I'm sorry, for those who have wallets to bust, money to burn, credit cards to be maxed out, sure, original animes DVDs sounds lovely as compared to pirated animes downloaded from BT.

We, mostly rakyat marhaens - cheapos that we are due to high living costs, have to contend with the original 'pirated' copy that mostly availabe in anime stores here.

Thankfully, now there are streaming sites for mostly all anime series, dubbed & subbed.

I got burned buying the pricey originals for Macross series (imported from Japan & Australia) and Robotech DVDs.

But that's it. Being married recently & stocking up on animes ain't that appealing anymore.

I'm speaking hard truths here. We're complaining about the affordable original 'BT' copies of animes readily available. Most comes with LPF standard stickers.

If most of us are high middle income earners, then its our rights to demand only original animes. But the rest, are simply mid to low middle income earners.

Either buying legitimate original 'BT' copies or leeched 'em direct from BT or even the gazillions streaming sites out there.

No, I'm not encouraging buying pirated goods ... but hey, I still smelled hypocrisy when those self proclaimed anime lovers with money to burn still cheapos in their own rights as they watch animes via streaming sites ... the free ones ...

I'm just speaking the cold hard truths. Take it or leave it. Or we can always agree to disagree.

This is coming from someone who in the 1990s tracked all original VHS anime release such as classic 3x3 Eyes, Akira & Ghost in the Shell. Yeah, I considered myself to be 1st gen Otakus in this country while most of the current gen-Y sucking 'em thumbs watching Pokemon.

The HARD FACT is, we don't have the luxury of having original animes distributed in the country, mostly pricey ones. The original versions that we've either had to be imported, or 'the butchered' aka LPF-censored versions.

That or get my hands on the original 'BT' versions on most anime stores, which surprisingly, are considered legit in the country (I know, I know ... this is Malaysia, everything boleh maaa).



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I don't buy animes anymore. Most recent animes that came out in late 1990s and 2000s are trash anyway, not worthwhile my RM. I just hunt for 1980's classics such as City Hunter, SDC Orguss, Bubblegum Crisis, Megazone 23, GallForce, Cats Eyes, etc. Those that I still get my greedy hands would still be any followup to Macross franchise & Gundam UC-verse that I'm passionate about.

BTW, getting married & started to plan for rearing a family re-oriented most of my finances. Getting busted my income for buying pricey anime DVDs is a big NO. Besides, when you reached a golden age of 30+ and counting, priorities takes precedents over youthful follies.




See .... most of the forummers hide beneath all claptrap veneers & yet did it .... its just that I'm saying it out loud ....