Soldato
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(Ah so Firefox is deciding not to quote on this forum today)
I've used CDJapan many times to buy things but, in general, not Anime (I use them for JPOP CDs, books and magazines ... not concerts tho as Amazon JP works out cheaper). As Werewolf says if it is on there then it will be legit but it will be the Japanese release with a small number of episodes per disk (normally only a couple) and at an expensive price.
Western releases have come down quite a bit in price in recent years with cheaper series boxsets coming available. The most I've paid was for things like Clannad/Clannad After Story where I purchased the Japanese DVD LE releases (8 volumes per series @ £80/volume), prior to it being licensed for western release, along with the Japanese BD boxsets for both series (at £300+ each) when there was no sign of a western BD release as well as the Japanese MoHS BD boxset (again at ~£300) back when the only western release was on DVD of dubious manufacturing quality ...
Japanese media is always frigging expensive, I've got three concert BDs and a short drama DVD on order at the moment for £145 before shipping and received a concert boxset the other day which set me back £200.
I've used CDJapan many times to buy things but, in general, not Anime (I use them for JPOP CDs, books and magazines ... not concerts tho as Amazon JP works out cheaper). As Werewolf says if it is on there then it will be legit but it will be the Japanese release with a small number of episodes per disk (normally only a couple) and at an expensive price.
Western releases have come down quite a bit in price in recent years with cheaper series boxsets coming available. The most I've paid was for things like Clannad/Clannad After Story where I purchased the Japanese DVD LE releases (8 volumes per series @ £80/volume), prior to it being licensed for western release, along with the Japanese BD boxsets for both series (at £300+ each) when there was no sign of a western BD release as well as the Japanese MoHS BD boxset (again at ~£300) back when the only western release was on DVD of dubious manufacturing quality ...
Japanese media is always frigging expensive, I've got three concert BDs and a short drama DVD on order at the moment for £145 before shipping and received a concert boxset the other day which set me back £200.
