Old, low resolution...

Those titles are completely new to me, but thanks for sharing.

This makes no sense. All anime with analogue releases was high definition before TVs could display that resolution. The problem comes from digital copies you find online using old codecs looking heavily pixelated since no one bothered to get something better in physical VHS release and digitize it with a more modern codec assuming the VHS qualityis good, likewise a physical release made more recent if dvd or bluray also may be better, unlessit was upscaled, since some upscaling ruins quality.

One wouldn't have such a problem if they didn't only rely on streaming or internet piracy. Anime officially released on physical media even localized below 480p looks and sounds fucking better than some crappy pirated copy floating around the internet that was even ripped from even some series at 720p in the late 2000s.

This is exactly why I don't waste my time trying to consume pre-contemporary Anime series even on Official platforms. Commonly too often, even Official internet platforms that are offering licensed series from in their library from the past are simply just relying on ripping copies themselves from Official physical media (A prime example of this is what Funimation use to offer when it was still around which was the "Soul Eater" series, which was an atrocious quality experience for someone like me where I just dropped it).

Yes it was pretty obvious at the time, that Funimation was offering "Soul Eater" for streaming but likely all they did was rip the series from official physical copies just to add it to their platform even if they were likely legally licensing the series to distribute that way. I know this because I compared it to the 1st official DVD volume release that I bought. There are no digital artifacts (at least not to the extent that was being offered streaming at the time on Funimation) when consuming something straight from an actual official physical copy being played in a DVD player.

This is why I really wish streaming would suddenly die out and consumers suddenly becoming more interested in physical media once again in the West. Likely it could even make Anime on physical media drop in price dramatically and more affordable for those who bitch and whine about how pricy it is for them. Some of the reasons why physical copies of certain stuff that were even extremely popular at the time that have been basically discontinued in production was sometimes so extremely affordable to find even in used conditions that are "almost like new" is because so many used copies were just floating around to begin with making it so cheap to buy that way.

Back in the late 2000s I remember shopping online to randomly buy some stuff on physical media just to collect and simply just resorted to a used copy of the complete "Desert Punk" Anime series, basically saving myself over two thirds of the cost I would have spent buying a brand new unopened set at the time. Where even back then the complete "Desert Punk" Funimation release to me brand new was already extremely affordable for me at the time from what I remembered.

Even back in the very early 2010s, I was able to snag the entire "Samurai Champloo" collection for what seemed to me at the time as peanut change to me. Though maybe I am not a greatest example to show for since I was rolling around in excessive amounts of disposable income yearly that I just kept accumulating at the time (most would probably throw up knowing how much money I was making back then for doing such little work in my opinion even if my life was just consumed with what seemed like working 90% of the time if I wasn't simply just sleeping or eating. lol). Where if I didn't spend my disposable income, my wife would take it away and pool it back in our savings. Disposable income that I made from my job was treated like an allowance that would be taken away by my wife if I didn't end up spending enough of it by the end of each month. lol Simply put, I use to make a shit ton of money in the mid 2000s to early 2010s with very little time to spend and enjoy it because I was just perpetually working so much.

Even today I will be driving in my car and random see someone having a yard sale and more often than not finding Japanese Anime being sold for basically pennies on Official physical copies. Such as recently seeing the entire "Cowboy Bebop" series on DVD. Quite frankly I would end up buy it if I didn't already own it already on Physical discs. In fact there use to be a time in the mid 2010s when I would just buy any Anime I found being sold at yard sales whether I owned it or not just as a 'side' hobby to see if I could flip it around and sell it for more money to make a profit either online or on places like craigslist. More times than not I would end up hardcore banking over 10 to 20 times more than the original cost I originally invested in but I got bored doing that so I simply just pass shit up I already own on Physical copies no matter how cheap I end up seeing it being sold at something like a yard sale (not like I really needed the money to begin with lol).

There is simply just enough really good Japanese Anime that exists even post "turn of the century" that was just never meant to be digitally converted or consumed in such a way. Where the only real way to really appreciate some things in this medium is simply through Official Physical Media unless one is just use to eating dogshit quality when consuming Japanese Anime to begin with. lol

@ColourWheel Desert Punk; that brings back some memories. I never owned that one though.

I can remember spending many hours combing Ebay for used box sets. I got myself a nice little polishing wheel for CDs and DVDs, and I could make beat up old shit like new in a couple minutes. That's how I got my Slayers box set; used for $30 when new ones were going for about $160.

If I had to guess, I'd say about 1/3 of my collection I got used. The rest I waited until they were going on close out discounts at Amazon. Back when I was once swimming in disposable income, too. LOL

I just recently saw it being sold on ebay for around 35USDs for the complete collection used when shopping for other things to collect (That is a freaken 6 disc collection, which is a bargain at that price). Just shows how many Official copies of that Anime are still floating around to this day. lol and it's not some random unpopular trash franchise. lol