Originally posted by: KameronFrye
And again, this is where licensed anime helps out too. Adult Swim ran DBZ, runs Inu Yasha, it introduced me into Blue Gender and a couple other shows I've liked. Yes, they run commercials on the T.V. version. Yes, they put it out dubbed. But it's also a good way to check out a show to see if you like it, and all you have to do is the same thing as Japanese people do: pay your cable bill. If you like the show, buy the DVDs.
if only the anime they'd air on adult swim werent dubbed, then i wouldnt be able to argue that

And on the other end of the argument, the prices of anime DVDs are dropping and the number of episodes are increasing. Bandai is doing their series in 6 DVDs for 26ers. Gundam Seed is going to have 4-5 episodes per DVD. Average non-sale prices have dropped $5-10, box sets are also dropping in price. Hell, I got Ghost in Shell: SAC volume 1 at Best Buy for like $17 on the first day. It can be expensive, yeah. Which is why you don't buy all the anime they have, you buy the ones you like. They're also putting things like interviews with series creators/musicians/etc on it, for those who have interest in it. I never see things like that on BT and I have interest in seeing what goes into making a series, or interviews with the manga artists.
have they been dropping in price? all i know is that the manga these days are still a ripoff compared to prices in japan, and the trigun dvds i bought back when that series was just comin out were abotu $28 each.

if they are dropping alot, then thats good.....but if you assume there'll be maybe 200 eps of naruto...then it would still come out to almost $1000

personally, i just buy dvds of series that arent more than 26 eps