Urusei Yatsura; where can I get the dvds?

[Lufkin777]

Hey everyone. I was looking on ebay, and amazion for the boxset of Urusei Yatsura dvds, I can not find them annnnywhere, and the ones on ebay and amazion are a rip off. Do any of you all know of some other good websites (that wont rip you off with pirited dvds) where I can buy anime, like Urusei Yatsura? thanks for the help.

[Mangafanatic]

Try your your local Best Buy. In my experience, they have the best prices and selection of any major retailer which you can trust won't sell you pirate merchandise.

[Mithrandir]

I'm curious what you mean by "rip off." If you don't want pirate sets, you're going to have to shell out for them. Around my area, Fry's has a decent selection/price ratio. As for Best Buy, well, the one's around here don't sell much Takahashi from what I remember.

[termyt]

If all you want is the DVD's, you can buy them individually from http://www.rightstuf.com. They sell just about everything at 10% off the list price. If you join their Got Anime club (for an annual fee) you can get an additional 10% off all purchases. They also have a lot of sales where you can get up to 40% (plus another 10% if you're a member) off DVD's!

However, if you are only interested in the boxsets, they are all limited editions and probably only available from AnimEigo themselves (http://www.animeigo.com). They are advertising that they have a few of the first boxsets left in stock and are selling them at 15% off their price, which is kind of pricy compared to other boxsets, but still cheaper than buying them one at a time. There are currently 5 boxsets available and they are taking preorders on boxset number 6. There are five DVD's per boxset and four episodes per DVD. I believe there are in the neighborhood of 148 episodes in the series.

Hope that helps!

[shooraijin]

All of mine were bought directly from AnimEigo. IMHO, it's the best way. Once you have a couple, you'll probably want them all.

[Lynx]

have you tried http://www.deepdiscountdvd.com? they have a lot of anime, and it's not boot legs.

[Lufkin777]

Thank you so much you guys. I hope to get all the dvds of this show. Do you all like it?

[Rev. Doc]

To my knowledge, you can only purchase the boxsets from AnimEigo. Some of the earlier boxsets (1-3 I believe) are being discontinued. In fact, I checked their site yesterday and box set 2 is already out of stock. You can however still buy the individual volumes of the series. I have only purchased the first volume. I am trying to decide if I want to get into it at this point. At over 190 episodes, a dozen or so movies it's not only a big investment, but also a lengthy one. AnimEigo will be releasing this one for several more years.

[shooraijin]

Yes, it is quite an investment (I only just have the five box sets thus released, plus the two movies released so far).

[termyt]

I really like the series. I don't know what you know, but I haven't seen anyone else mention it in this thread so I will. it's the first big series by Rumiko Takahashi, who also created Ranma 1/2, Maison Ikkoku, and Inu Yasha. There's a certain style she has that is present in all of her works, so if you like one there's an excellent chance you will appreciate them all. I also enjoyed watching her style progress from one series to the next.

As a special note, not that you wouldn't figure it out quickly enough on your own, but the second Urusei Yatsura movie - Beautiful Dreamer - is released by Central Park Media, not AnimEigo, and I believe it is the only one available on DVD right now. I'm sure some one can correct me if I am wrong. I'm too old school; I had them all on VHS.