As a promotional tool, Amazon's Unbox
digital video service is offering first episodes of a select series of anime titles for free. You can directly download first episodes of Afro Samurai, Astro Boy, Basilisk, Bleach, Death Note, Naruto, Samurai7, and Street Fighter II V. Of course you have to enter credit card information even for free episodes (we aren't exactly clear as to why ourselves). You also have to use Amazon's Unbox player or your totally out of luck too. As a further incentive they are offering quite significant discounts on full seasons of some titles, most being a little more than $30.
On the surface of it, this is a practical steal when compared to DVD box sets. However, keep in mind that Amazon's Unbox service is infected with copious amounts of Digital Rights Managment. The DRM basically means your watching this on an XP or Vista box, a Tivo (certain models of Tivo are directly supported), or nothing.
Though we don't expect Amazon itself to go anywhere anytime soon, there have been several debacle's recently where retailers got out of DRM laden downloads which left their customers out in the cold for license renewals. Buy in if you want to take the risk that someday your purchase will evaporate into nothingness. Back to the drawing board Amazon, I'll get my anime elsewhere.
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Tim is sick so we have issues with the funny but we make up for it with prizes and contests. We not only give away manga but this episode has the long awaited prize of the Cutie Huney print signed with original artwork by Steve Bennett.
Kyo Kara MAOH!- Even if you receive it as a present, burn the book and piss on the ashes.
Wild Adapter - Wouldn't kick it out of bed for crackers.
When I got my normally scheduled call from Batou this morning, it was instead Tim and Weltall. Despite being in the same room, they had trouble not talking over themselves at first, but figured it out quickly. We then went on to have a great show sans Batou. We discussed the news, the benefits of a posse in Japan, biker Santa, etc... and review Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure. Don't miss this one.
Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure - Wouldn't kick it out of bed for crackers.
Women equal evil or something like that, ok we love em still, oh wait the show
yes we tackle Miami, Broccoli is going the way of the auto industry without the complaining about bailouts and contests baby, it begins. (The contest questions have all been answered by the subscribers better luck next time... next episode that is)
Bakugan: Battle Brawlers - Read it at Boarders.
Nora: The Last Chronicle of Devildom - Wouldn't kick it out of bed for crackers.
We've got a good show this week, we're barely sick anymore, so sit back and enjoy the Anime love. We discuss the news, and review Kemeko-DX and Ga-Rei Zero.
Ga-Rei: Zero - Wouldn't kick it out of bed for crackers.
Kemeko-DX - Wouldn't kick it out of bed for crackers.
Tim Complains about the Big three and their bailout whilst I join in. The VP gets indited and we determine that Bratwurst are better then hot dogs and of course as always we bring you the manga love.
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo - Even if you receive it as a present, burn the book and piss on the ashes.
xxxHolic:ANOTHERHOLiC (NovelWa) - Read it at Boarders.
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The new year starts on an inauspicious note as games and magazines get canceled, DS dating sims get more disturbing, and Todd makes a bunch of predictions that cannot possibly come true.
