What place do you go to shop for Anime online?

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What place do you go to shop for Anime online?

Postby Bushido Philosopher » Mon Dec 16, 2002 11:19 pm

I'm sort of looking for a place that I like. Of course I would want things cheaper, but then I also don't want some weird 2nd world independant dealer either. I never could trust those kinds of people....ionno, go figure. :?

So can you guys list all of the places that you shop at?

Oh, one more thing. I'm also looking for video game OSTs and such. So if you have any video game related stores then please list those as well.

Thanks for any help. I really appreciate it. :D
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Postby Laniz » Mon Dec 16, 2002 11:22 pm

well u can get soem nice crap off e-bay...but then again it's never dependible. not really sure about web sellers they usualy con artist trying to rape u. i usualy just shop at EB, triple play and micro play.
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Postby Aetherfukz » Tue Dec 17, 2002 2:06 am

Well, I used to shop at Amazon, but I found something much much cheaper. www.deepdiscountdvd.com - they have a cool collection of Anime, and for a really cool price. Plus the shipment arrived 8 business days later (hey, I live in Austria/EU, so that's really not bad!)
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Postby Timelessblurr » Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:47 am

I noramly us www.animenation.com. I also use www.bn.com to most of my mangas
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Postby Chaos Angel » Tue Dec 17, 2002 10:57 am

I shop at www.bestprices.com pretty much exclusively.
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Postby Jace Tsunami » Wed Dec 18, 2002 10:30 pm

animenation just to redeem my affilites commision, and if there's something I can't find any where else. although for un beatable prices

prepare to be ood and awed

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Postby Jace Tsunami » Wed Dec 18, 2002 10:40 pm

trigun boxset on dvd $41.99, cowboy bebop boxset on dvd $41.99, there's more. They also have japonese dvds. Not domestic, but the dvds they sell there, with english only offered as a subtitle, and chinese as well. It's a pretty decent site. If you're only intrested in footage you could probably buy the entire japonese series for dirt cheap. Escaflowne was under 40 dollors, it's like 50 just to get the movie in english in the states.
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Postby Timelessblurr » Thu Dec 19, 2002 12:04 am

some thing just does not set right http://www.discountanimedvd.com/default.htm
it almost like it 2 cheap so I just have trouble trusting my money with them because it so cheap. There a thread someone were they say it should not be trusted. I never bought anything from prouble never will because of the same reason of it being 2 cheap
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Postby Chaos Angel » Thu Dec 19, 2002 12:08 am

If they're that cheap, they're probably bootlegs or encoded crappily or both.
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Postby Timelessblurr » Thu Dec 19, 2002 12:13 am

I think they are boot legs. Hell have the crap you can subtitle in chinesse. there no engish dub possible (not like the dub is important I just point out a fact)
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Postby Jace Tsunami » Thu Dec 19, 2002 2:38 pm

they're not bootlegs, and some dvds are japonese that's why they have subtitles in chinese and english. I mentioned that earlyer. Their selection varyies, what you find in domestic discs, they may not have in japonese discs, same the other way around. Like that escaflowne set, that's what they sell in japan. I mean we sell buffy the vampire and simpsons season one dvds for US here don't we? The really cheap ones there are japonese. How ever they make so much money selling those japonese dvds they can afford to sell domestic ones even cheaper. Those trigun and bebop dvds are not bootlegs, and really are that checp. Me and my friends buy form them all the time, same thing your spending over a hundred dollors on, only cheaper.
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Postby JustAnOrdinaryPanda » Thu Dec 19, 2002 3:31 pm

Jace Tsunami wrote:they're not bootlegs, and some dvds are japonese that's why they have subtitles in chinese and english. I mentioned that earlyer. Their selection varyies, what you find in domestic discs, they may not have in japonese discs, same the other way around. Like that escaflowne set, that's what they sell in japan. I mean we sell buffy the vampire and simpsons season one dvds for US here don't we? The really cheap ones there are japonese. How ever they make so much money selling those japonese dvds they can afford to sell domestic ones even cheaper. Those trigun and bebop dvds are not bootlegs, and really are that checp. Me and my friends buy form them all the time, same thing your spending over a hundred dollors on, only cheaper.


Yeah, I'm familiar with what you're talking about. I'm pretty sure they're the Import versions. I bought Cowboy Bebop for about $40-50, with the English audio track, but all on just 3 DVDs instead of 6, was all-region encoded, and it lacked the soundtrack. If you wanna buy the original Bebop box set, of which there were only 9000 sets issued, you're gonna have to buy it on eBay or something for a couple hundred dollars. :?

I'd normally buy the normal ones, but for Bebop, the difference in quality was minimal.
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Postby TaranT » Fri Dec 20, 2002 12:32 am

Discount Anime sells this:
http://www.discountanimedvd.com/dvd_detail.asp?dvdno=158

Which is a well-known bootleg collection:
October 5, 2001: "Archives of Studio Ghibli" DVD set is...
...a bootleg. The set used to be an eBay exclusive, but its recently moved on to higher profile locations, thus prompting a flurry of "is this for real?" questions. The set is 6 discs and is produced by "Anime Cartoon International".

Team Ghiblink sent a query to Mr. Steven Alpert, vice-president at Tokuma International (parent company of Studio Ghibli), this is his reply:

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We have NOT licensed to anyone called Anime Cartoon in Hong Kong, and these sets must be pirated. We have a reputable licensee in Hong Kong who would certainly not be involved in this.

I will be in touch with our attorneys to see what we can do to get the
sales of these on eBay stopped, and I would imagine Disney will want to do the same.

Thanks and best regards,
Steve

This quote comes from here: http://www.nausicaa.net/ (Search news for "ghibli archives".)

They also sell a Nausicaa DVD which is a guaranteed bootleg since no official DVD exists for that movie. Not to mention all the SonMay CDs that are in their catalog.
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Postby Alucard_FoN » Fri Dec 20, 2002 1:36 am

Well, I don't buy anime, from what I've heard, animenation.com has a REALLY good selection but high prices, and deepdiscountdvd.com has a lesser selection but really good prices. I think deepdiscountdvd also has free shipping, though I could be wrong about that.
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Postby Beefmaster10000 » Fri Dec 20, 2002 1:46 am

I mostly get my anime from Ebay, as I found some awesome, OFFICIAL REGION 1, DVD's. Just recently I purchased a brand new Saber Marionette J collection one from ebay for $14.00 USD, BRAND NEW!!!! Damn, was I ever happy, and I have finally started my Saber Marionette collection, too. I can tell bootlegs from the original, and I only go for the Official thing. I was lucky to get that Saber Marionette J DVD for cheap.
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