Not us, but the licensor, licensee or the license holder...

Japanese series is never cheap, but there are always legit alternatives like the region 1 North American release or the region 3 Hong Kong and Taiwan release. One good thing about them is that the bonus contents are mostly intact and sometimes their boxart and gifts are pretty much the same as their original japanese counterpart(especially the taiwan version). And they can be cheap too as time passes, not as cheap as what you get here but still alot cheaper and you still get better quality stuff...

Those moon cake boxes look good, only if you have never really seen a real original release... ~ I know since I am still buying the local *ahem* product for test screening while waiting for the official release. Yeah, they are really cheap but that's because the contents are freely and availably DL'ed from internet (fansubs or even HD tv-ripped).

So you are essentially paying just for stuff that you yourselves can get for free from the internet...

This post has been edited by thesecond: May 12 2011, 02:22 PM

Well, I just want to show my support but sigh, too many pirated dvds are sold here......

show your support to who? pirates?

show support on buying worth watching japanese anime/dramas but heck, many aren't original

showing support means buying from the original distributors...
you're not showing support by buying from pirates... basically, you've done nothing that's even close to "support"

buy original then

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Added on May 12, 2011, 10:42 pmsubs fukken where

This post has been edited by Quazacolt: May 12 2011, 10:42 PM

yes, i do buy original dvds from anime shops but those aren't even really 'original' at the first place. The subtitle really sucks the big time. In a series, a character can have so many different names due to the bad subtitle. To be honest, it's better to download sometimes.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/
http://www.amazon.com/
http://www.hmv.co.jp/en/
http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/
http://www.amiami.jp/shop/?set=english
http://www.rightstuf.com/rssite/main

Now that you know where to purchase original anime medias, there's nothing that can stop you from supporting them.

Currently, the best way is still getting them online but only if you are able to do so. It will take time and yeah, money, so it's best to take it slow and easy. ~ Real official stuff is few and few here, and hard to find if you don't know how.

- Since the content of those *ahem* comes from different source, the subtitles or character names will always change and change... Already got used to them for quite a long time now - auto-mind-editing...

Anyway, wasted some money on the so-called metal box local dvd release which comes in 2 DVD-9 (pricing differ according to number of episodes) and all I can say is, "Oh boy, very compressive."... Noticeable compression especially for live action or CG scenes. Slightly passable for 2-D works. ~ Wouldn't have bought them if the taiwanese weren't so slow with their release...

Don't forget:
http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-14-71-13z-49-en.html
The shipping's a bit cheaper.

There are some local companies tbat licenssd animes for lwgit and cheap, but it's hard to find them nowadays. Eva 2.0 dvd was one of those licenced legitly in Malaysia and Singapore and only cost RM20

Ya, agree! from what I experience, most of the original anime selling here is not ORIGINAL, even they claim it is original.

I rather buy from online either from Japan release, if want cheaper can go for US or Taiwan release (still a lot more expensive than those 'original' here).

This post has been edited by notfair: May 13 2011, 01:46 PM

Only limited titles are licrnsed here. Iirc shin chan and card captor are ljcenssd but only in dubbed ver. Speedy has thw licenae crom tsuburaya for ultraman. And I think thete was a now bancrupt company that licensed hand maid.may.

actually i encounter 1 anime DVD which i think is not tv ripped
the anime if i remember correctly is midori days
cuz the scene which involve topless women (yah u can see their boobs!!!)
is still intact no cut!!!!

This post has been edited by calcilis: May 13 2011, 04:21 PM

Yup, that company is called Innoform (Singapore\Malaysia) who also released Steamboy, Appleseed(both in vcd format), Karas(there was a limited collector's edition with a figure) and Eva 1.0.

PS: Forgot to mention that Shin-chan, Doraemon and Chibimaruko and ect (All dubbed) are officially licensed under Animation International Limited based in Hong Kong ~ a company that infact used to release and sell *ahem* item under a similar name (you can the name under a blacklist in ebay)... They have an official branch in KL now though.

This post has been edited by thesecond: May 13 2011, 06:38 PM

Considering I've just entered late into the discussion, I'd like to know, are most "pirated" anime we got here from retails like Speedy etc. TV-rips?

When you mean ori, do you mean the DVD uncensored version, or the TV-rip censored version?

Mostly, sometimes they ripped official dvds too...

Original official licensed and copyrighted stuff, both censored and uncensored.

PS: Speedy is not just into retails though, they are officially one of or the only biggest stockist wholesale supplier\distributor in our country and they are also a licensing agency (- official representative of Tsuburaya for the Ultraman franchise in both Malaysia and Singapore).

They hold the copyrights\license (broadcast and maybe dvd release) for several anime series and toku series (like the individual Kamen Rider titles), they actually own GSC cinema, and they are partners for both Warner Brosand 20th Century Fox and ect locally...

Well, I've been trying to look for some uncensored DVDs. Most I've come across, (& regretfully bought) in video retails are censored TV rips. I don't mind if they're not ori, as long as they're not uncensored, which is getting rarer in Malaysia these days.

Odds are, 1 in 20, you might probably get the uncensored version of Qwaser (for e.g.).

Adding to the "middle finger" factor to most anime fans in Malaysia, is the apathetic tak-tau attitude of most retail assistants. Until you're testing the DVDs, asking the assistants whether the DVDs are uncensored or not is a painful exercise in frustration & head-to-desks.

I could get these anime from online, but the omputeh's copyright law just keeps getting in the way.

but their Karas is fansub lorh. and they only produce American movie and Kids' show nowadays
the name of company is InnoMedia iinm