This reminds me that I should at some point probably buy one of these sets.... Then I realized I have very little disposable income.
Keep your eye out for sales. Zyuranger went on sale last year for $22. Frankly, I think $40 is steal since that is less than $1 an episode.
On top of that, because Megaranger is the only sentai series thus far I have disliked, I will not be supporting that release if/when Shout! decides to release it here.
I'll buy every series released even the garbage like ToQ, Gosei, and Nin just to support the official releases.
Also can we have Shout! start bringing over pre-Zyuranger sentai? They could do what DiscoTek is doing and start with streams and give physical releases if they receive mass view points.
I'd really love them to do Jetman and then I'd like to finally get to see more than a handful of episodes for Changeman and Flashman.
Oh no lol I am definitely not that bad when it comes to torrents. My goal mostly is just to have all the Super Sentai series I like backed up, the original Japanese Yugioh series subbed, and a couple of Kamen Rider series that I really like, that's mostly it. I have bought a few anime series here and there when I've had the funds to do so, got a decent collection that I have built up over the years. The largest anime I have ever torrented would be the latter half of Lupin III part 2 and that's only because North America never got it which sucks because it's a great series, imo, bought all 15 DVDs they released before they stopped halfway thru the series. At one point, I even had almost the entire Buu Saga of DBZ, used to go to Media Play the second they came out and buy them. Have bought quite a few anime series off of Amazon as well, definitely my goto place when I need to find a series.
Boy do I remember the days of those DBZ releases. I only ended up buying Cell Games and the Trunks Saga on DVD until the orange brick sets came out. Now I have the Dragon Boxes for Z, which is all I need for that series while I Have Kai on BD.
People do believe that fan subs hurt the industry. The people at Bang Zoom blame fan subs for hurting the anime industry and is why companies like Tokyo Pop, Streamline Pictures, Geneon Entertainment USA, Urban Vision, Central Park Media, Bandai Entertainment and ADV Films are no longer in business.
One of my friends is in charge of Funimation's licensing department (and DVD/BD production) and she has definitely said that bootlegs hurt the industry more than people think. That's why they try to stream every show possible as they air in Japan.
What Shout did was a dick move, plain and simple. Maybe instead of stealing fansubs, they could maybe hire the fansubbers if they like their work so much. That's what Crunchyroll did and it's benefited everyone.
Once again, give me proof.
Also, calling Carranger smart and not raunchy when there's 2 ass licking jokes in the first 2 episodes. Yeah, okay, keep your nostalgia goggles on.
1. Since when is an ass licking joke raunchy? And oh no, they make an ass licking joke, how horrible. Hell, we have a moron about to take presidential office that has actually sexually assaulted women but heaven forbid fictional characters make a lick joke.
2. How can you have nostalgia goggles on for something you didn't watch as a child? In America, the nostalgia goggles would be for MMPR NOT any Sentai show.
3. Regardless of what you consider raunchy, Carranger is still a far better written Sentai series than most of them out there.