In M'sia, to be a Otaku is almost impossible for low & middle range income ppl....
Many of my friend say I'm Otaku but I cant admit it..... (Although I'd like to.... T_T)
I ask my self a question: Did I able to collect all Nanoha series merchandise (DVD+everything release by official company)?
The answer is NO!
It's only 1 anime, but I'm unable to do so, so how about others anime I like??

So, in conclusion I'm not an OTAKU!!

I remember those early days before the penetration of internet and online distributions of mp3 and online tradings, I have to depend on SM Taiwan for my OST.
And Tower Record was selling SM OST as "original import".

im only missing the first season bluray, however, that wont be the case soon... SOOOOOONNNN......

/evilcackle fading off

the heart is all it takes, so ur an otaku

i nv wan to buy ori anime with all its crappy english subs
sumtimes i wonder if really ori with all those unofficial dvd covers,
u take for example: Bleach, sum of their dvd covers r unofficial fanart frm deviantart, u say leh?

Does anyone have any experience ordering BD anime from amazon.com?..

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Added on March 15, 2010, 12:00 pmfull box set of horo s2 limited first print edition. ~rm1200+ lol

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: Mar 15 2010, 12:00 PM

eva 1.11 selling at USD19.99, i'm tempted by the price...

amazon do slash prices a lot. although take note of the shipping charges. avg of 2k yen minimum DHL/fedex shipping.

how about amazon usa?..

no idea since i only order from amazon japan

After reading all of the comments of the threads regarding xeonbox, I feel extremely pissed. Goodness gracious, I felt all sorts of pains not only in my head, but my soul as well. Man, when he was going on and off about selling original anime in Malaysia and others, I have people over in Penang, selling over such stuff in Prangin Mall(Fyonne and other Penangites will know), and they even admit it's pirated.

I can understand the meaning of the less wealthy people not being able to purchase the true real deal D.V.D.s and Blu-rays from Japan. However, I'm pretty sure in every single school, company and society, there will always be those who are willing to share, like perhaps a U.S. comic book expert who might be willing to share the comics and explain about it. The same applies to us who might have the media to share it to them. Heck, I'd rather invite the less fortunate to watch with me, with my fansubbed episodes, than let them buy the pirated ones.

For every single time I see a person buying such a bootleg copy, the following scenario unfolds in my mind: When the money is finally accumulated, the money would be given to the Triads(the ones with the Ah Longs and such), who are all engaged in all the vices we can find in this country, ranging from sex, gambling, money laundering and of course, illegal copying. Heck, for every time they get more money, they might even go and kidnap little girls for their sex trade.(This part will feel very, very sarcastic)Just imagine, no lolis to be found and why? It's because we've been funding such things.

Basically, I am just rambling like a madman, but with a conscience.

This post has been edited by Captain Bright: Mar 15 2010, 01:55 PM

Your sentences are kinda exaggerating But rather than focusing on that part, why don't you say the life of animators and other development parts of the studios in jeopardy.

more like contradiction (considering this thread) over exaggeration

Well I was kinda late on the bashing on the people who are supposedly selling "original" anime copies, therefore I simply raged. Besides, I won't be surprised that the subbers in Taiwan/H.K./China are involved with the Triads. Of course, the animators are also getting the shit kicked out of them, not getting their proper compensation from low sales and what not. Honestly, I'm really sad for the lack of proper anime being obtainable in our country, besides the so called "original vendors".

If anyone can come up with an idea on how to possibly allow proper anime to be distributed in this country, I'm all up for it.

The problem lies with our local SE-Asia anime distributors ultimately. Their lack of marketing sense is what causing these bootlegs to appear.

Odex claims that downloading causes their sales to "go down". lolwut?

All the Odex titles i've seen holds no interest for me. Their either old/outdated animations or some unpopular ones.

Seriously what the hell is up with all these Narutards and lolbleach DVDs floating around? Seriously!?

Get us some Shakugan no Shana or Lucky Star or Higurashi

Once they ( Odex, etc ) do that I'm sure they will see a increase in sales.

odex does have shakugan no shana and they even marketed it during afa08. and thats 2 years ago lol

Meh, I've never seen it before. And i've been to alot of video stores.

Shows how much Odex cares about marketing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odex

ctrl + f shakugan.

apparently lucky aids and higurishi arent in though XD

After reading some of the post in here as well as in the Anime Shrine website and Sankaku Complex, I can consider that I am an otaku but I am a Type A otaku and not a Type B otaku.

As for supporting the anime industry, I try to support it the best I can.

Some of the way that I use to support it are:

1.) Watching it at cinema
2.) Not buying bootleg "original anime"
3.) Not buying Odex's anime

I also watch anime through streaming although it sort of fall in the grey area.

This post has been edited by Cho_Hakkai: Mar 16 2010, 01:37 AM

I do. Amazon.com was my first time... They have alot more shipping options to choose from (unlike Amazon Japan who only ship internationally using courier).

By standard shipping, the shipping cost for 1 dvd\bd is about $4.99(per shipping)+$3.99(per item). ~ takes between less than 2 weeks to a month to arrive, unless stucked within a heavy postal traffic jam.

By expedited shipping, the shipping cost for 1dvd\bd is about $13.99(per shipping)+$3.99(per item). ~takes about more than 1 weeks to 2 weeks to arrive, unless stucked within a heavy postal traffic jam.

By priority courier, the shipping cost for 1dvd\bd is about $29.99(per shipping)+$3.99(per item). ~ takes around 3-5 days, normally there's no traffic jam to worry about.

I use standard shipping the most, it's quite secure and cheap by my standard, I have only experienced one missing package which actually arrived much later after Amazon resent my item without any hassle (you only gotta wait somewhere around a month from your expected arrival date as calculated by Amazon). There's actually no need to send back the extra package as Amazon insisted that you don't need to, you should just keep it to yourselves...

Amazon always resent by expedited shipping if your lost item was standard shipping, if the second resent still failed to arrive, they'll use priority courier instead, if priority courier also failed (which is less than likely), they'll probably refund you (maybe not full refund). ~ Best Customer Service in the world, by my POV anyway.

Anyway, My order of Evangelion 1.11 BD has shipped from Amazon last Tuesday...