Forum - View topicMainstream anime vs.Lesser-known titles
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motherboyxx
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i agree that Mainstream is a relative term. I watch some stuff that i don’t really consider mainstream (ie played on AS) but it can be fairly popular ne way. However most of my anime i get from Netflix and therefore has to have an element of "mainstream" to it . I think i pretty much prefer good anime and don’t care how many people like it or on what networks it is played.
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Anthony P
Posts: 227 Location: Phoenix, Arizona, US |
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I've been a netflix subscriber off and on for over three years now, and I've had about five or six DVDs arrive either cracked or too scratched to play. Every time, I simply report it as having arrived damaged, and I've never once been charged.
While it wouldn't be an honest thing to do, if you were to accidentally break a DVD, you could just report it as having arrived damaged, and the people at netflix wouldn't care. Netflix moves such a large volume of DVDs that they're not going to bother over an occasional broken one here and there. Unless you would plan on accidentally breaking a large number of DVDs, you wouldn't have any reason to worry.
It is really easy to cancel and re-start a netflix subscription, though. I must've cancelled and re-subscribed about a dozen times or so by now. |
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Ahiru
 Posts: 62 Location: ...just a duck in Oregon |
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Something that has worked great for me has been the local library. I've checked out over a hundred titles from the library so far. It's only slightly less convenient than Netflix - I can browse the county-wide system and place holds online, and pick them up when they come in. Between the libary and Netflix, I haven't purchased anything blind. I buy my fair share of anime, but it's all stuff I know I love, and will want to watch again. |
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pixiebell
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I think that Netflix is fantastic! I love the fact that I can try before I buy. I have only had one DVD arrive to scratched to play. I have had a couple get lost in the mail though, but they had no problem sending me replacements. I think it is a great investment, I have seen quite a few great anime that I doubt I would have had the pleasure of viewing otherwise.
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LydiaDianne
 Posts: 5634 Location: Southern California |
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What LeoKnight said! 
Just because it's "mainstream" doesn't mean that you will necessary like it. I love Fullmetal Achemist, which I would consider to be mainstream, but there are people here on ANN who would rather have their eyeballs forcibly removed with toothpicks than to watch it again. I feel that way about Dragon Ball, etc and Naruto. Everyone has different tastes. BUT, don't limit yourself. Try watching older titles, whether it's on TV, rentals or buying on a whim. I'm trying to do that myself. Some of the animation and sound get to me a little bit with some of the older titles but if it hooks you in...trust me, you don't really notice. Rummage around in the Encyclopedia, look at the publice "My Anime" lists or click on the "Random Fun" links for something different that you possbily haven't heard about or thought about. It might be fun! And if you buy a title and you don't like it, trade it in someplace for something that you do like. |
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jetz
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I'm lucky that the shop where I get all my DVDs allow trade-ins. That way when I am unhappy with what I bought, I can just replace it. In fact, they even said that if I'm finished with whatever DVD I bought, I can return it and trade it in for something else. I guess it's because I stop by every week, or maybe they're just nice.. |
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