- AKA
- Smooth Criminal
I bought the uncut DVDs of YGO when they came out. I truly was giving 4Kids a chance, and I was actually extremely pleased and impressed at how 4Kids seemed to be getting on the "quality anime distributor" boat and offering DVDs that not only had their shitty dub, but also the original uncut episodes and Japanese dialogue. The translations weren't the best but they were good enough to be enjoyed, and I was ready to support them and buy them.
Then they stopped and said they weren't going to release uncut dvds anymore.
They made the choice to spit in the face of anime consumers and not offer a quality product. They made the choice to not do what any self respecting anime distributor does in terms of releasing an anime dvd, and have dual audio and subs. They seem to believe that they don't have to play by the rules and offer a product that's at the level of their competitors so if they want to delude themselves, that's cool. But they have no one to blame but themselves now that their stock is shit, they're having to lay off 15% of their staff, and I'm downloading all of the episodes for free from fan subers who are doing a better job than their own paid staff.
It's not capitalism, its just common fucking business sense.
Then they stopped and said they weren't going to release uncut dvds anymore.
They made the choice to spit in the face of anime consumers and not offer a quality product. They made the choice to not do what any self respecting anime distributor does in terms of releasing an anime dvd, and have dual audio and subs. They seem to believe that they don't have to play by the rules and offer a product that's at the level of their competitors so if they want to delude themselves, that's cool. But they have no one to blame but themselves now that their stock is shit, they're having to lay off 15% of their staff, and I'm downloading all of the episodes for free from fan subers who are doing a better job than their own paid staff.
It's not capitalism, its just common fucking business sense.