Anime Stores

Scintilla · Post by **Scintilla** » Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:42 am

billy_wires wrote:There's always the the anime corner store. Same prices as bootleg sites, but all legit. At least I think so. They also take money orders, which you can get at you're local post office (for those of us without credit cards).

Legit, yes, but nowhere near the same prices as bootleg sites. More like the same prices as someplace like www.bestprices.com or www.deepdiscountdvd.com ... and I got so excited when I saw this post, too.

Nekoboy Sal · Post by **Nekoboy Sal** » Sat Jul 10, 2004 2:32 pm

If any one wants a good place in Irland ask, I don't have the address, but the next time I go I'll get it. They didn't have a wide selection persay, but They just expanded last week. They should have junk now.

AMV_4000 · Post by **AMV_4000** » Sun Jul 11, 2004 3:09 am

hastings just had a sale on the 4th for their vhs *the near by one did* all anime vhs buy one get one free, $4... so i raided them.. bought all the anime they had.. there goes my tax refund...

kain2983 · Post by **kain2983** » Wed Jul 14, 2004 10:09 pm

this place has pretty good prices

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billy_wires · Post by **billy_wires** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 7:04 pm

Scintilla wrote:
billy_wires wrote:There's always the the anime corner store. Same prices as bootleg sites, but all legit. At least I think so. They also take money orders, which you can get at you're local post office (for those of us without credit cards).
Legit, yes, but nowhere near the same prices as bootleg sites. More like the same prices as someplace like www.bestprices.com or www.deepdiscountdvd.com ... and I got so excited when I saw this post, too.

I meant the prices for legit DVDs off a certain anime store. Of course bootlegs are cheaper.

kain2983 · Post by **kain2983** » Thu Jul 15, 2004 8:01 pm

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I never bought anything from the site so I didn't know that they sold bootlegs. I had just found it the other day and then I saw this post and thought I would tell people about it.
Sorry

AMVfreak · Post by **AMVfreak** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 12:02 am

GMM2005 wrote:Thanx, but i already have a place.

Its in a shitty 2-story house. The place is called David's comics, and not many people know about it. He has over 2000 anime dvd's and videos that you can rent for $1.50 (for 3 days) also has every marvel comics there is on sale, action figures, books, and magazines.

You can talk to the guy and he can order manga for you then all you have to do is go to the place and pick it up. The same with the DVDs. He orders them from a friend in Japan, and its very cheap. My friend got the Hellsing boxset for $45 (and its on 3 dvd's not 4 like the american version). Also the Evangelion boxset is $50, pretty cheap if you ask me. The only drawback is that you have to wait about a month for it to arrive.

how do you play your dvds
i thought that japana and US dvds have different region codes

bubblehead · Post by **bubblehead** » Fri Jul 16, 2004 11:38 am

Well, it sounds like a bootleg, so any DVD player or PS2 can play it (as it's probably region 0/all region). I looked on the Japanese versionof amazon, and it seems there are at least 5 Hellsing DVDs, though I can't read Japanese.

Nekoboy Sal · Post by **Nekoboy Sal** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 5:49 pm

AMVfreak wrote:how do you play your dvds
i thought that japana and US dvds have different region codes

Free Region Baby!
I Hacked my DVD player to get Free Reigion and MacroVision Protection put right into the user setup. I also made a niffty CD that I can change the backround of my DVD player to any thing my imagination can make.
All I did was take the top off my DVD Player and type in the Firmware chip name into Yahoo. Got results and now I can play Any DVD from any place!

I bet you can just take any chip number from you DVD Player and get some results with it. Mine was easy to locate because it had a big sticer saying USA on it. I knew that was the Region thingymabob.

Norcent is my favorite DVD player. Check it!

KirinRiotCrash · Post by **KirinRiotCrash** » Mon Jul 19, 2004 6:29 pm

I guess while we're on the subject in regards to international DVDs, if someone knows of a good place that sells Region2 discs at some lower prices, that would rock! The price sounds cool until I get into the shipping part ... shipping from Japan to my house is a pain in my wallet.

Having experience with a few bootleg titles that I have won in local gatherings as door prizes at university anime meetings (none I have ever directly purchased from a bootleg store, although, there might be some legal thread I'm walking on compared to actually buying it from someone), it's always questionable in regards to quality. I have found that some legit Region2 anime on DVD in 16:9 resolution usually gets beatened down so badly in quality when distributed on Region0 DVDs in 4:3 letterbox format. Additionally, the audio is downgraded to 2.0 if the original Region2 discs had 5.1 sound. However, those originally in 4:3 might be more or less forgiving in quality depending on the company who bootlegged ... but I'm not mentioning those companies on this board. That's up to you if you feel the need to feed the mouths of Chinese pirates just to research which bootleg company is the best. Someday, those bootlegs will be replaced with legit versions but for now, they just sit somewhere buried in my closet and gathering dust.

Anyway, I hate bootlegs. If I ever get a good paying job, I'm going to buy some legit discs to replace the pirated ones that were given to me and have a bootleg-burning ceremony in my back yard. (although, I might need to research the environmental hazards when it comes to burning DVDs before starting such a ceremony)