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There was that really weird period from like 2005-2008 where shows were produced in wide screen but not HD.

This used to be true -- prior to 2008 or so, most anime was still made in standard definition, or pretty close to it.

There was that really weird period from like 2005-2008 where shows were produced in wide screen but not HD.

The "it wasn't produced at 1080p, don't bother getting it in HD" argument never really made a lot of sense to me. If it was produced at an SD resolution that's one thing, but the impression I get is that when shows aren't produced at full 1080p, they're something like 800p or 900p, so it's still going to be pretty good.

Even in *cough*fansubdownloading*cough* circles, people say "the 1080p is an upscale, get the 720p instead." Sure the 1080p won't be quite the same quality as if it were actually produced at 1080p, but it's still going to look better than the 720p.

It's an issue of diminishing marginal returns; if a 1080p rip looks essentially the same as 720p, is it really worth spending the extra time/bandwidth/HDD space acquiring it instead of a 720p version?

Going with the question on a fan that has the most anime DVD, the highest count I have seen is 41207. This was from the 12/8/2008 edition of Shelf Life called "Squash Knives". It's at the bottom of the page.

That way lies madness. At least with the basic show runtime you can get it from the box in most cases. Extra features would require you to get out the disks and check the times. Then you get into the question of what to count. ADV used to claim its trailers were special features, I'm not sure that clean opening and ending would count as it is material you already have. An interview with creative staff would count but probably not commentary tracks which are just an additional voice track to an existing episode and frequently have no real relationship to the show. I can see endless arguments as to what to count.

Trying to claim you have the larger (or largest) collection is silly anyway. It would usually lead you to buying and keeping shows you didn't really like or want to watch just to enlarge your collection. Even if a show is an acknowledged masterpiece, if it is not a show you like it is just wasted space in a collection.

@leafy sea dragon

I'm pretty much a hardened collector myself. I have a largish collection of anime, manga and associated figures but I bought them to suit me not for any bragging rights. Currently I don't even have an up to date list of the anime I own. I'm not interested in wasting the time it would take to make one.

I have in the past collected individual issues of comic books, both early manga and US comics. It is kind of a useless past time, they get put in bags and boxes to "preserve" them and are never seen again.

Any collection should be for the pleasure of it, the fun of finding what you want and being able to see it whenever you want.

Absolutely. There are a few things in my collection that make me question past me's taste, but everything I have bought for my collection is because it was a show I liked.

For Guiness world records you may have to pay for a Guiness official to attend and check the record, including travel expenses. So if you want to claim the largest collection you'd have to pay for someone to come and count your collection. That's why you might see an official at an event like an eating contest or a TV show.

There are also some things that Guiness will not keep records of. As such there are many records Guiness never keeps. I"m sure that at least at one time I had podcasted the most original poems but Guiness doesn't handle poetry.

http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/FAQ/what-makes-a-world-record

So a largest collection isn't out of bounds of possibility, but someone would have to apply and cover the costs of having their collection verified. Besides, it would likely be someone in Japan and having the largest anime collection might not be something they would want to be known for.

Road trip, Justin?