Marco?

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I still login every few months to see what's going on. But there's never any new threads.

It's not just HK's that are suffering, but anime as a whole. They messed up just like the comic book industry did in the early 90's and the same with trading cards. Anime became popular and they overflooded the market. Everybody wanted a piece of the pie. Companies licensed as much stuff as fast as they could to capitalize on it. But now what? There's not a whole lot of unlicensed stuff left for them to release. Also, they released a lot of crap during that time which left a bad taste in peoples mouths. There was just too much anime all at once, both good and bad. They should have paced themselves and the R1 companies would have been fine.

Anyways, I don't watch much anime at all any more. Maybe 1 or 2 series a year. Most of my free time is spent paintballing. My body has bruises all over that will not go away for a long time, but I have fun doing it. I've dropped in weight a lot over the last year as well. I think there is a direct correlation here. I've gone from about 175-176 to about 162-163 and I still want to lose more weight so I can be faster. And if you guys think anime is an expensive hobby, I've got news for you - paintball is way more costly.