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Originally Posted by seiki
Thats really high. I always thought that prices were pretty high here. Hmm so it just seems to me that pricing like that should be illegal but I guess as long as people are willing to pay that much it won't really go down. I don't buy anime unless it is truly a good deal which is unusual. I watch it on tv or the internet or borrow it from a friend. I don't download it because i don't need to and besides those torrent sites are a waste of my timelol. Viruses everywhere.
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Some people just put up direct downloads.
That aside, I download anime, if a series catches my interest. I don't usually keep it, though. After I watch it, I delete it. If I
really enjoyed it, I put it on my "to eventually buy whenever it gets an international release" list. Unfortunately, there really aren't too many series I feel are worth owning that I've seen and the stuff I
want on DVD, isn't (older series mostly). Same goes with music.
Years ago, before it really hit me, I used to download whatever. I knew I wasn't going to hear Japanese stuff on the radio here and it was much to expensive to import. I then got to the point where I'm sampling more so than anything else, but, unlike anime, I do tend to keep music. I mostly pick and choose which artists/groups to support and buy stuff for since I can't buy everything. I guess you could say that that's a "to buy eventually" type thing too.
I feel that if someone is
truly a fan of a work, that he or she will invest money to buy something to support the franchise, even if it's
years down the road. Unfortunately, these types are probably far and in-between.