Only if the anime is good enough after watching the fansubs to justify importing it from the U.S. That's as original as it can get for those who only know bits and pieces of Japanese words.

RM 2000 is exaggerated.
A combined purchase of Aria the Animation and Aria the Natural and delivered via FedEx cost me a total of USD 196.72 That would make up to around RM678. A single box set delivered via FedEx will cost less than that.

If you are buying lots of box sets, then it's a whole different story, the RM2k.

The only Asian-produced DVD originals are the ODEX brands. Not sure about the Technogram ones though.

All others are rips. They are either:
01. Translated in-house (the ones with crappy undecipherable subs)
02. Ripped from R1 region DVDs

Don't trust the TULEN sticker. They can't differentiate originals from rips.

Funimation fits 6 to 7 episodes per DVD as their releases are now in 13-episode batches split between 2 DVDs. Of course, they remove all bonus materials other than trailers.

Before running your mouth off and getting embarrased in the process, how about you make some research on more recent Funimation release trends first. I said Funimation, not some other studios like Madman, Nozomi, etc.

All my original animes are imported, so I know what I'm saying. Proof of my imported purchases are provided. Plus, I bought both Tokyo Majin and The Wallflower (both are Funimation releases) where 13 episodes are crammed into two discs.

I'm at my workplace, so no pics readily available but if you want verification, there's always Amazon if you actually take the effort to look it up. I only have the abovementioned proof of purchase (i.e. purchase order) with me as I always have the goods delivered to my office.

Tokyo Majin Season 1 : 2 Discs, 350 minutes (13 Ep)
Kaze no Stigma Part 1 : 2 Discs, 290 minutes (12 Ep)
The Wallflower Part 1 : 2 Discs, 325 minutes (13 Ep)

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The Macross TV thinpak now costs only USD66.98 for a complete collection. With courier charges included, I estimate it to not exceed RM500.

Haven't run into any Kastam issues so far in my 4 years of importing. Maybe due to choice of shipment (FedEx / DHL)?