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Postby Mangafanatic » Fri Sep 08, 2006 2:53 pm

Hark! Fast approaches Osaka's birthday. I'd like to ask for an anime box set I can take back with me to school, but I need some suggestions. I'm considering the RahXephon boxed set. In additional to that, what would anyone suggest?
Every year in Uganda, innumerable children simply. . . disappear. These children all stolen under the cover of darkness from their homes and impressed into the guerilla armies of the LRA [Lord's Resistance Army]. In the deserts of Uganda, they are forced to witness the mindless slaughter of other children until they themselves can do nothing but kill. Kill. These children, generally ranging from ages 5-12, are brainwashed into murdering in the name of the resistance and into stealing other children from their beds to suffer the same fate.

Because of this genocide of innocence, hundred and hundreds of children live every night sleeping in public places miles from their homes, because they know that if the do not-- they will disappear. They will become just another number in this genocide to which the international community has chosen to turn a blind eye. They will become, in affect, invisible-- Invisible Children.

But there are those who are trying to fight against this slaughter of Uganda's children. They fight to protect these "invisible children." Please, help them help a country full of children who know nothing by fear. Help save the innocence. For more information concerning how you can help and how you can get an incredible video about this horrific reality, visit the Invisible Children home page.
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Postby Roy Mustang » Fri Sep 08, 2006 3:08 pm

First, forgive me. Because this will be a fanboy post. :lol:


Vision of Escaflowne- Complete Collection

Suggested retail price: $49.98

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Postby Rogie » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:07 pm

Not sure what you've watched, but I recommend the Kino's Journey box set, which is about $30. It's very thought-provoking and very clean.

Go forth and purchase, Osaka! :)
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Postby Zeke » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:20 pm

Record of lodoss war, is pretty cheap and cool
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Postby Rev. Doc » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:41 pm

Kaliedo Star Thinpak
Super Gals! Thinpak
Figure 17 box set
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:07 pm

wingzero wrote:Vision of Escaflowne- Complete Collection

Suggested retail price: $49.98

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kekeke I got it for 33.99 at Best buy around here
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Postby RedMage » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:10 pm

Best Buy around here has the Outlaw Star box for about $40, if I remember correctly. I haven't seen it but I've always wanted to.
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Postby ducheval » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:33 pm

Of all the series named so far, escaflowne is the best of em IMHO. I think I paid $180 for the original tv box. That you can buy the dvds for $50 today is astounding O___O;;
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Postby Ingemar » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:38 pm

If you find newer anime boxsets under sixty bucks, it's probably a bootleg...
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Postby Mangafanatic » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:35 pm

Ingemar wrote:If you find newer anime boxsets under sixty bucks, it's probably a bootleg...


Forgive me. I more mean thin packs. You can get many of those, including the Escaflowne and Rahxephon boxed sets for under 60.
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Postby Tenshi no Ai » Fri Sep 08, 2006 9:44 pm

Mangafanatic wrote:Forgive me. I more mean thin packs. You can get many of those, including the Escaflowne and Rahxephon boxed sets for under 60.


It's a shame for those of us who've had to buy single DVDs all the way through and then someone came up with the great idea of thinpacks :/ Not that I even care for the missing extras (one I DO miss is the extra movie in my Azumanga one though v_v Things like that are nice extras...) and maybe cover art missing with the reduced volumes^^ And artsy booklets/mini posters... but thta's it!

I second RahXephon for you (very nice^^) and also add on with the Escaflowne crowd. *shakes fist* Those re-releases were just as bad as Evangelion re-releasing everything a million times >_< I mean, I owned just the movie at one point and the Limited Ed boxset (only one at the time) was too pricey, so with the perfect collection I have, personally I think it's plain and therefore has an ugly appearance AND comes with the movie so had to get rid of mine, only to find out that the Anime legends came out with a brick of it, WITH good cover art >_< Ok I'm done my rant^^ I'm just a VERY visual person, so I like my cover art (and just, art period^^)
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Postby Roy Mustang » Sat Sep 09, 2006 1:21 am

ducheval wrote:Of all the series named so far, escaflowne is the best of em IMHO. I think I paid $180 for the original tv box.


Yeah, I have that one, but a little less on the price. But look at this way, we got a pretty box and the black Escaflowne small model with it.


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Postby Kkun » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:26 am

I'm going to second or third or whatever Escaflowne and say get it. It's amaaaaaaaazing.
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Postby rocklobster » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:45 am

Big O. Both seasons are boxed and $40 each.
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:57 am

rocklobster wrote:Big O. Both seasons are boxed and $40 each.



Yea actually season 2 i bought for 20 but season 1 is 40 both seasons are great ^^
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:58 am

I haven't come across a thinpak yet but I did once come across Lodoss War boxset for around $60 at Barnes & Nobles.I also saw the Haibane Renmei boxset at
Borders and I think that too was cheap.Though I can't recall the exact price now.
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Sat Sep 09, 2006 12:07 pm

Mitsuki lover wrote:I haven't come across a thinpak yet but I did once come across Lodoss War boxset for around $60 at Barnes & Nobles.I also saw the Haibane Renmei boxset at
Borders and I think that too was cheap.Though I can't recall the exact price now.


I wish I could find a Haibane Renmei box set -_- I saw the first 2 eps of that series and I am hooked but i want the dvds XD. And the Records of lodoss war are not thin packs actually they are just 4 regular volume dvds (cronicles of the heroic knight is at least) and its like $40 if you can find it. Also I forgot to mention Gundam Wing box sets 1 and 2 are $40 a peice ^^
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Postby Maledicte » Sat Sep 09, 2006 11:20 pm

Escaflowne--$35 at Best Buy. (so, NOT a bootleg.)

I'd also recommend the Big O, and I've seen cheap sets of Wolf's Rain, King of Bandit Jing and Haibane Renmei too.
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:37 am

Sirthink2much wrote:I've seen cheap sets of Wolf's Rain


Yes its being released in two box sets. eps 1-18 for 26.99 and the final 12 eps for probably less the second box is released on the 26th
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Postby mitsuki lover » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:44 pm

I believe Silent Mobius boxset is regularly $26.95 or so.
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Sun Sep 10, 2006 12:59 pm

Yea it is Mitsuki. Its actually 22.99
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Postby Kaligraphic » Sun Sep 10, 2006 2:30 pm

If you are looking at box sets, one of the rather underhanded moves is that they sometimes sell the box with only the first disc. Make sure that all the discs are included.
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Postby Sync » Sun Sep 10, 2006 5:28 pm

Kaligraphic wrote:If you are looking at box sets, one of the rather underhanded moves is that they sometimes sell the box with only the first disc. Make sure that all the discs are included.

Thats only when the show is brand new/first released, the publisher is expecting that you will buy the rest of the show if you get the Vol.1+box.
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Postby Kazuya » Sun Sep 10, 2006 6:54 pm

Sync wrote:Thats only when the show is brand new/first released, the publisher is expecting that you will buy the rest of the show if you get the Vol.1+box.


Yeah, which makes early adopters not feel left out at the end of the series.

As for suggestions, I would go with

Trigun
Big O
Outlaw Star
Jing King of Bandits

Thats all the good ones that I can think of that are pretty cheap. Perhaps Trigun would be the most expensive.
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Postby GrubbTheFragger » Sun Sep 10, 2006 7:22 pm

Kazuya wrote:Trigun


if you can find that non bootlegged boxset of that for less than sixty wow. I couldn't find it for less than $120
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Postby Maledicte » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:29 pm

Trigun is being sold in two separate boxsets I believe. I forget the prices for each though.
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Postby Kazuya » Mon Sep 11, 2006 6:41 am

^^^^

Thats what my friend said.

I still have yet to find it for less than $100 non bootleg. -_- I hope that it is re released on TV.
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Postby mitsuki lover » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:02 pm

The best thing to do is to look around to see if any of the online stores like
Animenation,Robert's Corner Store or Rightstuf is having a special sell on boxsets.
Also if you can find a pre-owned boxset at any of those sites you can buy them
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Postby Doe Johnson » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:12 pm

I don't know what you might already have or are interested in, but the two box sets I always see are Excel Saga for $60 and Record of Lodoss War (its one of those ones collections that fold out) for about $30.
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Postby rurouninaruto » Tue Sep 12, 2006 11:48 am

Well, Best Buy sells the standard Naruto Uncut Box Set 1 at $55. They also sell the Rurouni Kenshin Season 1 at exactly $60.

That is about all I can think of right now. It's unfortunate that anime DVDs cost so much money.=( I use my bank account money for DVDs and CDs but I usually lose more money than gain more money.
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