Rurouni Kenshin OVA

[Animeniax]

Buying them would be an insult to the fansubbers, though.

And even if it wasn't, 30 dollars wouldn't be cheap but highway robbery. The shopkeeper got it free, after all, plus pennies for media.

The set is in a nice production package with art from the series and all and it almost looks like production material from a major distributor, except it shows who the fansubber group is and has warnings that its a fansubbed distro of the material.

For me, $30 is pretty good compared to downloading 95 (or 66 if I don't bother watching the filler) files at over 200MB each on a satellite connection. Still, there is that satisfying feeling when you check your dl client and see another dl has finished.

and from ones that I've seen like that (the cheap ones from stores), the subtitles are shitty.

I saw the Bleach set of episodes 1-60 fansubbed by Lunar, so some of them have good subs.

[Animeniax]

So I've finished watching episode 3 of RK the TV series and it's pretty good, but that's only because I've seen the first OVA. Without having seen the OVA, I can't say I'd enjoy the series quite as much, and might not like it at all (low quality animation and some annoying staple characters like Yahiko and Kaoru).

It'd be like watching the Lord of the Rings movie trilogy without having read "The Hobbit" first.

[Animeniax]

For some reason I'm tired of hearing Kenshin say "de gozaru" or some variation after almost every sentence!!!
I haven't minded Naruto saying "dattebayo" or some variation after every other sentence. Weird.

[Yukimura]

You really shouldn't judge the show on the first three eps and the OVA...considering the best part of the show is eps 26-65 and they can only really be compared to the Trust and Betrayal OVA. I read the LotR series before the Hobbit and was simply impressed with how much better the Hobbit was compared to Book 1.

[Animeniax]

Yeah I'm going to stick with this show and watch it at least until the fillers start at 66. It is a pretty good anime story and character wise.

I'd have been lost (and possibly uninterested) in the Fellowship if I hadn't read the Hobbit first. Tolkien really should have made it a 4-book series, instead of a trilogy with the Hobbit as suggested reading.