{"id":3059,"date":"2009-04-27T22:53:08","date_gmt":"2009-04-28T02:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/?p=3059"},"modified":"2009-04-27T22:53:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-28T02:53:08","slug":"renting-anime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2009\/04\/27\/renting-anime\/","title":{"rendered":"Renting Anime"},"content":{"rendered":"

\nI don’t rent software. Never have and never will. I buy DVDs, and I’ve bought a hell of a lot of them. But I do this. This is like those computer games which won’t run unless they have an internet connection and can phone home every time you invoke them. Your game only works as long as the company that “sold” it to you feels like maintaining the validation server.<\/p>\n

And this Crunchyroll deal only works as long as Crunchyroll exists. Not acceptable.<\/p>\n

What I wrote back, perhaps more angrily than I should have, was: “I ***BUY*** anime<\/a>, I don’t rent it. I’ll steal it before I’ll rent it.”<\/p>\n

Steven Den Beste<\/a><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here I have to disagree. I DO rent anime. If I didn’t there are a lot of things I would never see.<\/p>\n

Fushigi Yuugi<\/em> <\/a>for example. It was fun to watch, but I’ll probably never want to watch it again. The DVDs are quite expensive. If I had to buy them there’s no way that I could justify the purchase. On the other hand, renting them from Netflix<\/a> was quite reasonable.<\/p>\n

Steven is specifically talking about video streaming sites like Crunchyroll<\/a>, but I think the same logic applies. If it’s not worth rewatching (and face it, most shows aren’t) then why not watch it as streaming video?<\/p>\n

Of course there are some shows that I do want to watch more than once. Some shows seem intended to be watched multiple times, with jokes and hidden meanings that no one would be likely to pick up on a single viewing. (Many series by CLAMP for example.) <\/p>\n

And after a series has been out for a few years, you may be able to pick up a thinpak on sale for about the same price that you would pay to rent it. At that point, if it’s any good, why not?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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