How much do you spend on legit anime each year

Beware the talking cat · Sat Sep 22, 2007 8:57 pm

After reading a long debate on ANN about Geneon USA's problems and a fansub debate that went with it, I'm rather curious; how much does the average Baka-Tsuki member spend on legit(real licenced dvds and whatnot, not bootlegs) anime per year?

Jumpyshoes · Post by **Jumpyshoes** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 5:34 am

If you consider everything I've bought and divide it by the total number of years I've actually liked anime, I've spent about $40-$45 a year.

Well, if you haven't figured out by now, I'm not even 16, so in other words, I have very little money, so $40-$45 a year is quite a bit . . . <_<

How much does everyone else spend?

Setherzam · Post by **Setherzam** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 12:45 pm

uhhh depends. if you count figurines as part of the legit anime merchandise then quiet a bit. if not then nothing at all

Post by **BaKaFiSh** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:20 pm

Quite a bit.

But only on books

onizuka-gto · Post by **onizuka-gto** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 2:37 pm

i just found out the UK has the ANIME CHANNEL, thats on cable and satellite! woohoo! channel 199 if your wondering. i think this just made me spend a little less on legit now.

http://www.animecentral.com

Florin · Post by **Florin** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:10 pm

Legit anime? I don't even know where to get one...

Umiman · Post by **Umiman** » Sun Sep 23, 2007 11:41 pm

That number the Indians invented. You know... the one that defines their own civilization...

cloyster · Post by **cloyster** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:09 am

None

... Err, maybe just a little bit..

In my country, none are legit

... I usually dl from internet and not buy.

Even if i wanna buy, there's no legit one here...

TheDefend · Post by **TheDefend** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 5:13 am

the one they sell at store are not legit and they were in LQ... maybe almost the same as youtube..... 1 DVD(3GB/1GB)=26 ep/13 ep

ben1234 · Post by **ben1234** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 2:23 pm

The only anime store near where I live has so much Narutard stuff that I stay the hell away from it, hence why I haven't spent anything at all.

Jumpyshoes · Post by **Jumpyshoes** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:07 pm

I've never bought anime from a store irl.

Ordering online ftw! It's cheaper too (if you look hard).

Beware the talking cat · Mon Sep 24, 2007 3:26 pm

I get most of mine from RightStuff's huge or 40% off sales. Best buy sometimes has ADV thinpacks though, so I will buy from them sometimes too.

ryvrdrgn15 · Post by **ryvrdrgn15** » Fri Oct 05, 2007 4:47 pm

They don't sell a lot of legitimate anime here. If they do they sure hide it pretty well. Then again I don't live in the US.

If they did I'd definitely purchase the series that I'd like and I'd buy the soundtrack CDs too. Ordering legitimate anime overseas is ridiculous in terms of costs, especially when you consider the economic differences in my country and abroad. o_O;

If it's any relation, I did buy lots of manga, even chinese ones when the english versions weren't available. If they did sell original stuff here at reasonable prices, I'd be spending around $100-$250 depending on what's out. o_o