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But generally speaking, most of the terrible, terrible upscales that have drawn the most ire are from the past, when Blu Ray authoring was an expensive and untested gamble. Now that companies have the whole thing more or less figured out, and with companies like Funimation with their own in-house Blu-ray authorization, any Blu-rays on the horizon are usually pretty safe bets.

Raikuro wrote:

ZakuAce wrote: I'm fairly certain it's 12 episodes, and people are just counting it wrong. They're talking about Naruto Shippuden box 7, which is eps 78-88. Leaving off that one episode cuts off the last episode of the Shikamaru story arc, right before it goes into filler-ish material again. (Which is likely what Viz intended. Trap a canon wrap-up episode in with horrible filler to get people to actually buy it.)

EXCEPT that filler arc also has canon material in it, so it's not like Viz is forcing you to watch something completely irrelevant.

I can' t really agree with any of the anime listed as under appreciated, I mean can I really take seriously a statement about Toradora being under appreciated? And Adachi's earlier work Touch is more under appreciated than Cross Games. If I had submitted an answer I would have went with more obscure series that are great and thus truly under appreciated like Gokinjo Monogatari or Glass Mask, but I guess things that came out a year ago are what the kids today see as under appreciated (fyi that last sentence made me sound really old but I'm really only barely into my 20's I swear, lol).

Lets just 25 bucks a boxset, for naruto alone, not counting shippuden there are 18 boxsets, are you kidding the series has more than double the boxsets that other shows just have dvds; thats 25 * 18 = 450 dollars. Im sorry we don't live in Japan (there are plenty of countries where you can get anime for even cheaper than the US), the rules are different here, so some one thats invested at minmum almost half of a thousand dollars into a show is in my opinion more then entitled to complain at such a tactic.

CrownKlown wrote:

Lets just 25 bucks a boxset, for naruto alone, not counting shippuden there are 18 boxsets, are you kidding the series has more than double the boxsets that other shows just have dvds; thats 25 * 18 = 450 dollars. Im sorry we don't live in Japan (there are plenty of countries where you can get anime for even cheaper than the US), the rules are different here, so some one thats invested at minmum almost half of a thousand dollars into a show is in my opinion more then entitled to complain at such a tactic.

Most "other shows" are not 220 episodes, though. They're 13-26 or maybe 52 episodes. Yes, Naruto is more expensive than many other shows, but only because there's more of it. But you're not paying a considerably different price on a per-episode or per-minute-runtime basis.

And yes, there are other countries where you can get anime even cheaper than the US, but (A) Japan is not one of them, as anime is more expensive there, and (B) most of those "even cheaper releases" are better-known as illegal pirated bootlegs.

My only issue with streaming and "the cloud" is that I have no control over when I lose access to a series. Anime is particularly difficult to bring back in any form once a license has expired or the the disc has gone out of print, so the idea that I could wake up and discover that Cross Game is no longer available in any legal format outside of Japan and most likely never will be is a little disturbing. (PS: Viz: I'll lay down my money on a pre-order if you give Cross Game a dvd release). Physical Media isn't necessarily a must - a digital copy is fine - but having control over your collection is vital.

Also: I actually read this while eating a sandwich.

However, the lady crossed the line. She asked what type of jelly I wanted, which is a reasonable question to ask. I answered grape. But then, then she has the gall to ask me if I want my bread toasted. I wanted to slap her. Who the hell toasts the bread to their PB&J? And if you say you do, I won't believe you because people don't do that. This woman is mocking me, I can tell. However, I somewhat kept my cool by responding, "No, ma'am, I'm normal, so I would just like normal bread with no hills please." That same sandwich maker started chuckling again after that response.

Yeah, sorry, but I'm on the whiners side when it comes to Viz. They managed to put the entire first canon portion of Bleach, 63 episodes, into only 3 boxsets. Then as soon as it hits the Bount filler arc, the next 46 episodes also somehow works out to 3 boxsets.