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Brokenimage0:
im pretty sure LE is based in america which is why the distribution/promotion of bootleg versions of licensed anime isnt promotred here. as for teh UK i havent a clue...my subs are decent but i dont have the time or bandwidth to upload them all so im not going to, aside form the fact that i live in america and could get into toruble for it,getting caught or in trouble just isnt my cup of tea.
Billthe3:
--- Quote from: gumbaloom on September 13, 2005, 03:46:47 pm ---Gentle reminder folks no trading bootleg DVD's. Some of the DVD's that have been linked in the past few posts are bootlegs. Live-eviL does not support in any shape whatsoever the activities of bootleg DVD makers.
-gumbaloom
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Sorry for that. I think I've gotten rid of the bootlegs, unless they both were?
dr_ishmael:
--- Quote from: Billthe3 on September 13, 2005, 11:54:16 pm ---Sorry for that. I think I've gotten rid of the bootlegs, unless they both were?
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--- Quote from: Billthe3 on September 13, 2005, 07:55:13 am ---Is this a decent dvd set? I'm trying to find a good dvd set with the first three stages.
http://cgi.ebay.com/INITIAL-D-ANIME-COMPLETE-10-DVD-SET-US-Seller-3-95-S-H_W0QQitemZ5998368834QQcategoryZ73574QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
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Yep, that's a Hong Kong/Taiwan bootleg set. See where it says "Initial D TV series collection (3 dvd)"? Anything that puts 26 episodes on 3 discs (or otherwise has more than 5 eps/disc) is 99% not offical. (Off the record, I also recognized it from the picture because a friend of mine bought them long before Tokyopop licensed the series.)
gumbaloom:
Unless someone wants to disagree with me here, the only legitimate DVD's are
1) The Japanese Region 2's available from the likes of Amazon / CD Japan
2) Tokyopop Region 1's.
Anything else is a bootleg DVD. Apart from the issue of not promoting the distribution of licensed materials, the bootleg DVD makers are just in this to make a quick buck. Yes I KNOW it sounds old but the only reason why anime studios continue to make new anime and that INCLUDES OB planning is the money they make from sales of DVD's / CD's.
The bootleg DVD makers don't give a penny of their revenue back to OB Planning and lets face it all you guys want more Initial D right?. So which is better ?. A licensed product where a cut of that goes back to OB Planning so they keep on making ID till the cows come home or your $$ going to a bootleg DVD seller who runs off in to the sunset ?.
It's reasnoably simple to recognise a bootleg -
a) It's unbelievable cheap
b) It has Chinese subtitles
c) It's on ebay
d) It's Region 0 (all regions)
Note - There ARE some products for Hong Kong which ARE legitimate but you have to be very careful about what is legimate and what is not. I would advise against going to ebay if you're looking to buy genuine Hong Kong products.
-gumbaloom
xXJackXx:
Australia is region 4 btw and my DVD player was advertised as a Region 4 player but all i had to do was ask the shop what the region free pin number was and enter that in and my dvd player is now region 0 player so it plays everything with out issue (its a sony dvd player)
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