Keep it or "can" it?

[Garrett Jax]

I was wondering...

Do you keep anime that you purchase even if you don't like it after viewing it?

I'm asking this of all who buy their anime instead of d/l it.

Not that I'm judging... far from it. So please, no offense is intended to those who mainly d/l. It's just that I would assume that it's alot easier to simply click on the mouse and delete or chuck a burned disc rather than trash something that you actually paid for.

I hardly ever d/l myself. I think I've done it literally about 6 or 7 times simply to see what all the fuss was about a certain anime or show. But since then I've been going by reviews and fan input to find what I may like next and than purchase it either after all the volumes are out, or in boxsets. Not that I buy everything that's popular. There are certain genres I just don't care for like "magical girl" and to a lesser degree those cutesy comedies where the main cast are all small schoolgirls... you know, that sort of thing.

But, occasionally, I'll get something that others found great that I just don't care for after watching it. For instance Blue Sub No. 6. The graphics were nice on the eyes for me, but the story was kind of... blah. I don't know how to explain it really. It's an inside joke between myself and a co-worker now when I refer to Blue Sub 6 as "Twenty Thousand Leagues Beneath the Island of Dr. Moreau" /images/graemlins/sdsmiley.gif

Anyways,... back to the main topic. Do you keep anime that you bought and don't like or do you get rid of it somehow?

I'll go first by saying that so far I've kept all the anime I've bought no matter how bad it was to me.

[meryl]

I get rid of it. I only have so much space. Why clutter it up with shows I won't watch again?

[gnikdrazil]

Sell or trade off the junk I don't like just to redeem something from my bad purchase that will hopefully go to a good purchase.

[masterpez]

I've honestly only ever bought one dvd for a series and ended up thinking it was pretty bad after only viewing the first ep. That was Weiss Kruez (however you spell it). I went into best buy looking to try something new, and going with my gut instinct (basically thinking the cover was cool-looking) I bought it on a whim. Needless to say, I haven't done that again since then. After I watched ep 1, I came here and read a review and people's opinions on it. They weren't very good, aside from a few people here and there. The disc is now in a drawer in my dresser. It doesn't get counted as part of my collection at all. The rest of the episodes on the disc will remain unwatched. This from a guy who always gives a series at least 4 episodes before passing on it.

[Suwako Moriya]

After purchasing an anime, I must be absolutely certain I dislike it or have grown to dislike it. To avoid the "It was a mistake to sell it" feeling. Once it's confirmed I truly dislike it, I'd much rather get rid of it. Even if it is just to give it to my elder brother as it were. For the record even if one already previewed a series be it by legit or evil methods. You can still grow to dislike a series over time. Even after happily buying at least some volumes of it. Also known as the "Why the ***** did I ever like this?" question.

[jecca-neko]

Get rid of it. Why keep what you're not going to enjoy?

[kio]

I've kept all of the anime I've bought as well. Except for one disc that I sold ages ago with a less than smooth transaction. For the most part, I've never happened to rewatch any series I own in its entirety, or even come close yet despite having it in my mind that I will...eventually /images/graemlins/sweat000.gif. Even my favorites. So while I certainly have ones I like more than others, I don't have anything that I desperately love or loathe with a passion really. I also have the annoying habit of being able to find something I like about, or enjoyable bits in, pretty much everything I buy which leads to the hesitation of making the decision to actually get rid of something. 'Seller's remorse' and all.

To be honest, though, I do have some discs (and manga for that matter-I've kept all of those, too) that I wouldn't mind getting rid of but I just haven't <shrug>. I keep all of the 'dejected' stuff in boxes or in a spare bookshelf that I have apart from my main collection.

[something]

Well, the "all or nothing" options don't really have my answer... but I chose "keep it" anyway, because I rarely sell discs. I had a stage last year where I sold a bunch (maybe 20-some discs), but that was it.

The reason I don't sell is because there is little in my collection that I don't like because 1) I know what I'm getting before I get it or 2) I get it cheap so it's not a big deal. Factor in that you almost never get your money's worth when you sell and it's really not worth the effort.

[Lumberjack]

For the most part, I keep all of the anime that I've purchased. The only dvd I can think of that I watched the first episode and canned was Orphen.

[Suwako Moriya]

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disarm said:
Factor in that you almost never get your money's worth when you sell and it's really not worth the effort.

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Buying a DVD for say $30 for example and then selling it for say $5 seems like a larger waste of money than just keeping it. Hence why I must be absolutely certain I don't want it anymore. Heck on a slighty related note, take buying R2 and R1. Okay yeah I know some only buy one and never touch the other, but hear me out here.

It's one thing to drop an R2 series after buying only one volume when suddenly you hear the series has been licensed for R1. However if you're one volume away from completing the series R2. You may as well finish it. Other wise you've wasted a lot of money.

Of course I guess you could say one wasted money by purchasing it R2 in the first place. However sometimes a series can take years to get licensed. Sometimes the doom and gloom talk crushes confidence in a license. Other times some series only get licensed by a miracle.

Heck forget the R2 to R1 aspect. Say I've nearly completed a series R1, but it's started to grow dull to me. I may still be tempted to finish the remaining 1 or 2 volumes since there is not much left to get. Note the word may. Of course sometimes it's easy when the series is only 1 or 2 volumes max.

[remo]

I tend to be pretty selective so generally don't end up with too many stinkers. But I have no problem getting rid of them when I do.

I'm all about thinning the herd from time to time anyway -- I need the space, and what I enjoyed two or three years ago isn't necessarily what I enjoy today.

[Suko-chan]

There hasn't been too much that I've gotten rid of. I prefer to keep mostly everything I've bought... even the clunkers. Though, who knows, I might get around to weeding out my collection someday.

[Shsway]

I've managed to sell off pretty much every show I couldn't live with. I do have a couple of stinkers that I keep because I honestly do like the dub or the digital extras that they came with.

[keksimonsteri]

I sell some, and keep some.

I'm more likely to sell first volumes of series I'm not going to continue collecting, and then keep the oneshots and complete collections even if I'm not crazy about them.

I voted for no, though.

[roastedpekingduck]

I usually just keep it. My friends hate anime and selling online has gone pretty badly. Before I was "versed", I got cheated once, and the return value for completed transactions also completely sucked for me. I earned back only a quarter of what I paid for and seeing that was more bitter for me than watching the items sit on the shelf. If the unwanted show does have a box, I clear out the box for unhoused shows that I like.

Speaking of which, kinda off topic, but what do y'all do with duplicate volumes? I've made the really stupid mistake of buying LE singles far too slowly and by the time a much cheaper collection rolls out, I end up buying the collection because of the price disparity, thereby ending up with multiple duplicates. I even have four volumes for Texhnolyze because I originally bought the v1 w/ box, the v1 w/ soundtrack, and the v2, then bought the boxset during the DDD sale. Selling the duplicate volumes would just be economically horrible for the seller because by the time of the boxset, the value of the singles becomes almost worthless.

[Garrett Jax]

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roastedpekingduck said:
Speaking of which, kinda off topic, but what do y'all do with duplicate volumes? I've made the really stupid mistake of buying LE singles far too slowly and by the time a much cheaper collection rolls out, I end up buying the collection because of the price disparity, thereby ending up with multiple duplicates. I even have four volumes for Texhnolyze because I originally bought the v1 w/ box, the v1 w/ soundtrack, and the v2, then bought the boxset during the DDD sale. Selling the duplicate volumes would just be economically horrible for the seller because by the time of the boxset, the value of the singles becomes almost worthless.

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I have a few duplicates myself. For me,... I just keep them.

Which actually came in handy a while back. I bought the box set for Tenchi Universe from TRSI when it was on sale. Unfortunately one of the discs was bad, but fortunately I had started collecting the series before the box set came out. So I just happened to save a little time and money from having to send the set back, paying for the return, and waiting for them to send it back to me. I simply popped out the bad disc and replaced it with the one that I had on hand. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

I also happen to have two sets of Saber Marionette J. I bought that Ultimate box set when it was on sale that had SMJ, SMJ Again, & SM JtoX. So I'm just holding on to the old ones just in case something happens to any of my discs.

What I do with those duplicates is place them behind the newer ones I have so that they're never seen. Only I know they're there. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[JohnThacker]

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roastedpekingduck said:
Speaking of which, kinda off topic, but what do y'all do with duplicate volumes? I've made the really stupid mistake of buying LE singles far too slowly and by the time a much cheaper collection rolls out, I end up buying the collection because of the price disparity, thereby ending up with multiple duplicates. I even have four volumes for Texhnolyze because I originally bought the v1 w/ box, the v1 w/ soundtrack, and the v2, then bought the boxset during the DDD sale. Selling the duplicate volumes would just be economically horrible for the seller because by the time of the boxset, the value of the singles becomes almost worthless.

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Usually donate it to the local anime club for use in their archive, or for a giveaway or raffle item. It can be useful for people who want to try a series to see if they like it... assuming that you have early volumes, not a duplicate in the middle or at the end.

[itsuka]

Well, neither choice applies. There are a few series I only bought one disc of, like Betterman, Overman King Gainer and Neo Ranga, that I would sell. I have a few first discs double when I had an opportunity to get a box + 1 very cheap, that I also wouldn't mind selling. And there are two or three shows I wouldn't rewatch easily, like Love Hina and Orphen (single discs) where I would take a reasonable offer if it came along. But on a collection my size that's very little. There are no stores in my countries where I can offer these discs second hand, and being located in the Netherlands makes competing on the ebay a bit difficult because of shipping costs. Having calculated what I can ask for the whole lot, I have found it's not worth my time and effort to even try and sell it on ebay, so I basically don't bother to try.

And there is that I may not like Soul Taker very much, but the first episode is so beautifully done that I cannot bear to sell it /images/graemlins/happy.gif

[mike.motaku]

With spacing concerns being what they are for me, I do occasionally go thru and pull some mediocrities or things I feel I will never watch again. When I finished Chrno Crusade and Get Backers for example, that lingering feeling of just plain "meh" I felt during the viewing coalesced into "who can I sell this too?" after I finished them. So away they went.

[roastedpekingduck]

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Juraian Knight said:
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roastedpekingduck said:
Speaking of which, kinda off topic, but what do y'all do with duplicate volumes? I've made the really stupid mistake of buying LE singles far too slowly and by the time a much cheaper collection rolls out, I end up buying the collection because of the price disparity, thereby ending up with multiple duplicates. I even have four volumes for Texhnolyze because I originally bought the v1 w/ box, the v1 w/ soundtrack, and the v2, then bought the boxset during the DDD sale. Selling the duplicate volumes would just be economically horrible for the seller because by the time of the boxset, the value of the singles becomes almost worthless.

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I have a few duplicates myself. For me,... I just keep them.

Which actually came in handy a while back. I bought the box set for Tenchi Universe from TRSI when it was on sale. Unfortunately one of the discs was bad, but fortunately I had started collecting the series before the box set came out. So I just happened to save a little time and money from having to send the set back, paying for the return, and waiting for them to send it back to me. I simply popped out the bad disc and replaced it with the one that I had on hand. /images/graemlins/happy.gif

I also happen to have two sets of Saber Marionette J. I bought that Ultimate box set when it was on sale that had SMJ, SMJ Again, & SM JtoX. So I'm just holding on to the old ones just in case something happens to any of my discs.

What I do with those duplicates is place them behind the newer ones I have so that they're never seen. Only I know they're there. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[/ QUOTE ]That's actually a good way to think about it. Having two duplicates like I do for Texhnolyze volume 1 now sounds like a good thing. /images/graemlins/sweat200.gif

[MKVarana]

The only time I'll get rid of a DVD is if I have a duplicate. I like to keep even the bad stuff so that in the future, if for some reason I want to give it a second chance, I have it on hand. Plus, though not a significant factor, I treat my DVDs as a collection, so I figure the more the better.

On a side note, though, my "to watch" backlog has gotten out of hand, so the majority of the DVDs I have watched have only been watched once, so the good and bad DVDs get pretty much treated equally at the moment...

[Collectonian]

Hmmm...so you presume that anyone who doesn't blind buy must be downloading instead? You know, some of use watch stuff first by renting, which is what I do so I rarely not buy any anime I don't like. I have had one or two that I liked the first time, but then when I went to rewatch I found it had no rewatchability, so those I sold. I don't have the space to waste and the money it raises can get more stuff.

Edit: For the second question posed, never had a duplicate. If I start on the singles, I will generally stick with it regardless of a pending collection. Usually, though, I just wait for the collection. Only a few shows have had extras or been such a high priority that I felt I HAD to get it as it was being released.

[Shsway]

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Juraian Knight said:
What I do with those duplicates is place them behind the newer ones I have so that they're never seen. Only I know they're there. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

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*Giggles*

The only duplicate discs that I have at this point are for Voices of a Distant Star. I have the first pressing with the alternate JP audio missing, a fixed version, and a third that came with my Shinkai set, which I have yet to verify as complete and correct.

I sold off my volume ones of Trigun and Rurouni Kenshin when I found out about the collections for these, then gave away my Trigun set when I decided to purchase the somewhat remastered version with tins. There's no way I would have gotten anything close to a fair price for the older discs, especially considering the presence of the Signature Series line.

[battle001]

i keep'em but there is a likely hood that they will not be rewatched for a long while.

oh the trials of an evergrowing collection and the impulses of a pack rat.

i've had the cyber formula gpx collection for almost one and a half years and have not made it past the first disc, it's not a bad show but i don't have many impulses to watch driving anime<and if i do ex-driver is shorter, and looks better> but dang was it cheap.

[Garrett Jax]

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Battle001 said:i've had the cyber formula gpx collection for almost one and a half years and have not made it past the first disc, it's not a bad show but i don't have many impulses to watch driving anime<and if i do ex-driver is shorter, and looks better> but dang was it cheap.

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Never saw Cyber Formula GPX, but I can say that I have watched eX Driver and found it a very interesting story. Granted it's not the greatest, but an enjoyable watch none-the-less to "kill" a few hours without it feeling like a waste of time.

I'm somewhat of a pack rat myself, but after reading a few posts I may have to re-think my mentality on the matter and force myself to "thin the herd" as well. Although, much like MKVarana, I tend to treat what I have as a collection. /images/graemlins/knowital.gif

[coelacanth]

After one bout of reselling some anime and manga that I did not think was worth the time, or the money I got back, I decided to donate unwanted stuff to my local library. Wether they put it in their collection or sell it at a book sale doesn't matter, it benefits them either way. It was fitting that I donated the R.O.D. OVA to the library.

AJC

[Ty]

I've gotten rid of my major mistakes, though I'd like to think I'm smart enough now to not buy anything I didn't truly want and like in the first place.

[Puppet Master]

Alot of the time unless it's a series I give them to my niece since she's the only real anime fan that I know and I know she apperciates it. The series I still have but luckily it hasn't happened since I bought Mars Daybreak ages ago so I don't run into that problem too often.

[joelgundam01]

I rarely buy titles that I don't like, mainly because I do a lot of research before purchasing a title. However, when I do run into a title that I don't like or gets boring during its run. I sell it off or trade it in.

[battle001]

from what i can tell Cyber Formula GPX is like speed racer meets Knight Rider <talking super intelligent car>
but as i said i have only watched the first disc

[tuffy]

I've tried selling off a few duplicates/clunkers in the past but the amount of effort to get rid of them didn't pay. These days I pack the discs in paper sleeves, file the covers/inserts into a folder and relegate my mistakes to a box where they don't take up much space.

[Mateo_home]

Dump it. Rewording everyone else's posts, why should I hold on to something I don't plan on watching ever again? Plus, I want to save money and I'm limited on shelf space. /images/graemlins/tongue.gif

[Chuplayer]

I sold X: The Movie and Tenchi Forever to EB to offset the cost of my Nintendo DS, but I haven't gotten rid of any other anime. I really don't want to get rid of it. I haven't found anything I didn't like.

[Yotsuyasan]

I very rarely buy blind. I usually know a little something about a show before I start buying it. I've never gone so far as to download episodes, but I'll read a review or something. (Not that I think downloading is bad -- if done only for research / sampling to determine if one wishes to purchase. Just not done it myself.)

That being said, I have been fortunate only to ever get one disc that was such a let-down that I considered selling it off. That was Very Private Lesson, it was a few years back, and it is still in my collection.

Other then that, I've only ever sold discs when I ended up with duplicates. Only examples I can think of are when I upgraded Urusei Yatsura Movie 2, and when I sold off Saber Marionette J, J Again, and the first two discs of J to X when Right Stuf had the complete boxset on sale for about the same price as it would have cost to complete J to X.

[safielstar]

I usually do alot of research on titles before I consider buying them, so there's only been a few titles where I did a blind buy and just didn't like it. I have no problems getting rid of titles that I don't like anymore, I need the space anyway. I sell them to either my used video game store (which takes dvds and gives good money for them) or I just gave them to our anime club for raffle prizes.

[Dave_Evans]

To this point I have kept everything that I have bought with exception of a few singles from various series which I sell when I get the boxset.

The reason I keep most everything is that upon rewatching alot of shows I discover things I might have missed the first time and the show becomes better. My biggest example of this is Evangelion which I found to be fairly uninteresting on the first time through but now it is in my top 15 anime list.