Where do you get your anime?

Started by CloudStrife546, March 20, 2003, 05:24:44 PM

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Where do you usually get your anime?

Buy DVD/VHS/etc.
23 (41.8%)
Rent from video/anime store
5 (9.1%)
Borrow from friend/relative
4 (7.3%)
Download via P2P software (what software?)
14 (25.5%)
Watch them at clubs/public showings
2 (3.6%)
Other (what?)
7 (12.7%)

Total Members Voted: 54

Voting closed: March 20, 2003, 05:24:44 PM

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KimaLucifer

#40
November 17, 2003, 10:15:36 PM
I should buy mine for once, but most of them don't reach the U.S.
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Suspicious

#41
November 18, 2003, 10:51:03 AM
Oy, I was mentioned in the beginning of the thread, but never noticed o.o

I rent my anime, download it by IRC or BT, and I get random stuff sent to me from a guy I met online.
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ChibiSerenaChan

#42
November 18, 2003, 11:40:12 AM
IRC??? >O_o<

i dl half of my anime.. others are recorded from tv.. bought... or given >>_<< and yeah lol
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kei

#43
November 18, 2003, 02:12:10 PM
I download some and buy some dvd...

i'm no longer burns anime that i download and watched anymore since i'm very sure i don't have time to watch them again..  there are many others anime to watch...

Suspicious

#44
November 18, 2003, 03:00:09 PM
IRC = Internet Relay Chat

It's like many bigass chat rooms where people can talk and share files.
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topnotch97

#45
November 18, 2003, 05:33:42 PM
chinatown!!! there's alot of video stores around there. not only that i could get my hands on ASIAN movies like Korean, Japanese, and HK movies. That's where I got my Battle Royale, Volcano High, and lastly MY SASSY GIRL!!!!

yeah!!!
Retired from Fanime.
Thinking of coming back. :D

ChibiSerenaChan

#46
November 19, 2003, 10:23:58 AM
Quote from: "Suspicious"IRC = Internet Relay Chat

It's like many bigass chat rooms where people can talk and share files.


OhHHhhh i c i c kewl XD
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Barnes

#47
December 16, 2003, 05:56:19 PM
speaking of Anime Play, i bought an issue today. the magazine itself, to me just looks like a bunch of ads for anime (probably thats how they run their features)  and I haven't tried the dvd yet.
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gmontem

#48
December 19, 2003, 11:52:46 AM
Quote from: "topnotch97"That's where I got my Battle Royale, Volcano High, and lastly MY SASSY GIRL!!!!
Woo!  My Sassy Girl's great even though its abbreviation is MSG.  lol.  I managed to pick up the Korean DVD at Fanime last year.  :D

Anyways I get my anime from downloads, online rentals, and shops, although I haven't been buying DVDs lately.  I don't feel compelled to buy any anime DVDs lately except for the Nausicaa R2.
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Vanessa

#49
December 19, 2003, 12:14:12 PM
I buy the majority of my anime at voe.com.. But lately I have been buying VCDS. I know, I'm a bad soul, but it's really convient and the quality isn't so bad. If I really, really do enjoy the series, I will buy the real thing. I really did enjoy my Gundam SEED vcds and hope to get that series on DVD whenever it is released.

Vanessa
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mstingray

#50
December 22, 2003, 04:47:06 AM
BT on anime.mircx.com  i use the ABC client.

animesuki if you need to find a particular unlicensed series.

suprnova.org sometimes has some stuff there.

i have to catch up on 2-3yrs of anime i missed.  i stopped watching around 00-01.  just started up again.
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Sachiko

#51
January 01, 2004, 01:01:32 AM
Hehe... most are through friends and my own downloading ^^;; If I like the series a lot, I'll buy the DVD ^^
~*~Sachiko

Yesenia

#52
February 18, 2004, 10:46:46 PM
:(   There's not many places around here that sell anime stuff. >_< It's not fair! I usually order my stuff online.. when I got money -_- . But whenever I see something anime and cute at a store (rarely) I immediately get it *coughs* *cries -Daddy!!* ^__^!! lol!

But also rent from video stores when they do have it! ^^
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Junpei

#53
February 19, 2004, 07:13:21 PM
Well, I mostly buy HK DVD's, of licensed and unlicensed stuff. There are some times when I just need/want to get the R1's, though. And I have a very large collection of those, from the times when I didn't know there was any other way to get anime, legal or not - and in most cases, there /wasn't/ any other way to get the stuff I wanted anyway. Fansubs were hard to come by, digisubs were nonexistent, and all the HK sets sucked arse.

Online, I visit Animesuki to get my torrent files. If there's a licensed show I want, I usually don't download it.

KinFreon

#54
February 19, 2004, 07:20:14 PM
Now that I think about it...I am hurting for an anime rental place. There are plenty of places to buy anime in various stages of legitimacy where I live. But hardly anywhere I know of to rent, and Hollyweird and Lackluster just don't cut the daikon.

Gonna have to go Sherlock Hound on that sonuvamutha, and go searchin... >_>

Suspicious

#55
February 19, 2004, 10:02:36 PM
Quote from: "KinFreon"Now that I think about it...I am hurting for an anime rental place. There are plenty of places to buy anime in various stages of legitimacy where I live. But hardly anywhere I know of to rent, and Hollyweird and Lackluster just don't cut the daikon.

Gonna have to go Sherlock Hound on that sonuvamutha, and go searchin... >_>

Try an online one like Netflix.  They mail DVDs to you, and you just mail them back after you're finished.
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KinFreon

#56
February 20, 2004, 12:39:25 AM
Quote from: "Suspicious"
Quote from: "KinFreon"Now that I think about it...I am hurting for an anime rental place. There are plenty of places to buy anime in various stages of legitimacy where I live. But hardly anywhere I know of to rent, and Hollyweird and Lackluster just don't cut the daikon.

Gonna have to go Sherlock Hound on that sonuvamutha, and go searchin... >_>

Try an online one like Netflix.  They mail DVDs to you, and you just mail them back after you're finished.

Oh yeah! Forgot about them! So used to brick-and-mortar places...

bubblehead

#57
February 27, 2004, 09:38:27 PM
I get anime 4 ways:
1. buy online (legal these days - there was a time I couldn't tell the difference - but now all R1 for me)
2. download from animesuki.com (haven't recently)
3. rent at the local video store, which has a decent selection, about half vhs, some of which is subbed
4. buy at local stores (sometimes an advantage b/c no shipping and handling)

only hk pirate I own is the studio ghibli boxset. I may buy some of the DVDs legitimately (notably Porco Rosso when it's released in mArch according to nausicaa.net).
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KinFreon

#58
February 28, 2004, 01:41:42 PM
I finally found a Target store in my area that has an anime section (the Puyallup location, at South Hill Mall). It's not much, but it's a lot for a big-box American retailer. And the prices are decent.

Yet I ended up buying the DVD of the "CLERKS" animated series there anyway. XD

Still wouldn't go there for all my anime needs, though.

Beebers

#59
February 28, 2004, 06:34:34 PM
Quote from: "KinFreon"I finally found a Target store in my area that has an anime section (the Puyallup location, at South Hill Mall). It's not much, but it's a lot for a big-box American retailer. And the prices are decent.

Yet I ended up buying the DVD of the "CLERKS" animated series there anyway. XD

Still wouldn't go there for all my anime needs, though.

Target.. *pronounces it French and swanky like Oprah*  I get some anime there, but I also like to shop and Barnes and Noble.  They usually have a pretty good selection.  They sell a lot of manga at B&N too.
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