The PROBLEM with Collecting ANIME!

[@NorthSea_1981]

Yeah, a lot of that stuff is just ridiculously overpriced. It‘s the same here in Germany. Surprisingly affordable though in many cases are the Gundam Gunpla kits 👍

[@hunterhadouken]

These companies must think I'm made of money or something 😂

[@ChosenOne-il4bm]

@@hunterhadouken Why is it region locked ? what if i go to the states with my region B blu rays

[@IRLYT]

Still better than $40 for a VHS tape with two episodes like back in my day.

[@eliedoan9428]

I know right !

[@SerifSansSerif]

It's still a valid opinion. Blue rays should be about $35 and pretty standard across the board for a season and DVD's about $25.

[@ChocoboWarrior091]

Anime merch is ridiculously overpriced. That being said, the reason Demon Slayer is so much specifically is because of Aniplex. The entire 25 ep of Kill La Kill will run you 160 dollars and you can only get it in "Collector's Edition" form from Rightstuf. Aniplex loves to overcharge stuff.

[@oocloudoo1549]

Anime physical media has always been expensive. It’s now even more with the fact that physical media in general is dying. So it’s more of a niche hobby. Add in inflation, and well, you’ve got an expensive hobby on your hands! I collect but I know it’s not for everyone.

[@shadowmarez7457]

Blue Rays of 1 season split into 2 parts- $100 The Manga- $10 each, some of these manga sets can go for $500-$700 The Anime figures- $100-200 for a nice figure. The video games, cards, Merch... And they expect people to not only keep up financially with 1 anime, but They expect people to do this with Multiple animes.

[@jeebay5188]

Imagine this, in the way back days of the early 90’s when a fan would have to shell out around $50-$60 for two to three episodes on a vhs tape.

[@chennforajido]

Those were the years. Suncoast made a fortune with me

[@artthatlacksform]

Beat me to the comment 😂

[@dcanup98]

I agree with you, but what you want to do is go to second-hand media stores. I understand lower quality sets were made, but it's super hard to find the OG stuff anymore as brand new sets. But you can find older sets sometimes just looking through second bookstores and shops.

[@chasecummings1529]

I feel your pain brotha haha, college student myself too. I usually just wait and look around for clearances or special holidays where you can get a lot of what you want for affordable prices.

[@BronyumHexofloride]

it seems to be a uniquely anime issue, Here in the UK Chainsaw man Season 1 is being sold for about £40, i can pick up Season 1 of Game of thrones on UHD for less than £20 its insane how much of a mark up there is compared to other shows's physical release

[@creditguys1358]

@@Jord3965 Sometimes the Japanese Imports are a good idea since some have subtitles and are region free too.

[@SerifSansSerif]

Same in the US

[@Sn0wix]

I love anime Blurays but the prices are ridiculous im not gonna lie. The fact that I had to pay 90 usd for 13 episodes of bunny girl senpai is absolutely WILD

[@TheOtakuMike]

Lol your complaining about prices now. Try living in to 80s and 90s bro. We had to buy anime by volumes and we would get like 3 to 4 episodes a DVD. And had to buy like 7 DVD to complete a set. Anime Collecting is a lot easier now a day. You just need to shop around for better deals.

[@Nicanorthebest]

I was like, "oh a naruto box set I'd like that!" then I realized my wallet was empty...

[@hunterhadouken]

😂

[@stevo306]

collection 26 is the first blu ray release for one piece 1-25 is only in dvd

[@Blacknight6577]

When I first started getting into Anime I use to buy a lot of Anime and Manga and usually would get the whole series without much worry, but that was 15 years ago and that was through my high school and college years. As time went on, I started to buy less because my life gotten busy with jobs and starting a family, but also I noticed the prices were increasing while at the same time they were selling less of it. It’s like how u mentioned they sell 11 episodes and not 12-13 for $40 and IMO just selling 12-13 episodes for $40 is a bit pricy. As I mentioned I would get the whole series before for the same price or for $50-$60 and it would have 24 episodes or it would be one season with 12-13 but it would have extra things with it and not just the show itself. Basically, they got more greedy as time went on and people are just buying them like it’s nothing or they see it as “normal” when 10-15 years those prices for that amount of content would be considered as expensive. Either way, I still prefer hard copies of Anime I really enjoy and would want to keep on me. Many people would argue that downloading/streaming is the best way and in a way it could be, but call me old school that I sometimes worry when I can’t access the internet, there’s an error issue, a virus, or the Anime I use to watch I can’t watch anymore cus the company took them down. Oh and sometimes I could be owning an older copy that was it’s original content or something that wasn’t changed later on due to censorship or something stupid.

[@Acidonia150reborn]

Collecting anime in 80,s and 90's one VHS tape with like 3 to 4 episode would of been $20+ VHS was never both Sub and Dub on a tape ones sub only cost more than Dub too. Early DVD was like VHS with only a few episodes per a disc. All these took up way more space too. You have it way better now than it used to be. Also prices most places get are next to nothing compared to Japan has to pay for series. As for Anime Figures they have always been expensive. The cheapest ones are always Model Kits look a Figma chainsawman is £60+. The model kit version wth has same posabilty yet is taller is £45 and you get 2 Figures for that price.

[@omegashenron8]

Yea people complaining about the anime DVDs and Blu rays being expensive wouldn't have survived during the dvd/vhs era of 2-3 episodes for $30. So I don't understand the reason for complaining other than they weren't around to know how worse it was back. Buying anime on physical disc is the cheapest it's ever been. As for anime figures they were cheaper 10+ years ago. When I got into figma back in the day the average figma was only between $25-30 and a high quality scale statue would only run you about $80. Now days the prices have doubled and tripled on figures.

[@creditguys1358]

​@@omegashenron8 I feel like you're skipping an era of collecting Anime. Sure it was expensive with VHS, but when DVDs really got rolling that was the good era of collecting anime, more episodes on discs, subtitle options, extras like galleries and stuff good value for money, then we had Blu-Rays coming out and they had a bit better quality maybe a few additional things, but as time has gone on some DVD releases are just non existent only coming with the Blu-Rays. Not to mention they started stripping extras from regular DVD releases and only putting them on Blu-Rays, and I've bought DVDs from the same anime season with wildly different video quality, like the DVDs of How Not To Summon A Demon Lord look a hell of a lot more pixelated than my DVDs of Overlord III, seemingly to get people buying the Blu-Rays, which again you often end up having to buy sets that contain both Blu-Ray with DVDs, and not just being able to buy the Blu-Ray on their own. For me I primarily collect DVDs because I know what I'm getting at least with older releases or certain distributors, I have very few Blu-Rays because they're not worth the money most of the time, big collectors sets are the exception such as the Escaflowne set that came with the really nice box and art-book. On the other hand I also collect Anime on VHS, as that's how I grew up watching a lot of my early anime, which depending on the anime is probably equal to or more than what it was back in the day, such is the price we pay for nostalgia. But essentially sure it was expensive and takes up space to collect VHS, then we had DVDs which were pretty damn good on space and cost, then we had Blu-Rays where things have gotten more expensive and for many shows not worth the upgrade to Blu-Ray, but more recent shows they seem to be downgrading the DVD releases so people buy the Blu-Rays or just forcing you to buy the more expensive Blu-Ray if you want the DVDs because they come together, and you can't buy them separately. In short to an extent collecting VHS was worse than collecting Blu-Rays now but collecting Blu-Rays is to an extent worse than Collecting DVDs was, and DVDs were better in ways than collecting VHS and Blu-Ray was and is.

[@omegashenron8]

@@creditguys1358 I never skipped an era of collecting Anime. I was also collecting in the DVD era as well. I just don't understand how you can think the DVD era was best though. In the beginning you were only getting 3-4 episodes a disc and paying $30. Not to mention the quality was horrible for early dvd Anime. I have older Central park media dvd's in my collection that look like they were converted from VHS or Laser disc. I do agree that it did get better later on when they started doing complete sets and parted sets and the quality got better but it still wasn't as good as the blu ray era IMO. The Blu ray brought us superior video and audio quality as well as the ability to put more episodes on a disc. On what other format can you put 50 episodes of a Standard definition Anime onto one disc? There is no other, not to mention it saves you money and takes up less space. I do agree that the Blu ray era does have some downsides like many releases being bare bones. hardly any special features, no cool packaging. Just a blu Ray case, the episodes and maybe clean op/ed and some trailers as the features. Then there's the lazy "limited edition" releases where you're paying the extra money only to get an art box, some art cards and a couple of stickers(funiroll, Viz). Where as the DVD limited editions had more creative packaging and offered more unique stuff. There still are some companies that do really cool Limited edition sets like Sentai film works but they are one of the only ones now days. Another downside is the big companies doing less home video releases due to streaming and letting their older titles go OOP but it seems as if Funiroll is the only ones doing this. Overall both era's have their positives and negatives but I still think the Blu ray era's best because of the bang for our buck we get. 50 episodes on 1 disc for only 50 bucks? that's crazy. We don't only get a blu ray copy but also dvd? We're basically getting another copy of the show for free. I don't exactly understand why you're mad about blu ray/DVD combo's. Like I said above you're getting the show again for what's pretty much free. I no longer collect Anime DVD's unless it's something that has yet to get a blu ray or is OOP and never got a blu ray, and I always liked the idea of the combo packs because I feel it gives me more value for my money. I think you should really give Blu ray more of a chance though. New releases aren't even getting DVD's anymore unless it's something Dragon Ball, so you will have to make the move to Blu ray eventually.

[@creditguys1358]

​@@omegashenron8 I just meant it seems you skipped over it in your comment, not personally skipping an era in collecting. While yes early DVD releases were not great being released in Volumes with only a couple episodes, but many of those included things such as trailers, interviews, bloopers, production materials, text-less openings and endings as additional things. Also while yes early DVD quality may have been bad at times, not all of them were, and the later into it we got Volumes decreased in price, better DVD quality, and as you said box sets which were better value for money. While Blu-Ray does Technically provide better video and audio quality, in most cases I cannot deem them to be reasonable enough of an improvement for me to upgrade anything I already have on DVD to Blu-Ray for the price. While you may not be able to fit 50 Standard Definition Episodes of anime on 1 DVD, but let's face it even if you can do that on Blu-Ray doesn't mean that it will be done, as such with No Game No Life the set I have contains 2 Blu-Ray Discs & 2 DVD Discs, both as such have the exact same contents with the only difference being the DVDs are Standard and the Blu-Ray is 1080p. If I bought either the Blu-Ray or the DVD separately they would take up the same amount of space as one another as they are in the exact same design cases, as such the combo pack takes up more space, and even more with the fact it has a thick outer cardboard sleeve to house both cases. See lack of Special Features is one of the biggest downsides to me, as sometimes those special features on the DVDs would be things like full staff commentary over an episode, interviews or other interesting things. Lazy "Limited Editions" are certainly one of the things that sour my taste for Blu-Ray as they are often marked up, and for what? Stickers and art cards I can make at near enough the same quality at home myself with a decent printer and right materials. I can agree some do put the effort in, again as an example of my few Blu-Ray pieces Escaflowne, has a a brilliant collectors edition, with a nice box and case design as well as a brilliant hardback art-book, the art-book alone was worth the price I payed for it, since Art-books in of themselves can be quite expensive, but I would say it is an exception that stands out from the majority, of standard releases and lazy "Limited Editions". The lack of home video releases is a sad side effect of streaming services unfortunately. See the mid and late era of DVDs to me was when we were getting the best bang for our buck, as you got the show, you got interviews, commentary, trailers, clean openings/endings, sometimes even alternate openings, or sometimes the Japanese TV spots, mini-games and other special features on the majority of DVDs, not to mention many volumes release or box sets would come with posters or other inserts in the cases, it was brilliant having every volume of Ghost In The Shell Standalone Complex have a poster of the volume cover art to put on my wall. With regards to the Blu-Ray/DVD Combos there is a very simple reason why I don't like them, for me they are quantity over quality. Now when I say quality I'm not just talking about the quality of the content on the disc, I'm talking the physical product itself, the space and cost. With regards to the quality of the content, obviously Blu-Ray has better video and audio quality than DVD by default, but often older shows that quality isn't worth the upgrade to me, unless they are fully redone from the original film remastered, if it's just an upscale, then it's not worth it, modern DVDs often sometimes seem to be forced lower quality now so that the Blu-Ray will look better for comparison, and often as well neither the Blu-Ray or the DVDs included will have anywhere near the special features older DVD releases would have. In terms of the physical product most of them are just Blu-ray cases that house both the DVDs & the Blu-Rays, not including anything extra, unless it's a marked up special edition, in terms of space because the cases have to hold both Blu-ray and DVD the cases are bigger than if they only had to hold one or the other, in terms of cost it should be cheaper if just buying the DVDs or the Blu-Rays separately. Now in terms of quantity why do I need two copies of the exact same show? If I just want to watch the show DVD is just fine for that, if I want to watch the show with the best audio and video quality then I'd get the Blu-Ray. To have both feels like I wasted money on something I only need one of, it's like having too many play-sets of the same trading card, it just isn't necessary. In my opinion at the very least the best Combo packs are ones that have separate cases for the DVDs and the Blu-Rays cause then at least you can sell one of them, cause let's face it the ones that don't most people don't want to buy lose discs. Sure new releases might not even get DVDs, outside of the DVD/Blu-Ray Combo Packs, or they might just be Blu-Ray, if I want to own the show then I will buy them, same as I will buy anime that is only on VHS or Laser Disc, because the only other option is to sail the seas. Plus on top of that at some point it will probably all swap over to 4K, which again will probably invite more price hikes, and already some 4K releases come with unnecessary clutter by having a 4K disc, a Blu-Ray disc and a DVD Disc all of the same contents, and what is the point in owning 3 copies of the exact same thing just in different quality, releases like that show you quantity to make you think you're getting more for you buck, but really you're just paying extra for stuff you don't need.

[@omegashenron8]

​@@creditguys1358 No Game No Life was a show animated in HD though. Companies normally won't cram a dozen HD episodes onto one Blu Ray because it will affect the quality. Which is why it's only done with SD Anime. Good point about the thicker case for the combo's I forgot about that fact. Yeah bare bones special features definitely is a problem now, but it's really a problem the entire home video market has. Very few companies put effort into special features anymore. I am not really a huge special feature guy so it doesn't bother me a ton but I can understand the disappointment for those that are. Yeah, the special editions now aren't really worth the money. I'll sometimes grab them when they go on sale if it's something i really want but no way I'm paying full price. I can see your point about the combo packs being a waste of money but I personally don't see it that way because I would still be paying the same amount most likely if I were buying them separately anyway, so I might as well just have both even if I won't ever use the DVD's. I don't think the industry will ever move over to 4k only. We're already at a point where streaming is most people's preferred method and 4k is even more of a niche format than Blu Ray. They are also more expensive to produce and more expensive to purchase so I can't see them doing anything beyond Anime film's on 4k. Especially because the majority of TV Anime would look like crap on 4k as a lot were/are cheaply made.

[@ben99ny69]

Demon slayer in particular is expensive because its produced by aniplex. Aniplex is notorious for their prices and they rarely go on sale (from what i've heard). For example, to collect all of monogatari would cost you 1,300 dollars even though it about 100 episodes. Each season of kaguya sama cost 100 dollars (300 dollars for 39 episodes not even including the movie). Bunny girl senpai cost 125 dollars which is just 13 episodes and a movie. Japan and US have the same region. So if its expensive in Japan then so will it be in US. Otherwise people in japan will just import.

[@hunterhadouken]

Damn I can’t believe bunny senpai is 125 bucks….LIKE WHAAAATTT???!!

[@indieray64]

Love your video and agree w/ 100% of your takes. The anime parts problem has been going on for quite a while actually (Late 1990s or early 2000s according to my father). The Dragon Ball Z Kai Blu-ray itself was release in 11 parts (8 for Kai and the three final chapter blu-rays) before the seasons sets were made and I've reach a point where I wait months or years in order to get the complete collection or complete Season for the same or lower price than the separate releases. I do have one piece of advice for you that I personally found out 6 month ago. If you go to your local Wal-Mart certain anime get 2 seasons or even 3 in 1 bundles. That how I'm currently collecting Dragon Ball Super and My Hero Academia. To my knowledge this is only in the US but feel free to check it yourself.

[@hunterhadouken]

I never even knew DBZ Kai had 11 parts before they had the season sets!!! That's CRAZY!!! Also, I'm definitely gonna have to check Walmart now, thanks for the tip!

[@ReZel80657]

Blu-Ray region codes is the one thing i hate about buying anime Blu-Ray boxsets some of them are multi region while others are locked to region 1 or 2 and there dont seem to be a reason for that its just the wild west with studios picking at random if its locked or multi

[@hunterhadouken]

I think Naruto Shippuden Sets are being produced now, but a long time ago I was looking for them and the only ones offered were for certain regions. My blu-ray player couldn’t even play them.

[@ReZel80657]

@@hunterhadouken Since my collection is a mix of region 1/A and 2/B i used to have two older BD players one from the US and one from the EU just so i could play both regions, since i wanted a new player that could also play UHD and was tired of having two players i ended up buying a region free Magnetar UDP-800 UHD player for 1700 euros / $1825 US and yes it costs and arm and a leg but it plays everything and every region even plays SACD and DVD Audio

[@mt8956]

Having Blu-Ray player that plays all regions helps with that. My Sony Blu-Ray upscales also so my DVD anime looks great on 4K and awesome on my 1080p

[@gtxreaper9209]

Recently started buying blurays of all my favorite shows. Those demon slayer sets are expensive, but the quality of the video is the best because of Aniplex. They could cram more episodes into the discs, but then you would get video quality like in some of Sentai's releases. Depending on the series, i would rather pay more for better video and audio quality. If they cheap out, then the customer is gonna be pissed thinking even streams looks better than the discs.

[@wrathicusmaximus5005]

I have imported some stuff from Japan and their method for a lot of the “special” editions is wild. They put a 12 episode season split onto 4 discs typically. I’ve spent absurd amounts of money collecting some of the ones I really wanted that don’t have a subbed English version. I do enjoy the collections, but man is it getting pricey.

[@50TBRD]

Back in the day there’d be 2-3 episodes on VHS or DVD and they were 30 bucks a piece.

[@hunterhadouken]

WHAAAATTT!! How long ago was “Back in the day”? That’s pure insanity!

[@50TBRD]

Early 2000s.

[@reflexstudio2181]

Each episode of the original Bubblegum Crisis (there are seven total) was $34.99 on VHS. Gunbuster and Dangaio were $39.99 for two episodes. Those were OVAs, though. By the 2000s, anime DVDs typically had 3-4 TV episodes for $29.99. For example, a 13 episode series like Serial Experiments Lain had four volumes (#1-4 / #5-7 / #8-10 / #11-13) @ $30 each. So, while anime is still expensive, we have it a lot better today. Don’t get me started on how much laserdiscs from Japan cost (my Fushigi Yugi LD boxes cost upwards of $800 for 52 episodes).

[@hunterhadouken]

@@reflexstudio2181 WHAAATTT!!?? When you put it like that it makes it seem like they’re not so bad nowadays. But still…I don’t like spending money lol

[@Schrobich]

German Mob Psycho 100 blu rays are insane it's 50 euros for 6 episodes 💀

[@hunterhadouken]

SIX???!!! 😭

[@EnoYaka]

The dragon ball masterlise figures have shot up in price over the years.. it's really hard to collect with these insane prices.

[@camping11]

My pockets need a break from buying all these "limited edition" and "collectors edition" box sets!

[@trishial8212]

Physical media in general is getting prohibitively expensive, because the big companies want you to buy digital That way, if the platform you got it digital on ever goes out of service, you gotta buy it again!

[@Kinggodzilla16]

I've hunted down a lot of oop anime that have costed me a arm and a leg literally the really obscure stuff really hurt my wallet.

[@EnoYaka]

The 'parts' of seasons are so dumb.. MHA season 6 part 1, then part 2.. I'm holding off to see if they do more walmart sets where it's two seasons together.

[@hunterhadouken]

Exactly… I can’t stand how they stretch it out like that

[@SerifSansSerif]

Back in the day, 2 eps for $25 on VHS. Nevertheless, this is why piracy got huge. Streaming is easier than piracy, and that's why people aren't doing it. Unfortunately collections are the only way to combat dropped shows because of corporate decisions not to carry or for companies to go under (like the early 00's)

[@shaneoleary9919]

Ya I know your feeling prices of anime

[@FirstGentleman1]

It's sometimes much more expensive in Germany. They want 229,95 € for 22 Episodes Danmachi Seaso 4 here, almost no extras.

[@supersonicernie9827]

I’m trying to get the Dragon Ball Manga Box Set and the first One Piece Manga Box Set, yet they always change prices on amazon and are always either out of stock, (as mentioned before) price changing, or just flat out unavailable. I only want the box sets for both Dragon Ball and One Piece for the extra booklet, but since I have the first omnibus for both series, then I might as well just get the omnibuses.

[@hunterhadouken]

I’ve been thinking of collecting the omnibuses too for DBZ. I’m not a huuuge manga guy, but I think they’re the better option money wise. Plus I think the omnibuses would look dope asf on a shelf. I think the only downside is that we’d miss out of the artwork on the cover of each singular volume.

[@supersonicernie9827]

@@hunterhadouken I’ve been trying to get the Dragon Ball, DBZ, and One Piece singles through the box sets, but the only one that hasn’t had a price increase (to my knowledge) was the DBZ box set. And I’m trying to get into the Dragon Ball and One Piece manga series, but the box sets are really hard to come by. I think (for now) I’ll get the first 24 One Piece manga volumes through the omnibuses, then I’ll get the other box sets since they are common; and as for Dragon Ball, I think I’ll get the original Dragon Ball series either through the 3-in-1s or through the Vizbig versions. And when I get to the DBZ part of the story, then I’ll get the DBZ box set.

[@megatron111184]

Just be a pirate cuz that's fucking ridiculous. If they Don't respect your wallet don't respect them.

[@hunterhadouken]

Imma turn into straw hat luffy and be a pirate 😂

[@JeremyNoble-x6p]

Currently, ive been collecting the American version of One Piece. With 32 current collections at the time of this post, each one going from $40-$60, it can get super pricy. Naruto is the same. The Original Naruto on Bluray has 8 Volumes. (220 episodes). Shippuden isnt out yet, but its rumored to have 18 volumes. And Boruto has 15 volumes out of the time of this post. Now, i know i could just collect smalled 13-26 episode shows, but i want to collect long running ones~!

[@marktheshark2569]

I agree the only thing is with one piece now I don’t buy them if they’re above $30, if they’re more I wait till they drop in price own all 32

[@marktheshark2569]

Naruto I might buy the blu rays, I bought all the limited edition dvd for naruto a couple years back, i more than likely will buy the blu rays but I want to find them for like $15 a set since I have them on dvd. One piece I had the season voyages and then double dipped but found collections 1-23 for like $120-$130. I double dipped to save shelf space. I need to sell my voyage one piece sets.

[@stevo306]

back in the day you got 3 or 4 episodes for 20 lol so its wayyyy better today

[@Tharealjscott43]

Anime has been expensive since I started watching in the 90's and even more so now since it's mainstream. Cons, black Friday and cyber Monday is the best time to buy

[@damienowen1418]

Yo, just subscribed - nice content. Completely believe what you're saying is totally true. I've been "trying" to collect anime figures, manga and dvds/blu-rays for the last 10 years and I've definitely noticed the prices just increasing over time, especially when certain series become more and more popular. It's incredible what you could get in the late naughties/early 2010s at the price some things were. Regarding your Naruto figure - I believe that it is legit. It looks to be a Banpresto figure part of the Gradista line. I've got a Kakashi with the same "foot stand" at the bottom and it's leaning forward and barely stands. Sounds about right the price as well.

[@hunterhadouken]

I appreciate the support man! It’s good to know that my figure’s probably legit too! Maybe I can try to post it up against something to fix the standing issue.

[@32_movies]

As much as I love collecting anime on physical media, the cost is definitely the part I dislike. Thankfully, I've been able to find many good deals, but there are some purchases that were more than I'd like to have paid haha

[@hunterhadouken]

that's exactly how I feel about my demon slayer blu-rays lol. They were worth it, but dang it hurt my wallet. I'm afraid of physical prices rising since Crunchyroll recently announced that they'd be increasing their subscription prices soon, we'll have to see though

[@32_movies]

@@hunterhadouken Yeah, it'll be interesting to see how that plays out for sure!

[@Andrew-xx-s4d]

Just stumbled upon this video and you hit all the right points bro. The prices are insane for anime, you think demon slayer is high then try the fate series. I had to pay almost 200 bucks to get just 25 episodes!!! Now it did come with an artbook and other things but still collecting for anime is truly for the hardcore that must have it. The only way I could afford this is to save money and buy my titles in phases. Also, I had to do lots of math and calculations to find the best deals lol. I loved the video man keep up the good work.

[@hunterhadouken]

Thank you! I appreciate the support! And WHAATT!! 200 bucks for 25 episodes???? That’s wild lol 😭 it always feels worth it when I display everything on a shelf, but man my wallet sure takes a beating

[@Cravun]

This shit got so bad im out here making my own blurays

[@hunterhadouken]

😂

[@blakedavis2447]

I pretty much only buy stuff when it’s on sale or if it’s used for considerably less.

[@hunterhadouken]

Yea, that’s looking like the best option at the moment

[@dundy7845]

We honestly have it made Now compared to People who were collecting Anime back in the Late 90s-Mid 2000s; I Have Some Anime VHS Tapes and DVDs from that Time Period that only have 3 Episodes at Minimum. Some had 5 If you were Lucky; Hell sometimes it was only 2 Episodes like it was when ADV Originally Released Gantz and these older DVD Releases went for the Same Prices as the Season Sets on Blu-Ray we have today. I Have the Entire Frieza Saga of DBZ on VHS in a Boxset and it's 10 Tapes, I Can only Imagine how much that Boxset Cost at Retail when it was new.

[@IriaChannel]

Back in the 90s anime VHS and DVDs were 3 episodes for $30... lol I collected much of DBZ, all of Cowboy Bebop, Yu Yu Hakusho and Ranma this way and it was brutal. So for me, being nearly 40 years old the pricing of anime feels fantastic these days. However, I completely agree with the spines of the cases... I can't have my shelf lookin that way. In general I hate that I can't pace myself collecting a series, because often the specific run I'm collecting goes out of print and then I have to rebuy. I have the Japanese Dragon Boxes, but it's really frustrating that a definitive American release STILL hasn't happened.. I've been waiting 30+ years. No new/good blu-ray set of original Dragon Ball, or GT, etc.. I would love to have all DB/Z/GT/Super someday in a thematically consistent way.

[@hunterhadouken]

Oh yea! You just reminded me that I gotta finish Yu Yu Hakusho! Also, I just ran into the issue with a series going out of print! I was halfway through collecting a few copies of DBS before that certain set became almost nonexistent! It was a Walmart exclusive that looked awesome, guess I should have stuck to the original sets

[@marktheshark2569]

Yea I agree it’s getting expensive. I’ve been collecting for 10 years now, started pretty much my 14th birthday now I just turned 24 3 days ago. Now what I do is buy for the most part only 2-3 times a year. (For the most part bc sometimes I’ll buy a blu ray if I see it pop up on eBay for a good price) but I only buy reallly during right stuf and sentai summer and Christmas sales. I do spend a good amount though but justify it bc it’s only twice a year. Also along with buying during these sales advice I would recommend and need to do more of myself is really hone in on what you truly want/like. Don’t buy it just bc it’s cheap. Be a bit more selective with what you buy.

[@skyjmpr1227]

Amen Brother Preach It! You have to wait a year or 2 for the whole season in one set for 40 or 50 dollars cause they think they can make a killing on how they make their anime season Cores of 12 or 13 episodes per season. The BluRay doesn't exist for One Piece 1 thru 25, they have Omnibus of 3 volumes for 11.99 to 15 bucks for the One Piece Volumes all the way up to Vol 33 which contains up to Vol 97. Still will be 500 dollars for all the Vols. It's Why we're fans, side hustle after side hustle to maintain our love.

[@L0rdEsedess]

@HXNTER - The only way to save Money is to go for the Bootleg Anime Box Sets. I use to work at a Comic Shop back in the Early 2000's and I cannot tell you how many of these box sets that we Sold of Naruto back in the day before it started showing on Cartoon Network. But with being said they were full Seasons and for like $30 ~ 50 bucks ... also the Packaging, the Presentation, the Quality were also really Good as well. Much better than the offerings from Funimation.

[@hunterhadouken]

I live in the US, and I know that a few other countries have Shippuden broken up into ONLY 3 BOXES!! The problem tho is that the disks don’t work on American Blu Ray players, or something like that I think. But yeah, Funimation is getting outta hand with their physical releases. Bootlegs aren’t official, but damn sometimes their prices are tempting.

[@L0rdEsedess]

@@hunterhadouken The ones that we Sold were Region Free.

[@JPCollectables]

Buy the Japanese Blurays and you get 3 episodes for like $100 😂

[@SenorNavel]

Only buy series you love, otherwise sail the high seas.

[@liyenong2017]

They can price it that way because Japanese fans are just willing to pay more, that bluray price is nothing compared to how much they spend on their favourite gacha games lol

[@mt8956]

I buy anime Movies Blu-Rays but I don’t pay more than $20 For anime shows I wait till they go sale or clearance. Am keeping an eye out on Walmart & Best Buy since they gonna stop selling physical copies am hoping to snatch anime on clearance

[@hunterhadouken]

WHAAT!!? THEY’RE GONNA STOP SELLING PHYSICAL COPIES??? WHY???

[@mt8956]

@@hunterhadouken That’s what they had announced, that in 2024 they gonna stop. I believe Target 🎯 also is stopping physical media.

[@jakubBae]

I don't really understand the allure of buying physical versions of a show. Obviously different with manga because personally I enjoy reading it off physical paper rather than a screen but the show is basically gonna look the same as it does off any streaming service you use

[@hunterhadouken]

For me it started off with Dragon Ball Z Kai not being on any streaming service. I can easily find the original almost anywhere, but not Kai. So I bought it. And then I spiraled lol. It looks cool on the shelf imo. It’s kinda the same with buying trading cards. There’s really no point in having them, it’s just fun to have.

[@cakeman4527]

it does not look the same, streaming services have the broadcast versions which is lower quality while the blu ray is more polished and fixes a lot of the mistakes in the broadcast versions and also does not have any censorship

[@CarlosAlbertoGarcíaJiménez]

Because steaming services are BS and one day shows can be remove or change.

[@djibreezy]

so real for this

[@AutisticFloppa]

i have no problem collecting for cheap because im in england and ebay is always great beacause people do not know how much its actually worth or if they do they would rather sell it at half price then get scammed at stores like cex or somthing for only a quarter value

[@spidercolt]

I have collected the majority of Dragon Ball releases and working on One Piece and I understand your frustration lol

[@birdgangtan]

They are trying to coax you to pay for streaming services.

[@xXBLAKGOATXx]

If thats 13 episodes at max quality for blueray your holding 70gb of content seems about right no ? Arent modern video games that much and there priced similar i actually think some modern games are smaller than that plus anime can cost more then a video game hense all the merchandise deals like $20 would be a sick price for the 13 episode set but im also pretty frugal at $40 theres not much i can argue with im just to cheap that my only issue with it 1:10

[@jaybizz6939]

To be honest I just wait for someone to sell their collections for next to nothing. or at least a sale but i also trade anime as well thats how i do it anyway.

[@hunterhadouken]

No problem with buying used! Much cheaper!

[@jaybizz6939]

@@hunterhadouken its better to save so I can buy another anime to be honest I also buy lots and sell the doubles that are common to make back the money I spent

[@gamster96]

Germany is worse. Bluray sets are split into 4! Yes, A quarter of a season. And each quater costs the same. 40 bucks. So germany is double your og price. And now spy family season one will be split into 6. I am not kidding.

[@hunterhadouken]

Goddamn! These disks are capable of holding more than 4 episodes! Thats insane!

[@MementoDespair]

Demon slayer has like 13 episodes because the first and last episode is double the length of normal episode

[@nothing2069]

It's cheap. Compare that to Japan where you only get 4 episodes.

[@DubDigital]

Buy dvd. Its a hated media form but not that much worse than blue ray. its the only way to collect affordably

[@hunterhadouken]

@@DubDigital it’s funny you say that because I’ve actually started doing this recently lol. Price difference between Blu-ray and DVD is mind boggling

[@PHLE_Anime]

Season 2 of demon slayer is 18 episodes not 11 episodes

[@aaronpeterson9288]

i hav wanted to buy demon slayer for a long time i might wiat for a full series release

[@michaelcortez1531]

If people stopped stealing anime off the internet, it wouldn't be this way. Younger fans act surprised that things are this way.

[@liyenong2017]

I think most younger fans understand how the anime culture goes, anime is actually like a form of advertisement for the anime merch/ manga, if you want to support the mangaka, best is to buy original manga copies. Anime shows are like free TV shows in Japan lol. besides even bluray movies are so expensive, just anything bluray is expensive and treated as a merch.

[@mercurialblonde]

The monogatari sets are like 140 a season 😢 sentai are the worst at gouging

[@Zalis116]

Sentai didn't release Monogatari though...? That was Aniplex USA.

[@aaronpeterson9288]

you make a good fing piont bro

[@alueck81]

Complaining about 13 episodes costing $45, Good thing you didn't spend $45 on a VHS with only 3 episodes. Anime fans have it so good these days and still have the gall to complain about $.

[@hunterhadouken]

Am I supposed to congratulate you for buying anime in the past when it costed more? The value of a dollar has changed buddy

[@alueck81]

@@hunterhadouken Nope, I never said anything like that. All I said was how anime fans bitch about the cost of something that's actually cheaper and better version than what it used to be.

[@slaizen]

torrent my friend, torrent since the begining of the fucking internet

[@takeru2702]

いいね😊日本🇯🇵から

[@Moltageist]

amazon is a horrible price guide

[@Spotifyavc]

For one piece manga buy all four box sets and only spend around 450$ don’t be stupid buy the box sets

[@hunterhadouken]

ONLY 450??!! I AINT GOT THAT KINDA CASH JUST LYING AROUND 😂😂 also even though I’d have the whole series they still making more. Another box set would be probably be released after that too.

[@Spotifyavc]

@@hunterhadouken yea 450$ a lot but if you not the singles which is 102 volumes it be over 1k

[@Spotifyavc]

Lol 😂 I got no money tho

[@Spotifyavc]

I liked this video am subbed

[@hunterhadouken]

@@Spotifyavc thank you! I appreciate the support!

[@NarutoUzumaki-dc3li]

just download your anime and save money bro

[@hunterhadouken]

I like having physical versions. Just something about it seems cool to me. The websites that let me download anime for free also seem kinda sketchy, so if I went digital I'd more than likely buy a Crunchyroll or Funimation subscription.

[@Blacknight6577]

Call me old fashion, but I prefer hard copies than just downloading things. True they can be more convenient, faster, and arguably the “best” way to do this. However, what happens if there’s no access to online, there’s an error to download, corrupt files, or there’s absolutely no way to rewatch ur favorite Anime due to being outdated or when they add in new Anime and replace the older ones. Anyone who argues against this hasn’t lived long enough and/or has never dealt with online issues or has always been able to go online 24/7 and not even know that’s possible.

[@hunterhadouken]

@@Blacknight6577 exactly 😁

[@mercurialblonde]

​@@Blacknight6577yup. So many shows just get deleted forever. I buy any show i like.

[@bennydesu5807]

My collection is mostly pirated stuff, find actually DVDs/Blu-rays like this or normal movies is not possible due to streaming, all stores where I'm from stopped selling them a while ago and only some stores like second hand stuff sells them, but yeah you can still buy online, some issues you said are completely possible, but they are all fixable if you know your way, yes like you said who hasn't live long enough doesn't know the full picture, but these are different times, so different that getting an anime or manga is so easy a simple a kid can do it and oh boy they do. For online connection obviously you need it, but if you live normally, that is being financially normal, hell even poor families have internet rather be from the neighbor or a cheap plan, getting online is easy, you can even pirate on your phone/tablet if you ever need to use public internet, and once it's downloaded it's yours, forever, watch it anytime anywhere, no connection needed, for the errors thing sure you can get some issue like maybe slow speed, maybe not enough people sharing, if that's the case there's also another way by simple going on streaming sites and get it on a way I can't really say here but you don't need others and it works just fine, about the corrupted files, I had exactly 0 corrupted files because I don't get it from shady stuff, again it really comes to know your way and the best ways and safest which takes about 2-5 seconds of google search and then maybe like 30 minutes of learning, there are rules for this if you want to be safe and get what you want with no issues, best recommendation from me is using VPN, ad blockers and use the right places and tools, that's basically it, those 4 things gets you all you want, but I do admit, it ain't perfect, nothing is, still like you said, what if it's too old, too outdated its long gone, there are still very few places that got it, its worse if you want from a specific language or country, but there's still somewhere and if it still can't find, you could try ask someone of the community see if they have and even if you still can't find it when then yeah try physical but the chances are probably worse or you could try eBay instead of amazon plenty of people sell old stuff there its hard to come buy, and I know it sounds like I'm trying come down on you I'm really not I'm just trying to explain it ain't that hard to get like a lot of people think it is, but you still need to know your way, but what i can say is its honestly very easy, takes no time to learn and if you do still want physical media you can always put it on a blank DVD/Blu-rays, basically making your own xd, but i do still love my physical manga and movies but sadly it still pricey especially now, so this is just the way I do now, it's a little sad but at least I get what want most of the time, and sorry for the long reply too @@Blacknight6577

[@MementoDespair]

Buy the one piece boxsets. Nothing else

[@Kyriosv2]

Breaking: Buying stuff costs money.

[@hunterhadouken]

Breaking: it costs more than it should

[@Kyriosv2]

@@hunterhadouken The rapid growth of the anime fandom is completely outpacing the logistical capabilities of manufacturing companies to keep up with the demand. It doesn't cost more than it should because the demand is higher then ever. These prices you see are the genuine market value until industrial output can catch up. When you have 100 apples to sell and 10,000 people want to buy from you, you are going to sell your apples to the highest bidders. It is quite literally supply and demand. So no, it does not cost more then it should. The cost is appropriate to the median of popularity/scarcity of the product.

[@Kyriosv2]

@@hunterhadouken Even beyond that, you can buy cheap figures for 20 bucks, and cheap cards for literal cents. The figures/cards you see going for hundreds of dollars are simply made with better materials and are more quality as a result, leading to said prices. Again, also in conjunction with the median of popularity/scarcity.

[@hunterhadouken]

@@Kyriosv2 personally…for me. That’s the whole point of the video. It costs more than I’m willing to pay for it. Supply and demand doesn’t take into account how much money I have in my own wallet.

[@Kyriosv2]

@@hunterhadouken I see what you're saying and I'm not going to sit here and say "no you're wrong it is worth it" but if you aren't willing to buy it then someone else will. This issue mostly affects the media scene, specifically blu rays. There are at least budget, less quality options for figures, cards and things of that nature. Personally, you could never catch me spending upwards of 50 bucks on a single season of a show that has 4 seasons. I don't think that's worth it to me, but that is the genuine "fair" market price when you factor in how much is made vs how much is wanted.

[@AlisonsteWWart]

Your One piece argument was weak but everything else is on point anime is overpriced.

[@Ernstover]

Sorry buddy your Naruto figure seems fake

[@hunterhadouken]

😭😭😭 it’s so weird how it doesn’t stand easily

[@xXBLAKGOATXx]

Uhhhhhhhhhh that says $32 technically $31.99 1:15

[@xXBLAKGOATXx]

2:11 jeeez its so hard to get through your video your opinion is so poor and unknowledgeable at 11 episodes per disk your looking at a 3gb per episode which honestly sounds about right like theres still a decent amount of compression going on with the encoding but at least you gotten to some decent quality blue ray im pretty sure 1 punch man is of similar size and it looks amazing like why would you buy blue ray if it wasnt for the quality upgrade clearly you sound like someone who should be collecting dvds or at least do some research before you start collecting anything

[@hunterhadouken]

@@xXBLAKGOATXx I just wanna pay less for stuff bro, nothing more to it. Idc about disk compression and all that, 11 episodes for 40 dollars will NEVER be a good deal, especially when some blu ray box sets have double the episode count for that price

[@sallehodell]

@@hunterhadouken Season 2 of demon slayer actually equals the runtime of part 1 of season 1 because the first ep is 2.5X the length of a normal ep and ep 11 equals 1.5X the length