Forum - View topicHey, Answerman! [2009-08-07]
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sailorneorune
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It just goes to show you that you never know what you'll find, especially when you're not looking for it.
I've found some pretty good deals at a local used bookstore over the last 7 or 8 years - Book Broker in Evansville, Indiana has a pretty unpredictable selection and chaotic layout, but when you find something, it's in great shape and dirt cheap. To make a long story short, I told Brian the story of the $10 Lodoss OVA remastered set. I had also gotten Battle Angel for $8 before the reprint, 2 volumes of Dirty Pair Flash DVDs for $4 each, and all 3 volumes of Martian Successor Nadesico Essential Anime for $20. The half-priced manga bin is pretty sweet too. None of those really touch the Lodoss War bargain, though, as it is now out of print and really needs a license rescue so more people can see a thing of beauty. |
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geishageek
 Posts: 571 Location: Pleasant Valley, NY |
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The best deal I got was when I was searching through the used section at FYE and came across the Full Box set of Mythical Detective Loki Ragnarok for 11.99. I thought it was a misprint. When it rang up that way. I just paid and slowly walked away as I felt I was stealing the thing. Reminded me of that TV commercial with the lady screaming "get the car" to her husband and running out. Good times.
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Myaow
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No, they're honestly just being creative. |
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Shirogane
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The best deals I got were the TRSI's 10/$50 sales of course and the fact that one of our local Best Buy's were getting rid of their anime and slashed everything to be half off. That Best Buy location already had items below retail cost, so I ended up getting Beck, Ouran, Ghost Hunt, Code Geass, and several others for pretty cheap.
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jenthehen
 Posts: 835 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio |
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While I can understand that the moe moe anime is considered "weird" by broadstream Japanese folks (much like the fantasy novels and such here) ... I still find it amusing that there are HUGE advertisements for such shows ... like, the building high posters of moe girls and that kind of thing. Is that limited to Akihabara, though?
Even so, you wouldn't find such broad and ... GIANT advertisement for any niche fanbase here in the US. I don't consider Harry Potter niche, either - it's very mainstream. |
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Hentai_JP
 Posts: 605 Location: Toronto, ON |
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I see people mention CANAAN and other series as "best summer show" but I disagree. The winner is clear already, its in top 50 right now and will stay there, as it's not only the best of summer but best of 2009 as well. I highly doubt that any other series that has came out or is due to come out in Fall can top Bakemonogatari.
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The Human Spider
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I didn't know there was a new season of ZETSUBOU SENSEI--it's one of the few satire comdedies that I really like, other than SOUTH PARK. And Shinbo is one of the few anime directors who I'll watch a show just because it's directed by him. |
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rabrek
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I remember that feeling. Back in 2005, Amazon had the Last Exile box set (the one with the mousepad and figure) for $28 and free shipping. New, shrinkwrapped, undamaged. The set's bulky with the extras shrinkwrapped to the side of the DVD box, and they probably wanted the space for other stock. Probably. |
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irishninja
 Posts: 344 Location: Seattle-ish |
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Sounds like someone is (or was) a D&Der. 
Last edited by irishninja on Fri Aug 07, 2009 9:49 am; edited 1 time in total |
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PetrifiedJello
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Ah, yes, the 13/26 model of distributing a television show. All this started when the FCC came down and said no more product tie-ins with television shows.
Thus, the commercial was born. Since then, shows were literally produced around this new format. The Japanese television industry took the US method of distribution and has followed since, right down to the increased ad block and smaller content time. It's going to be an interesting next three years. As ad dollars plummet, networks scramble to get people to watch with their new "less ads" campaigns, and online viewership increasing, what will happen to this thing we call a "channel"? I'm tingly all over to discover the answer. |
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Julia-the-Great
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I haven't been keeping up with the new season of Haruhi. Could someone please explain what Endless Eight is?
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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Which still hasn't removed advertising, not by a long chalk. Think Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon, Beyblade or Bedaman. Excuse me while I shudder at those last two. Anyway, those sorts of franchises have found ways to turn the entire purpose of the show from a company's point of view away from selling DVDs and towards the lucrative merchandising sales and/or "Official Trading Card Game". Also, we still get plenty of sponsors for each and every Anime out there, some of which have the sponsors' "product" in the show. Nike and Basquash! for example, or Pizza Hut supporting the rebellion (Code Geass for those not in the know). |
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DuelLadyS
 Posts: 1705 Location: WA state |
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The best deals I ever got on my geek-junk came from assembling my Dreamcast collection- but somehow I don't think that's really appropriate for this column.
I used to land great deals out of Gamestops (when they had DVDs), but I don't remember how much I paid for most of them anymore... I got all 6 Burst Angels singles for $20, and Beck and Kurau vol. 1 for $2 each (Kurau was only a couple months old at the time.) The cashier actually commented that they knew the guy who traded this stuff in, and were a bit miffed that people (like me) kept beating them to the punch buying it.
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Gasero
 Posts: 939 Location: USA |
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I can't believe so many people like CANNAN. An ambiguous plot and conveniently missing backstory does not make a good plot. I dropped it after 5 episodes of, "What is going on and who are these people?"
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PetrifiedJello
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I didn't mean to imply advertising is going away. What we will see, eventually, is product tie-in within the show itself. It's interesting you brought up a line of "kid" shows, as the FCC is now re-evaluating the advertising aimed at children with a proposal to severely limit them. Not sure how far this will go, but this would be a huge hit to bring anime to kids if introduced. Hell, any cartoon for that matter. Funny thing is, anime advertises indirectly now. How many times have you seen "Polex" on a watch, or "Somy" on an electronic device? Yeah, not too far a leap to start branding. I'm okay with this, truthfully, as it's reality, but more importantly, it removes the stupidity of breaking apart the show to do the same thing. What I don't want, and will probably see, is how this type of branding can go horribly, horribly wrong. Case in point: The "Stride" episode of Smallville. Wow, talk about a blatant hour-long commercial which pissed off fans royally. I'm very curious to know why studios don't do in-show branding. Anyone with insight on this? |
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