b/c I just don't have any money. It really is a lose-lose situation because there isn't enough demand here in America, and that's a shame, but there's no use in creying about it. Life can't always be perfect. Just cope and move on. That's the only thing I can say.

RedFusionX · Post by **RedFusionX** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:06 pm

Just remember that downloads and illegal copies are what drive up the prices.

The HentaiMaster · Post by **The HentaiMaster** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:06 pm

Vlad86 wrote:$80 for 24 eps. sounds reasonable to me. I paid that much to get all 26 eps. of Outlaw Star.

People who complain like this should look at the prices for official anime dvds in Japan and be thankful they don't have to pay that much.

Cripes, people are getting so cheap these days.
"well this guy charges too much so I'm gonna steal his music/show for free!" Stuff like that pisses me off. If you can't afford it, don't get it.
Now, what I don't mind is sampling (Newtype is got a good idea with the dvd), wherein you can download the first ep or a single song (or a bunch of clips like Amazon does) to see if you like, a kind of try before you buy.

The only time I could see downloading entire series or albums off the be good is if the said item is out of print and quite difficult to get. If you can buy a legitimate copy new from a store, then you shouldn't be downloading it.

Oh, and HentaiMaster, I guessing you failed english?

Okay loock dude i dun't care that your pissed with ppl like me i can't aford it and i will see simple and i donot give a shit.

Second dunt get personal with me cos ei dunt give a shit about typing correctly ass long ass teh idea get's through okay and for your damn info i didn't fail just to lets you knwo that my avrage in english is 92%.

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:14 pm

I think $80 for a 26 episode series is the most they should charge, That's seems like a totally reasonable price to me--about $3 per episode. I wouldn't really even mind paying more than that most of the time... if I was recieving a quality product. But the fact of the matter is, I am usually very displeased with about every anime DVD I purchase. The shitty work that I've seen on some stuff that I've bought, *cough*Utena*cough* just makes me wanna puke. I still end up buying them anyways though T_T

The HentaiMaster · Post by **The HentaiMaster** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:16 pm

RedFusionX wrote:Just remember that downloads and illegal copies are what drive up the prices.

There is no smoke with out fire!!!!

the prices wer high all ready when they first came out and ppl realised what i trying to make you understand now.
example:

prise when anime cose out 40$ for 90 min footage
reaction of ppl like me "howly shit you carazzy i get it of kazaa"
prise after a while 50$
reaction of pp like me " never in a million years"

as you can see the prises wer all redy high and alsow if i wer rish like hell i would buy all the anime in the word with no hesitation but i am not filthy rich..... like they say "a poor man a real devil"

Zarxrax · Post by **Zarxrax** » Tue Feb 24, 2004 8:16 pm

The HentaiMaster wrote: Okay loock dude i dun't care that your pissed with ppl like me i can't aford it and i will see simple and i donot give a shit.

Second dunt get personal with me cos ei dunt give a shit about typing correctly ass long ass teh idea get's through okay and for your damn info i didn't fail just to lets you knwo that my avrage in english is 92%.

O_O
WTF? Are you talking about his ass?