Forum - View topicImport vs Domestic
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PlayBoi
Posts: 119 Location: Cali |
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I dont get it why is it that DVDs that are imported only cost $10. While DVDs here, that take anywhere from 6 months to a year after its initial run in Japan, cost $26. Or am I mistaken?
Heres a site that I found. I can already start buying a series like Read or Die the TV for $10 per DVD instead of waiting 3 months for tha same DVD for $26, right? http://www.[This URL is a known Bootlegging website]/ So whats tha difference? besides price and better artwork on tha Japanese covers. Is it just because tha DVDs have no dub? Also, has anyone bought DVDs from http://www.animeonestop.com/ and espeacially http://www.[This URL is a known Bootlegging website]/dvd/ <--- Complete set heaven at tha best prices I've seen |
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gnollman
 Posts: 535 Location: Richmond, KY |
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It's because these DVDs are bootlegs. Non-licensed products, for which the creators of the shows on them receive no recompense or income for.
These are illegal, and by buying them, you are supporting criminal elements and more importantly, you are not supporting the people who make the shows you love. If you love anime, support it. Buy legitimate DVDs. |
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PlayBoi
Posts: 119 Location: Cali |
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So your saying all import DVDs are bootlegs basicly? And ya I know what a bootleg is you didn't have to go pshyco. But I always wonder why it would matter is I bought DVDs from distributers like ADV that doesnt support tha people tha make it ADV has already purchased tha rights to tha profit in North America meaning tha money I spend on a $26 DVD goes to them not tha Japan company, creator, ect. Correct? |
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Nagisa
Moderator
 Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
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No, but the "imports" you linked to are bootlegs.
Actually, he didn't "go psycho" at all. You are the one overreacting.
You're incorrect, pal. ADV (and Geneon, Bandai, AnimEigo, FUNimation, etc., etc., etc.) are legally able to distribute anime in North America because they purchased the rights to do so and give the Japanese studios a significant cut of the profits made off of each DVD sold. To say they don't support the industry is absolute foolishness. |
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ANN_Bamboo
ANN Contributor
 Posts: 3904 Location: CO |
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Clearly, you don't. If you did, this entire discussion would not have taken place. Go to a place like http://www.animaxis.com and check out legit import anime DVDs. They cost around $40-$50 each. The US ones are cheap compared to that. And the reason why those ones you linked are $10 are because they're bootlegged. |
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PlayBoi
Posts: 119 Location: Cali |
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Well I guess thanks for answering my questions but really you people are rude and ill no longer be posting here im sure everyone, not just myself, will be happy with tha decision. Some of you need to learn to talk to people not think your superior to them, quite sad.
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Nagisa
Moderator
Posts: 6128 Location: Atlanta-ish, Jawjuh |
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If we're rude, then you're way too sensitive. If you can't take people telling you you're incorrect, then you really need to toughen up or you're going to get eaten alive in the real world.
You're right about that.
Oh but I can speak to people politely. Shame you got under my skin from your first post, or you might have seen my hospitality firsthand. I'd say your ability to piss people off as a first impression is even sadder than our coarseness in answering your question. But I guess since you're gone now, you won't be reading this. Meh. |
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gnollman
Posts: 535 Location: Richmond, KY |
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Rude? Psycho?
Man, it's amazing this guy can even log onto the internet, with skin that thin.... Good riddance to bad rubbish... |
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Godaistudios
Posts: 2075 Location: Albuquerque, NM (the land of entrapment) |
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I wouldn't even call that thin skinned. Perhaps delusional. You weren't insulting in anyway. If they figure you being direct to the point, and perhaps slightly blunt as being psycho, then the problem lies with them.
In any case, we are better off without that kind of element. |
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Former ANN Editor in Chief
 Posts: 2460 Location: Do not contact me for support. |
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If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all. Stay on topic, or else let the thread die.
Since neither were accomplished here, this thread's locked. |
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