/a/ - Animu & Mango

Umm, the BD for Recovery of an MMO Junkie comes out on March 14 for english. There is also a BD rip already made by kaizoku for it that came out earlier in January. This is the usual process if you're buying english BD. They come way later even after they are dubbed in a simulcast. Mostly to maximize revenue from the stream profits and taking time to make the extras that are physical.

I mean, I'd like to have physical copies of some things in Laser Disk, for example, but you're never going to get the best subs unless it's bootleg anyway, and pirated digital copies are going to be the best for that, if you actual want to watch from the physical copy and not just have a physical collection.

Besides, buying localized shit doesn't give money to the creators, so it feels like a stain on my conscience to support localizing companies.

So learn Japanese, fag.

>>912007

I do buy a handful of translated manga series, but would never consider it for anime.

A printed manga is a physical medium, while an anime in disk form is physical storage. One affects how it's consumed while the other affects only how it looks on your shelf. A book can't easily be replicated from unofficial scanlations, but if I wanted an anime on disk I could buy a burner and a shitload of blanks for cheaper than even a single official disk set, and end up with better subs anyway.

>>912015

I have always believed the first and foremost reason why anons buy BDs is to suport the mangaka/studio/improve a beloved show's chances of getting out of the "season 2 never ever" abyss that most anime fall into.

And then the fact that a ptistine copy of your favorite anime is sitting on the shelf in pretty packaging is just a bonus.

Personally though I haven't found any show that makes the extreme price justified.

>>912015

Older, more obscure titles released only on LD, for example, would be worth buying. Especially if rips online are shit, as you are obliged to provide better quality anime to your fellow anons.

I like to buy random anime on VHS I can find buried in shady thrift stores. Sometimes you can get lucky and find something rare, like a video tape promoting anime from a 1997 con I found, or some original college fan subs from the 80s.

>>912026

I hope you have a comfy CRT terebi to go with that VHS player.

I bet the experience of watchimg anime that way is so pleasant, I'm a little envious of you.

So much anime never made it to DVD, let alone BD. If you find any anime on LD, buy it straight away. It's analog video that is miles better than DVD and most rips online are from DVD releases.

That reminds me, Noriko's bush is only viewable through the Gunbuster LD.

>>912028

The only way to watch Lain is through VHS on a CRT. Not to mention Video Girl Ai.

>>912020

By the time everyone involved in retailing a localized physical disk to western countries has taken their cut, the people who actually worked on the anime aren't going to be left with much. Importing merchandise is a better way to support them. Besides, I don't think any western contribution is going to make much of a difference to sales to studios and publishers compared to what China and Japan bring in.

>>912007

No one buys anime on disc in the west any more, they're all just streamfags who stuff money into the Crunchyroll/Netflix demon-pig's mouth. Throwing away their hard earned dollars on crappy low bitrate video that might not even be on available to watch again once the license expires. If you want to buyfag, but the Japanese BDs. Some of your money actually goes right to the studio when you do this.

>I really want Net-juu

Thank you for reverting to the proper name.

>>912135

>Don't you know the director of that show is a racist big nazi guy?

Wow, big yikes from me!

>>912139

Wow just wow because of this I am never watching anime again, it's strictly Nazi-free media for me such as visual novels.

I truly believe >>912091 is right though, OP.

If you insist on buyfagging you should import the Nip edition and just download a BD rip with good subtitles for you to actually watch.

Or hurry up and learn moonrunes already and once you have you can treat yourself to popping that Nip BD in the player while you go "ofufufu" to yourself.

>>912007

$500 for Konosuba S1 isn't an insane price, that is typically pricing for Japanese Blu-rays.

>>912020

I do not care about supporting the creator, they can go bankrupt for all I care, I buy blu-rays because I want the blu-ray.

>>912183

I see you have honed your edge to rival that of glorious Nippon steel katanas folded over 1000 times.

Here is your (You)!

>>912205

That's why you import the BDs. We've been over this in the thread.

>Why are there no more BluRays

So this is just blatantly false? No sentence in your post follows up on anything you've claimed in an earlier sentence. What gives OP?

>>912238

>buying anime

This is like buying war bonds, anon.

>buying ENGLISH anime

Well, you are right on this point.

>>912553

OP is a fag, but the thread is alright.

Where the fuck is the season 3 of KonoSuba?

>>916390

After the movie, if it still prints money by then.

In the meantime, here's VR yoga with Megumin.

https://twitter.com/Gugenka_info/status/1111493227331223552

>>916391

She's not going to incinerate me so what's the point?

I forgot English Blu-rays were a thing and seeing this post made me scared that the anime industry in general was moving away from the format. I'd import some Blu-rays if I had a lot of money, but even if I wasn't intent on learning moonrunes I would still go for original Japanese releases, just because they are nicer releases for the most part.

>>912007

They are very expensive

>>916456

>seeing this post made me scared that the anime industry in general was moving away from the format

Why would that scare you?

The hardware side of the Blue-ray format is fine, but the software/legal side is burdened by enormous amounts of shitty DRM and awful licensing terms. Last time I checked there was no legal way to play BDs on a linux system - you either pay for a licensed external player (which might also require a licensed display device) or you have to illegally crack the encryption. The DVD format has similar issues, but the DRM in BDs is much more sophisticated.

Personally, when I'm in a position to support the industry, I'll only buy analog products: either physical books or figures.

>>920920

Yeah, that's me for the most part. I still buy anime I absolutely love on Blu-Ray, unless it's Konosuba because fuck them for charging $300+ for 12 episodes.

Anyway, Net-Juu just got released on Blu-Ray and I found a Region B release. So I'll probably be picking that up.