Why are the short series' so disliked?

Trident · Post by **Trident** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 3:44 pm

ryuu_hime13 wrote:They change the main character after the OVA? That's weird...I've never heard of that being done before...are you sure it isn't just a followup series?

I really have no clue. I have it sitting on my computer right now (a friend replaced a hard drive and filled the old one up with fansubs for me). I should watch it.... it's apparently "Read or Dream" now. *shrug*

Reks wrote:This isn't the case for me... shorter series=easier to watch again and again and again....

And easier to collect. Eventually I'll be able to afford to buy FLCL or Fruits Basket (three and four DVDs respectively). I doubt I'm going to be able to afford the 130+ Inu Yasha DVDs. I wish I could support Rumiko Takahashi more, but in the end it just wouldn't be worth buying that many DVDs....

ryuu_hime13 · Post by **ryuu_hime13** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 4:30 pm

Ah, I'd wondered about that "Read or Die" and "Read or Dream" thing. Short series = much more lenient on the cash!!!! For the longer ones, I would rather wait till they come out with a "perfect collection" set on ebay where they stick the whole series on about three DVDs. Or, of course, you could acquire them through less-than-legal means...but I don't like doing that and we're not supposed to talk about it here anyway.

J-0080 · Post by **J-0080** » Wed Jan 07, 2004 4:40 pm

Shorter isn't always cheaper, for instance I paid $64 for FLCL, and only $52 for The Wanderers, which has 24 episodes compared to 6.

Jonathan02us · Post by **Jonathan02us** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 1:17 am

J-0080 wrote:Shorter isn't always cheaper, for instance I paid $64 for FLCL, and only $52 for The Wanderers, which has 24 episodes compared to 6.

It just depends on where u get it. I usually shop around and see who has it cheaper. Sometimes, i just buy it online because it is cheaper there (ebay). Oh well ...

Trident · Post by **Trident** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 12:50 pm

Well, there's also the fact that FLCL is six eps and comes on three dvds... *shrug* I'd still like to buy it sometime though. Now if I only had a job...

ryuu_hime13 · Post by **ryuu_hime13** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 2:35 pm

Two eps per DVD?!?!?!

You've gotta be kidding! That's robbery!

Yukina_Raven · Post by **Yukina_Raven** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 2:42 pm

I agree to that! If a serise is only six episodes, they should just put it one a single DVD, don'tCHA think?

ryuu_hime13 · Post by **ryuu_hime13** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 4:52 pm

Stuff like that makes me understand why some people choose to acquire their anime through less-than-legal means. Not that I approve.

Trident · Post by **Trident** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 5:50 pm

Like me, you mean? I borrow a friend's fansubs at first and then am trying to actually collect series that I think I may rewatch at some point in the future, like FLCL. But yeah--three DVDs is a bit of a ripoff--even three eps per DVD would be better.

AtomicWeezleman · Post by **AtomicWeezleman** » Thu Jan 08, 2004 6:10 pm

yeah, well, your dvd collection will look more impresive for it.............. but yeah, i expect 5 eps to a disk minimum, but hey, why are people like ADV going to do stupid things like that eh? why limit a series to just a couple of disks when you can get someone to pay for 6/8 instead??

Its the greedyu, money grabing bastard society we live in today......... isnt life great?