| Hmm, I guess it depends on the month, and if I'm saving for anything. I pretty much only buy manga, so my budget is dependent on what new releases are out when I have cash. but now I'm trying to raise money for a summer trip, so my manga funds are down to about $20-$40 per month |
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selective_yellow said: I am poor. I spend 50-150 on manga a month. +random other things sometimes xD You're not poor SY =( If I really could (meaning if I had the money), I could see myself spending around 40-50 dollars a month. However as of now I'm dirt poor, so my budget is 0... |
| hm... only anime related stuff i've spent my money on so far is... pokemon merchandise? and that was years ago... i dont usually spend money on anime, i print my own posters and i make my own calendars... manga and anime from sub and translating groups... what else... oyea, i need figures... wow, so thats what i was missing |
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| oh if it's pokemon and yugioh merchandise when i was a kid probably spent 300+ dollars on that shit X_X |
Xjellocross said: oh if it's pokemon and yugioh merchandise when i was a kid probably spent 300+ dollars on that shit X_X Was never into Yugioh, but I was literally obsessed with Pokemon. Whenever I got 5 bucks from something they would go straight to a pack of cards (I collected only Japanese cards back then as they had some of the newer stuff, though I was like 6 and I couldn't read it.) |
| spending like $100 a year. im POOR. |
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| ~$6-7/month for ***.com (for DD) |
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Karura said: Xjellocross said: oh if it's pokemon and yugioh merchandise when i was a kid probably spent 300+ dollars on that shit X_X Was never into Yugioh, but I was literally obsessed with Pokemon. Whenever I got 5 bucks from something they would go straight to a pack of cards (I collected only Japanese cards back then as they had some of the newer stuff, though I was like 6 and I couldn't read it.) oo totally forgot about those days.. damn! i must've spent atleast 400$ just on pokemon then another 100$ on yugioh.. funny thing is I still have all the cards lol.. might be worth something 40 years from now =) |
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Fara7 said: I have never ever ever spent on anime :P Why are all people who pirate anime so proud of it? Honestly. That isn't a rhetorical question. Why do you take pride in not helping out an industry you claim to be a fan of? |
 Also known as Monster in a box, but I hate that handle...and it doesn't fit here. |
| Who says we're proud of it? I for one, just can't afford to buy DVDs. It also doesn't help that I have way more respect for fansubbers than licensing companies. |
| $0 for anime too much for manga...it can get up to $200/month if i have the money -_-* |
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| i think the most i spent was $700 in one day, when i was first starting my collection after i got out of high school and had a bunch of money that i never spent. now i cant find anime that i want on dvd in stores around where i live anymore. but id say maybe $200 a month, if i could find some. |
ellowelJan 16, 2008 6:31 AM
| Well "we" fansubbers, me anyway, I only torrent all the shows that are not licensed at any time, I don't download shows that are licensed over here (aside from One Piece, Naruto, Bleach etc...the big ones) I dro-pped Death Note when I heard it was as well as Gurren Lagann, and will pick it up all the way through and finish it over here, I started my thing in 04, no job, no allowence, no nice parents, and only could torrent things at my cousins, so I did, and I do A LOT, every show every season I gotta try and grab all of it, when oneis grabbed in thhe middle of my truck through it, I stop, and now I have job and am currently running myself in the hole with anime purchases, I mean I've had a job for 4 months, 1000 bucks on anime so far with my money, and not to mention any Christmas/Birthday money I get from whoever, so any fansub (can be) just someone who can't buy anime or watch it on TV and so we fansub, but I do both and will forever. |
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| I think you people might've misunderstood me a little. I have no issues with fansubbing, and if you can't afford to buy anime that's totally understandable too. But in topics like this I see an awful lot of posts like the one I quoted. People saying they've never spent a penny on anime, and following it up with an emote that implies that they're happy with their decision to not help out the industry. It bugs me, but then again what doesn't. |
Also known as Monster in a box, but I hate that handle...and it doesn't fit here. |
| My anime budget is pretty much whats left over after Books/Videogames/going out/food. Id say its ranges from 70-120$ a month. (I usually buy a complete collection rather than individual dvds.) I probably only pay for a bout 5-10% of the anime I watch. |
RolexJan 16, 2008 2:08 PM
iwatch2muchanime said: Well "we" fansubbers, me anyway, I only torrent all the shows that are not licensed at any time, I don't download shows that are licensed over here (aside from One Piece, Naruto, Bleach etc...the big ones) I dro-pped Death Note when I heard it was as well as Gurren Lagann, and will pick it up all the way through and finish it over here, I started my thing in 04, no job, no allowence, no nice parents, and only could torrent things at my cousins, so I did, and I do A LOT, every show every season I gotta try and grab all of it, when oneis grabbed in thhe middle of my truck through it, I stop, and now I have job and am currently running myself in the hole with anime purchases, I mean I've had a job for 4 months, 1000 bucks on anime so far with my money, and not to mention any Christmas/Birthday money I get from whoever, so any fansub (can be) just someone who can't buy anime or watch it on TV and so we fansub, but I do both and will forever. That's probably the longest run on sentence I've ever seen, lol. :) Anyways, I spend maybe $40 a month on manga and anime purchases. I rarely buy disks separately; mostly boxsets or single disks if it's a movie. I actually spend more money on manga so my budget really varies from month to month. I try to make to Borders once a month at least. |
| Nothing... I watch online...sometimes i do downloads... And I never bought a manga...  |
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| It depends on what I want to buy. Usually if I get a box set, which are like $100, I can get maybe one each week. And if it's just a single DVD, I can just get that whenever. So technically, I don't have a limit, my sister buys all my stuff, and since she knows how much I like anime, she doesn't really mind. |
| I tend to limit myself when it comes to anime because I find that I can get more for my money by purchasing manga and merchandise. I can usually buy two or three graphic novels for the price of one DVD, though, I generally prefer manga to anime anyways unless it's an anime I especially enjoy. |
| $0 ._. |
| Back in my high school days I'd drop roughly $40 - $200 every other two weeks on anime (my budget back then if you will, only thing I really needed to worry about was paying my car payment and my cell phone bill). That decreased to roughly $40 - $100 every month or so when I first started college (only bought when I felt I could afford it). Note: both of these were when I was still living with my parents. Right now I don't have an anime budget. Just moved three months ago to start attending a new college, I'm currently unemployed because apparently jobs are hard to find around here, and I'm living off of very little money as it is. If I could afford it I would buy more anime but as of now I'm relying downloading and streaming anime to get my anime fix. |
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It depends on the month or if there are any online sales....about the cost of one DVD or complete serise is all I allow myself. |
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| While I don't really have a budget, my spending funds aren't particularly high either, so I have to use my own judgment and spend carefully. I usually only spend on anime/manga around 3-4 times a year (at cons or mini-cons), which is when I buy in bulk, due to USA cover pricing (or cheaper) and tax evasion. XD |
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| I only buy anime or manga if I'm going to reread it more than once (pretty art/awesome story=$spent). If I like the music in a movie I usually try to get the CD (if it's less than $20 or 30). I buy annually, if at all (at a used bookstore, amazon or something), usually I don't buy anime or manga, I mooch off a friends collection or something. |
Devdan said: Fara7 said: I have never ever ever spent on anime :P Why are all people who pirate anime so proud of it? Honestly. That isn't a rhetorical question. Why do you take pride in not helping out an industry you claim to be a fan of? Personally, I'm not "proud" of pirating anime. It's just what I do. Why? Well, yes, I am an anime fan, but there's a distinction you didn't make... I'm not a fan of the American anime industry. I don't like their product, or their version of the product, so I don't buy it. If by downloading fansubs I could somehow show support to the Japanese industry financially, I would. |
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url_elf said: Devdan said: Fara7 said: I have never ever ever spent on anime :P Why are all people who pirate anime so proud of it? Honestly. That isn't a rhetorical question. Why do you take pride in not helping out an industry you claim to be a fan of? Personally, I'm not "proud" of pirating anime. It's just what I do. Why? Well, yes, I am an anime fan, but there's a distinction you didn't make... I'm not a fan of the American anime industry. I don't like their product, or their version of the product, so I don't buy it. If by downloading fansubs I could somehow show support to the Japanese industry financially, I would. You could actually send money to the producers directly. |
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| Last year I bought: Paranoid Agent 1-2 Black Lagoon vol.1 Ninja Scroll 1-2 Appleseed (3D :S) So it's like 6 dvd's per year. I dunno, I buy when I feel like it and have enough GOLDSS. |
url_elf said: Devdan said: Fara7 said: I have never ever ever spent on anime :P Why are all people who pirate anime so proud of it? Honestly. That isn't a rhetorical question. Why do you take pride in not helping out an industry you claim to be a fan of? Personally, I'm not "proud" of pirating anime. It's just what I do. Why? Well, yes, I am an anime fan, but there's a distinction you didn't make... I'm not a fan of the American anime industry. I don't like their product, or their version of the product, so I don't buy it. If by downloading fansubs I could somehow show support to the Japanese industry financially, I would. So you're one of the many idiot sub elitists on this site. Ok. |
Also known as Monster in a box, but I hate that handle...and it doesn't fit here. |
| (totally normal reply) as long as its Kiniro Mosaic related my budget has no limit |
| KINIRO MOSAIC FOREVER |
| The only anime related stuff I own are my yugioh cards and a few manga. I don't like to spend much money on that stuff since I can watch and read everything for free. |
| 💀😭😂🙏 |
| Idk monthly honestly, when I was into it around a couple hundred a month but untilnow I spent thousands. |
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| 80% Animation 15% OST 3% script 2% directing |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Kafka, Fu Xuan, Jingliu, Topaz and Huohuo. |
| Rightstuff bud, rightstuff, it's the best place, especially summer and winter sell. I'm not really into collecting DvD's and Blueray, but I have a few, of my favorite shows. And that would be thanks to rightstuff, even if i need to pay shipping, tax for to import the package. When it's sell, it's worth it, as they sell out it for a good price, you can say no to. The thing that cost me a lot is figurens, especially as I'm into resin statues. My favorite character, Raikou from FGO, has a new resin statue, it cost 1k USD + 400 USD + shipping. That's a lot of money, a loooot of money. But my money income is not the best right now, so i can't spend money as much as i did before hand. But i would say i have no budget right now, i try to save a bit in case of a new figuren of my favorite cast gets released. |
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| My money usually goes in lewd images of Yaoi Incest / Yaoi Shota and maybe some other type of content. I can spent from 25$ dollars at month maximum, but most of the time just spent less than 10 dollars and then there are periods where I don't want to buy anything. Most go in savings at the moment. |
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| My anime budget is $0.00 because I stream everything I watch for free, like series on Tubi, etc. |
| Anywhere from $200 to $300 a month for anime purchases. |
| Don't know. I just buy manga. Like I did drop around 300 dollars on Golden Kamuy manga. |
| Go check out my latest review: https://myanimelist.net/profile/YeeYeeAss/reviews |
| 2007. This thread is older than half of the current MAL users. @D_D_DJ thank you for digging these things out lol. Nah, I didn't spend a single penny. I am broke, I am a pirate, and moreover, I am Russian (Russians are banned from almost all platforms right now) |
Nemo_NiemandAug 26, 2022 2:46 PM
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| Some dude really got bored af and went to the abyss of the forums to dig this thread out. Salute to my man @D_D_DJ Anyway, it's been a decade. I wonder where these users are now. I've never spent on anime as a pirate, but I purchased almost a hundred dollars on the whole VE light novel. |
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