02-13-2006, 02:00 AM
I think alot of your questions are covered in the faq but I'm bored so I'll help out anyway.
R1/R2 means region 1 or region 2. The world is devided in regions by the dvd player manufacturers. The US is region 1, europe and japan are region 2. European region 2 players can not play american region 1 dvd's and vice versa. Its a trick the movie companies use to fight importing dvd's from other countries. This goes for all dvd's, not just anime. Luckily the dvd's you can buy here at import-anime are region free which means any region dvd player can play these.
Here in the reviews you'll come across R1 and R2 mostly. R1 rips are the best. They have subs and english dubs ripped from the american (R1) dvd's. R2 means its ripped from the japanese dvd's which just have the japanese language track and no subs. So the subs of those sets have to come from somewhere else. Now the HK companies can make their own (which they most often suck at, we call these HKsubs) or they can use (steal) the subs that fansub groups already made. Fansub groups sub the episodes in their free time and put them online for download after they've aired on tv in Japan so us western, non japanese talking people can enjoy the newest anime.
Now always read the reviews of a set before buying and generally the rule is you can't go wrong with a perfect collection. Its always good quality video and subs.
I'm not into cutesy anime so can't help you there.
R1/R2 means region 1 or region 2. The world is devided in regions by the dvd player manufacturers. The US is region 1, europe and japan are region 2. European region 2 players can not play american region 1 dvd's and vice versa. Its a trick the movie companies use to fight importing dvd's from other countries. This goes for all dvd's, not just anime. Luckily the dvd's you can buy here at import-anime are region free which means any region dvd player can play these.
Here in the reviews you'll come across R1 and R2 mostly. R1 rips are the best. They have subs and english dubs ripped from the american (R1) dvd's. R2 means its ripped from the japanese dvd's which just have the japanese language track and no subs. So the subs of those sets have to come from somewhere else. Now the HK companies can make their own (which they most often suck at, we call these HKsubs) or they can use (steal) the subs that fansub groups already made. Fansub groups sub the episodes in their free time and put them online for download after they've aired on tv in Japan so us western, non japanese talking people can enjoy the newest anime.
Now always read the reviews of a set before buying and generally the rule is you can't go wrong with a perfect collection. Its always good quality video and subs.
I'm not into cutesy anime so can't help you there.