Anime Dvds are INSANE. Ft. Just Stop

[@SEGbruhproductions]

Easy answer for collecting anime: get blu rays used

[@ruthiekest3218]

I get them on sale.

[@rcg38]

Same, I just wait for seasonal, publisher, and holiday sales

[@ohgodwhy9853]

My answer is -Used -In lots if you like what you see -on sale -From Europe(Europe gets way better deals on Aniplex stuff than us, and sometimes get's way cheaper releases for stuff only released in limited editions). You will SAVE money if you buy a region free blu ray player, or even something else that can play your Blu Rays like a console. Here's an example: FMAB is out of print, and was way cheaper when Funimation released it, now Aniplex has the whole series for 200 FUCKING Dollars. If you buy a region free player, and get the Manga UK full series(like 30 USD), you're spending about that. You'll also be able to get other Aniplex stuff for way cheap. I got Madoka for 28, SAO for under 30. SAO goes for 160 dollars in the US, and Madoka goes for 120 dollars.

[@ChilisBabyBackRib]

​@@rcg38what are your favorite websites?

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

^ This a naive answer for very obvious reasons not least the fact the secondary market market knows full how to target and price jack certain series. Of course it's never a full proof thing and usually only works with niche collectors editions.

[@Otaku_Brian]

This was a pretty fun video, could you do a video showing your entire anime blu ray collection?

[@Hschlick84]

Remember when seasons normally had 24-26 episodes and cost less than $60?

[@Fate862]

Most of the time they were $60 or $50 for a 24-26 episode show yes. But do you remember that before that for many many years that anime came in Volumes. Each Volume had 3-4 episdoes each and sold for $30? So to buy a complete anime of 12 episodes or so would be 3 or 4 volumes for $120. Or a 26 epsidoes series of 7 volumes for about $210? Then later you'd get a complete series box set for $90. That was quite the era and one that was there for a lon time. I only had a vhs player so I had to buy Dragonball Z and other anime in tapes that had only 3 episodes each for $12. Anime is way cheaper thankfully as long as its not from funimation/cruchyroll. Aniplex being the worst of all still doing Volumes with 4 episodes and costing $60+ per volume its stupid but they always sell out and make money. Companies like Viz media, sentai filmworks and such do pricing well and deserve purchases. But yeah anime pricing was way worse in the past with volumes, I'm glad things come out complete these days or by seasons.

[@funbrian1596]

My favorite Anime distributor is Discotek

[@KonjikinoSora]

THEY ARE THE BEST

[@jeebay5188]

I personally like getting physical media for a couple reasons. 1) I own it and I can watch it whenever I want. The downsides are space to store it and yes discs can get scratched/damaged and you might not be able to rebuy it. 2) I don’t have to worry about a streaming sites just yanking a favorite show off of their site and never being able to watch/buy it outside of piracy. That’s just my take, I’m sure an argument can be made for streaming only, if that’s your preferred watching habit than continue to do so.

[@fullmetalfire8086]

I've been collecting anime DVDs and BluRays on and off since 2014. I usually only buy stuff on sale or if I come across something at a used DVD store unless it's for a new release of a series I really like. As for why I collect, it's because I still buy physical media anyway but also because with anime specifically, stuff goes out of print all the time when the licensing for that series expires. This makes the prices skyrocket, and most series that lose their licensing are also removed from all streaming platforms. Some shows will get a new licensing deal if it's popular enough, but sometimes that's years later. As for pricing for anime in general, most of it is actually pretty fair outside of Aniplex, which refuses to release standard editions. Especially when you take into account that Crunchy, Viz, Sentai ect. also need to cover the licensing costs while also making a profit.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

I like you ^ you're smart. It's kind of the same with me to be honest only I do with video games as well. Do I get the Season 1 or 2 release or do I wait until the series is complete and go for a complete edition? Do I buy a games launch or do I wait for the DLC?

[@anonymoustroll2432]

I wonder how the Hyouka dvd price will increased after the author passed away during the Kyoto animation studio arson attack in 2019?

[@ben99ny69]

what? I'm really confused on this comment Why would that increase the price? and the author doesn't work at Kyoto animation. And this was a few tears ago. It's possible the director passed away but I can't recall.

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

@@ben99ny69 I think he's trying to imply the secondary market will try to hike the price BECAUSE the author is dead but that never really plays out or at least it never lasts long. Yeah people do that, they did that with Berserk the PS4 game after Kentaro Muira died but it really didn't go anywhere because the series it was based on wasn't finished, there were better games out there and the game also sold quite well.

[@rcg38]

The two versions of Funimation releases are the original higher quality standard edition releases, and then the budget essentials version that only has the blurays with cheaper packaging

[@selfloathingweekly]

YO HO HO A PIRATE'S LIFE FOR ME PILLAGING AND DRINKING RUM IS ALL I NEED

[@ohgodwhy9853]

I do both. But the only company i buy Blu Rays from these days is Discotek. Fansubs and fanwork is usually most of the time superior.

[@rxzero00]

VIZ took away some of the original opening songs in Inuyasha in their Blu Ray releases iirc like the 1st one and a later one. Honestly, I would usually go for either the Discotek releases for the English releases or the Japanese release for my anime blu rays and Japanese for the DVDs just because of visual and audio quality for the price. I seldom go for the other English localization brands unless it offers good visual/audio quality like the Maiden Japan's Patlabor Blu Rays which is a good deal when I got it since it gave you everything except for that one ONA and live action from the 2010s which is good enough for me.

[@OtakuDoomer]

Sentai is the best with sales. Prices drop like a rock so I've gotten everything on sale.

[@flyinglobster9552]

Question is why are used anime in stores 10x more than used normal shows like for dvd I can pay like £2 for a full season of a show and then for anime u have to pay 15-20

[@AtelierOfWeebs]

The problem for me isn't the price, it's the fact non of them have Spanish subs, as in "I don't deserve to watch anime"

[@Anime_Gamer_WeebWeeb-zs6lt]

Learning a world language like English will enrich your life.

[@AtelierOfWeebs]

@@Anime_Gamer_WeebWeeb-zs6lt I know English, but it doesn't work like that, when my eyesight and my attention has to jump back and forth between the text and the video, it's just a pain if I have to add a mental translation for every dialogue at the same time, I'm Latino, I don't deserve to be gatekept from my own hobby because some distributor was too lazy to add a sub track

[@danielalmeida7382]

@@AtelierOfWeebsFunimation and Crunchyroll are American companies. You are not their target audience. It’s like expecting a German licensor to provide French subs. Maybe Latino countries should have their own licensors instead of having to rely on one from other countries.

[@AtelierOfWeebs]

@@danielalmeida7382 what, there are not Spanish speakers in America? They actually put german subs sometimes, explain that, German or french, but never Spanish, which is about 30% of the people IN USA

[@danielalmeida7382]

@@AtelierOfWeebs yes there are Spanish speakers in the US, and many blu-rays already come with Spanish subs. But at the end of the day, it’s an English speaking company focused on the English speaking market. Maybe you should have your own Spanish speaking company focused on the Spanish speaking market, kinda like how it is with manga…

[@R32GT-R_Takeshi]

I dont even want to know what i've spent on my collection 😂

[@Akechi_The_Phantom_Detective]

To be honest nowadays Blu-Ray is more of a collectors niche than anything and I know I've spent a lot but I really can't say I regret it.

[@Bloss2187]

I love the blu ray collections but won’t spend no more than $30

[@waifubreaks1572]

I got Madoka Magica for $150, used. LOL It's a barely used, used but still. Then I checked ebay and found it for $200. LOL Also you should have mentioned Discotek too, they focus more on older stuff.

[@themangaman9053]

I agree with everything you said

[@donaldcollins753]

great video

[@hollypinky7702]

Precure dvds are expensive as monkeys 🙊

[@tippy1731]

The DVDs in the Blu-Ray cases is an unnecessary thing tbh. In movies, it's fine if needless. For Series, it's overkilled. Why would I want both? If I want a cheaper option then I'll go with DvDs. If I want better image quality, I'll buy the Blu-Ray. I'm glad that Funi/Crunchyroll are separating Blu-Rays and DVDs into their own releases so that the customer has a choice. I don't really like the company (The Vic situation comes to mind as to why), but I don't think every issue on them are end of the world type of thing. I am not fond with a lot of Funi's prices, but yeah, Aniplex are the king of god awful prices. (This is why Piracy is justified for watching shows since some releases have bad prices and streaming services can be pricey as well. Piracy is also a good way to try out a show since you make sure that it's something you want to invest in).

[@superbn0va]

Anime prices are steep

[@lucidreality2563]

So the youtuber Just Stop fell off?

[@AutisticFloppa]

lol

[@brandongircsis]

You like Naruto

[@preacher066]

Naruto > Onepiece