I should of said I only buy new. I never use the marketplace. Too fishy. Rather buy legit new releases than used sets. I only buy used at retailers like fye and thats a rare occasion if i do.
@majidekurizu That's good, now if you get them from the Amazon Marketplace (used or from individual users) you have to be careful. I've gotten bootlegs from there...two of the ones I showed were from the Amazon Marketplace
Just out of curiousity, I bought 2 dvd box sets for really cheap price ($6 each) today at a local used dvd, books, cd store. And I didnt realize they were bootleg until I looked it up, is it illegal that I bought them when I didn't know that they were bootlegs?
@Creepynazgul It is illegal to sell bootlegs. To own a bootleg is TECHNICALLY not illegal...like taping something onto a VHS or a DVD is creating a bootleg...and that's perfectly legal...it's the distribution of bootlegs that's illegal. I would bring it up to the store you bought it from, they have to make it right or they COULD be in A LOT of trouble if you chose to call the police
I bought a Haibane Renmei FX bootleg and went a year without knowing it. I couldn't tell because the visual quality was so good. That is the only bootleg I've bought--I won't buy them anymore and now know how to tell them apart from official releases. I won't give up my Haibane set now that I have it (I love the show too much), but I definitely will buy Funimation's release of it when they finally put it out to replace the FX set.
HA I have a legit anime set that folds open AND has a clear slip cover! :P hahah sorry i'm just being the devil's advocate; I really appreciated this video and agree. :)
Gees people before writing these comments look it up. I can't speak for countries outside of the USA, but it is illegal to reproduce and sell any product. A bootleg is JUST THAT a reproduction of a product and then sold. The bootleg company never even pays royalties or anything like this. There's no reason to debate this topic and say "bootleg is okay".
@agactinggirl I get what your saying. I've grown up in Asia but I'm born American lol. So, I don't mind bootlegs as long as they are good. The reason I want the real DVDs though are for collector reasons, I never really had originals before, support, and because I have the money at the time lol.
Oh shit! A few years ago, my older sister bought a Fishigi Yugi boxset for my 13 year old sister. Back then, I wasn't aware of bootlegged anime. It opened just like your Now and then Here and there. I JUST went to my sisters room and opened one of the DVDs. It had the FX logo.
eesh owo. theres tons of bootlegs D: ive never gotten a DVD except as gifts, so i gotta be careful ;-; i want the kuroshitsuji DVD. i also need to keep an eye out for nendoroid and figure bootlegs cause i tend to want those all the time. xD. one of y major fears now is getting a bootleg.
@PaulinaH727 Yeah it happens a lot, sadly. I try very hard to be cautious, I really didn't know at first until a friend of mine explained it to me. Since then I have been very picky about anything anime related that I buy
@Celestrall Where did you buy it out of? Amazon? Ebay? You can contact the third party seller (if there is one) and they are obligated to refund your money...that's what happened with my bootlegs. If there isn't a third party seller then I would turn the person's address into the police and let them handle it. It is illegal to sell a bootleg.
@ReViewMeMedia Very cool that you made the video! My best friend bought that same bootleg...real bummer! At least FUNimation is rereleasing Trigun on DVD next month :-) if you don't have it yet, you can preorder that on Amazon!
@agactinggirl @ReViewMeMedia It got the big Geneon Trigun brick from RightStuf so I don't want to re-buy it again until my discs no longer work, I'm happy with my DVDs and now I know where to buy from.
i was on a web site called otakucastle and they had the a tenchi boxset that had: tenchi universe, tenchi in tokyo, the tenchi ova's. i do not know if the boxset is bootleg or real. the reason i ask is the site sells all region dvd's. but the problem is since tenchi muyo is a old anime what is the chance these are real.
@D4wWhiteGhost2 There is a chance that it's a bootleg. If you can't find it legitimately elsewhere, then assume it's a bootleg. I know there are Tenchi dvds...but I don't know about boxsets.
I got six bootleg anime >.< and five out of six of my bootleg anime work though they all have great quality and somewhat good sub I feel bad for not supporting the company and the creator but I do have some legit anime as well...I got a mix collection of legit and bootleg anime. Is it ok?
cover that looked like what The Works was selling...
Also the disk looks nothing like the disk I got directly from company for another volume.. =/ ALso the disk and the rating is in black and white.. hang on as typing this it has a company name on it. It says 'Boulevard Entertainment ltd.' @.@ Know anything about them? I would use Google but home schooling starts in a minute >.<
@KirariFairy I can't find them on any bootleg list. So I am not sure. Next time I have a chance to talk with Greg, I will ask him. He still knows way more than I do
I am sad because I got 4/5 seasons of Sailor Moon in bootleg form and they were not cheap ;-; Oh well I was only 11.. didn't know better. Every time I am unsure from now on I will use this for reference ^^
I am having a hard time figuring out if my Chobits volume 1 is a bootleg =/
A place here in 'ol England called the works did some Anime DVD's for 99p value packs (99p is just under $2?) and I got one off ebay with the proper cover but under was a different
@FullmetalSnake4501 Like I said there are exceptions. Since most like live action main stream shows open like that...the more main stream anime seasons will open like that. So far Naruto and Inuyasha are the only exceptions. If it opens like that and it doesn't fit under any other categories, then yeah it's fine :-)
I definitely understand what you mean and now I feel guilty about the sailor moon bootlegs I have. In my defense I bought them when I was ignorant to the whole anime industry situation (although its no excuse). Should I just get rid of them??
@ForneverWorld Don't feel bad. I had NTHT for over a YEAR before I realized it was a bootleg. It happens. Greg taught me everything I know haha -- I wouldn't say you have to get rid of them. I still have mine. Just be sure to buy them legitimately when/if they are rereleased by FUNimation
@agactinggirl Oh absolutely, I'm just waiting for Funimation to release sailor moon so I can pick up the DVD's. Thanks for the bootleg scouting tips. : )
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thefrozenspring 1 month ago
I should of said I only buy new. I never use the marketplace. Too fishy. Rather buy legit new releases than used sets. I only buy used at retailers like fye and thats a rare occasion if i do.
majidekurizu 1 month ago
@disneyfanjilly1 If you get them from a department store, they SHOULD be legit
agactinggirl 1 month ago
This is why I only by anime from rightstuf/amazon
majidekurizu 1 month ago
@majidekurizu That's good, now if you get them from the Amazon Marketplace (used or from individual users) you have to be careful. I've gotten bootlegs from there...two of the ones I showed were from the Amazon Marketplace
agactinggirl 1 month ago
Just out of curiousity, I bought 2 dvd box sets for really cheap price ($6 each) today at a local used dvd, books, cd store. And I didnt realize they were bootleg until I looked it up, is it illegal that I bought them when I didn't know that they were bootlegs?
Creepynazgul 3 months ago
@Creepynazgul It is illegal to sell bootlegs. To own a bootleg is TECHNICALLY not illegal...like taping something onto a VHS or a DVD is creating a bootleg...and that's perfectly legal...it's the distribution of bootlegs that's illegal. I would bring it up to the store you bought it from, they have to make it right or they COULD be in A LOT of trouble if you chose to call the police
agactinggirl 3 months ago
@agactinggirl Ok thanks for the info. Appreciate it.
Creepynazgul 3 months ago
I bought a Haibane Renmei FX bootleg and went a year without knowing it. I couldn't tell because the visual quality was so good. That is the only bootleg I've bought--I won't buy them anymore and now know how to tell them apart from official releases. I won't give up my Haibane set now that I have it (I love the show too much), but I definitely will buy Funimation's release of it when they finally put it out to replace the FX set.
AvatarYoda 7 months ago
HA I have a legit anime set that folds open AND has a clear slip cover! :P hahah sorry i'm just being the devil's advocate; I really appreciated this video and agree. :)
mogadean 7 months ago
Gees people before writing these comments look it up. I can't speak for countries outside of the USA, but it is illegal to reproduce and sell any product. A bootleg is JUST THAT a reproduction of a product and then sold. The bootleg company never even pays royalties or anything like this. There's no reason to debate this topic and say "bootleg is okay".
RiaraTan 8 months ago
@RiaraTan I am glad someone agrees with me...and the law...haha
agactinggirl 8 months ago 2
does it really matter if it is a bootleg as long as its high quality and nicely packaged
TheOtakuSaber18 9 months ago
@TheOtakuSaber18 bootlegs are illegal and do nothing to help an industry I love...there's nothing right with them
agactinggirl 9 months ago
@agactinggirl I get what your saying. I've grown up in Asia but I'm born American lol. So, I don't mind bootlegs as long as they are good. The reason I want the real DVDs though are for collector reasons, I never really had originals before, support, and because I have the money at the time lol.
PaigeChan130 5 months ago
Bitch you ugly dam
BigDaddy5450Project 10 months ago
Just throwing it out there: The Dragon Ball Z Season Sets open weird like that and those are legit.
FourthPiece 10 months ago
@FourthPiece Like I said...there ARE some exceptions
agactinggirl 10 months ago
I wish Sony would re release Blood+ part one. It's only been 2-3 years and it's already out of print.
redfieldclaire 10 months ago
hey cool video, I unforuntaly have two bootlegs, and yes one of them is a digi pack and the other is a home made DVD
magicalgirlj 1 year ago
Oh shit! A few years ago, my older sister bought a Fishigi Yugi boxset for my 13 year old sister. Back then, I wasn't aware of bootlegged anime. It opened just like your Now and then Here and there. I JUST went to my sisters room and opened one of the DVDs. It had the FX logo.
importracerdude 1 year ago
Actually usually bootlegs are region free
mixerNack 1 year ago
@mixerNack "Region Free" and "All Region" are the same thing
agactinggirl 1 year ago
@agactinggirl Yeah, but you said they werent gunna work because they were japanese region.
mixerNack 1 year ago
@mixerNack Oh, you misunderstood. Legit dvds from Japan won't work. Japan is in a different region...so if it is a legit dvd it won't play
agactinggirl 1 year ago
also how u can tell its fake is if it has chinese subtitles :)
lust4anime 1 year ago
eesh owo. theres tons of bootlegs D: ive never gotten a DVD except as gifts, so i gotta be careful ;-; i want the kuroshitsuji DVD. i also need to keep an eye out for nendoroid and figure bootlegs cause i tend to want those all the time. xD. one of y major fears now is getting a bootleg.
PaulinaH727 1 year ago
@PaulinaH727 Yeah it happens a lot, sadly. I try very hard to be cautious, I really didn't know at first until a friend of mine explained it to me. Since then I have been very picky about anything anime related that I buy
agactinggirl 1 year ago
T_T I received my Marmalade Boy DVD set today. It's a bootleg... meh!
I'll try to contact the seller, but I have the feeling that he's perfectly fine with selling bootlegs and won't take my complaint seriously.
Thanks for the video!
Celestrall 1 year ago
@Celestrall Where did you buy it out of? Amazon? Ebay? You can contact the third party seller (if there is one) and they are obligated to refund your money...that's what happened with my bootlegs. If there isn't a third party seller then I would turn the person's address into the police and let them handle it. It is illegal to sell a bootleg.
agactinggirl 1 year ago
I posted my How to Spot a bootleg video, I made the mistake of buying the Trigun DVD bootleg. I made my video and then chucked it to the library.
ReViewMeMedia 1 year ago
@ReViewMeMedia Very cool that you made the video! My best friend bought that same bootleg...real bummer! At least FUNimation is rereleasing Trigun on DVD next month :-) if you don't have it yet, you can preorder that on Amazon!
agactinggirl 1 year ago
@agactinggirl @ReViewMeMedia It got the big Geneon Trigun brick from RightStuf so I don't want to re-buy it again until my discs no longer work, I'm happy with my DVDs and now I know where to buy from.
ReViewMeMedia 1 year ago
i was on a web site called otakucastle and they had the a tenchi boxset that had: tenchi universe, tenchi in tokyo, the tenchi ova's. i do not know if the boxset is bootleg or real. the reason i ask is the site sells all region dvd's. but the problem is since tenchi muyo is a old anime what is the chance these are real.
D4wWhiteGhost2 1 year ago
@D4wWhiteGhost2 There is a chance that it's a bootleg. If you can't find it legitimately elsewhere, then assume it's a bootleg. I know there are Tenchi dvds...but I don't know about boxsets.
agactinggirl 1 year ago
@0Tomes Awesome!! Haha
agactinggirl 1 year ago
I got six bootleg anime >.< and five out of six of my bootleg anime work though they all have great quality and somewhat good sub I feel bad for not supporting the company and the creator but I do have some legit anime as well...I got a mix collection of legit and bootleg anime. Is it ok?
wolfninja2007 1 year ago
@wolfninja2007 I still own my bootlegs...I don't watch them. If you CAN get them legally, I would.
agactinggirl 1 year ago
@sv2011kickster Yeah...it makes me sick to my stomach
agactinggirl 1 year ago
Whooo! Thanks for all the knowledge! People who try to jip you SUCK!!!
sarahbull 1 year ago
i have one that has a slip cover it was inuyasha if i show it in a vid can you tell me what you think if it is or not? thx for the info
devilangel11795 1 year ago
@devilangel11795 Yeah go for it!
agactinggirl 1 year ago
great and informative video
BDUBTheAnimeMaster 1 year ago
@BDUBTheAnimeMaster :-) I am glad you found it informative!
agactinggirl 1 year ago
Great video. :)
tosluver 1 year ago
@tosluver :-) glad you like it!
agactinggirl 1 year ago
@agactinggirl
yeah keep up the good work.
tosluver 1 year ago
I applaud your dedication and effort.
tetsubo57 1 year ago
@tetsubo57 Thanks! Just taking the knowledge I have learned from a friend and passing it on
agactinggirl 1 year ago
cover that looked like what The Works was selling...
Also the disk looks nothing like the disk I got directly from company for another volume.. =/ ALso the disk and the rating is in black and white.. hang on as typing this it has a company name on it. It says 'Boulevard Entertainment ltd.' @.@ Know anything about them? I would use Google but home schooling starts in a minute >.<
KirariFairy 1 year ago
@KirariFairy Eh I meant google more (already did a little bit and didn't read anything useful)
KirariFairy 1 year ago
@KirariFairy I can't find them on any bootleg list. So I am not sure. Next time I have a chance to talk with Greg, I will ask him. He still knows way more than I do
agactinggirl 1 year ago
This is really helpful, thank you!
I am sad because I got 4/5 seasons of Sailor Moon in bootleg form and they were not cheap ;-; Oh well I was only 11.. didn't know better. Every time I am unsure from now on I will use this for reference ^^
I am having a hard time figuring out if my Chobits volume 1 is a bootleg =/
A place here in 'ol England called the works did some Anime DVD's for 99p value packs (99p is just under $2?) and I got one off ebay with the proper cover but under was a different
KirariFairy 1 year ago
nice video, i love it but at 3:21 my naruto dvd box set opens like that and it's real boxset.
FullmetalSnake4501 1 year ago
@FullmetalSnake4501 Like I said there are exceptions. Since most like live action main stream shows open like that...the more main stream anime seasons will open like that. So far Naruto and Inuyasha are the only exceptions. If it opens like that and it doesn't fit under any other categories, then yeah it's fine :-)
agactinggirl 1 year ago
I definitely understand what you mean and now I feel guilty about the sailor moon bootlegs I have. In my defense I bought them when I was ignorant to the whole anime industry situation (although its no excuse). Should I just get rid of them??
ForneverWorld 1 year ago
@ForneverWorld Don't feel bad. I had NTHT for over a YEAR before I realized it was a bootleg. It happens. Greg taught me everything I know haha -- I wouldn't say you have to get rid of them. I still have mine. Just be sure to buy them legitimately when/if they are rereleased by FUNimation
agactinggirl 1 year ago
@agactinggirl Oh absolutely, I'm just waiting for Funimation to release sailor moon so I can pick up the DVD's. Thanks for the bootleg scouting tips. : )
ForneverWorld 1 year ago
yep i just checked! my NTHT dvds are ALL region :)
very helpful videooo :3
kamikazestrwbry 1 year ago
@kamikazestrwbry Ok, so then that is the case :-) Thanks!
agactinggirl 1 year ago