wow, look at the great deal I'll get when I buy kenshin

Wykith · Post by **Wykith** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 11:32 am

paizuri wrote:I don't know why, but for some reason I'm getting a feeling of deja vu.

Just because you won't pay for the anime you watch doesn't make you right.

I guess when it comes down to it. There really are only so many topics one can express about anime. For a lot of people it's a passion and they'll find a way to see it one way or another. To others it's just an interest and they could care less. And yes, others are so loaded they can just sneer at those who can't spend $120-$600 on anime a month. I say start a privately owned rental store. Stop bitchin', stop moanin', take it into your own hands and make sure you and those around you can watch all the anime they want at an offordable price. I know a guy that did just that. He was dirt poor and put his ass out on the line to start a comic shop/anime rental. I now watch anime at $3 a pop. and though I've yet to watch it, he DOES have the entire kenshin series and movies in their original japanese with yellow english subs.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 1:58 pm

To those blithering idiots out there who think that I am bitching about the prices.
I AM BITCHING ABOUT HOW YOU BITCH ABOUT ME NOT BUYING IT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO MONEY TO PAY FOR BREAKFAST, LET ALONE THE BOX SET OF EVANGELION!
And I know that the same people who are complaining probably download more anime than I do. And btw? you want to know how I get thigns like FOOD and a PLACE TO LIVE free? It is because I am still in SCHOOL and living at home with my parents. fucktard.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 2:54 pm

And btw, those of you who complain about me not buying each and every last piece of anime that I watch. You say that as if it's a choice, if I could I would buy ALL of my anime, hell if I had a 20 right now I'd spend it on anime. AND WHEN I DO GET MONEY, I WILL BE SPENDING IT ON ANIME!

Wykith · Post by **Wykith** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 3:14 pm

Who the hell cares if someone buys it, rents it or downloads it? Sure there are economics involved but the system remains the same. Those who can, buy it and those who can't, find a way to get it. There is no right or wrong. What's the big deal? I find it hard to believe people have such a problem with someone getting around the system and getting the same thing you got without filling some greedy ass with enough cash to buy himself another bentley.
Anime isn't an underground thing anymore. There is no threat of it dwindling away if the hardcore fans don't spend all their money on it. It's hit the main stream. From here on in it's anyone's game.

Flint the Dwarf · Post by **Flint the Dwarf** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 4:58 pm

CaTaClYsM wrote:and their logic is "If you can't buy it then don't watch it." And it is pretty easy to say this when you can buy the anime. but when you aren't swimming in cash you can't just up and buy any series you want

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I follow that logic, and I can't buy anime because I don't have money. And I don't download anime. I figure I can just wait until I have a job to pay for the anime I want to watch. I'm not saying I'm better than you, but that's what people without money should basically do. And I think you're getting a little too angry.

Alucard_FoN · Post by **Alucard_FoN** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 5:21 pm

When it comes to data on a computer, I don't see the problem with downloading if you can't afford it. I pirate games, for instance, fairly regularly. Usually they are games that entertain me for roughly 2 days. SO even if I could have bought them, I wouldn't have. Same goes for anime. I download anime, I'm not ashamed of that. I cannot afford to buy it. Hell, with how much it costs just to live these days, I'm surprised anyone can afford to buy any sort of luxury item. However, complaining about the prices of DVD's is not the way to go. I could complain about the prices of the games I pirate all I want, but you know what? It's not gonna make them any cheaper. The system I have works well for me, even if it is technically illegal. I download a game, and if I like it enough, I scrounge up money and buy it. If anime wasn't more expensive than games, I'd do the same for it. Scrounging up enough for an anime series though would be... nigh on impossible for me. So until I can afford anime, I'll continue downloading it. And I'll continue downloading it even when I can buy it, because there is also such a thing as shows that haven't been licensed in America yet.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 5:44 pm

and lets not forget shows that are ok to watch, but too crapy to pay to buy. (providing htey can't be rented first.)

kthulhu · Post by **kthulhu** » Mon Nov 18, 2002 8:32 pm

jonmartensen wrote:I don't care if you download Anime, I think you should just quitcher bitchin about DVD prices.

Precisely, jon. You trying to start a revolution or something, Cat? NO ONE GIVES A SHIT ABOUT YOU DOWNLOADING ANIME! I don't. You download it, that's fine, and bully for you.

But why are you continuing to whine and complain about anime DVD prices, if you're going to download the series, movie, OVA series, whatever anyway, since it is out of your price range? Is it because you want the DVDs (which 9.9 times out of 10 are going to be higher quality and better than downloaded DivX rips) on the cheap? We all do, but you seem to have entitlement issues or something. It should and must be be cheaper because you think so, and if it isn't, well, you'll complain! You want the jar of applesauce on the shelf for the same or near same price as the apple you picked up for free in the road. Not going to happen, and this is where the exasperation comes in.

Do you want the DVDs? Find money. If you can't find the money, and you download the series, fine, I personally don't care, but no one really wants to hear about it. IF you download the series, and then bitch incessantly about the prices of DVDs, that's where the problem comes in. If you have the series downloaded, WHY DO YOU CARE ABOUT DVD PRICES? Only thing I can think of is entitlement issues, like the fox and the grapes fable. You can't have that which you desire, so you rail against it.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Tue Nov 19, 2002 12:20 am

kthulu, are you high? did your mom drop you on your head or something? jsut to see if you missed my erlier post, I will quote it for you.

CaTaClYsM wrote:To those blithering idiots out there who think that I am bitching about the prices.
I AM BITCHING ABOUT HOW YOU BITCH ABOUT ME NOT BUYING IT, EVEN THOUGH I HAVE NO MONEY TO PAY FOR BREAKFAST, LET ALONE THE BOX SET OF EVANGELION!
And I know that the same people who are complaining probably download more anime than I do. And btw, you want to know how I get things like FOOD and a PLACE TO LIVE free? It is because I am still in SCHOOL and living at home with my parents. fucktard.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Tue Nov 19, 2002 12:23 am

I will repeat it again, and again, and again, until I am absolutely certain it sink into your head, I AM COMPLAINING, NOT ABOUT THE PRICES OF THE DVD'S, BUT HOW YOU ALL FLAME PEOPLE WHO DOWNLOAD ANIME, WHEN THEY HAVE NO OTHER WAY OF GETTING IT!