How do you watch your anime?

**Angantyr** · 08-18-2006, 01:34 AM

Lately I have been watching a lot lately, mostly Berserk, Ah! My Goddess and Dragonball Z/GT. Anyway I watch it various ways I can get it, basically download the first few episodes and if its good I buy the DVD. But because I will probably waste my money on something else stupid I have brought the Boxed sets and will probably continue this way. Also I watched FMA and InuYusha(sp) when it is on Adult Swim and occasionally DBZ on YouTube seem as how they have all the eps. How do you guys watch it?

**Aleks** · 08-18-2006, 03:49 AM

Here in Norway a DVD with 4 episodes cost between 400 and 700 Kroners, which is about 100$. So nobody here buys animè. We download it. Manga is buyable though. Usually costs about 15$ per. Tankabon. Well, then again Animè and Manga aren't that popular over here.

And..Watch animè on YouTube? I barerly manage to watch trailers on it with that horrible quality, how do you watch entire episodes O_o?

**Bunny** · 08-18-2006, 06:25 AM

With my eyes.

Usually I download because I generally hate anime but I am equal opprotunity so yeah. I own about five different series' as box sets though, much to my own amazement. They're actually pretty stupid. Seriel Experiments Lain, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Outlaw Star, Final Fantasy Unlimited, and Wild ARMs: Twilight Vemon.

Nevermind, they are all pretty damn good animes. FF:U is goddamn strange though.

Download/Boxed

niko20 · 08-18-2006, 06:36 AM

i usually watch on DVD cause if i miss a part i could always go back and see it again and plus i would be able to watch it any time

**Andromeda** · 08-18-2006, 06:21 PM

I just watch it on TV or buy it. I do not buy at random though, I will have seen a trailer for it on previous anime I have bought and say it looks good enough for me to buy. Other times I will have read an article about it or a review and get it. And then on the rare times, I just buy a really cheap box set at Best Buy because I have trouble resisting good deals. That was how I got Sakura Wars, $40 for 25 episodes, can't beat that in store.

The only purchase I actually regret is Angel Links, because it was a spinoff of Outlaw Star so I thought it would actually be good, maybe the dubbing and translations were poor, but I can't watch it. Other than that I have never regreted a single purchase.

**Bryan 2.0** · 08-18-2006, 09:26 PM

I have this problem with actually having to own the anime that I watch. Mainly because there aren't really any stations here that focus on anime. We tried to call our local cable provider to get the Anime Network, but they said it was unavailable. Horse shit.

Anyway, I usually buy either a complete box set, the box and just the first volume, or one at a time. Right now, I have the Full Metal Panic? box set to fill in. Sadly, I'll have to go online to get the rest of the volumes.

**Hinder** · 08-20-2006, 08:32 PM

i watch it on tv and with dish/tivo i can also record them so i like doing that, record a whole series and make your box set, lol but id rather buy it mainly for the covers and the authenticity

**SSJ4 Goku** · 08-21-2006, 12:02 AM

I buy the DVDs one at a time or watch it on TV for the most part. I don't go for the boxed sets simply for the fact that I don't have room to display my DVDs and, since they're just going under my bed in a box, I don't need to spend the extra money on pretty-looking boxes. If it's one of those boxed sets that are released as good deals (i.e., cheaper than buying the individual DVDs, like Andromeda mentioned), that's another story.

Nowadays, a lot of my anime comes from TV due to my decreased lack of funds. The fact that Trinity Blood and Bleach are coming to TV soon excite me (especially the former, as I've seen some of it and like it a whole lot).

And then on occasion, you'll find me downloading fansubs, though NEVER of licensed materials. For example, I started downloading Monster over two years now and, while I've made very little progress in the last year (like...six episodes -_-'''), I still intend on watching it until it gets licensed (if it ever gets licensed). The same goes for the live-action version of GTO, which I started a little less than two years ago and plan on continuing my über-slow downloading of the series until I finish it/it gets licensed.

But yeah--I usually get my fix from TV and DVDs.

Elercon · 08-21-2006, 11:13 AM

I usually watch anime on the tv but, i buy them after i watch some of the serise because, it depends on if i like the serirese or not.

Is dragon ball z an anime?

Just wondering that.

**Ensim** · 08-21-2006, 11:59 AM

Well it depends, many of the good anime weren't released in my country. So Elfen Lied/FMAC/Chobits/dearS and all that i watch at youtube..
But when it comes to hentai... Um... I got to go ...

**Keisuke Takahashi** · 08-22-2006, 07:53 PM

I download my anime, as most of the anime I watch, or when watching aren't in the US at the time... before I used to buy DVDs for Anime, but they kept screwing me over, making boxed sets AFTER the release of all the DVDs, making me spend WAY more money then I should have, or dropping the price of the DVDs AFTER I spent the money purchasing them. They also do some bull shit like remastering DVDs AFTER purchasing the complete series.. it's soooo annoying.. and now they're screwing you again by making these gay special edition empty boxsets that you "fill in" as they release.. wtf is that? Then I bet after that releases they're gonna make a special edition box set that's complete but completely better than the first one. Ugh..

So for now I'm screwing them over and downloading my anime. And/or watching it for Free on Youtube, even though that's kinda gay since it's all low res. -_-

**TomStrife** · 08-23-2006, 07:41 AM

I watch on TV, use Toonami Jetstream, or utilize Youtube or in rare cases, I WILL buy the Dvds.

**Kinyoto** · 08-23-2006, 08:41 PM

I voted in all of them. I use Jetstream alot and do everything else. I guess it al depends on waht mood Im in. I usually get the boxsets for my favorite animes. As for the single DVDS I do that for the REALLY good ones so that I can savor them untill I have the whole series.

**Yoko-Chan** · 08-26-2006, 05:02 AM

hehe, I always download or watch it on Youtube^^;;
It's the easyest and cheapest way to watch it, trust me XP

**Asch** · 08-26-2006, 08:56 PM

i watch it in youtube. They have like new anime episodes every week and it free

plus i watch it subbed casue thats always farther than dubed and subbed sound 20x better than the dubbed voices

Jae · 08-29-2006, 06:20 AM

I dunno how to download the animes i like, So i watch it all the time on Youtube. ^^;

**Crazy Chocobo** · 09-01-2006, 08:24 PM

I watch them on television if there are any on or I just end up buying the DVD's. I haven't got any boxed sets yet but I would love to have the boxed set of Neon Genesis Evangelion. I have seen it at Ezydvd but it's out of stock at the moment. I will probably end up getting it sometime hopefully. I would love to watch the whole series! I have a few separate DVD's of Evangelion and DBZ/GT besides that, I watch it on the television.

Yuki · 09-08-2006, 09:33 AM

They are all downloaded on my computer, some i have burned on a dvd. So it depends, i have together over 1000 anime episodes, and i usually watch them all over and over again. Though, it will take a while.

**Yuuki** · 09-08-2006, 08:33 PM

For me I usaly wacth them on TV but if I can't I either watch it on YouTube
or buy the DVD/boxset.

but I try to watch as much as posible.

**Orphen** · 09-09-2006, 07:08 PM

I have a large collection of boxsets and I usually watch them from the box set. Downloading them I think doesn't let me enjoy the series as much as from a DVD.

**Rufinito18** · 09-22-2006, 09:19 PM

I watch them on Youtube and dload. Rarely on TV. It's just I prefer the japanese version of the dub. I just find it more entertaining, and plus, I'm learning slowly a new language.

***DragonHeart*** · 09-25-2006, 03:50 PM

I'm split about 50/25 with watching on TV and buying. Back when they had good anime on at a reasonable hour, anyways. I don't watch much on TV anymore cause they took all the good series off.

The remaining 25% of the time I download, but I'm very specific about what I get this way. If someone recommends an anime to me, I download and watch the first 2-3 episodes, sometimes 4-5. If I like the anime and it is licensed in the US, I delete the downloads and buy the DVDs. If I like the anime and it's unlicensed, I download and keep until (if) it becomes licensed, then delete and buy. I'm a strong believer in supporting anime companies as much as possible, so I only use downloading for scouting purposes.

~DragonHeart~

**Keisuke Takahashi** · 09-25-2006, 09:49 PM

Originally Posted by DragonHeart

I'm split about 50/25 with watching on TV and buying. Back when they had good anime on at a reasonable hour, anyways. I don't watch much on TV anymore cause they took all the good series off.

The remaining 25% of the time I download, but I'm very specific about what I get this way. If someone recommends an anime to me, I download and watch the first 2-3 episodes, sometimes 4-5. If I like the anime and it is licensed in the US, I delete the downloads and buy the DVDs. If I like the anime and it's unlicensed, I download and keep until (if) it becomes licensed, then delete and buy. I'm a strong believer in supporting anime companies as much as possible, so I only use downloading for scouting purposes.

~DragonHeart~

Yeah I used to do that too, until they kept screwing me over. After buying an entire series, they come out with a box set... what's that all about.. -__- Special Edition at that... Then they do that with the first DVD, it comes with a special box.. so now I'd have to find the DVDs.. and complete the box myself.. half the time the stores don't even have ALL the dvds there anyway..... So, now. if it's a series I'm interested in, and it's licensed.. I'll look to see if I can DL it to watch, iono bout keeping them after I've watched them though.. but I'll get back to you after I finish. lol.. As for the most part I usuallY do..

***DragonHeart*** · 09-25-2006, 10:25 PM

That's why I order them online. Well, that and the fact that the local Suncoast recently closed down. -_- Then I don't have to worry about skipping parts just cause it's not in stock.

As for boxed sets, I don't own any. If I'd waited a few years to buy Outlaw Star I could have picked that one up, but meh. I don't care too much either way. Most of the series I buy are short enough that the difference between the box and the individual sets isn't a big deal.

Kenshin did cost quite a chunk of change though, and I only bought the first two seasons lol.

~DragonHeart~

**Inagi** · 09-26-2006, 07:32 AM

YOUTUUUUUUUUUUBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I pretty much watch it on youtube most of the time, but I still watch some anime on tv if I get the chance.

**geordanuk** · 09-26-2006, 10:42 AM

haha i havent been around to watch anime very much so i usually have people lend me it and if i like it i download them at a small fee

**Victoria** · 09-26-2006, 02:33 PM

I'm the same as Keisuke. I download my anime. Except I burn them to DVD-R.
And since I'm poor most of the time and have to concentrate on my loans, I'll pay those off first before I go out and buy the box sets.

I don't bother with single DVDs because they always come out with boxed sets. So far, I only have two boxed sets. Mezzo and Wild Arms. I bought Mezzo myself from Anime Expo, and my girlfriend bought me Wild Arms.

**Setzertrancer** · 09-27-2006, 04:55 AM

How I watch my anime, I have a freind who has an entire library of anime and I just borrow it of them, Saves me a lot of money.

**Chase** · 09-28-2006, 09:55 PM

I rather download them then watch it for free.So,If i forget what happened or the anime is about to be released on TVs, I can just watch it by using the downloads.I do not want to forget the animes I have watched because a true fan must know everything about it ^^

**Keisuke Takahashi** · 09-29-2006, 12:29 PM

Originally Posted by Kawaii Chaser

I rather download them then watch it for free.So,If i forget what happened or the anime is about to be released on TVs, I can just watch it by using the downloads.I do not want to forget the animes I have watched because a true fan must know everything about it ^^

If that's the case, then you should be buying the anime as well. Seeing as how a "True Fan" wouldn't be stealing from the creator of that particular anime, and would support him by buying the manga/anime from the companies that license them.