07-07-2004, 02:48 PM
Quote:Originally posted by Vicious
You Europe guys . . . I don't know what to say. You guys get the short end of the stick I guess. But you guys aren't really in Region 1 anyways. Don't they have R2 or R3 releases or whatever it is whereever you are that can be had for cheap?
As BeardFan says it's not that cheap in the UK and Europe - even with online discounts you're looking at prices of £15 in the UK (about US$27 at the current exchange rate). However, there are sometimes (online) sales and things get knocked down in price every so often.
The problem lies in anime still being viewed as esoteric in the UK (worse is that its forever associated with Manga because of the company) although the situation isn't as bad as it was 10-12 years ago. Anime is treated as more exclusive than World Cinema in the majority of stores and titles rarely make-up the items on offer during massive price-cut sales.
However, I've discovered that you can find certain R1/R2/R3 bargains if you make the effort to hunt around (often the bargain is relative to where you live - I picked up the first GTO boxset for around £30, which was great for me) and if you're actually prepared to pay for more it as opposed to a HK set. It's all very well to say that R1s are expensive, but if at the same time you're spending money on something else non-essential instead...