kronovan
Adventurer
I started collecting in 1988, the year Akira arrived in theaters in my city. Shown in one of the recently intro'd THX theaters, Akira was nothing less than an animation spectacle and managed a 6 week theater run. No other anime since has gotten that length of play in my city, including Ghibli's best. Quit simply, Akira blew the crowd away and many fans like myself came back for additional viewing. While it's not my favorite anime, the spectacle of viewing it on the big screen surrounded by highly enthused viewers hooked me into the magic of anime. I started collecting series on VHS that year and had 100s of them in less than half a decade.
I got my first DVD player in the mid 90s and started selling off (had to gift some away) and replacing my collection with the new media. I didn't rebuy everything and ended up with a much paired down collection. I was much more selective with any new anime I bought and now have a collection of about 300 volumes. I've replaced very few with BRD, because I'm more interested in golden age titles and BRD releases haven't looked or sounded that much better. I did trade some volumes for others, but TBH there's few in my collection I've been willing to part with and they've been suprisingly resilient in that I continue to enjoy rewatchin them.
So while all this blab... just to explain that "my personal collection" for sure continues to be my primary source. I do have a Netflix sub and have had Cruncy Roll subs off and on, but TBH I don't feel compelled to watch new animes nearly as much as I once did. Those produced by Netflix in particular have mostly been duds for me, but I'm pleased that they're now more frequently releasing series I can enjoy from beginning to end. I do buy some of the better reviewed series on the Microsoft store when they're on sale for $3.50 (mostly to watch on my Xbox), but that's a viewing service more than I store so I voted for "Somewhere else" instead of "Online Shopping."
I got my first DVD player in the mid 90s and started selling off (had to gift some away) and replacing my collection with the new media. I didn't rebuy everything and ended up with a much paired down collection. I was much more selective with any new anime I bought and now have a collection of about 300 volumes. I've replaced very few with BRD, because I'm more interested in golden age titles and BRD releases haven't looked or sounded that much better. I did trade some volumes for others, but TBH there's few in my collection I've been willing to part with and they've been suprisingly resilient in that I continue to enjoy rewatchin them.
So while all this blab... just to explain that "my personal collection" for sure continues to be my primary source. I do have a Netflix sub and have had Cruncy Roll subs off and on, but TBH I don't feel compelled to watch new animes nearly as much as I once did. Those produced by Netflix in particular have mostly been duds for me, but I'm pleased that they're now more frequently releasing series I can enjoy from beginning to end. I do buy some of the better reviewed series on the Microsoft store when they're on sale for $3.50 (mostly to watch on my Xbox), but that's a viewing service more than I store so I voted for "Somewhere else" instead of "Online Shopping."
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