06-09-2004, 06:01 PM
Well I just wanted to add in my 2 cents to this forum. I know people won't like what I have to say, but you can't please everyone. ^^
I don't see how this is all a big deal. So what , like pristine said you can get around it by buying from ebay or deepdiscountdvd.com. You can also use http://www.dvdpricesearch.com to get estimates on how much a dvd is going for online. You can also buy from http://www.digtaleyes.net, they have decent used R1's for sale.
The way I look at it is when you buy R1, your paying for anime to come to the US. When companies pull in revenue, it allows them to pay there VA's, make merchandise, get rights to the manga, and it allows they to set aside funds to buy rights to new anime. I think it's somewhat selfish to want to "reap" the benifits of hearing the dubb and getting the R1 rip, when you never intend to support the companies and VA's who work there ass off to get you that anime. I'm not saying you have to buy every anime R1, but you should occasionaly pitch into buying R1's to support your fave animes.
And I don't think that VA's do that well off. I talk to Chris Patton alot, and he's forever saying how broke he is. ;_; And he is a well known ADV VA.
But hey, it's just my opinion.
I don't see how this is all a big deal. So what , like pristine said you can get around it by buying from ebay or deepdiscountdvd.com. You can also use http://www.dvdpricesearch.com to get estimates on how much a dvd is going for online. You can also buy from http://www.digtaleyes.net, they have decent used R1's for sale.
The way I look at it is when you buy R1, your paying for anime to come to the US. When companies pull in revenue, it allows them to pay there VA's, make merchandise, get rights to the manga, and it allows they to set aside funds to buy rights to new anime. I think it's somewhat selfish to want to "reap" the benifits of hearing the dubb and getting the R1 rip, when you never intend to support the companies and VA's who work there ass off to get you that anime. I'm not saying you have to buy every anime R1, but you should occasionaly pitch into buying R1's to support your fave animes.
And I don't think that VA's do that well off. I talk to Chris Patton alot, and he's forever saying how broke he is. ;_; And he is a well known ADV VA.
But hey, it's just my opinion.