{"id":28516,"date":"2012-05-10T14:13:36","date_gmt":"2012-05-10T18:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/?p=28516"},"modified":"2012-05-10T14:13:36","modified_gmt":"2012-05-10T18:13:36","slug":"on-anime-dvd-collecting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/on-anime-dvd-collecting\/","title":{"rendered":"On Anime DVD Collecting"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I noticed that on May 1st a perfect condition R1 set of Welcome to the NHK DVDs, including the rare individual volume 6, sold on Ebay for $91 despite the fact that FUNimation’s re-release of the same series can be aquired used for about ten bucks. I had no relation to this Ebay auction besides getting outbid at $40 because I’m satisfied to own the FUNimation release. But I’m pleased to see this sale because it serves as a confirmation that there are still at least a few die-hard R1 anime DVD collectors out there.<\/p>\n

About three years ago, as streaming began taking off and Blu-ray looked poised to put DVD out to pasture, I started seriously trying to fill in gaps in my R1 anime DVD collection. I decided that my pie-in-the-sky ideal goal would be to collect every Japanese language anime released on domestic commercial DVD, excluding adult anime and multiple iterations\/re-releases. I’m not opposed to hentai anime. In fact, I own over a hundred domestic H-anime DVDs. But the majority of H-anime are crap that I just don’t care to purchase or own.<\/p>\n

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Along the way, I’ve begun hoarding domestic anime DVDs, both rarities and commons. Sure, I have multiple sets of anime series I helped localize: Risky Safety, Miami Guns, Har\u00e9+Guu. And I also own four sets of FUNimation’s Kurogane no Linebarrels TV series release (God help me), four sets of Oh! Edo Rocket, four sets of Tsukihime with collector’s box, three sets of Arc the Lad, three sets of Infinite Ryvius, two sets of Trouble Chocolate, two sets of Betterman, and so on. Here’s another example of my compulsive domestic DVD hoarding. No, this isn’t AnimeNation inventory. This is just one box of my personal duplicate DVDs:
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I like to think that I’m actually respectably close to completing my collection of American anime DVDs. Some of the remaining holes in my collection are common and cheap, like Legend of the Dragon Kings and Ys II. Some of them are rare and expensive, like Super Robot Wars, Maison Ikkoku, and Dunbune volumes 11 & 12. And some of them are very recent releases that I just haven’t had time or good opportunity to purchase yet.<\/p>\n

If you’ll indulge me a moment more, here’s the list of remaining domestic anime DVDs that I consider missing from my collection. If anyone has any of these – particularly the rarities – in neeed of a new, good home, and you’re willing to relocate your discs at affordable prices, feel free to let me know<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\nAnd Yet the Town Moves
\nAnimated Classics of Japanese Literature: The Izu Dancer
\nAnimated Classics of Japanese Literature: The Sound of Waves
\nAria the Natural
\nAura Battler Dunbine vols. 4-12
\nBakuman
\nBlack Butler
\nBlack Butler II
\nBleach Uncut box sets 7-12
\nBlood+ Part One & Part Two
\nBook of Bantorra
\nBroken Blade
\nCase Closed seasons 4 & 5
\nCat Planet Cuties
\nCrimson Wolf
\nD.Gray-Man season 2
\nDemon King Daimo
\nDream Eater Merry
\nEyeshield 21 vols. 2-4
\nFairy Tail vols. 1-4
\nFortune Quest vol. 1
\nGatchaman collector sets 5-9
\nGolgo 13 TV vol. 3
\nGurren Lagann movies 1 & 2
\nHaruka: Beyond the Stream of Time vols. 1-9
\nHeaven’s Lost Property Forte
\nHetalia: World Series vols. 1-2
\nHikaru no Go vols. 1-11
\nHimawari too
\nInfinite Stratos
\nJunjo Romantica seasons 1 & 2
\nKama Sutra
\nKobato vols. 1-2
\nLegend of the Dragon Kings vols. 1-5
\nLegend of the Legendary Heroes part 2
\nMaid Sama vol. 2
\nMaison Ikkoku sets 5-8
\nMardock Scramble: The First Compression Director’s Cut
\nMobile Suit Gundam UC Unicorn vols. 1-2
\nMotto to Loveru
\nNaruto Shippuden box sets 2-10
\nPsychic Squad
\nRanma 1\/2 season 4
\nRonin Warriors vols. 4-9
\nRosario + Vampire Capu 2
\nSgt. Frog season three
\nSOS! Tokyo Metro Explorers: The Next
\nSuper Robot Wars: OG – Divine Wars vols. 1-9
\nSuper Robot Wars: The Original Generation
\nTytania vol. 2
\nWorld God Only Knows
\nYs II: Castle in the Heavens
\nZegapain vols. 3-4 & 6<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I noticed that on May 1st a perfect condition R1 set of Welcome to the NHK DVDs, including the rare individual volume 6, sold on Ebay for $91 despite the fact that FUNimation’s re-release of the same series can be aquired used for about ten bucks. I had no relation to this Ebay auction besides […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random-thoughts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28516"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28516\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28521,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28516\/revisions\/28521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}