Does anyone else still.....???

romagia said:
dvd and blu ray was never the standard way to watch tv shows..

in pre-modern day most people watched anime just on tv..

if you look for recomended purchases.. when in belgium i saw an ergo proxy box set, which if i were a rich belgian resident with "gotta support the industry" mentality i would have totally bought

but the idea of recomended purchase sounds weird 0o

Holybaptiser said:
Hulu and Crunchyroll are not my cup of tea, since I am not willing to support the shows that I do not like and that is the majority of anime that air per season.

Holybaptiser said:
Have a fairly large collection of anime and an even larger collection of manga that is starting to get to the point to warrant an entire bookshelf dedicated to it.

CatSoul said:
Yeah, I do when anime DVDs are cheap and I have money. Really wish I would of jumped on series I thought about for a long time like Darker Than Black and Baccano before Aniplex screwed over FUNi.

I buy manga pretty much every time I have money, which is only a couple times a year (can't wait to be hiring age here) so my collection isn't as large as I want it to be. It's growing though.

Mamster-P said:
lol yea i currently have like 25+ series and have a few more coming in the mail

i only buy the cheap DVDs though as BD are FUCKING EXPENSIVE and i don't NEED 1080p lol

Marnie said:
I buy some anime. Recently I got Turn A Gundam. I buy Ghibli movies as well, would never torrent them.

k813zra said:
I have my favorites on DVD as well as box sets for many of the more popular long running anime but I started with VHS. Then again, I grew up in the sticks so streaming wasn't reality until my university years.

I still like buying DVD copies of movies and other shows as well. You can get some interesting finds when you go bargain bin diving! Though, I've seen nothing like that since moving to the EU.

FunkyNano said:
I try to buy physical copies of anything I enjoy to support the creators

Chiibi said:
I hate streaming more than any other way to watch something.

So yeah, I buy dvds/blu-rays of my favorites. My lesser favorites stay fansubs.

Dag4444 said:
I do my best to own copies of shows I really like, unless it's licensed by Aniplex and they try to charge me $40+ for 3 episodes.

KaoruMatsuoka said:
I buy some manga, but I've cut down on it thanks to scanlations. I'd rather use my money for figures.

logic340 said:


You have an interesting way of looking at it. I never though of myself supporting anime I didn't watch or like but I guess you are correct in that way of thinking. I will continue to support the industry any way I can. I hope we can have quality anime for years to come.

logic340 said:
In this modern day many people stream anime off the internet. I watch using Hulu, Crunchyroll, and Netflix but I also have a fairly decent anime collection at home. So I was curious to see who else still purchases anime on DVD or Blu-Ray like I do?

my current anime collection:
Baccano!, Basilisk, Black Lagoon, Choas:Head, Code Geass, D. Gray-man, Darker than Black, Death Note, Dragon Ball (Vegeta Saga), Elfen Lied, Final Fantasy VII, Fullmetal Alchemist (OVA and Movie), Gantz, Gunslinger Girl, Inuyash (season 1), Nabari, no Ou, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Noir, One Piece (all collections), Phantom: Requiem of the Phantom, Psycho-Pass (season 1 part 1), Romeo x Juliet, Samurai Seven, Shiki, Solty Rei, Trinity Blood, Tsubasa, Wolf Children, xxxHolic, Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (Season 2, part of 4, & all of 5 ), Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (all available), and Yu Yu Hakusho.

Also I am looking for recommended purchases for great anime on DVD. Movies and TV series alike.

Holybaptiser said:
It's not that I am particularly against the anime that is being made per season, but my problem is that these are simply not anime that I would personally support. I can enjoy a show (rated 5-6) but I would not go out and buy a copy of them. I have this weird taste that can sway ever so easily by the simplest things and if I ever really like a show, I think that as a tribute to the creators, I should support them by buying a copy. These don't have to be particularly outstanding anime, since I enjoy more simplistic slice of life series that focus more on the aspect of everyday life than what you normally get in these kind of anime - an example would be Wandering Son.

I guess what I am trying to say is that even if I say I enjoyed a series, it does not necessarily mean that I thought it was good, as contradictory as that may seem at first glance. A show can be entertaining but it does not have to be good? Yeah, I'll go with that explanation. So, by not buying into those streaming sites, which support everything they put on their site, I am not using my money to support the industry when they create series that I think should not be replicated over and over again in the most banal way possible, since that is what you usually get in anime these day.

And I have come to the point where quality anime is not my main concern, since I read far more manga and that medium as a whole has far more of a selection for me to choose from and potentially find a prospective series that is better than most anime being made. After over a decade of anime viewing, I have become a bit jaded about the whole "quality anime being made" and just enjoy whatever I get and hope for the off chance of a series pleasantly surprising me.

logic340 said:
Anyone care to share some of the best and favorite anime from your collections?

logic340 said:


Very nice to see that I am not the only collector out here. Anyone care to share some of the best and favorite anime from your collections?

Chiibi said:


Sure. I'm so hardcore for my favorite series, Full Moon Wo Sagashite that when Viz stopped releasing the DVDs (WHICH ARE CRAP QUALITY) I went to Yahoo Auctions Japan and bought the remaining Region 2 volumes (which was HALF the series). It's not subbed or anything but this is okay; I still have the show fansubbed and burned on two DVDs, and I have a high quality version raw stored on my HD for making AMVs and other graphics with. XD

If only it was released on Blu-ray...but it's too old. *weep* ;_;

Listing my DVD collection would take way too freaking long. So I'll just list my blu-rays:

Sword Art Online Aincrad (both special editons God help me XD)
Tari Tari (I haven't even watched this yet lol)
Kami-sama No Inai Nichiyoubi
Nisekoi season 1
Shakugan No Shana seasons 1 and 2
Zero No Tsukaima seasons 1 and 2
Kore wa Zombie Desuka seasons 1 and 2
Noragami season 1
Hidan No Aria

The funny thing is, I SWORE I'd never ever convert to blu-ray and then a friend showed me the difference in screenshots between blu-ray and dvd and I was "OH F*CK NO." and now there is no going back. XD

Dag4444 said:


Steins;Gate, Serial Experiments Lain, Kanon (2006), Ergo Proxy, and Selector Infected WIXOSS to name a few. I also have a copy of the original Ghost in the Shell that's old enough that it comes with instructions on how to navigate a DVD menu screen.

logic340 said:


I was hesitant to move to blu-ray as well but some have only been available in combo packs so I have added a few to my collection recently. I'll check out Full Moon Wo Sagashite I am doing the anime challenge so I am sure I can find a place to fit it in.

logic340 said:


I was hesitant to move to blu-ray as well but some have only been available in combo packs so I have added a few to my collection recently. I'll check out Full Moon Wo Sagashite I am doing the anime challenge so I am sure I can find a place to fit it in.

zombie_pegasus said:
Here's a great video about someone complaining about their Blu-ray purchase.

zombie_pegasus said:
Here's a great video about someone complaining about their Blu-ray purchase.
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chokingasuka said:
of course people still buy DVDs and Blu-Rays, it isnt some old idea like VHS's tapes, where have you been? its a pretty normal thing

zombie_pegasus said:
Here's a great video about someone complaining about their Blu-ray purchase.

Tettsui said:
I'd only buy anime if I really, really loved it and could see myself rewatching it a lot.