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Nirvana



Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 4:49 am Reply with quote
Hey I've bought a few anime scrolls in the past... But I've been wondering... who does the scrolls benefit when we buy them? I mean does the anime company itself get the profit or are most of these scrolls bootleg knockoffs or what? because.. I've bought a few from like swap meetish like people and such... and the prices/quality ranges... (And hwo much should i spend on each scroll?)
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Zalis116
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2005 6:09 am Reply with quote
I've never bought any scrolls (I'm trying to keep the otaku-ness from infecting the walls of my house, with mixed success), but I have read that bootlegs & knock-offs are out there.

Check these sites, as well as other data in the "How to Spot a Bootleg" post in the Retail Forum.
ANN Retail Forum Post wrote:


Pirate Anime FAQ
http://www.digital.anime.org.uk/piratefaq.html
CAS Bootleg Guide
http://members.austarmetro.com.au/~mwhitley/bootleg.htm
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Nirvana



Joined: 30 Apr 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 6:48 am Reply with quote
oh snaps, thanks...

And sorry for posting on wrong forum, I DID in fact look for a retail section but i must've been blind and just skipped right over it...
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daxomni



Joined: 08 Nov 2005
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 1:24 pm Reply with quote
The second link went nowhere for me. The first link said this...

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Wallscrolls
It is hard to tell the quality of a wallscroll if it is packaged up, so you may have difficulty looking at the product. Both licensed and unlicensed wallscrolls use the same plastic mounting. Print quality on the other hand is often a lot worse, colours are often very speckly. Again look for copyright information at the bottom or a corner of the wallscroll.


Most of their text is so poorly written that this anti-piracy page almost looks like a pirate version of a real anti-piracy website. Go and have a look if you don't believe me. Nobody who understands English should write like that. A lazy forum post is one thing, but a public webpage should be proofread before being published.
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darkhunter



Joined: 13 May 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 23, 2005 4:47 pm Reply with quote
Nirvana wrote:
Hey I've bought a few anime scrolls in the past... But I've been wondering... who does the scrolls benefit when we buy them? I mean does the anime company itself get the profit or are most of these scrolls bootleg knockoffs or what? because.. I've bought a few from like swap meetish like people and such... and the prices/quality ranges... (And hwo much should i spend on each scroll?)


A real scroll imported from japan will likely run about 15-20 dollar.

A bootleg one that you pick up from chinatown is around 10 dollar a piece. It's really hard to tell, but check out the colors and the label.

As for who benefit, if you bought the legit one, then it should benefit the license holder and the scroll's producer for developing it.
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