>  As for the 2-episodes per tape bit, yeah, it's pretty bad,
> considering the comparative prices they charge. I can buy
> a tape with 3 or 4 Slayers episodes for AT LEAST U$D 5 less (dubbed)
> or AT LEAST U$D 10 less (subbed). That's absolutely outrageous.
> (Though not as outrageous as, say, Evangelion. @_@) Given the popularity
> of the series (at one point) and length, you'd think they'd realize
> they could leverage the economy of scale that's thereby present to lower
> prices, which would help to further increase marketshare and promote
> profits.

This is completely true...I've noticed that if anything, most companies are
either lowering their price per tape, or putting more eps to a tape, or in
some cases, both.

>  And as for the DVD, they're not only overcharging and underreleasing,
> they're region-encoding for USA-only play. Bah!

Those  bastards!

>  Viz has, of late, fallen quite far in my opinion.

In my opinion, 'of late' doesn't have a lot to do with it.

>  Ahem.. Okay, I'm really going back to lurking now. I swear.
> Really.

I just unlurked, but I'll probably go right back into Lurk mode.

Before I do though, I'd just like to say 'hey there' to Frank again ^_-

--SRanmaJ