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Weekly Specials & Closeout Items from RightStuf.com

Ongoing:

• Anne Freaks Complete Manga Set Bundle (1-4): $21.99
• Aquarian Age: The Movie DVD (Hyb) (Limited Edition): $17.99
• Bubblegum Crash DVD (Hyb): $9.99
• Chrono (Chrno) Crusade Manga Bundle Set (1-8): $47.99
• City Hunter TV Season 2 Collection 2 DVD Set (S): $24.99, Qty Remaining: 107
• Evangelion, Neon Genesis Angelic Days Manga Set Bundle (1-6): $32.99
• Gasaraki DVD Perfect Collection (1-8) (Hyb): $34.99, Qty Remaining: 138
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 1 DVD Set (Hyb): $48.99
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex Season 2 (2nd Gig) DVD Set (Hyb): $48.99
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Music Video Anthology DVD (S): $6.99
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence Music Video Anthology DVD (S) Special Edition: $9.99
• Hakkenden: Legend of the Dog Warriors DVD Set (Hyb): $24.99, Qty Remaining: 147
• Hand Maid May Box Set DVD (Hyb) + Extras CD-ROM (Limited): $22.99, Qty Remaining: 133
• Macross, Super Dimensional Fortress DVD Box Set 1 (S) (eps 1-12): $32.99, Qty Remaining: 11
• Macross, Super Dimensional Fortress DVD Box Set 2 (S) (eps 13-24): $32.99, Qty Remaining: 17
• Macross, Super Dimensional Fortress DVD Box Set 3 (S) (eps 25-36): $32.99, Qty Remaining: 17
• Mospeada, Genesis Climber DVD Box Set (S): $24.99, Qty Remaining: 119
• My Santa Special DVD (Hyb): $11.99
• Ninja Nonsense Artbox and Goodies: $11.99, Qty Remaining: 5
• Oh My Goddess! DVD 1 (Hyb): $8.99
• Oh My Goddess! DVD 2 (Hyb): $8.99
• Otaku No Video DVD (S): $8.99
• Read or Die (R.O.D.) TV Series DVD MegaBundle (Hyb) w/CDs: $79.99
• Riding Bean DVD (Hyb): $6.99
• Risky Safety DVD Bargain Bundle (1-3) (Hyb): $14.95
• Robotech Protoculture Collection DVD MegaSet (D): $69.99
• Saiyuki DVD Complete Collection (Hyb) (Thinpak): $48.99
• Samurai Champloo DVD Box Set (Hyb): $119.99
• Southern Cross DVD Set (S): $24.99, Qty Remaining: 42
• Spiral DVD Box Set (Hyb) - Viridian Collection: $27.99
• Super Gals Season 1 DVD Box Set (Hyb) (Thinpak): $19.99
• Ultra Maniac DVD Box Set (Hyb): $72.99
• Urusei Yatsura DVD Bargain Bundle 1 (S) (1-10): $95.99
• Urusei Yatsura DVD Bargain Bundle 2 (S) (11-20): $95.99
• Urusei Yatsura DVD Bargain Bundle 3 (S) (21-30): $95.99
• Urusei Yatsura DVD Bargain Bundle 4 (S) (31-40): $95.99
• Urusei Yatsura DVD Bargain Bundle 5 (S) (41-50): $95.99
• Urusei Yatsura DVD Movie Bargain Bundle (Hyb) (1-6): $59.99
• Urusei Yatsura DVD OVA Bargain Bundle (S) (1-6) : 45.99
• Vampire Princess Miyu OVA DVD 1 (Hyb): $6.99
• Vampire Princess Miyu OVA DVD 2 (Hyb): $6.99
• Virtua Fighter TV Series DVD 1 (Hyb) (Eps 1-12): $9.99, Qty Remaining: 28
• You're Under Arrest TV DVD Box Set 1 (1-3) (Hyb) + Extras Disc: $34.99
• You're Under Arrest TV DVD Box Set 2 (4-6) (Hyb) + Extras Disc: $34.99
• You're Under Arrest TV DVD Box Set 3 (7-9) (Hyb) + Extras Disc: $34.99
• You're Under Arrest TV DVD Box Set 4 (10-13) (Hyb): $44.99
• You're Under Arrest TV Series DVD Megabundle (Hyb): $129.99

New:

• Ah! My Goddess Season 2 DVD 1 (Hyb): Everyone Has Wings: $15.99
• Ah! My Goddess Season 2 DVD 2 (Hyb): I Only Want to Be With You + Artbox: $20.99
• Ah! My Goddess TV Season 1 DVD Box Set (Hyb): $34.99
• Ah! My Goddess the Motion Picture DVD (Hyb) (DTS Version): $17.99
• Ai Yori Aoshi/Ai Yori Aoshi Enishi DVD Brick Set (Hyb): $36.99
• Angelic Layer DVD Box Set (Thinpak): $27.99
• Beck DVD 1 (Hyb) + Artbox: $24.99
• Black Cat DVD 1 (Hyb): $15.99
• Black Cat DVD 2 (Hyb): $15.99
• Black Cat DVD 3 (Hyb): $15.99
• Black Cat DVD 4 (Hyb): $15.99
• Black Cat DVD 5 (Hyb): $15.99
• Black Cat DVD 6 (Hyb): $15.99
• Cat's Eye DVD Season 1 Collection (S): $72.99
• Cyberteam in Akihabara DVD Box Set (Thinpak): $24.99
• DearS DVD Box Set (Hyb): $48.99
• Dokkoida!? DVD Box Set (Hyb): $36.99
• El Hazard 2 OVA Series DVD 1 (Hyb): $8.99
• Ergo Proxy DVD 6 (Hyb): Deus Ex Machina: $17.99, Qty Remaining: 135
• Fighting Spirit (Hajime No Ippo) DVD Collection 1 (Hyb): $48.99
• Gad Guard DVD Box Set (Hyb): $89.99
• Galaxy Angel Z Complete Collection DVD (Hyb): $23.99
• Galaxy Railways Complete Collection DVD (Hyb): $34.99
• Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence DVD (S) $13.99
• Golgo 13: Queen Bee Special Edition DVD (Hyb): $14.99
• Gravion Season 1 & 2 DVD Box Set (Hyb) (Thinpak): $29.99
• Hare+Guu DVD Box Set (Hyb): $59.99
• Hello Kitty's Animation Theater DVD Collection (Hyb): $15.99
• Hellsing Signature Series DVD Box Set (Hyb): $35.99
• Ikki Tousen DVD Box Set (Hyb) (Thinpak): $48.99
• Iria: Zeiram DVD Economy Collection (Hyb): $14.99
• Knight Hunters, Weiss Kreuz Complete DVD Box Set (Hyb): $59.99
• Kurau: Phantom Memory DVD 1 (Hyb): Between Two Worlds: $15.99
• Kurau: Phantom Memory DVD 2 (Hyb): Double Jeopardy + Artbox: $20.99
• Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya DVD 3 (Hyb) Special Limited Edition: $34.99
• Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya DVD 4 (Hyb) Special Limited Edition: $34.99
• Moeyo Ken TV Series DVD 1 (Hyb): Shinsengumi on the Prowl: $7.99
• Moeyo Ken TV Series DVD 2 (Hyb): Shanghai a Go-Go: $7.99
• Moeyo Ken TV Series DVD 3 (Hyb): $7.99
• Nobody's Boy Remi DVD Set (S): $72.99
• Orguss, Super Dimension Century DVD Set (S): $72.99
• Paranoia Agent DVD Box Set (Hyb) (Limited Edition): $59.99
• Ragnarok DVD 1 (Hyb): $17.99
• Saiyuki Reload DVD Box Set (Hyb): $95.99
• Solty Rei DVD 1 (Hyb): $15.99
• Solty Rei DVD 2 (Hyb): $15.99
• Solty Rei DVD 3 (Hyb): $15.99
• Solty Rei DVD 4 (Hyb): $15.99
• Solty Rei DVD 5 (Hyb): $15.99
• Solty Rei DVD 6 (Hyb): $15.99
• Tenchi Muyo: Pretty Sammy/Mihoshi Special DVD (Hyb): $17.99
• To Heart DVD Bargain Bundle (1-4) (Hyb): $39.99
• When They Cry (Higurashi) DVD 3 (Hyb): $17.99
• Wicked City Special Edition DVD (Hyb): $17.99
• Yukikaze DVD Complete Collection (Hyb) (Anime Legends): $23.99

WTK

I guess this promotion varies a bit by region. My local stores were running $10 off $14.99 and up on Bandai Entertainment, FUNimation, and Geneon titles. The promotion didn't include Bandai Visual and Manga Ent/Bandai Ent titles.

Drahksenzu

I really want to get the Orguss set but 72.99 for some DVD-r's is just too freakin much.

WTK

Aquarion: Season 1, Part 1: $15.99

• Retail Price: $59.98
• Release Date: 3/11/08
• Contains episodes 1-13 on three discs.
• 325 minutes.
• DVD Features: Interview with Shoji Kawamori, Tokyo International Anime Fair 2005 Talk Show with Cast and Crew, Tsugumi's "All about CG!" Series, Textless Songs, Trailers.
• Spoken Languages: English, Japanese, English subtitles.

WTK

I'm sort of tempted to want get Cat's Eye - Season 1 and Nobody's Boy Remi, but the price is still a bit too high. Keep in mind that the regular prices for these collections are $82.99 each. I'm not high on these DVD-Rs as well.

strawberryshortcake

DVD-Rs?? Are these not *official* products??

WTK

Those three titles are licensed by ImaginAsian Entertainment. They chose to produce their releases with no English dubbing via DVD-Rs.

Sorraffy

soon as i saw this i went and ordered as quick as i could. Was looking to get this series anyways and to save about $15 is pretty good

nice find, thanks!

strawberryshortcake

Then I guess I'll have to pass on all three titles.

So ImaginAsian Entertainment is basically another Bandai Visuals right? Bandai Visuals seldom if ever release dubbed titles. Should I include ImaginAsian into the group of manufacturers I dislike?

lwitkop

It's certainly up to you whether you dislike ImaginAsian or not, but I don't think they're coming at their releases from quite the same mindset as Bandai Visual. My impression of ImaginAsian was they chose this model as the most viable way to release some older, quality niche titles. To reduce costs, they didn't produce a dub, and they use a print-on-demand model for manufacturing the DVDs where they only create them as they're ordered. These aren't big-name shows that would make back the initial investment, otherwise. Personally, I haven't bought any of them because I'm not sure if I'd really enjoy the shows they've released. I thought about giving Cat's Eye a try after reading a comparison to Lupin III, but I'm still not entirely sold. But I see the no-dub DVD-R as a much better option than the show not being released at all.

strawberryshortcake

Thanks for the breakdown.

The second question of whether or not I dislike ImaginAsian was not really suppose to be answered. It's an indirect attack on Bandai Visual's no-dub-release practices. (Most of their titles in fact lack a dub track).

Mr Bear1116

I may finally grab the ImaginAsian releases. The content is licensed and professionally done, so the DVD-R aspect is unimprotant. You cannot expect to get a product for free and it beats a download. This is likely the only way you will be able to get licensed US releases of these shows. Retail is essentially $10 a disc which is not bad. I could care less about the lack of a dub. The quality of most anime dubs is awful. I still don't understand why anyone wants to watch dubs. If you are going to watch a foreign TV show or film, it feels more authentic to watch it in it's original tongue with subtitles. The shunning a series due to no dub shows how spoiled we have become. Remember, these shows are not made for us. Thus, if we are so interested in watching, we should be willing to go the extra mile to do so. The demands of the average American that everything should be in English is one of our many negative qualities. They say if you speak two languages you are bi-lingual, three tri-lingual, four quad-lingual, and if you speak one you are American. A dub track is not a essential part of the package, it is an extra in the vein of art galleries and textless openings. Passing on a quality show due to no dub is almost as dumb as those people who cosplay at Mitsuwa Marketplace.

WTK

This Blu-ray sale has ended!

WTK

Shawne's Deals of the Day for Friday, January 18 2008:

Deal 01: Black Lagoon DVD 3 (Hyb) Limited Collector's Edition
$39.98 // $23.98 (40.0%) // $21.58 (46.0%)
*** quantity remaining = 43

Deal 04: Appleseed DVD (Hyb) - Feature Only
$19.98 // $11.74 (41.2%) // $10.57 (47.1%)

Deal 07: Suzuka DVD 1 (Hyb) + Artbox
$34.98 // $20.48 (41.5%) // $18.43 (47.3%)
*** quantity remaining = 10

WTK

Good luck.

With all the stores we have here @ MN, the stock on these are rather poor as well. They are usually no more than 1 or 2 copies per title. I was able to grab Appleseed and Ninja Scroll earlier this week. However I'm not sure what I'm going to do about the the free copies of Ghost in the Shell (UMD).

Sweet Baby James

Great find. In for one. BTW, I checked the prices for the rest of the Funi box sets for March and they are all priced correctly.

WTK

I did that last night as well, but I checked all of their anime preorders. This $15.99 pricing probably got mixed in with the Viridian rerelease single volumes.

WTK

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strawberryshortcake

I'll likely just netflix these series. My preference is dub anime in my personal collection. I just can't justify paying for a product that wants me to read during my leisure film watching time. It's perfectly fine if it's live action, but anime is a cartoon that doesn't look ridiculous when dubbed. Not all anime needs to be dubbed, but for personal preference sake I prefer to only buy dubbed anime. (However, I did let one slip by -- Millennium Actress).


Sorry for diverging off thread topic, but it's a simple response to Mr Bear.
I've seen plenty of dubs and subtitles and have found dubs actually more enjoyable than subtitled tracks. For a few reasons:
(1) Dubs - my eyes and ears are simultaneously in use (reading directs attention away from on-screen visuals, yes, even for that split second).
(2) Subs - I actually find the Japanese spoken language especially in anime quite irritating for some reason. The stretching out of the last few words in a sentence sounds like a child throwing a temper tantrum. And honestly, it's irritating to digest.

Edubble

Does Target price match their website. I would like to pick up Dragon Ball Z on Blu-Ray for $13.99, but don't want to pay for shipping? Thanks!

SDZeroG

Target does not price match their website.

Edubble

Thanks!

Erdrick

I jumped on this due to the price. Now I just hope it is good.

Why is FUNimation releasing the boxset before the singles?

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WTK

There won't be single volume release for Aquarion and there will be 2 boxsets.

WTK

THIS IS TO EVERYONE:

Please keep the non-bargain anime discussions to a minimum in these bargain threads.

I like to see anime discussions, but this monthly thread is for anime bargains. I don't want the thread to be cluttered with non-bargain related discussions. Please feel free to post non-bargain anime comments/discussions/questions in the Anime Discussion Thread or post your own thread in the DVD Discussion/DVDTalk forum.

Thanks!