Question - Online Shopping for Anime

[chomiji]

Can anyone recommend a good online source for ordering, say, "Ouran High School Host Club" on DVD?

The Young Lady has requested this, and I see that this site has it (complete series, 3 discs) for quite a reasonable price, but I have no idea if they're reputable. It's easy to find out who has it, but not whether they're OK folks.

Thanks!

Comments

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

hmm...I've never bought from DVD asian, but people I know who have have been satisfied. They'll be pirated, though, and, and likely have engrish subs that are occassionally incomprehensible, but it's probably the best you'll find to buy on DVD until the whole thing has been released in licensed form.

[sanada.livejournal.com]

^^;;; Those are definitely bootlegs... with bootlegs, you never know how good the subs will be. Sometimes they steal them from fansubs so they're really good, but usually they're a really horrid Japanese->Chinese->English translation. And you don't get an English voice track. (I don't know if the YL prefers her anime subbed or dubbed.) I'm not an Ouran fan... but if I remember correctly, it was licensed by Funimation and is scheduled to begin official US release in 2008. Until then, there's always free fansubs on Veoh!

[weatherglass.livejournal.com]

I don't know about Ouran specifically, but I've been ordering anime from Right Stuf (www.rightstuf.com) for several years now and they're very reliable. Their weekly sales tend to have very good bargains.

[b3nitora.livejournal.com]

Bootleg is BAD, and its definatly not the fact that its illegal. I am the last person that will, and can >_< *ahem*.., preach about illegalities. Anyway, its the fact that half of the series probably wont work and the subtitles are INSANE!!!! I've had my fair share of run-in with bootleged series, not something I'd recommend purchasing.