wow hot topic for anime here...
the only original anime i brought is Initial D several years ago (almost RM200 ).. later i oni Direct dl from fan site ==

let face the fact
original sub is really suck, sometime no distributer for certain anime in Malaysia zzz (waste of money)
they are slow in releasing new chapter and expensive.... and worst of all they cencors out some of the part ... zzz
fan sub video quality considerable quite high especially for avi format... and their sub rock... and best of all it FOC

To quazacolt

it was from stage 1 to stage 3 plus extra stage... excluded project d(not out yet) i brought about several years ago almost 200ringgit...  i'm not very sure the current price tag for the entire series.....

to those who think i'm spoiling the anime industry i dont think i'm doing much harm to it... i use it for my own usage and i dont distribute or sale it to other... and i dont go shop to buy pirated disc

to Stormy001_M1A2
oh my, u are a little too harsh over my statement.... can't be help, i'm really disapointed to those original sub which is absulotely a half asses job(oni profit in mind) as compare to the fan sub which they truly respected the anime not for profit.... and some original even dl it from the fan site these is wat i call stealing other ppl work and they get profit from it.... correct if i'm wrong....

Though i'm not going to say that i'm proud to dl it but i dont feel shame to say i dl it....

and sori if i have offended any1... and respect u guys for supporting the industry

to Quazacolt

i purchase a bootleg and it cause almost RM200

how do we identify it wether it is bootleg or a ori1  

hmm.... it does have nice packaging and it have kinda original licinse stripe on it like those on orignial movies... if i'm not mistaken i bought it in 2003/04.... and it is a vcd version and it is a cantonese version.... the packages torn apart in 2 years time and i lost some of the series too....

i don't mind having extra info and i hope u will share some of the info cause... i do have fren brought original such Renma 1/2, tenjou tenge, dragon ball and etc.... they have hologram sticker attached to it not like last time....
and i do support original TVB series... much more affordable

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sadly, bootleg is consider 'legal' in most asia nation

a fren of mine bring a lot of bootleg anime to sg.. and pass the checking @ KLIA and SG airport w/o any problem

hmm then same applicable to speedy?

added, I did see some KDN enforcement come in to do the checking @ some speedy branch. but they didn't rampas anything   

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!!

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?..

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

how about amazon usa?..

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.

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.

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

Shows how much Odex cares about marketing.

lmao

Explain it using this video!



More background info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odex%27s_acti...st_file_sharing

Wat I mean is not only DVDs or BluRay, but EVERYTHING like Dakimakura (opps...), Art Book, Shirts, & .........

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Added on March 19, 2010, 12:03 am
The Ori anime for me in M'sia is only from Japan but sad case is the price is much much ORI than our local ori.........
Local's ori is just worst, i can say the cover i can design better & more "ori" than any of them.

Dakimakura, check. Shirt, check. Plushie, check. Keychain, check. When are you getting a horo sex doll man?

yes, and bad subtitle also. I have no idea how these pirated DVDs can be sold like original when it's not.

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