Postby KhakiBlueSocks » Thu Feb 21, 2008 12:01 am
[font="Trebuchet MS"][SIZE="4"][color="RoyalBlue"]Here's my Philosophy for Buying Anime DVD's:
1. Used is your best friend - Laugh if you must, but a lot of my collection consists of pre-owned DVD's that I found on sale at GameStop, FYE, SunCoast, etc...I hardly ever buy DVD's brand spanking new unless it's a series I really wanna see, or the price is right. Besides, the disks and cases are in GREAT are in like-new condition, and I normally clean the cases anyway when I get home to get the stickers and stuff off the covers.
2. Episodes of Three, Leave it Be - If you think for one hot second that I'm going to shell out $30 for a three episode disk, then you're out of your ever-lovin' mind! 4 is the ABSOLUTE minimum for new disks. I have been known to buy 1 or 2 used DVD's with 3 eps on them, but NEVER new. That just won't fly.
3. Stay Connected - I normally carry my cell phone and PDA with me when I go shopping. The reason? Both can access the internet. Nuff said. This really comes in handy when I'm out and I wanna find out about a series really quickly. I just surf to Wikipedia, type in the name of the series, read up on it, and make a split-second decision. Example--I was about to buy the Saiyuki movie, which I knew NOTHING about. I whipped out Blackie (my PDA) type in "Saiyuki" and, after two minutes of scrolling through the V/A cast list (seriously, it's like they got EVERY SINGLE ADV voice actor in this freaking thing) and the plot, I decided to buy it...that and the fact it had a commentary track...oh, speaking of...
4. Extra! Extra! - As you guys know, I'm a stickler for extras on DVD's. Outtakes, V/A interviews, Linear Notes, you name it! Commentary Tracks are my all time favorites. In fact, I bought Volume 3 of "Ganbare Goemon" ("Legend of the Mystical Ninja") just because it had all my favorite V/A's doing a commentary track together! I doubt I'll finish the series (or even find the other disks) but I also doubt I'll ever trade it off.
5. Is It Worth Collecting? - Self explanatory. I'm all for character development and plot development, but I don't wanna have to buy 10-20 disks just to finish a series! I'm space limited as it is! The only exception to this rule is "Thin-Packs". This is where #3 comes into play.
6. Box The Box - I said it before, I'll say it again. WHAT'S THE POINT OF THE FREAKING BOX?!?! I was in FYE the other day and I saw the "Eureka Seven BOX SET"...I pick up the box and what do I see??? One DVD and a t-shirt. Okay, what the heck??? What am I going to do with a cardboard box?! What can the box do that my shelf can't do other than gather dust? What if the shirt is too small? What then?! Thanks, but no thanks. In my anime lifetime, I've only bought 4 "Box Sets"--"Nadia: Secret of Blue Water" "Wild Arms TV", "Aquarian Age", and, just recently "Genshiken". All of these, while new (for the most part), were a great price, and they actually had the COMPLETE series.
And that's my Philosophy for buying DVD's. Weird? I know it is. But hey, when you're on a budget, you have to make sure you're making a wise investment. Not everyone can buy box sets at the thought of it.[/color][/SIZE][/font]
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