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Reid · Aug 31st, 2004, 10:53 PM

I wouldn't completely dismiss buying pirated releases of anime you want. It's highly possible that both Outlaw Star and Hellsing are available with Japanese/English audio and with English and Mandarin subtitles as well.

I think both of them have been released with English dubs officially and it doesn't take the pirates long to make copies of the R1 releases. The best way to go with those is to research the group releasing it before buying. I've bought a Berserk collection, before it was released in North America and the Cowboy Bebop Perfect Sessions and movie over Ebay from Hong Kong sellers and was completely satisfied with it. A lot of people get burned by not reading the reviews of different releases because ordering HK DVD is a mixed bag of quality and garbage.

I don't like to spend the prices they put on anime series here. It's ridiculous how expensive they release them for in Canada and as much as I'd like to show support for NA Anime releases I can't afford to drop a lot of money on them.

The only Cowboy Bebop I could find here was the uncollected DVDs and the first one alone (6 Episodes) was $54.99. Ordering from American companies with the exchange rate is terrible too, so I've bought just a few of my favourite shows from HK pirates.

If what you were looking at was HK or even if they were imported from other parts of Asia (Japan sometimes releases R2 DVDs with English subtitles) but I don't think they'd be censored. I'm not sure if Hellsing was edited in it's release but I know that Outlaw Star wouldn't be on the DVDs. The TV version I think may have been but I'm not 100% on this.

Anyway, very long winded but that's my two cents on the whole process. I hope this helps somewhat.

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Aug 31st, 2004, 10:53 PM	#7
Reid .red house. Joined: Jan 2002 Location: canada Age: 38 Posts: 797	I wouldn't completely dismiss buying pirated releases of anime you want. It's highly possible that both Outlaw Star and Hellsing are available with Japanese/English audio and with English and Mandarin subtitles as well. I think both of them have been released with English dubs officially and it doesn't take the pirates long to make copies of the R1 releases. The best way to go with those is to research the group releasing it before buying. I've bought a Berserk collection, before it was released in North America and the Cowboy Bebop Perfect Sessions and movie over Ebay from Hong Kong sellers and was completely satisfied with it. A lot of people get burned by not reading the reviews of different releases because ordering HK DVD is a mixed bag of quality and garbage. I don't like to spend the prices they put on anime series here. It's ridiculous how expensive they release them for in Canada and as much as I'd like to show support for NA Anime releases I can't afford to drop a lot of money on them. The only Cowboy Bebop I could find here was the uncollected DVDs and the first one alone (6 Episodes) was $54.99. Ordering from American companies with the exchange rate is terrible too, so I've bought just a few of my favourite shows from HK pirates. If what you were looking at was HK or even if they were imported from other parts of Asia (Japan sometimes releases R2 DVDs with English subtitles) but I don't think they'd be censored. I'm not sure if Hellsing was edited in it's release but I know that Outlaw Star wouldn't be on the DVDs. The TV version I think may have been but I'm not 100% on this. Anyway, very long winded but that's my two cents on the whole process. I hope this helps somewhat.