Rest in peace to bad business practices.
The implosion of the US anime industry has been a long time coming. Even before the current recession bad business practices and a refusal to change with the times took some players off the field and left most of the rest limping.
Just a few years ago things looked so rosy, especially for long time fans like myself who remember when there was basically no anime available. The fact is though it was optimism, or rather self delusion that brought the anime companies down. They saw the sky as the limit when in fact anime will most likely remain a niche’ market as it always has been. This can all be pretty depressing, but the fact is that in the future we will be better off if whatever anime companies survive don’t licence every crap show that comes out, in favor of being more selective.
In the here and now we can take comfort… no reap the benefits of the collapse by scooping up amazing bargains. Just today I got $600 worth of anime for under $100 with shipping from the right stuf
This is what $600 worth of anime for $98 looks like
009-1 DVD 1 (Hyb) (*) 1 $6.00
009-1 DVD 2 (Hyb) + Artbox (*) 1 $8.00
009-1 DVD 3 (Hyb) (*) 1 $6.00
Captain Herlock (Harlock) DVD 2 (Hyb): Tendrils of Fear (*) 1 $4.00
Captain Herlock (Harlock) DVD 3 (Hyb): The Decimated Planet (*) 1 $4.00
Captain Herlock (Harlock) DVD 4 (Hyb): The Final Voyage (*) 1 $4.00
Heat Guy J DVD 3-Pack (Discs 1-3) DVD (Hyb) (*) 1 $8.00
Heat Guy J DVD 4 (Hyb): Hidden Fangs (*) 1 $3.00
Heat Guy J DVD 5 (Hyb): Haunted Past (*) 1 $3.00
Heat Guy J DVD 6 (Hyb): Urban Corruption (*) 1 $3.00
Heat Guy J DVD 7 (Hyb): Revolution (*) 1 $3.00
Last Exile DVD 3-Pack (Discs 1-3) DVD (Hyb) (*) 1 $12.00
Last Exile DVD 4 (Hyb): Breakthrough (*) 1 $6.00
Last Exile DVD 5 (Hyb): Grand Stream (*) 1 $6.00
Last Exile DVD 6 (Hyb): Queen Delphine (*) 1 $6.00
Last Exile DVD 7 (Hyb): Sealed Move (*) 1 $6.00
Last Exile DVD/CD Combo Box Pack (Hyb) (*) 1 $4.00
New Fist of the North Star DVD 1 (Hyb): The Cursed City (*) 1 $2.00
New Fist of the North Star DVD 2 (Hyb): The Forbidden Fist (*) 1 $2.99
New Fist of the North Star DVD 3 (Hyb): When a Man Carries Sorrow (*) 1 $2.00
Most if not all of these shows are out of print. so if you want them I’d buy them sooner rather than later. All the geneon shows where grossly overpriced originally so these are great bargains!
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